timers configured this way will save to disk when they have
been last triggered. This information is then used on next
reboot to possible execute overdue timer events, that
- couldn't take place because the system was powered off. This
- enables simple anacron-like behaviour for timer units.
+ could not take place because the system was powered off.
+ This enables simple anacron-like behaviour for timer units.
* systemctl's "list-timers" will now also list the time a
timer unit was last triggered in addition to the next time
anymore. Instead we now build libsystemd.so multiple times
under these alternative names. This means that the footprint
is drastically increased, but given that these are
- transitional compatibility libraries this shouldn't matter
+ transitional compatibility libraries this should not matter
much. This change has been made necessary to support the ARM
platform for these compatibility libraries, as the ARM
- toolchain isn't really at the same level as the toolchain
+ toolchain is not really at the same level as the toolchain
for other architectures like x86 and does not support
IFUNC. Please make sure to use --enable-compat-libs only
during a transitional period!
merged them into a single library, libsystemd.so, which
provides all symbols. The reason for this is cyclic
dependencies, as these libraries tend to use each other's
- symbols. So far, we've managed to workaround that by linking
+ symbols. So far, we have managed to workaround that by linking
a copy of a good part of our code into each of these
libraries again and again, which, however, makes certain
things hard to do, like sharing static variables. Also, it
* A new tmpfiles.d(5) command "m" has been introduced which
may be used to change the owner/group/access mode of a file
- or directory if it exists, but do nothing if it doesn't.
+ or directory if it exists, but do nothing if it does not.
* This release removes high-level support for the
MemorySoftLimit= cgroup setting. The underlying kernel
cgroup attribute memory.soft_limit= is currently badly
designed and likely to be removed from the kernel API in its
- current form, hence we shouldn't expose it for now.
+ current form, hence we should not expose it for now.
* The memory.use_hierarchy cgroup attribute is now enabled for
all cgroups systemd creates in the memory cgroup
* InaccessibleDirectories= and ReadOnlyDirectories= now take
paths that are optionally prefixed with "-" to indicate that
- it should not be considered a failure if they don't exist.
+ it should not be considered a failure if they do not exist.
* journalctl -o (and similar commands) now understands a new
output mode "short-precise", it is similar to "short" but
databases to pre-generate dead device nodes based on meta
information contained in kernel modules, so that these would
be auto-loaded on access rather then at boot. As this
- doesn't really have much to do with the exposing actual
+ does not really have much to do with the exposing actual
kernel devices to userspace this has always been slightly
alien in the udev codebase. Following the new scheme kmod
will now generate a runtime snippet for tmpfiles from the
* 'systemd-analyze dot' gained the ability to filter for
specific units via shell-style globs, to create smaller,
- more useful graphs. I.e. it's now possible to create simple
+ more useful graphs. I.e. it is now possible to create simple
graphs of all the dependencies between only target units, or
of all units that Avahi has dependencies with.
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames
* Auke Kok's bootchart implementation has been added to the
- systemd tree. It's an optional component that can graph the
- boot in quite some detail. It's one of the best bootchart
+ systemd tree. It is an optional component that can graph the
+ boot in quite some detail. It is one of the best bootchart
implementations around and minimal in its code and
dependencies.
PolicyKit-less systems. Quite frankly this should have been
this way since day one. It is absolutely our intention to
make systemd work fine on PolicyKit-less systems, and we
- consider it a bug if something doesn't work as it should if
+ consider it a bug if something does not work as it should if
PolicyKit is not around.
* For embedded systems it is now possible to build udev and
* The bash completion logic is now available for journalctl
too.
- * We don't mount the "cpuset" controller anymore together with
+ * We do not mount the "cpuset" controller anymore together with
"cpu" and "cpuacct", as "cpuset" groups generally cannot be
started if no parameters are assigned to it. "cpuset" hence
broke code that assumed it it could create "cpu" groups and
CHANGES WITH 190:
- * Whenever a unit changes state we'll now log this to the
+ * Whenever a unit changes state we will now log this to the
journal and show along the unit's own log output in
"systemctl status".
* There's now a new RPM macro definition for the system preset
dir: %_presetdir.
- * journald will now warn if it can't forward a message to the
+ * journald will now warn if it ca not forward a message to the
syslog daemon because it's socket is full.
* timedated will no longer write or process /etc/timezone,
* systemctl will now warn you if .mount units generated from
/etc/fstab are out of date due to changes in fstab that
- haven't been read by systemd yet.
+ have not been read by systemd yet.
* systemd is now suitable for usage in initrds. Dracut has
already been updated to make use of this. With this in place
* We now mount /tmp as tmpfs by default, but this can be
masked and /etc/fstab can override it.
- * Since udisks doesn't make use of /media anymore we are not
+ * Since udisks does not make use of /media anymore we are not
mounting a tmpfs on it anymore.
* journalctl gained a new --local switch to only interleave
folks
* We now refuse non-UTF8 strings used in various configuration
- and unit files. This is done to ensure we don't pass invalid
+ and unit files. This is done to ensure we do not pass invalid
data over D-Bus or expose it elsewhere.
* Register Mimo USB Screens as suitable for automatic seat
death, since fanotify() will not see accesses done by blkid,
or fsck.
- * Don't show kernel threads in systemd-cgls anymore, unless
+ * Do not show kernel threads in systemd-cgls anymore, unless
requested with new -k switch.
Contributions from: Dan Horák, Kay Sievers, Lennart
--with-rootprefix= to follow the naming used by udev and
kmod
- * Unless specified otherwise we'll now install to /usr instead
+ * Unless specified otherwise we will now install to /usr instead
of /usr/local by default.
* Processes with '@' in argv[0][0] are now excluded from the
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