X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=NEWS;h=346b906992de08390c1c07024d9d5fe4163a34bb;hb=33b521be152f67cd722695ba9a2966eda5ee6765;hp=6ff70d9dddcc88a8d0935468b6a2e637057ee2cc;hpb=1fda0ab5fc9cf7454c8da32941e433dc38ba9991;p=elogind.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6ff70d9dd..346b90699 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,63 @@ systemd System and Service Manager +CHANGES WITH 206: + + * The documentation has been updated to cover the various new + concepts introduced with 205. + + * Unit files now understand the new %v specifier which + resolves to the kernel version string as returned by "uname + -r". + + * systemctl now supports filtering the unit list output by + load state, active state and sub state, using the new + --state= parameter. + + * "systemctl status" will now show the results of the + condition checks (like ConditionPathExists= and similar) of + the last start attempts of the unit. They are also logged to + the journal. + + * "journalctl -b" may now be used to look for boot output of a + specific boot. Try "journalctl -b -1" for the previous boot, + but the syntax is substantially more powerful. + + * "journalctl --show-cursor" has been added which prints the + cursor string the last shown log line. This may then be used + with the new "journalctl --after-cursor=" switch to continue + browsing logs from that point on. + + * "journalctl --force" may now be used to force regeneration + of an FSS key. + + * Device ACLs may now be applied to "dead" devices nodes too, + i.e. device nodes that are created based on kernel module + information of not yet loaded kernel modules. + + * A new RPM macro has been added that may be used to apply + tmpfiles configuration during package installation. + + * systemd-detect-virt and ConditionVirtualization= now can + detect User-Mode-Linux machines (UML). + + * journald will now log the effective capabilities set of + processes in the message metadata. + + * systemd-cryptsetup has gained support for TrueCrypt volumes. + + * The initrd interface has been simplified (more specifically, + support for passing performance data via environment + variables and fsck results via files in /run has been + removed). These features were non-essential, and are + nowadays available in a much nicer way by having systemd in + the initrd serialize its state and have the hosts systemd + deserialize it again. + + * The udev "keymap" data files and tools to apply keyboard + specific mappings of scan to key codes, and force-release + scan code lists have been entirely replaced by a udev + "keyboard" builtin and a hwdb data file. + CHANGES WITH 205: * Two new unit types have been introduced: @@ -107,9 +165,6 @@ CHANGES WITH 205: generators needed for execution, as well as information about the unit file loading. - * journalctl gained new "--user" and "--system" switches to - only show user/system logs. - * libsystemd-journal gained a new sd_journal_open_files() call for opening specific journal files. journactl also gained a new switch to expose this new functionality. Previously we