#4687: systemd-246
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 Reporter:  renodr  |       Owner:  renodr
     Type:  task    |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  10.0
Component:  Book    |     Version:  SVN
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Comment (by renodr):

 {{{
 systemd System and Service Manager

 CHANGES WITH 246:

         * The service manager gained basic support for cgroup v2 freezer.
 Units
           can now be suspended or resumed either using new systemctl
 verbs,
           freeze and thaw respectively, or via D-Bus.

         * PID 1 may now automatically load pre-compiled AppArmor policies
 from
           /etc/apparmor/earlypolicy during early boot.

         * The CPUAffinity= setting in service unit files now supports a
 new
           special value "numa" that causes the CPU affinity masked to be
 set
           based on the NUMA mask.

         * systemd will now log about all left-over processes remaining in
 a
           unit when the unit is stopped. It will now warn about services
 using
           KillMode=none, as this is generally an unsafe thing to make use
 of.

         * Two new unit file settings
           ConditionPathIsEncrypted=/AssertPathIsEncrypted= have been
           added. They may be used to check whether a specific file system
 path
           resides on a block device that is encrypted on the block level
           (i.e. using dm-crypt/LUKS).

         * Another pair of new settings
 ConditionEnvironment=/AssertEnvironment=
           has been added that may be used for simple environment checks.
 This
           is particularly useful when passing in environment variables
 from a
           container manager (or from PAM in case of the systemd --user
           instance).

         * .service unit files now accept a new setting CoredumpFilter=
 which
           allows configuration of the memory sections coredumps of the
           service's processes shall include.

         * .mount units gained a new ReadWriteOnly= boolean option. If set
           it will not be attempted to mount a file system read-only if
 mounting
           in read-write mode doesn't succeed. An option x-systemd.rw-only
 is
           available in /etc/fstab to control the same.

         * .socket units gained a new boolean setting PassPacketInfo=. If
           enabled, the kernel will attach additional per-packet metadata
 to all
           packets read from the socket, as an ancillary message. This
 controls
           the IP_PKTINFO, IPV6_RECVPKTINFO, NETLINK_PKTINFO socket
 options,
           depending on socket type.

         * .service units gained a new setting RootHash= which may be used
 to
           specify the root hash for verity enabled disk images which are
           specified in RootImage=. RootVerity= may be used to specify a
 path to
           the Verity data matching a RootImage= file system. (The latter
 is
           only useful for images that do not contain the Verity data
 embedded
           into the same image that carries a GPT partition table following
 the
           Discoverable Partition Specification). Similarly, systemd-nspawn
           gained a new switch --verity-data= that takes a path to a file
 with
           the verity data of the disk image supplied in --image=, if the
 image
           doesn't contain the verity data itself.

         * .service units gained a new setting RootHashSignature= which
 takes
           either a base64 encoded PKCS#7 signature of the root hash
 specified
           with RootHash=, or a path to a file to read the signature from.
 This
           allows validation of the root hash against public keys available
 in
           the kernel keyring, and is only supported on recent kernels
           (>= 5.4)/libcryptsetup (>= 2.30). A similar switch has been
 added to
           systemd-nspawn and systemd-dissect (--root-hash-sig=). Support
 for
           this mechanism has also been added to systemd-veritysetup.

         * .service unit files gained two new options
           TimeoutStartFailureMode=/TimeoutStopFailureMode= that may be
 used to
           tune behaviour if a start or stop timeout is hit, i.e. whether
 to
           terminate the service with SIGTERM, SIGABRT or SIGKILL.

         * Most options in systemd that accept hexadecimal values prefixed
 with
           0x in additional to the usual decimal notation now also support
 octal
           notation when the 0o prefix is used and binary notation if the
 0b
           prefix is used.

         * Various command line parameters and configuration file settings
 that
           configure key or certificate files now optionally take paths to
           AF_UNIX sockets in the file system. If configured that way a
 stream
           connection is made to the socket and the required data read from
           it. This is a simple and natural extension to the existing
 regular
           file logic, and permits other software to provide keys or
           certificates via simple IPC services, for example when
 unencrypted
           storage on disk is not desired. Specifically, systemd-networkd's
           Wireguard and MACSEC key file settings as well as
           systemd-journal-gatewayd's and systemd-journal-remote's PEM
           key/certificate parameters support this now.

         * Unit files, tmpfiles.d/ snippets, sysusers.d/ snippets and other
           configuration files that support specifier expansion learnt six
 new
           specifiers: %a resolves to the current architecture, %o/%w/%B/%W
           resolve to the various ID fields from /etc/os-release, %l
 resolves to
           the "short" hostname of the system, i.e. the hostname configured
 in
           the kernel truncated at the first dot.

         * Support for the .include syntax in unit files has been removed.
 The
           concept has been obsolete for 6 years and we started warning
 about
           its pending removal 2 years ago (also see NEWS file below). It's
           finally gone now.

         * StandardError= and StandardOutput= in unit files no longer
 support
           the "syslog" and "syslog-console" switches. They were long
 removed
           from the documentation, but will now result in warnings when
 used,
           and be converted to "journal" and "journal+console"
 automatically.

         * If the service setting User= is set to the "nobody" user, a
 warning
           message is now written to the logs (but the value is nonetheless
           accepted). Setting User=nobody is unsafe, since the primary
 purpose
           of the "nobody" user is to own all files whose owner cannot be
 mapped
           locally. It's in particular used by the NFS subsystem and in
 user
           namespacing. By running a service under this user's UID it might
 get
           read and even write access to all these otherwise unmappable
 files,
           which is quite likely a major security problem.

         * tmpfs mounts automatically created by systemd (/tmp, /run,
 /dev/shm,
           and others) now have a size and inode limits applied (50% of RAM
 for
           /tmp and /dev/shm, 10% of RAM for other mounts, etc.)

         * nss-mymachines lost support for resolution of users and groups,
 and
           now only does resolution of hostnames. This functionality is now
           provided by nss-systemd. Thus, the 'mymachines' entry should be
           removed from the 'passwd:' and 'group:' lines in
 /etc/nsswitch.conf
           (and 'systemd' added if it is not already there).

         * A new kernel command line option systemd.hostname= has been
 added
           that allows controlling the hostname that is initialized early
 during
           boot.

         * A kernel command line option "udev.blockdev_read_only" has been
           added. If specified all hardware block devices that show up are
           immediately marked as read-only by udev. This option is useful
 for
           making sure that a specific boot under no circumstances modifies
 data
           on disk. Use "blockdev --setrw" to undo the effect of this, per
           device.

         * A new boolean kernel command line option systemd.swap= has been
           added, which may be used to turn off automatic activation of
 swap
           devices listed in /etc/fstab.

         * New kernel command line options systemd.condition-needs-update=
 and
           systemd.condition-first-boot= have been added, which override
 the
           result of the ConditionNeedsUpdate= and ConditionFirstBoot=
           conditions.

         * A new kernel command line option systemd.clock-usec= has been
 added
           that allows setting the system clock to the specified time in µs
           since Jan 1st, 1970 early during boot. This is in particular
 useful
           in order to make test cases more reliable.

         * The fs.suid_dumpable sysctl is set to 2 / "suidsafe". This
 allows
           systemd-coredump to save core files for suid processes. When
 saving
           the core file, systemd-coredump will use the effective uid and
 gid of
           the process that faulted.

         * The /sys/module/kernel/parameters/crash_kexec_post_notifiers
 file is
           now automatically set to "Y" at boot, in order to enable pstore
           generation for collection with systemd-pstore.

         * A new 'hwdb' file has been added that collects information about
 PCI
           and USB devices that correctly support auto-suspend, on top of
 the
           databases for this we import from the ChromiumOS project. If you
 have
           a device that supports auto-suspend correctly and where it
 should be
           enabled by default, please submit a patch that adds it to the
           database (see /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-autosuspend.hwdb).

         * systemd-udevd gained the new configuration option
 timeout_signal= as well
           as a corresponding kernel command line option
 udev.timeout_signal=.
           The option can be used to configure the UNIX signal that the
 main
           daemon sends to the worker processes on timeout. Setting the
 signal
           to SIGABRT is useful for debugging.

         * .link files managed by systemd-udevd gained options
 RxFlowControl=,
           TxFlowControl=, AutoNegotiationFlowControl= in the [Link]
 section, in
           order to configure various flow control parameters. They also
 gained
           RxMiniBufferSize= and RxJumboBufferSize= in order to configure
 jumbo
           frame ring buffer sizes.

         * networkd.conf gained a new boolean setting ManageForeignRoutes=.
 If
           enabled systemd-networkd manages all routes configured by other
 tools.

         * .network files managed by systemd-networkd gained a new section
           [SR-IOV], in order to configure SR-IOV capable network devices.

         * systemd-networkd's [IPv6Prefix] section in .network files gained
 a
           new boolean setting Assign=. If enabled an address from the
 prefix is
           automatically assigned to the interface.

         * systemd-networkd gained a new section [DHCPv6PrefixDelegation]
 which
           controls delegated prefixes assigned by DHCPv6 client. The
 section
           has three settings: SubnetID=, Assign=, and Token=. The setting
           SubnetID= allows explicit configuration of the preferred subnet
 that
           systemd-networkd's Prefix Delegation logic assigns to
 interfaces. If
           Assign= is enabled (which is the default) an address from any
 acquired
           delegated prefix is automatically chosen and assigned to the
           interface. The setting Token= specifies an optional address
 generation
           mode for Assign=.

         * systemd-networkd's [Network] section gained a new setting
           IPv4AcceptLocal=. If enabled the interface accepts packets with
 local
           source addresses.

         * systemd-networkd gained support for configuring the HTB queuing
           discipline in the [HierarchyTokenBucket] and
           [HierarchyTokenBucketClass] sections. Similar the "pfifo" qdisc
 may
           be configured in the [PFIFO] section, "GRED" in
           [GenericRandomEarlyDetection], "SFB" in [StochasticFairBlue],
 "cake"
           in [CAKE], "PIE" in [PIE], "DRR" in [DeficitRoundRobinScheduler]
 and
           [DeficitRoundRobinSchedulerClass], "BFIFO" in [BFIFO],
           "PFIFOHeadDrop" in [PFIFOHeadDrop], "PFIFOFast" in [PFIFOFast],
 "HHF"
           in [HeavyHitterFilter], "ETS" in [EnhancedTransmissionSelection]
 and
           "QFQ" in [QuickFairQueueing] and [QuickFairQueueingClass].

         * systemd-networkd gained support for a new Termination= setting
 in the
           [CAN] section for configuring the termination resistor. It also
           gained a new ListenOnly= setting for controlling whether to only
           listen on CAN interfaces, without interfering with traffic
 otherwise
           (which is useful for debugging/monitoring CAN network
           traffic). DataBitRate=, DataSamplePoint=, FDMode=, FDNonISO=
 have
           been added to configure various CAN-FD aspects.

         * systemd-networkd's [DHCPv6] section gained a new option
 WithoutRA=.
           When enabled, DHCPv6 will be attempted right-away without
 requiring an
           Router Advertisement packet suggesting it first (i.e. without
 the 'M'
           or 'O' flags set). The [IPv6AcceptRA] section gained a boolean
 option
           DHCPv6Client= that may be used to turn off the DHCPv6 client
 even if
           the RA packets suggest it.

         * systemd-networkd's [DHCPv4] section gained a new setting
 UseGateway=
           which may be used to turn off use of the gateway information
 provided
           by the DHCP lease. A new FallbackLeaseLifetimeSec= setting may
 be
           used to configure how to process leases that lack a lifetime
 option.

         * systemd-networkd's [DHCPv4] and [DHCPServer] sections gained a
 new
           setting SendVendorOption= allowing configuration of additional
 vendor
           options to send in the DHCP requests/responses. The [DHCPv6]
 section
           gained a new SendOption= setting for sending arbitrary DHCP
           options. RequestOptions= has been added to request arbitrary
 options
           from the server. UserClass= has been added to set the DHCP user
 class
           field.

         * systemd-networkd's [DHCPServer] section gained a new set of
 options
           EmitPOP3=/POP3=, EmitSMTP=/SMTP=, EmitLPR=/LPR= for including
 server
           information about these three protocols in the DHCP lease. It
 also
           gained support for including "MUD" URLs ("Manufacturer Usage
           Description"). Support for "MUD" URLs was also added to the LLDP
           stack, configurable in the [LLDP] section in .network files.

         * The Mode= settings in [MACVLAN] and [MACVTAP] now support
 'source'
           mode. Also, the sections now support a new setting
 SourceMACAddress=.

         * systemd-networkd's .netdev files now support a new setting
           VLANProtocol= in the [Bridge] section that allows configuration
 of
           the VLAN protocol to use.

         * systemd-networkd supports a new Group= setting in the [Link]
 section
           of the .network files, to control the link group.

         * systemd-networkd's [Network] section gained a new
           IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode= setting, which specifies how
 IPv6
           link local address is generated.

         * A new default .network file is now shipped that matches TUN/TAP
           devices that begin with "vt-" in their name. Such interfaces
 will
           have IP routing onto the host links set up automatically. This
 is
           supposed to be used by VM managers to trivially acquire a
 network
           interface which is fully set up for host communication, simply
 by
           carefully picking an interface name to use.

         * systemd-networkd's [DHCPv6] section gained a new setting
 RouteMetric=
           which sets the route priority for routes specified by the DHCP
 server.

         * systemd-networkd's [DHCPv6] section gained a new setting
 VendorClass=
           which configures the vendor class information sent to DHCP
 server.

         * The BlackList= settings in .network files' [DHCPv4] and
           [IPv6AcceptRA] sections have been renamed DenyList=. The old
 names
           are still understood to provide compatibility.

         * networkctl gained the new "forcerenew" command for forcing all
 DHCP
           server clients to renew their lease. The interface "status"
 output
           will now show numerous additional fields of information about an
           interface. There are new "up" and "down" commands to bring
 specific
           interfaces up or down.

         * systemd-resolved's DNS= configuration option now optionally
 accepts a
           port number (after ":") and a host name (after "#"). When the
 host
           name is specified, the DNS-over-TLS certificate is validated to
 match
           the specified hostname. Additionally, in case of IPv6 addresses,
 an
           interface may be specified (after "%").

         * systemd-resolved may be configured to forward single-label DNS
 names.
           This is not standard-conformant, but may make sense in setups
 where
           public DNS servers are not used.

         * systemd-resolved's DNS-over-TLS support gained SNI validation.

         * systemd-nspawn's --resolv-conf= switch gained a number of new
           supported values. Specifically, options starting with "replace-"
 are
           like those prefixed "copy-" but replace any existing resolv.conf
           file. And options ending in "-uplink" and "-stub" can now be
 used to
           propagate other flavours of resolv.conf into the container (as
           defined by systemd-resolved).

         * The various programs included in systemd can now optionally
 output
           their log messages on stderr prefixed with a timestamp,
 controlled by
           the $SYSTEMD_LOG_TIME environment variable.

         * systemctl gained a new "-P" switch that is a shortcut for "--
 value
           --property=…".

         * "systemctl list-units" and "systemctl list-machines" no longer
 hide
           their first output column with --no-legend. To hide the first
 column,
           use --plain.

         * "systemctl reboot" takes the option "--reboot-argument=".
           The optional positional argument to "systemctl reboot" is now
           being deprecated in favor of this option.

         * systemd-run gained a new switch --slice-inherit. If specified
 the
           unit it generates is placed in the same slice as the systemd-run
           process itself.

         * systemd-journald gained support for zstd compression of large
 fields
           in journal files. The hash tables in journal files have been
 hardened
           against hash collisions. This is an incompatible change and
 means
           that journal files created with new systemd versions are not
 readable
           with old versions. If the $SYSTEMD_JOURNAL_KEYED_HASH boolean
           environment variable for systemd-journald.service is set to 0
 this
           new hardening functionality may be turned off, so that generated
           journal files remain compatible with older journalctl
           implementations.

         * journalctl will now include a clickable link in the default
 output for
           each log message for which an URL with further documentation is
           known. This is only supported on terminal emulators that support
           clickable hyperlinks, and is turned off if a pager is used
 (since
           "less" still doesn't support hyperlinks,
           unfortunately). Documentation URLs may be included in log
 messages
           either by including a DOCUMENTATION= journal field in it, or by
           associating a journal message catalog entry with the log
 message's
           MESSAGE_ID, which then carries a "Documentation:" tag.

         * journald.conf gained a new boolean setting Audit= that may be
 used to
           control whether systemd-journald will enable audit during
           initialization.

         * when systemd-journald's log stream is broken up into multiple
 lines
           because the PID of the sender changed this is indicated in the
           generated log records via the _LINE_BREAK=pid-change field.

         * journalctl's "-o cat" output mode will now show one or more
 journal
           fields specified with --output-fields= instead of
 unconditionally
           MESSAGE=. This is useful to retrieve a very specific set of
 fields
           without any decoration.

         * The sd-journal.h API gained two new functions:
           sd_journal_enumerate_available_unique() and
           sd_journal_enumerate_available_data() that operate like their
           counterparts that lack the _available_ in the name, but skip
 items
           that cannot be read and processed by the local implementation
           (i.e. are compressed in an unsupported format or such),

         * coredumpctl gained a new --file= switch, matching the same one
 in
           journalctl: a specific journal file may be specified to read the
           coredump data from.

         * coredumps collected by systemd-coredump may now be compressed
 using
           the zstd algorithm.

         * systemd-binfmt gained a new switch --unregister for
 unregistering all
           registered entries at once. This is now invoked automatically at
           shutdown, so that binary formats registered with the "F" flag
 will
           not block clean file system unmounting.

         * systemd-notify's --pid= switch gained new values: "parent",
 "self",
           "auto" for controlling which PID to send to the service manager:
 the
           systemd-notify process' PID, or the one of the process invoking
 it.

         * systemd-logind's Session bus object learnt a new method call
           SetType() for temporarily updating the session type of an
 already
           allocated session. This is useful for upgrading tty sessions to
           graphical ones once a compositor is invoked.

         * systemd-socket-proxy gained a new switch --exit-idle-time= for
           configuring an exit-on-idle time.

         * systemd-repart's --empty= setting gained a new value "create".
 If
           specified a new empty regular disk image file is created under
 the
           specified name. Its size may be specified with the new --size=
           option. The latter is also supported without the "create" mode,
 in
           order to grow existing disk image files to the specified size.
 These
           two new options are useful when creating or manipulating disk
 images
           instead of operating on actual block devices.

         * systemd-repart drop-ins now support a new UUID= setting to
 control
           the UUID to assign to a newly created partition.

         * systemd-repart's SizeMin= per-partition parameter now defaults
 to 10M
           instead of 0.

         * systemd-repart's Label= setting now support the usual, simple
           specifier expansion.

         * systemd-homed's LUKS backend gained the ability to discard empty
 file
           system blocks automatically when the user logs out. This is
 enabled
           by default to ensure that home directories take minimal space
 when
           logged out but get full size guarantees when logged in. This may
 be
           controlled with the new --luks-offline-discard= switch to
 homectl.

         * If systemd-homed detects that /home/ is encrypted as a whole it
 will
           now default to the directory or subvolume backends instead of
 the
           LUKS backend, in order to avoid double encryption. The default
           storage and file system may now be configured explicitly, too,
 via
           the new /etc/systemd/homed.conf configuration file.

         * systemd-homed now supports unlocking home directories with FIDO2
           security tokens that support the 'hmac-secret' extension, in
 addition
           to the existing support for PKCS#11 security token unlocking
           support. Note that many recent hardware security tokens support
 both
           interfaces. The FIDO2 support is accessible via homectl's
           --fido2-device= option.

         * homectl's --pkcs11-uri= setting now accepts two special
 parameters:
           if "auto" is specified and only one suitable PKCS#11 security
 token
           is plugged in, its URL is automatically determined and enrolled
 for
           unlocking the home directory. If "list" is specified a brief
 table of
           suitable PKCS#11 security tokens is shown. Similar, the new
           --fido2-device= option also supports these two special values,
 for
           automatically selecting and listing suitable FIDO2 devices.

         * The /etc/crypttab tmp option now optionally takes an argument
           selecting the file system to use. Moreover, the default is now
           changed from ext2 to ext4.

         * There's a new /etc/crypttab option "keyfile-erase". If specified
 the
           key file listed in the same line is removed after use,
 regardless if
           volume activation was successful or not. This is useful if the
 key
           file is only acquired transiently at runtime and shall be erased
           before the system continues to boot.

         * There's also a new /etc/crypttab option "try-empty-password". If
           specified, before asking the user for a password it is attempted
 to
           unlock the volume with an empty password. This is useful for
           installing encrypted images whose password shall be set on first
 boot
           instead of at installation time.

         * systemd-cryptsetup will now attempt to load the keys to unlock
           volumes with automatically from files in
           /etc/cryptsetup-keys.d/<volume>.key and
           /run/cryptsetup-keys.d/<volume>.key, if any of these files
 exist.

         * systemd-cryptsetup may now activate Microsoft BitLocker volumes
 via
           /etc/crypttab, during boot.

         * logind.conf gained a new RuntimeDirectoryInodesMax= setting to
           control the inode limit for the per-user $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR tmpfs
           instance.

         * A new generator systemd-xdg-autostart-generator has been added.
 It
           generates systemd unit files from XDG autostart .desktop files,
 and
           may be used to let the systemd user instance manage services
 that are
           started automatically as part of the desktop session.

         * "bootctl" gained a new verb "reboot-to-firmware" that may be
 used
           to query and change the firmware's 'reboot into firmware' setup
 flag.

         * systemd-firstboot gained a new switch --kernel-command-line=
 that may
           be used to initialize the /etc/kernel/cmdline file of the image.
 It
           also gained a new switch --root-password-hashed= which is like
           --root-password= but accepts a pre-hashed UNIX password as
           argument. The new option --delete-root-password may be used to
 unset
           any password for the root user (dangerous!). The --root-shell=
 switch
           may be used to control the shell to use for the root account. A
 new
           --force option may be used to override any already set settings
 with
           the parameters specified on the command line (by default, the
 tool
           will not override what has already been set before, i.e. is
 purely
           incremental).

         * systemd-firstboot gained support for a new --image= switch,
 which is
           similar to --root= but accepts the path to a disk image file, on
           which it then operates.

         * A new sd-path.h API has been added to libsystemd. It provides a
           simple API for retrieving various search paths and primary
           directories for various resources.

         * A new call sd_notify_barrier() has been added to the sd-daemon.h
           API. The call will block until all previously sent sd_notify()
           messages have been processed by the service manager. This is
 useful
           to remove races caused by a process already having disappeared
 at the
           time a notification message is processed by the service manager,
           making correct attribution impossible. The systemd-notify tool
 will
           now make use of this call implicitly, but this can be turned off
 again
           via the new --no-block switch.

         * When sending a file descriptor (fd) to the service manager to
 keep
           track of, using the sd_notify() mechanism, a new parameter
 FDPOLL=0
           may be specified. If passed the service manager will refrain
 from
           poll()ing on the file descriptor. Traditionally (and when the
           parameter is not specified), the service manager will poll it
 for
           POLLHUP or POLLERR events, and immediately close the fds in that
           case.

         * The service manager (PID1) gained a new D-Bus method call
           SetShowStatus() which may be used to control whether it shall
 show
           boot-time status output on the console. This method has a
 similar
           effect to sending SIGRTMIN+20/SIGRTMIN+21 to PID 1.

         * The sd-bus API gained a number of convenience functions that
 take
           va_list arguments rather than "...". For example, there's now
           sd_bus_call_methodv() to match sd_bus_call_method(). Those calls
 make
           it easier to build wrappers that accept variadic arguments and
 want
           to pass a ready va_list structure to sd-bus.

         * sd-bus vtable entries can have a new
 SD_BUS_VTABLE_ABSOLUTE_OFFSET
           flag which alters how the userdata pointer to pass to the
 callbacks
           is determined. When the flag is set, the offset field is
 converted
           as-is into a pointer, without adding it to the object pointer
 the
           vtable is associated with.

         * sd-bus now exposes four new functions:
           sd_bus_interface_name_is_valid() +
 sd_bus_service_name_is_valid() +
           sd_bus_member_name_is_valid() + sd_bus_object_path_is_valid()
 will
           validate strings to check if they qualify as various D-Bus
 concepts.

         * The sd-bus API gained the SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS(),
           SD_BUS_METHOD_WITH_ARGS_OFFSET() and SD_BUS_SIGNAL_WITH_ARGS()
 macros
           that simplify adding argument names to D-Bus methods and
 signals.

         * The man pages for the sd-bus and sd-hwdb APIs have been
 completed.

         * Various D-Bus APIs of systemd daemons now have man pages that
           document the methods, signals and properties.

         * The expectations on user/group name syntax are now documented in
           detail; documentation on how classic home directories may be
           converted into home directories managed by homed has been added;
           documentation regarding integration of homed/userdb
 functionality in
           desktops has been added:

               https://systemd.io/USER_NAMES
               https://systemd.io/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED
               https://systemd.io/USERDB_AND_DESKTOPS

         * Documentation for the on-disk Journal file format has been
 updated
           and has now moved to:

               https://systemd.io/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT

         * The interface for containers
 (https://systemd.io/CONTAINER_INTERFACE)
           has been extended by a set of environment variables that expose
           select fields from the host's os-release file to the container
           payload. Similarly, host's os-release files can be mounted into
 the
           container underneath /run/host. Together, those mechanisms
 provide a
           standardized way to expose information about the host to the
           container payload. Both interfaces are implemented in systemd-
 nspawn.

         * All D-Bus services shipped in systemd now implement the generic
           LogControl1 D-Bus API which allows clients to change log level +
           target of the service during runtime.

         * Only relevant for developers: the mkosi.default symlink has been
           dropped from version control. Please create a symlink to one of
 the
           distribution-specific defaults in .mkosi/ based on your
 preference.
 }}}

 Nothing in here is too noteworthy to mention outside of the NEWS, from
 what I can see.

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