NEWS: update for v253-rc2

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Luca Boccassi 2023-02-02 12:25:18 +00:00
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manager, measuring kernel command line into PCR 8 along with the
-Defi-tpm-pcr-compat compile-time option.
* The '-Dupdate-helper-user-timeout=' build-time option has been renamed
to '-Dupdate-helper-user-timeout-sec=', and now takes an integer as
parameter instead of a string.
New components:
* A tool 'ukify' tool to build, measure, and sign Unified Kernel Images
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* Drop-ins for init.scope changing control cgroup resource limits are
now applied, while they were previously ignored.
* New build-time configuration options '-Ddefault-timeout-sec=' and
'-Ddefault-user-timeout-sec=' have been added, to let distributions
choose the default timeout for starting/stopping/aborting system and
user units respectively.
Changes in udev:
* The new net naming scheme "v253" has been introduced. In the new
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information is used to skip some warnings which are not useful in a
VM and to conditionalize other aspects of behaviour.
* systemd-boot now supports a new 'if-safe' mode that will perform UEFI
Secure Boot automated certificate enrollment from the ESP only if it
is considered 'safe' to do so. At the moment 'safe' means running in a
virtual machine.
* systemd-stub now processes random seeds in the same way as
systemd-boot, in case a unified kernel image is being used from a
different bootloader than systemd-boot.
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Similarly, 'machinectl start|stop' gained a --now option to enable or
disable the machine unit when starting or stopping it.
* systemd-sysusers will now create /etc if it is missing.
* systemd-sleep 'HibernateDelaySec=' setting is changed back to
pre-v252's behaviour, and a new 'SuspendEstimationSec=' setting is
added to provide the new initial value for the new automated battery
estimation functionality. If 'HibernateDelaySec=' is set to any value,
the automated estimate (and thus the automated hibernation on low
battery to avoid data loss) functionality will be disabled.
* Default tmpfiles.d/ configuration will now automatically create
credentials storage directory '/etc/credstore/' with the appropriate,
secure permissions. If '/run/credstore/' exists, its permissions will
be fixed too in case they are not correct.
Changes in libsystemd and shared code:
* sd-bus gained new convenience functions sd_bus_emit_signal_to(),