Merge pull request #16519 from yuwata/networkctl-altnames

[thirdparty/systemd.git] / NEWS

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         * .socket units gained a new boolean setting PassPacketInfo=. If
           enabled, the kernel will attach additional per-packet metadata to all
-          packets read from the socket, as ancillary message. This controls the
-          IP_PKTINFO, IPV6_RECVPKTINFO, NETLINK_PKTINFO socket options,
+          packets read from the socket, as an ancillary message. This controls
+          the IP_PKTINFO, IPV6_RECVPKTINFO, NETLINK_PKTINFO socket options,
           depending on socket type.
 
         * .service units gained a new setting RootHash= which may be used to
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 246:
           enabled by default, please submit a patch that adds it to the
           database (see /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-autosuspend.hwdb).
 
-        * systemd-udevd gained new configuration option timeout_signal= as well
-          as corresponding kernel command line option udev.timeout_signal=.
+        * systemd-udevd gained the new configuration option timeout_signal= as well
+          as a corresponding kernel command line option udev.timeout_signal=.
           The option can be used to configure the UNIX signal that the main
           daemon sends to the worker processes on timeout. Setting the signal
           to SIGABRT is useful for debugging.
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ CHANGES WITH 246:
           Description"). Support for "MUD" URLs was also added to the LLDP
           stack, configurable in the [LLDP] section in .network files.
 
+        * The Mode= settings in [MACVLAN] and [MACVTAP] now support 'source'
+          mode. Also, the sections now support a new setting SourceMACAddress=.
+
         * systemd-networkd's .netdev files now support a new setting
           VLANProtocol= in the [Bridge] section that allows configuration of
           the VLAN protocol to use.
@@ -422,15 +425,6 @@ CHANGES WITH 246:
           control the inode limit for the per-user $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR tmpfs
           instance.
 
-        * systemd-firstboot gained a new --root-password-hashed= parameter for
-          setting the root user's password as UNIX password hash. There's a new
-          --delete-root-password switch which instead of setting a password for
-          the root user, removes it so that log-in without a password is
-          permitted. There's now --force which if specified means any existing
-          configuration is overwritten by the specified settings. It also
-          gained a new --kernel-command-line= parameter which may be used to
-          set the /etc/kernel/cmdline file of an OS image.
-
         * A new generator systemd-xdg-autostart-generator has been added. It
           generates systemd unit files from XDG autostart .desktop files, and
           may be used to let the systemd user instance manage services that are
@@ -449,6 +443,10 @@ CHANGES WITH 246:
           specified on the command line (by default, the tool will not override
           what has already been set before, i.e. is purely incremental).
 
+        * systemd-firstboot gained support for a new --image= switch, which is
+          similar to --root= but accepts the path to a disk image file, on
+          which it then operates.
+
         * A new sd-path.h API has been added to libsystemd. It provides a
           simple API for retrieving various search paths and primary
           directories for various resources.
@@ -502,10 +500,10 @@ CHANGES WITH 246:
           document the methods, signals and properties.
 
         * The expectations on user/group name syntax are now documented in
-          detail; documentation how classic home directories may be converted
-          into home directories managed by homed has been added; documentation
-          regarding integration of homed/userdb functionality in desktops has
-          been added:
+          detail; documentation on how classic home directories may be
+          converted into home directories managed by homed has been added;
+          documentation regarding integration of homed/userdb functionality in
+          desktops has been added:
 
               https://systemd.io/USER_NAMES
               https://systemd.io/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED
@@ -516,6 +514,14 @@ CHANGES WITH 246:
 
               https://systemd.io/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT
 
+        * The interface for containers (https://systemd.io/CONTAINER_INTERFACE)
+          has been extended by a set of environment variables that expose
+          select fields from the host's os-release file to the container
+          payload. Similarly, host's os-release files can be mounted into the
+          container underneath /run/hosts. Together, those mechanisms provide a
+          standardized way to expose information about the host to the
+          container payload. Both interfaces are implemented in systemd-nspawn.
+
         * All D-Bus services shipped in systemd now implement the generic
           LogControl1 D-Bus API which allows clients to change log level +
           target of the service during runtime.
@@ -557,6 +563,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 246:
         Korman, YmrDtnJu, Yuri Chornoivan, Yu Watanabe, Zbigniew
         Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Zhu Li, Дамјан Георгиевски, наб
 
+        – Warsaw, 2020-07-09
+
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         * A new tool "systemd-repart" has been added, that operates as an