From d2fb6b4b217cef0c5232f7b7304b7b359ccab78f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Olaf Hering Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:45:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: mention removal of sysconfig Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani --- NEWS.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 8dd42f7382..cbfc9b4a15 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ v8.1.0 (unreleased) * **Improvements** + * packaging: sysconfig files no longer installed + + libvirt used to provide defaults in various /etc/sysconfig/ files, such + as /etc/sysconfig/libvirtd. Since these files are owned by the admin, this + made it difficult to change built-in defaults in case such file was + modified by the admin. The built-in defaults are now part of the provided + systemd unit files, such as libvirtd.service. These unit files continue + to parse sysconfig files, in case they are created by the admin and filled + with the desired key=value pairs. + * **Bug fixes** -- 2.47.2