Configure both container-getty@1 and console-getty to auto-login root with unified agetty options, ensuring either Proxmox noVNC (/dev/tty1) or pct/serial (/dev/console) works. Add stable _agetty_opts, write per-service override files, enable console-getty on distros that need it, and reload systemd. Disable vte profile scripts to avoid cursor-query noise on first prompt, restart only active getty services to avoid duplicates, and create /root/.hushlogin to suppress login messages.
Refine LXC container bootstrap and sysvinit autologin handling.
- Fix case branch formatting and change Debian-family check to an elif to avoid logic fall-through.
- Add a non-apt branch for Fedora/Rocky/Alma/CentOS/openEuler/openSUSE/Arch/Gentoo that sets the container timezone from the host and ensures curl is installed via the appropriate package manager.
- Improve sysvinit (/etc/inittab) auto-login changes: use more robust sed patterns, append a console autologin entry via heredoc, signal init to reload inittab before killing getty processes, and target getty processes more precisely to ensure proper respawn with new settings.
Suppress perl/apt locale warnings by configuring C.UTF-8 for apt-based systems. The script now exports DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive and LC_ALL/LANG/LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 when PKG_MANAGER==apt, and appends LC_ALL and LANG to /etc/environment if not present. This addresses cases where a container inherits an ungenerated host locale (e.g. Devuan) and ensures C.UTF-8, which is always available, is used.
Add Arch Linux container support and integrate pacman into install utilities. New files: ct/archlinux.sh (container build/update script), install/archlinux-install.sh (install entrypoint), and json/archlinux.json (metadata). misc/install.func: detect_arch in detect_os, add pacman bootstrap, and implement pacman handlers for pkg_upgrade, pkg_install, pkg_remove, pkg_clean and package refresh; include openssh install path for pacman and provide a cleanup_lxc override to run pkg_clean. Enables creating/updating Arch Linux LXC containers and proper package manager handling.
Bump Fedora template to 43 and enhance container installation tooling. Persist DIAGNOSTICS setting and introduce post_progress_to_api() to send lightweight telemetry pings from inside containers (fire-and-forget, enabled when DIAGNOSTICS=yes and RANDOM_UUID set). Harden package management flows: re-detect PKG_MANAGER when commands are missing, add apt mirror fallback logic (apt_update_safe) and more robust apt-cacher proxy parsing. Fix Debian 13 LXC root ownership bug (chown /) and add additional DNS/Git host checks (including api.github.com). Improve downloading and validation of tools.func, add multiple post_progress_to_api hooks to signal progress, and add two new install entrypoints (misc/main/install.func and misc/main/alpine-install.func) that consolidate network checks, OS updates, MOTD/SSH setup and container customization.
