Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] NEWS: mention removal of sysconfig
On 12/14/21 08:37, Olaf Hering wrote:
Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf(a)aepfle.de>
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NEWS.rst | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 4d1a1501ef..ce324afb8a 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ v8.0.0 (unreleased)
* **Improvements**
+ * packaging: sysconfig files no longer installed
+
+ libvirt used to provide defaults in various /etc/sysconfig/ files, such
+ as /etc/sysconfig/libvirt. Since these files are owned by the admin, this
Small nit: should be /etc/sysconfig/libvirtd.
Jim
+ made it difficult to change built-in defaults in case such file
was
+ modified by the admin. The built-in defaults are now part of the provided
+ systemd unit files, such as libvirtd.service. These unit files continue
+ to parse sysconfig files, in case they are created by the admin and filled
+ with the desired key=value pairs.
+
* **Bug fixes**