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@@ -17,25 +17,29 @@ CHANGES WITH 230 in spe: might be systems we do not cover yet. Hence: please help us testing the DNSSEC code, leave this on where you can, report back, but then again don't consider turning this on in your stable, LTS or - production release just yet. + production release just yet. (Note that you have to enable + nss-resolve in /etc/nsswitch.conf, to actually use systemd-resolved + and its DNSSEC mode for host name resolution from local + applications.) * systemd-resolve conveniently resolves DANE records with the --tlsa - option and OPENPGPKEY records with the --openpgp option. + option and OPENPGPKEY records with the --openpgp option. It also + supports dumping raw DNS record data via the new --raw= switch now. * systemd-logind will now by default terminate user processes that are part of the user session scope unit (session-XX.scope) when the user - logs out. This behaviour is controlled by the - KillUserProcesses=yes|no setting in logind.conf, and previous default - of "no" is now changed to "yes". This means that user sessions will - be properly cleaned up after, but additional steps are necessary to - allow intentionally long-running processes to survive logout. + logs out. This behavior is controlled by the KillUserProcesses= + setting in logind.conf, and the previous default of "no" is now + changed to "yes". This means that user sessions will be properly + cleaned up after, but additional steps are necessary to allow + intentionally long-running processes to survive logout. While the user is logged in at least once, user@.service is running, and any service that should survive the end of any individual login session can be started at a user service or scope using systemd-run. - systemd-run(1) man page has been extended with an example which - shows how to run screen in a scope unit underneath user@.service. - The same command works for tmux. + systemd-run(1) man page has been extended with an example which shows + how to run screen in a scope unit underneath user@.service. The same + command works for tmux. After the user logs out of all sessions, user@.service will be terminated too, by default, unless the user has "lingering" enabled. @@ -45,36 +49,38 @@ CHANGES WITH 230 in spe: set lingering for themselves without authentication. Previous defaults can be restored at compile time by the - --without-kill-user-processes option. + --without-kill-user-processes option to "configure". * The unified cgroup hierarchy added in Linux 4.5 is now supported. - Use systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 on the kernel command line - to enable. + Use systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 on the kernel command line to + enable. + WARNING: it is not possible to use previous systemd versions with systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 and the new kernel. Therefore it is necessary to also update systemd in the initramfs if using the - unified hierarchy. Updated selinux policy is also required. - - * LLDP support has been extended, and both passive (receive-only) - and active (sender) modes are supported. Passive mode - ("routers-only") is enabled by default in systemd-networkd. - Active LLDP mode is enabled by default for containers on the - internal network. - "networkctl lldp" can be used to list information gathered. + unified hierarchy. An updated SELinux policy is also required. - * Headers for LLDP support (sd-lldp.h) are now public. + * LLDP support has been extended, and both passive (receive-only) and + active (sender) modes are supported. Passive mode ("routers-only") is + enabled by default in systemd-networkd. Active LLDP mode is enabled + by default for containers on the internal network. The "networkctl + lldp" command may be used to list information gathered. "networkctl + status" will also show basic LLDP information on connected peers now. - * The Unique Identifier sent in DHCP requests can be configured. + * The IAID and DUID unique identifier sent in DHCP requests may now be + configured for the system and each .network file managed by + systemd-networkd. - * Testing tool /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate is renamed to + * The testing tool /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate is renamed to systemd-socket-activate and installed into /usr/bin. It is now fully supported. - * systemd-journald now uses separate threads to flush changes to - disk when closing journal files. + * systemd-journald now uses separate threads to flush changes to disk + when closing journal files, thus reducing impact of slow disk I/O on + logging performance. - * systemd-ask-password skips printing of the password to stdout - with --no-output which can be useful in scripts. + * systemd-ask-password now optionally skips printing of the password to + stdout with --no-output which can be useful in scripts. * Framebuffer devices (/dev/fb*) and 3D printers and scanners (devices tagged with ID_MAKER_TOOL) are now tagged with @@ -83,18 +89,99 @@ CHANGES WITH 230 in spe: * systemd-bootchart has been split out to a separate repository: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-bootchart - * Compatibility libraries libsystemd-daemon.so, libsystemd-journal.so, - libsystemd-id128.so, and libsystemd-login.so which have been - deprecated since systemd-209 have been removed along along with the - corresponding pkg-config files. All symbols provided by the those - libraries are provided by libsystemd.so. - - * Capabilities= setting has been removed (it is ignored for backwards - compatibility). AmbientCapabilities= and CapabilityBoundingSet= - should be used instead. + * The compatibility libraries libsystemd-daemon.so, + libsystemd-journal.so, libsystemd-id128.so, and libsystemd-login.so + which have been deprecated since systemd-209 have been removed along + with the corresponding pkg-config files. All symbols provided by + those libraries are provided by libsystemd.so. + + * The Capabilities= unit file setting has been removed (it is ignored + for backwards compatibility). AmbientCapabilities= and + CapabilityBoundingSet= should be used instead. + + * "systemctl show" gained a new --value switch, which allows print a + only the contents of a specific unit property, without also printing + the property's name. Similar support was added to "show*" verbs + of loginctl and machinectl that output "key=value" lists. + + * A new command "systemctl revert" has been added that may be used to + revert to the vendor version of a unit file, in case local changes + have been made by adding drop-ins or overriding the unit file. + + * "machinectl clean" gained a new verb to automatically remove all or + just hidden container images. + + * systemd-bus-proxyd has been removed, as kdbus is unlikely to still be + merged into the kernel in its current form. + + * systemd-networkd gained support for configuring proxy ARP support for + each interface, via the ProxyArp= setting in .network files. It also + gained support for configuring the multicast querier feature of + bridge devices, via the new MulticastQuerier= setting in .netdev + files. A new setting PreferredLifetime= has been added for addresses + configured in .network file to configure the lifetime intended for an + address. + + * systemd-tmpfiles gained support for a new line type "e" for emptying + directories, if they exist, without creating them if they don't. + + * journalctl learned a new output mode "-o short-unix" that outputs log + lines prefixed by their UNIX time (i.e. seconds since Jan 1st, 1970 + UTC). It also gained support for a new --no-hostname setting to + suppress the hostname column in the family of "short" output modes. + + * systemd-nspawn gained support for automatically patching the UID/GIDs + of the owners and the ACLs of all files and directories in a + container tree to match the UID/GID user namespacing range selected + for the container invocation. This mode is enabled via the new + --private-user-chown switch. It also gained support for automatically + choosing a free, previously unused UID/GID range when starting a + container, via the new --private-users=pick setting (which implies + --private-user-chown). Together, these options for the first time + make user namespacing for nspawn containers fully automatic and thus + deployable. The systemd-nspaw@.service template unit file has been + changed to use this functionality by default. + + * The default start timeout may now be configured on the kernel command + line via systemd.default_timeout_start_sec=. It was already + configurable via the DefaultTimeoutStartSec= option in + /etc/systemd/system.conf. + + * Socket units gained a new TriggerLimitIntervalSec= and + TriggerLimitBurst= setting to configure a limit on the activation + rate of the socket unit. + + * The LimitNICE= setting now optionally takes normal UNIX nice values + in addition to the raw integer limit value. If the specified + parameter is prefixed with "+" or "-" and is in the range -20..19 the + value is understood as UNIX nice value. If not prefixed like this it + is understood as raw RLIMIT_NICE limit. + + Contributions from: Alban Crequy, Alexander Kuleshov, Alex Crawford, + Andrew Eikum, Beniamino Galvani, Benjamin Robin, Benjamin ROBIN, Biao + Lu, Bjørnar Ness, Calvin Owens, Christian Hesse, Colin Guthrie, Daniel + J Walsh, Daniel Mack, Dan Nicholson, daurnimator, David Herrmann, David + R. Hedges, Elias Probst, Emmanuel Gil Peyrot, EMOziko, Evgeny + Vereshchagin, Federico, Felipe Sateler, Filipe Brandenburger, Franck + Bui, frankheckenbach, Georgia Brikis, Harald Hoyer, Hendrik Brueckner, + Hristo Venev, Iago López Galeiras, Ian Kelling, Ismo Puustinen, Jakub + Wilk, Jaroslav Škarvada, Jeff Huang, Joel Holdsworth, kayrus, Klearchos + Chaloulos, Lennart Poettering, Lubomir Rintel, Lukas Nykryn, Lukáš + Nykrýn, Mantas Mikulėnas, Marcel Holtmann, Martin Pitt, Michael Biebl, + michaelolbrich, Michał Bartoszkiewicz, Michal Koutný, Michal Sekletar, + Mike Frysinger, Mike Gilbert, Mingcong Bai, Ming Lin, mulkieran, + muzena, Nalin Dahyabhai, Naohiro Aota, Nathan McSween, Nicolas + Braud-Santoni, Patrik Flykt, Peter Hutterer, Petr Lautrbach, Petros + Angelatos, Piotr Drąg, Rabin Vincent, Robert Węcławski, Ronny + Chevalier, Samuel Tardieu, Stefan Schallenberg, Steven Siloti, Susant + Sahani, Sylvain Plantefève, Taylor Smock, tblume, Tejun Heo, Thomas + Blume, Thomas Haller, Thomas Hindoe Paaboel Andersen, Thomas + H. P. Andersen, Tobias Klauser, Tom Gundersen, Torstein Husebø, Umut + Tezduyar Lindskog, Vinay Kulkarni, Vito Caputo, Vittorio G (VittGam), + Vladimir Panteleev, Wieland Hoffmann, Wouter Verhelst, Yu Watanabe, + Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek - * systemd-bus-proxyd has been removed, as kdbus will not be merged - in current form. + — Berlin, 2016-05-XX CHANGES WITH 229: |