systemd: disable utmp on musl (#464535)

2025-11-24 11:04:35 +00:00
parent 152f03582d ade259a29d
commit 9af593bd83
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -156,7 +156,11 @@
  # adds python to closure which is too much by default
  withUkify ? false,
  withUserDb ? true,
-  withUtmp ? true,
+  # utmp does not exist on musl, so it would be implicitly disabled
+  # It is important to document the lack of utmp in nix,
+  # otherwise the condition for systemd-update-utmp.service will
+  # attempt to load a service which does not exist, resulting in errors.
+  withUtmp ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl,
  withVmspawn ? true,
  # kernel-install shouldn't usually be used on NixOS, but can be useful, e.g. for
  # building disk images for non-NixOS systems. To save users from trying to use it