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Someone Forked systemd Over Its New Birth Date Field
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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2026
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FFS, just make a patch.
Yeah, I'm not sure how this is implemented but wouldn't it be trivial to write a patch or even an external script to periodically update the field to some random value?
I was thinking just patch it out entirely, then you have no need to maintain a fork, just a script. Yours sounds fun too, but it's not like it's actually connected to anything at this stage, worth keeping in mind if it ever does become something.
I prefer the idea of a script that changes the birth date randomly, on a random schedule.
Or to always be the bare minimum "adult" age every day.
Or always be 99