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From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] preparing for the "systemd rootprefix migration"
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 22:16:22
Message-Id: 87r2pwo386.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] preparing for the "systemd rootprefix migration" by Mike Gilbert
1 On Wed, Feb 07 2018, Mike Gilbert wrote:
2
3 > On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 3:28 PM, allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:
4 >> I run a stable system using gnome3 and hence systemd, specifically
5 >> systemd-236-r5. My bootloader is grub2. I do *not* have an EFI
6 >> platform and do *not* have an initramfs.
7 >> I do *not* have a separate /usr filesystem.
8 >>
9 >> The news item says that, in preparation for the 237 release and the
10 >> likely removal of the symlinks
11 >> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd and
12 >> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown
13 >> we should update our boot config to reference init=/lib/systemd/system
14 >>
15 >> 1. Updating the boot config to reference init=/lib/systemd/system seems
16 >> to mean a 1-line change in /etc/default/grub
17 >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" -->
18 >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/lib/systemd/systemd"
19 >> followed by the usual
20 >> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
21 >> Is that it?
22 >
23 > Yes.
24 >
25 >> 2. What should I be doing to prepare for the removal of the
26 >> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown symlink?
27 >
28 > You don't need to do anything specific here.
29 >
30 >> 3. "After upgrading, please run systemctl daemon-reexec". Which
31 >> upgrade is being referred to? Is it the upgrade to the 237 release,
32 >> with the likely removal of the two symlinks.
33 >
34 > You should run that command after any systemd upgrade, but
35 > specifically after upgrading from a version prior to 234.
36
37 Thank you.
38 allan gottlieb