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minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoWhat happens if you erase it though? System32 moment?
minus-squaree0qdk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoHonestly not sure. I wouldn’t be surprised if it breaks something with D-Bus based on skimming the man pages, but I’ve never dug into it. Its not exposed in containers I run though, and I haven’t run into anything that broke there as a result… 🤷️
minus-squareSickday@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoYou can check the man pages for this file, but in short it gets regenerated. It’s used to determine whether this is the first boot or not.
What happens if you erase it though? System32 moment?
Honestly not sure. I wouldn’t be surprised if it breaks something with D-Bus based on skimming the man pages, but I’ve never dug into it. Its not exposed in containers I run though, and I haven’t run into anything that broke there as a result… 🤷️
You can check the man pages for this file, but in short it gets regenerated. It’s used to determine whether this is the first boot or not.