X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=0973d80668ccde5085a9ad2223b6faf9b28c971d;hp=1210ed5a7321e4d2d2b9a60e4a4ec946734c4783;hb=4bebab99981df8b3ee221810bc4b78025c9f8ac9;hpb=1495719024cae87fd42167ec77691ebb64ba20d7 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1210ed5a7..0973d8066 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,22 +1,26 @@ -udev 175 +udev 177 +======== +Bugfix for rule_generator instalation. + +udev 176 ======== 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 (tmpfs) is required now for a fully functional -udev. +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 '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 are -in INSTALL. +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' -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. -The expected value of '--libexecdir' has changed and must no longer contain +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 @@ -31,13 +35,15 @@ 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'. -It reloads the kernel module configuration. +It now also reloads the kernel module configuration. -The systemd socket files use PassCredentials=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. +All tabs in the source code used for indentation are replaced by spaces now. :) + udev 175 ======== Bugfixes.