[systemd-devel] Is /run/systemd/journal/stdout setup protocol stable?

Cristian Rodríguez crrodriguez at opensuse.org
Tue Jul 23 23:25:12 UTC 2024


Unless the documentation explicitly marks something as stable or as an
ABI detail you can rely on the answer is NO.

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:13 AM Carl Lei <me at xecycle.info> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Short version of my question is, my program connects to
> /run/systemd/journal/stdout and dup2 to stderr; this socket needs that
> 7-line preamble to actually work.  But this seems a hidden internal
> thing, so I wonder will this be kept stable?
>

Unless it is listed here https://systemd.io/PORTABILITY_AND_STABILITY/ The
answer is no.
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