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fix(linux/build): add systemctl no-op shim for the build container (M1.1)
Run #4257 cleared sanity-tests entirely (sq-git verification of every
submodule signature: ; tag/uncommitted relaxation: ) and reached
1200_prepare-build-machine, where it died:

    + sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo: systemctl: command not found
    ERROR detected in script!: ././build-steps.d/1200_prepare-build-machine

derivative-maker assumes systemd is PID 1 on the build host. Upstream's
own container (linux/build/derivative-maker/docker/) runs
systemd-as-init via an entrypoint that masks irrelevant units and
declares its own. We don't want that surgery for M1.1 — it pulls in
cgroup mounts, --cgroupns=host, and a much bigger debugging surface.

Shim approach instead: install /usr/local/bin/systemctl that logs the
attempt to stderr and exits 0. /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin in
both default $PATH and sudo's secure_path, so it satisfies any
systemctl call regardless of whether the real binary later gets pulled
in by a package install. Standard pattern for systemd-aware Debian
build scripts in transient containers.

Risk if it doesn't suffice: the shim makes daemon-reload / restart /
mask calls succeed, but doesn't actually run any service. If a later
build step depends on (say) approx actually being up to serve cached
debs, we'll see the next failure and decide whether to escalate to
real systemd-in-container or skip the relevant build step.

Changes:
- Dockerfile.builder: add the shim with a brief log line to stderr;
  comment block documents the trade-off.
- build.sh: BUILDER_IMAGE digest re-pinned to sha256:70f160ab…5460
  (built natively on 10.0.0.51, shim verified working with
  `docker run … systemctl daemon-reload` returning 0).

Verified: shim emits "systemctl-shim: daemon-reload" to stderr and
exits 0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-07 11:45:13 +01:00
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