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OpenRC NEWS
This file will contain a list of notable changes for each release. Note the information in this file is in reverse order.
OpenRC-0.18
The behaviour of localmount and netmount is changing. In the past, these services always started successfully. However, now they will fail if a file system they attempt to mount cannot be mounted.
If you have file systems listed in fstab which should not be mounted at boot time, make sure to add noauto to the mount options. If you have file systems that you want to attempt to mount at boot time but failure should be allowed, add nofail to the mount options for these file systems in fstab.
In this version, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for mount/umount -a. This is being dropped because it is util-linux specific and not compatible with busybox.
This should not be a regression for Gentoo users, but I am publishing this here because it may be for others.
OpenRC-0.14
The binfmt service, which registers misc binary formats with the Linux kernel, has been separated from the procfs service. This service will be automatically added to the boot runlevel for new Linux installs. When you upgrade, you will need to use rc-update to add it to your boot runlevel.
The procfs service no longer automounts the deprecated usbfs and usbdevfs file systems. Nothing should be using usbdevfs any longer, and if you still need usbfs it can be added to fstab.
Related to the above change, the procfs service no longer attempts to modprobe the usbcore module. If your device manager does not load it, you will need to configure the modules service to do so.
The override order of binfmt.d and tmpfiles.d directories has been changed to match systemd. Files in /run/binfmt.d and /run/tmpfiles.d override their /usr/lib counterparts, and files in the /etc counterparts override both /usr/lib and /run.
OpenRC-0.13.2
A chroot variable has been added to the service script variables. This fixes the support for running a service in a chroot. This is documented in man 8 openrc-run.
The netmount service now mounts nfs file systems. This change was made to correct a fix for an earlier bug.
OpenRC-0.13
/sbin/rc was renamed to /sbin/openrc and /sbin/runscript was renamed to /sbin/openrc-run due to naming conflicts with other software.
Backward compatible symbolic links are currently in place so your system will keep working if you are using the old names; however, it is strongly advised that you migrate to the new names because the symbolic links will be removed in the future. Warnings have been added to assist with this migration; however, due to the level of noise they produce, they only appear in verbose mode in this release.
The devfs script now handles the initial mounting and setup of the /dev directory. If /dev has already been mounted by the kernel or an initramfs, devfs will remount /dev with the correct mount options instead of mounting a second /dev over the existing mount point.
It attempts to mount /dev from fstab first if an entry exists there. If it doesn't it attempts to mount devtmpfs if it is configured in the kernel. If not, it attempts to mount tmpfs. If none of these is available, an error message is displayed and static /dev is assumed.
OpenRC-0.12
The net.* scripts, originally from Gentoo Linux, have been removed. If you need these scripts, look for a package called netifrc, which is maintained by them.