NEWS: various fixes/additions

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Lennart Poettering 2023-06-28 22:35:12 +02:00
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takes a boolean argument. If enabled for services that use RootImage=
or RootDirectory= an ephemeral copy of the disk image or directory
tree is made when the service is started. It is removed automatically
when the service is stopped.
when the service is stopped. That ephemeral copy is made using
btrfs/xfs reflinks or btrfs snaphots, if available.
* The service activation logic gained new settings RestartSteps= and
RestartMaxDelaySec= which allow exponentially growing restart
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* A new service setting MemoryKSM= has been added, which may be used to
enable kernel same-page merging individually for services.
* A new service setting ImportCredentials= has been added that
configures LoadCredential= and LoadCredentialEncrypted= and searches
for credentials to import from the system, and supports globbing.
* A new service setting ImportCredentials= has been added that augments
LoadCredential= and LoadCredentialEncrypted= and searches for
credentials to import from the system, and supports globbing.
Journal:
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* systemd-repart gained a new --architecture= switch. If specified, the
per-architecture GPT partition types (i.e. the root and /usr/
partitions) configured in the partition drop-in files are
automatically adjusted to match the selected architecture, in order
to simplify cross-architecture DDI building.
automatically adjusted to match the specified CPU architecture, in
order to simplify cross-architecture DDI building.
systemd-boot, systemd-stub, ukify, bootctl, kernel-install:
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support for /system-update to decide whether to enter system update
mode.
* The /dev/hugepages file system is now mounted with nosuid + nodev
* The /dev/hugepages/ file system is now mounted with nosuid + nodev
mount options by default.
* systemd-fstab-generator now understands two new kernel command line
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EFI variable. This should make hibernation a lot more robust, and
requiring no manual configuration of the resume location.
* The $XDG_STATE_HOME environment variable (added in more recent
versions of the XDG basedir specification) is now honoured to
implement the StateDirectory= setting in user services.
* A new component "systemd-battery-check" has been added. It may run
during early boot (usually in the initrd), and checks the battery
charge level of the system. In case the charge level is very low the
user is notified (graphically via Plymouth if available as well
as in text form on the console), and the system is turned off after a
10s delay.
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Announcements of Future Feature Removals and Incompatible Changes: