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 (DIR) Post #B7eQml3QbewO1OB0CG by pid_eins@mastodon.social
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       2️⃣3️⃣ Here's the 23nd post highlighting key new features of the recently released v261 release of systemd. #systemd261 #systemd systemd-sysext is a tool in systemd's toolset that allows overlaying disk images over /usr/ in order to extend the OS vendor tree with additional resources, extending the base functionality of the base OS image. It comes with a counterpart for /etc/ called systemd-confext.The tools can drop in any file whatsoever ultimately, however so far they weren't great for…
       
 (DIR) Post #B7eQmlJjd1z6pxo1c8 by fiore@brain.worm.pink
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       overcomplicating  awardRE: https://mastodon.social/@pid_eins/116803790296454733
       
 (DIR) Post #B7eQmlRt8iVTFFcXK4 by pid_eins@mastodon.social
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       …dropping one very crucial type of file for the OS: systemd's unit files. The reason for that is one of ordering: sysext/confext are applied at point in time at boot where the local file systems are already mounted (because the primary place where the sysext/confext images are placed is /var/), but unit files we really try to read much earlier, when systemd initializes, and then generate a single unified transaction from it. Now you could make it work, because in the metadata of the…
       
 (DIR) Post #B7eQmloZmMeeNcEega by pid_eins@mastodon.social
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       …sysext/confext you can specify to trigger a service manage reload, and then use .upholds/ dependencies to schedule unit jobs. But it's ugly, because we generally want to avoid reloads in the regular start-up paths.With v261 we have made one relevant change in this area: we'll now apply any confext/sysext we can already discover from initrd context *before* transitioning into the rootfs, so that they are available already during generation of the initial transaction of the service manager.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7eTlTnTaCLw4VnTuK by fiore@brain.worm.pink
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       @thing imean  ehhhh  immutability can be  good
       
 (DIR) Post #B7eVbWEBtEamcife6q by fiore@brain.worm.pink
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       @thing wait  how would  that help
       
 (DIR) Post #B7eWmM0ALoha2yqDE8 by fiore@brain.worm.pink
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       @thing ehhh fair