[systemd-devel] systemd-logind fails to start if /etc is read-only

[Demi Marie Obenour]

On a system where /etc is read-only, systemd-logind fails to start.
I have tried making / a writable overlayfs without any success so
far.  The code is at https://github.com/DemiMarie/spectrum (branch
b4/systemd) and the problem can be reproduced by running
nix-shell --pure --run 'make run' in host/rootfs.  Obviously, do
this in a VM to not affect your host system :).

In case it matters, /var is a tmpfs mount on this system.  The
intent is for there to be no mutable state outside of home directories.
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
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