[systemd-devel] Using timedatectl on a readonly rootfile system using mender

[Shravan Singh]

Yes, But help me understand.
I think you said that you are not convinced as to why that has to done.

My argument is very simple shouldn't a Linux environment allow change in
timezone easily?
Now I am not an expert in Linux kernel development. But I see that some of
the files, even though they reside in /etc  are linked to file in /run
Like *resolv.conf.  *Which allows dynamic changes.

timezone activity change is a very basic change one that needs to be
supported by the system. Why guard it with so much.

Again I am asking if there is something else that you would want instead of
the method suggested in the ticket.

I guess, your main concern is that this might open the flood gates where
now everyone is changing /etc files according to their own whim and now
read-only fs is not really a read-only fs

But then again I would argue that timezone changes has little effect and it
should be customizable according to the user.

I am happy to spend my time doing that and submitting it again for review.
Like I said I just want to know the root issue with that approach . Because
there are plenty other people who might be facing the same issue.
I am happy to invest my time in doing this


Regards,
Shravan Singh
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On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 3:32 PM Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net>
wrote:

> On Fr, 04.09.20 14:10, Shravan Singh (shravan at bluesparq.com) wrote:
>
> > Hello Lennart,
> >
> > Can you help me in understanding why this push was rejected?
> > *Make timedatectl nicely work with read-only filesystems #8277 *
>
> The explanation is in the PR comments.
>
> Lennart
>
> --
> Lennart Poettering, Berlin
>
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