NEWS: add section about backslashes in EnvironmentFile

As a follow-up from #11427.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 04552f5624ada3968a6c5a4ee6c5f345f7e87dd3..fa62ee7197436f1edd0ce6f637312fde56f91c00 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ CHANGES WITH 241 in spe:
           Note that the similar hardlink and symlink protection has been
           enabled since v199, and may be disabled likewise.
 
           Note that the similar hardlink and symlink protection has been
           enabled since v199, and may be disabled likewise.
 

+        * The files read from the EnvironmentFile= setting in unit files now
+          parse backslashes inside quotes literally, matching the behaviour of
+          POSIX shells.
+

 CHANGES WITH 240:
 
         * NoNewPrivileges=yes has been set for all long-running services
 CHANGES WITH 240:
 
         * NoNewPrivileges=yes has been set for all long-running services