NEWS: style fixes and a few reformulations

- mention the version format spec for sytsemd-vpick
- say what "systemd-creds --user" can be used by unprivileged users as well
- say what importctl does
- use en dash instead of em dash
- add a missing article
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Jörg Behrmann
2024-03-16 15:16:01 +01:00
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* A new 'systemd-vpick' binary has been added. It implements the new
vpick protocol, where a .v directory may contain multiple files with
a version embedded in the name, and they may be ordered by version
and the newest one can be reliably selected.
a version, following the UAPI version format specification, embedded
in the file name. The files are ordered by version and the newest one
is selected.
systemd-nspawn, systemd-dissect, and the RootDirectory=, RootImage=,
ExtensionImages=, and ExtensionDirectories= settings for units now
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe:
selected automatically if a "*.v/" directory is specified as the
source.
* Credentials can now be made accessible to unprivileged users.
'systemd-creds --user --uid=<user>' will encrypt or decrypt a
* Credentials can now be made accessible to and used by unprivileged
users. 'systemd-creds --user --uid=<user>' will encrypt or decrypt a
credential for a specific user.
* With systemd-homed, it is now possible to log in and activate an
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe:
systemd-homed, userdbctl, and homectl gained support for blob
directories.
* New command-line tool 'importctl' is added with the following verbs:
* New command-line tool 'importctl' to download, import, and export
disk images via systemd-importd is added with the following verbs:
pull-tar, pull-raw, import-tar, import-raw, import-fs, export-tar,
export-raw, list-transfers, cancel-transfer.
@@ -295,8 +297,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe:
Systemd-boot and systemd-stub and Related Tools:
* TPM 1.2 PCR measurement support has been removed from systemd-stub.
TPM 1.2 is obsolete and — due to the (by today's standards) weak
cryptographic algorithms it only supports — does not actually provide
TPM 1.2 is obsolete and – due to the (by today's standards) weak
cryptographic algorithms it only supports – does not actually provide
the security benefits it's supposed to provide. Given that the rest
of systemd's codebase never supported TPM 1.2, the support has now
been removed from systemd-stub as well.
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe:
* systemd-creds gained new options --user/--uid=.
* 'systemctl edit --stdin' allows creation of unit files and drop-ins
with contents fed via standard input. This is useful when creating
with contents supplied via standard input. This is useful when creating
configuration programmatically; the tool takes care of figuring out
the file name, creating any directories, and reloading the manager
afterwards.
@@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 256 in spe:
* systemd-repart gained new options --generate-fstab= and
--generate-crypttab= to write the fstab and crypttab files.
* systemd-repart gained new option --private-key-source= to allow
* systemd-repart gained a new option --private-key-source= to allow
using OpenSSL's "engines" or "providers" as the signing mechanism to
use when creating verity signature partitions.