This is a tracking issue for the perlless activation effort started at OceanSprint.

See this HedgeDoc for a general overview of the strategy for this.

See the Boot Security Meta Tracking Issue for the larger effort of which this work is a part.

Associated PRs:

• Replace simple activationScripts  #263203
• Rebuildable system & appliance #263462
• systemd: enable sysusers by default #264879
• nixos: replace activationScripts 2/x #267983
• nixos/switch-to-configuration: remove explicit tmpfiles invocation #269983
• nixos/switch-to-configuration: add sysinit-reactivation.target #271067
• Perlless Activation #270727

Bug Fixes:

• systemd domainname unit - use nix store path of net tools for domainname  #264082
• Revert "nixos/activation: remove specialfs activationScript" #264200
• nixos/nix-channel: fix subscribing to default channel #264608
• nixos/nix-channnel: fix setting up the default channel again #264831
• nixos/tests/systemd-timesyncd: tmpfiles.rules -> tmpfiles.settings #270000
• Revert "nixos/switch-to-configuration: remove explicit tmpfiles invocation" #270838

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