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Author: mgorny |
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Date: 2012-01-07 17:54:31 +0000 (Sat, 07 Jan 2012) |
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New Revision: 61 |
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2012/ |
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2012/2012-01-07/ |
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2012/2012-01-07/2012-01-07-systemd-to-usr.en.txt |
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Log: |
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Add a news file about systemd -> /usr migration. |
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Added: 2012/2012-01-07/2012-01-07-systemd-to-usr.en.txt |
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--- 2012/2012-01-07/2012-01-07-systemd-to-usr.en.txt (rev 0) |
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+++ 2012/2012-01-07/2012-01-07-systemd-to-usr.en.txt 2012-01-07 17:54:31 UTC (rev 61) |
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+Title: systemd /usr migration |
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+Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> |
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+Content-Type: text/plain |
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+Posted: 2012-01-06 |
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+Revision: 1 |
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+News-Item-Format: 1.0 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/systemd |
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+ |
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+We have decided to move our systemd installation into /usr prefix. |
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+After the upgrade, the main systemd executable will be installed |
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+as /usr/bin/systemd and the unit files will be installed |
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+to /usr/lib/systemd; however, systemd will still look for unit files |
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+in the /lib location. |
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+ |
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+For this reason, new revisions of all systemd versions have been added |
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+to the tree and all users are advised to upgrade ASAP to make |
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+the transition as painless as possible. To achieve that, the following |
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+steps have been taken: |
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+ |
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+1) the new systemd versions install and enable a path monitoring helper |
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+which automatically updates /etc/systemd symlinks when unit files |
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+are moved from /lib to /usr/lib; |
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+ |
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+2) the systemd.eclass blocks older versions of systemd to ensure that |
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+the service files aren't installed in the new location before the helper |
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+service is in place; |
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+ |
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+3) a symlink is installed at /bin/systemd to ensure that current init= |
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+specifications are still valid. |
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+ |
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+Please note that these features will be removed after the transitional |
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+period and users upgrading afterwards will have to manually ensure |
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+correctness of their installations. The former two features will be |
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+removed on 2012-03-01, the last one on 2012-05-01. |
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+ |
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+Users are advised to rebuild the packages providing systemd units |
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+and update their kernel command lines before those deadlines. |
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