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author | Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@sbcglobal.net> | 2016-05-27 15:32:35 -0400 |
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committer | Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@sbcglobal.net> | 2016-05-27 15:32:35 -0400 |
commit | 658d4fefc78a50ad825f95f55f640a2a97134f80 (patch) | |
tree | a46e63faa481178532d2ebecb53d31b00e3654ca /src/libsystemd/libsystemd-internal/sd-bus/DIFFERENCES | |
parent | 3f88c40b91e52978fdb9efcf684a6a2b62afb509 (diff) |
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diff --git a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd-internal/sd-bus/DIFFERENCES b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd-internal/sd-bus/DIFFERENCES new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..db269675a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd-internal/sd-bus/DIFFERENCES @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Known differences between dbus1 and kdbus: + +- NameAcquired/NameLost is gone entirely on kdbus backends if + libsystemd is used. It is still added in by systemd-bus-proxyd + for old dbus1 clients, and it is available if libsystemd is used + against the classic dbus1 daemon. If you want to write compatible + code with libsystem-bus you need to explicitly subscribe to + NameOwnerChanged signals and just ignore NameAcquired/NameLost + +- Applications have to deal with spurious signals they didn't expect, + due to the probabilistic bloom filters. They need to handle this + anyway, given that any client can send anything to arbitrary clients + anyway, even in dbus1, so not much changes. + +- clients of the system bus when kdbus is used must roll their own + security. Only legacy dbus1 clients get the old XML policy enforced, + which is implemented by systemd-bus-proxyd. + +- Serial numbers of synthesized messages are always (uint32_t) -1. + +- NameOwnerChanged is a synthetic message, generated locally and not + by the driver. On dbus1 only the Disconnected message was + synthesized like this. + +- There's no standard per-session bus anymore. Only a per-user bus. |