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Author SHA1 Message Date
Thomas Tuegel 757c7f3773
docker-container: Remove /etc symlink
The system output usually contains a symlink from /etc to the static
configuration for the benefit of the stage-1 script in the initrd. The stage-2
script is usually started in the real root without such a symlink. In a
container, there is no stage-1 and the system output is used directly as a real
root. If the symlink is present, setup-etc.pl will create a symlink cycle and
the system cannot boot. There is no reason for the /etc link to exist in a
container because setup-etc.pl will create the necessary files. The container
module will now remove the /etc symlink and create an empty directory. The empty
/etc is for container managers to populate it with site-specific settings; for
example, to set the hostname. This is required to boot NixOS in an LXC container
on another host.

See also: #9735
2019-11-27 15:51:19 -06:00
Ding Xiang Fei 4259f7575e use closure-info for building system tarball 2018-11-07 12:52:53 +08:00
Michael Bishop 3c9e579d1e
make-system-tarball: allow alternate compression methods 2018-04-03 11:30:43 -03:00
Tuomas Tynkkynen 60f5659dad treewide: Use correct output in ${config.nix.package}/bin 2016-04-25 16:44:37 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 1cb5583c05 container.nix -> docker-container.nix 2015-04-19 22:06:45 +02:00
Renamed from nixos/modules/profiles/container.nix (Browse further)