Justin B Rye wrote: > Okay, so here's a first rough idea of what the release-notes might > say.
Properly formatted patch attached. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
diff --git a/en/issues.dbk b/en/issues.dbk index 2baac7df..2fdcf7d9 100644 --- a/en/issues.dbk +++ b/en/issues.dbk @@ -199,6 +199,40 @@ $ sudo update-initramfs -u </para> </section> + <section id="dummy-module-config"> + <!-- stretch to buster --> + <title>Module configuration for bonding and dummy interfaces/title> + <para> + Administrators who are using channel bonding and/or dummy + interfaces (for instance to configure a machine as a router), and + who have set up module parameters in a file under + <filename>/etc/modprobe.d</filename>, may need to change the name + of the local configuration file used, to avoid these parameters + being ignored after the upgrade to buster. + </para> + <para> + In buster, <systemitem role="package">udev</systemitem> ships a + file <filename>/lib/modprobe.d/systemd.conf</filename> designed to + make it easier to configure such interfaces using + <command>systemd-networkd</command>. This contains the lines + </para> + <screen> + options bonding max_bonds=0 + options dummy numdummies=0 + </screen> + <para> + A file in <filename>/lib/modprobe.d</filename> can be overridden by + one with the same name under <filename>/etc/modprobe.d</filename>, + but the names are processed in alphabetical order, so + <filename>/lib/modprobe.d/systemd.conf</filename> follows and + overrides (for instance) + <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/dummy.conf</filename>. Make sure that any + local configuration file has a name that sorts after + <quote><filename>systemd.conf</filename></quote>, such as + <quote><filename>/etc/modprobe.d/zz-local.conf</filename></quote>. + </para> + </section> + <section id="openssl-defaults"> <!-- stretch to buster --> <title>OpenSSL default version and security level raised</title>