[Mageia-dev] ANN: For the brave. systemd v185 in cauldron updates_testing

Mon Jun 18 23:15:08 CEST 2012

On 18 June 2012 01:15, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> I've just submitted systemd v185 to updates_testing.
+>
+> There are several important changes worth noting:
+>  1. "systemd-sysvinit" has been merged into the main "systemd" package
+> thus effectively making systemd the only choice for booting.
+>  2. "systemd" package now contains systemd-udevd binary thus replacing
+> the separate udev package (I see no reason to keep the binaries in
+> separate packages).
+>  3. The libudev major number has been bumped so several packages will
+> need rebuilt when this hits main, but so far I've only rebuilt lvm2 for
+> updates_testing. This seems to be enough for basic testing (I have LVM
+> here).
+>  4. Due to the new udevd path, dracut needed updating too. I've updated
+> this and submitted to release (as it's backwards compatible). At a later
+> date I'll update to latest dracut.
+>
+> Please ensure you are capable of restoring your system in the event of
+> things messing up. This will mean booting and manually downgrading
+> packages and reinstalling the older udev package.
+>
+> If all is well, this will go into cauldron at the end of the week.
+
+I've rebooted two machines with it with success
+