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Diffstat (limited to 'src/genhostid.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/genhostid.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/genhostid.c b/src/genhostid.c index 79dcb92e..e17b9d7b 100644 --- a/src/genhostid.c +++ b/src/genhostid.c @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ * */ +#include <errno.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> @@ -27,8 +28,19 @@ int main (void) struct stat st; long int n; - fprintf(stderr, "warning: genhostid is now deprecated, and will be removed in the near future!\n" - "warning: use systemd-machine-id-setup (1) instead! More info: 'man 5 machine-id'\n"); + errno = 0; + + /* + * access() returns -1 if the file does not exist or upon error. + * We should display the deprecation warning only when we are sure the + * file does not exist. In case of different error, silently ignore it + * and do not print anything - to not pollute users' scripts unnecessarily. + */ + if (access("/etc/sysconfig/disable-deprecation-warnings", F_OK) == -1 + && errno == ENOENT) { + fprintf(stderr, "warning: genhostid is now deprecated, and will be removed in the near future!\n" + "warning: use systemd-machine-id-setup (1) instead! More info: 'man 5 machine-id'\n"); + } /* * NOTE: gethostid() always returns 32-bit identifier, and st_size field |