Feb. 10, 2016
5:25 p.m.
On 10 Feb 2016, at 15:07, David T. Lewis <lewis@mail.msen.com> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 02:46:23PM +0100, Guille Polito wrote:
Yeap, linux VMs are not shipped with the plugin since a couple of years. Then, the code in the image is needed.
For background - the UUID plugin is trivially simple, but there were issues on certain Linux distributions that caused it to be a big pain for packaging and distribution. Nowadays the in-image UUID is so fast that the plugin is no longer worth the aggrivation.
Dave
Thanks for adding to the discussion, Dave. <Not meant for the messenger/> This whole f*ing mess makes me angry and sad. This happens when you don't clean up when you can.