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Someone Forked systemd Over Its New Birth Date Field (linuxiac.com)
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[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

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?

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago

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.

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