[systemd-devel] How to override generators on debian (v215)?

[Martin Pitt]

Hello nusenu,

nusenu [2016-08-17 16:02 +0000]:
> according to the official documentation from upstream systemd [1] it is
> possible to override a package generator by placing a custom generator
> (with the same name) into  /etc/system/system-generator.

FWIW, this is a bad place -- binaries don't belong into /etc/ and
shouldn't be considered "configuration", this should rather go into
/usr/local/lib/systemd/system-generators (which is also supported).

But, this is tangential..

> Is there another workaround that one could apply?

You can remove the executable bit of the shipped generator:

  dpkg-statoverride --update --add root root 644 /lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-getty-generator

dpkg-statoverride instead of chmod will ensure that the next update of
the package that ships it will not set it back. Then just put your
generator into /lib/systemd/system-generators/ with a different name.

Martin

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