[systemd-devel] [PATCH] NEWS: Document new .conf.d configuration directories

[Lennart Poettering]

On Sat, 29.11.14 14:01, Josh Triplett (josh at joshtriplett.org) wrote:

Applied! Thanks!

> Also provide guidance to distributions, to make sure they don't start
> dropping files in the configuration directories in /etc/.
> ---
>  NEWS | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 0d3ab2b..8fc0720 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ CHANGES WITH 218:
>            will spew out warnings if the compilation fails. This
>            requires libxkbcommon to be installed.
>  
> +        * All systemd programs that read standalone configuration files
> +          in /etc now also support a corresponding series of
> +          .conf.d configuration directories in /etc/, /run/,
> +          /usr/local/lib/, /usr/lib/, and (if configured with
> +          --enable-split-usr) /lib/.  In particular, the following
> +          configuration files now have corresponding configuration
> +          directories: system.conf user.conf, logind.conf,
> +          journald.conf, sleep.conf, bootchart.conf, coredump.conf,
> +          resolved.conf, timesyncd.conf, journal-remote.conf, and
> +          journal-upload.conf.  Note that distributions should use the
> +          configuration directories in /usr/lib/; the directories in
> +          /etc/ are reserved for the system administrator.
> +
>  CHANGES WITH 217:
>  
>          * journalctl gained the new options -t/--identifier= to match
> -- 
> 2.1.3
> 
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Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat