From 8a6128b68bf5573bda7499318629ecb2be666848 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Triplett Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:33:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Extend note on /run/lock to recommend locking devices directly --- NEWS | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4c283610812..ff55bbcaa3a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ CHANGES WITH 258 in spe: directory is encouraged to ship their own tmpfiles.d configuration to set it up according to their needs. In general, services should store their lock files in RuntimeDirectory=/$RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, and software - directly executed by users should use $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. + directly executed by users should use $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Software + working with specific devices (e.g. serial port devices) should flock + the device directly rather than creating a separate lock file. * Support for systemd-repart's FactoryReset EFI variable has been deprecated and support for it will be removed in v260. Use the newer, -- 2.47.3