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On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 3:28 PM, allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> I run a stable system using gnome3 and hence systemd, specifically |
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> systemd-236-r5. My bootloader is grub2. I do *not* have an EFI |
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> platform and do *not* have an initramfs. |
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> I do *not* have a separate /usr filesystem. |
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> The news item says that, in preparation for the 237 release and the |
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> likely removal of the symlinks |
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> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd and |
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> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown |
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> we should update our boot config to reference init=/lib/systemd/system |
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> 1. Updating the boot config to reference init=/lib/systemd/system seems |
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> to mean a 1-line change in /etc/default/grub |
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> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" --> |
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> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/lib/systemd/systemd" |
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> followed by the usual |
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> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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> Is that it? |
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Yes. |
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> 2. What should I be doing to prepare for the removal of the |
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> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown symlink? |
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You don't need to do anything specific here. |
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> 3. "After upgrading, please run systemctl daemon-reexec". Which |
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> upgrade is being referred to? Is it the upgrade to the 237 release, |
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> with the likely removal of the two symlinks. |
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You should run that command after any systemd upgrade, but |
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specifically after upgrading from a version prior to 234. |
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