From: Jörg Behrmann Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:53:29 +0000 (+0100) Subject: NEWS: style fixes and a few reformulations X-Git-Tag: v256-rc1~495^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=28ec58298f4423b453219f041cfd44f7e0931cab;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git NEWS: style fixes and a few reformulations - mention the version format spec for sytsemd-vpick - say what "systemd-creds --user" can be used by unprivileged users as well - say what importctl does - use en dash instead of em dash - add a missing article --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 727730e3d0d..1f71030ebfd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe: * A new 'systemd-vpick' binary has been added. It implements the new vpick protocol, where a .v directory may contain multiple files with - a version embedded in the name, and they may be ordered by version - and the newest one can be reliably selected. + a version, following the UAPI version format specification, embedded + in the file name. The files are ordered by version and the newest one + is selected. systemd-nspawn, systemd-dissect, and the RootDirectory=, RootImage=, ExtensionImages=, and ExtensionDirectories= settings for units now @@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe: selected automatically if a "*.v/" directory is specified as the source. - * Credentials can now be made accessible to unprivileged users. - 'systemd-creds --user --uid=' will encrypt or decrypt a + * Credentials can now be made accessible to and used by unprivileged + users. 'systemd-creds --user --uid=' will encrypt or decrypt a credential for a specific user. * With systemd-homed, it is now possible to log in and activate an @@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe: systemd-homed, userdbctl, and homectl gained support for blob directories. - * New command-line tool 'importctl' is added with the following verbs: + * New command-line tool 'importctl' to download, import, and export + disk images via systemd-importd is added with the following verbs: pull-tar, pull-raw, import-tar, import-raw, import-fs, export-tar, export-raw, list-transfers, cancel-transfer. @@ -295,8 +297,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe: Systemd-boot and systemd-stub and Related Tools: * TPM 1.2 PCR measurement support has been removed from systemd-stub. - TPM 1.2 is obsolete and — due to the (by today's standards) weak - cryptographic algorithms it only supports — does not actually provide + TPM 1.2 is obsolete and – due to the (by today's standards) weak + cryptographic algorithms it only supports – does not actually provide the security benefits it's supposed to provide. Given that the rest of systemd's codebase never supported TPM 1.2, the support has now been removed from systemd-stub as well. @@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe: * systemd-creds gained new options --user/--uid=. * 'systemctl edit --stdin' allows creation of unit files and drop-ins - with contents fed via standard input. This is useful when creating + with contents supplied via standard input. This is useful when creating configuration programmatically; the tool takes care of figuring out the file name, creating any directories, and reloading the manager afterwards. @@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe: * systemd-repart gained new options --generate-fstab= and --generate-crypttab= to write the fstab and crypttab files. - * systemd-repart gained new option --private-key-source= to allow + * systemd-repart gained a new option --private-key-source= to allow using OpenSSL's "engines" or "providers" as the signing mechanism to use when creating verity signature partitions.