From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-182458-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DABFC1382C5 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 22:16:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 269B5E0AFA; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 22:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.cims.nyu.edu (MX.CIMS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B18F5E0AF3 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 22:16:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (smtp.cs.nyu.edu [128.122.49.97]) by mx.cims.nyu.edu (8.15.1+Sun/8.15.1) with ESMTPS id w17MGAFP006854 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 17:16:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from E7450.localdomain (ool-18be5603.dyn.optonline.net [24.190.86.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id w17MG9bF016174 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 17:16:10 -0500 Received: by E7450.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A11D45AC4; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 17:16:09 -0500 (EST) From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] preparing for the "systemd rootprefix migration" References: <87k1vopmso.fsf@nyu.edu> <CAJ0EP40B2pLn4+NsOsbS+zNLUDt92x+sUVQqTC0otEgS9LJhrQ@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:16:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <CAJ0EP40B2pLn4+NsOsbS+zNLUDt92x+sUVQqTC0otEgS9LJhrQ@mail.gmail.com> (Mike Gilbert's message of "Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:39:24 -0500") Message-ID: <87r2pwo386.fsf@nyu.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mx.cims.nyu.edu [128.122.49.99]); Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:16:11 -0500 (EST) for IP:'128.122.49.97' DOMAIN:'smtp.cs.nyu.edu' HELO:'smtp.cs.nyu.edu' FROM:'gottlieb@nyu.edu' RCPT:'' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mx.cims.nyu.edu [128.122.49.99]); Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:16:11 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at mx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.80 on 128.122.49.99 X-Archives-Salt: a7394c54-60a6-44ff-960c-ea0b874d139e X-Archives-Hash: b993c699766e78c4ca567f4ec7e33ef3 On Wed, Feb 07 2018, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 3:28 PM, allan gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> wrote: >> I run a stable system using gnome3 and hence systemd, specifically >> systemd-236-r5. My bootloader is grub2. I do *not* have an EFI >> platform and do *not* have an initramfs. >> I do *not* have a separate /usr filesystem. >> >> The news item says that, in preparation for the 237 release and the >> likely removal of the symlinks >> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd and >> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown >> we should update our boot config to reference init=/lib/systemd/system >> >> 1. Updating the boot config to reference init=/lib/systemd/system seems >> to mean a 1-line change in /etc/default/grub >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" --> >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/lib/systemd/systemd" >> followed by the usual >> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg >> Is that it? > > Yes. > >> 2. What should I be doing to prepare for the removal of the >> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown symlink? > > You don't need to do anything specific here. > >> 3. "After upgrading, please run systemctl daemon-reexec". Which >> upgrade is being referred to? Is it the upgrade to the 237 release, >> with the likely removal of the two symlinks. > > You should run that command after any systemd upgrade, but > specifically after upgrading from a version prior to 234. Thank you. allan gottlieb