/etc/netdata/.environment gets updated constantly with auto-updates

[stdedos]

Question summary

I am using etckeeper in a POC the server, and I have set that to manual commits only.

It is somewhat annoying that important values, such as RELEASE_CHANNEL="nightly" get to get mixed with NETDATA_TARBALL_CHECKSUM which gets updated "frequently enough"

etckeeper with manual commits basically means that e.g. apt-get won't work with a dirty /etc

OS / Environment

Ubuntu 18.04

Component Name

Expected results

Move NETDATA_TARBALL_CHECKSUM out of /etc.
I am not sure of its significance, but in a quick assesment, it doesn't feel like a "serious configuration option"

[cakrit]

You're correct, it's definitely not a configuration option. @paulkatsoulakis I believe this belongs in /var/lib/netdata.

[stdedos]

Cool! It looks like it's working as-expected now