release 176

[elogind.git] / NEWS

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-udev 175
+udev 176

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-The default configure options have changed, packages need to be adapted
-otherwise udev will be installed in /usr. Example configuration options
-are in INSTALL.
+The 'devtmpfs' filesystem is required now, udev will not create or delete
+device nodes anymore, it only adjusts permissions and ownership of device
+nodes and maintains additional symlinks.
+
+A writable /run directory (ususally tmpfs) is required now for a fully
+functional udev, there is no longer a fallback to /dev/.udev.

 
 

-The default prefix moved from / to /usr to support installations without
-the historic / vs. /usr split.
+The default 'configure' install locations have changed. Packages for systems
+with the historic / vs. /usr split need to be adapted, otherwise udev will
+be installed in /usr and not work properly. Example configuration options
+to install things the traditional way are in INSTALL.

 
 The default install location of the 'udevadm' tool moved from 'sbin'
 
 The default install location of the 'udevadm' tool moved from 'sbin'

-to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm
-needs to be manually created if needed.
+to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin', a symlink to udevadm
+needs to be manually created if needed, or --bindir=/sbin be specified.

 
 

-Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'.
-The 'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev.
+The expected value of '--libexecdir=' has changed and must no longer contain
+the 'udev' directory.
+
+Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. The
+'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev.

 
 The 'blkid' tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links
 directly to libblkid now.
 
 The 'blkid' tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links
 directly to libblkid now.


@@ -23,13 +31,15 @@ is no longer used.
 All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'.
 
 The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'.
 All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'.
 
 The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'.

-It reloads the kernel module configuration.
+It now also reloads the kernel module configuration.

 
 

-The systemd socket files use PassCred=yes, which requires systemd
-version 38.
+The systemd socket files use PassCredentials=yes, which is available in
+systemd version 38.

 
 The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now.
 
 
 The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now.
 

+All tabs in the source code used for indentation are replaced by spaces now. :)
+

 udev 175
 ========
 Bugfixes.
 udev 175
 ========
 Bugfixes.