[Bug 1508697] Re: dbus-uuidgen --ensure: Symlink instead of copy existing /etc/machine-id

[Simon McVittie]

> Or at least dbus wont (and arguably it shouldn't... seems to me
systemd should be doing this)

I agree with that reasoning. It's fine for D-Bus to be responsible for
creating its own older machine ID file if necessary, but it shouldn't be
responsible for creating the one that belongs to systemd - that's
systemd's job.

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Title:
  dbus-uuidgen --ensure: Symlink instead of copy existing /etc/machine-
  id

Status in dbus package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If you do a Wily desktop install, /var/lib/dbus/machine-id is a
  symlink to /etc/machine-id.

  If you do a Wily server install, /var/lib/dbus/machine-id is a file
  containing the same value as /etc/machine-id.

  Minor issue, but still a weird inconsistency between Ubuntu desktop
  and server.

  Thanks!

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