[CentOS-devel] CentOS 8 Stream: updated rpm, dnf, and systemd

Wed Jan 22 21:32:33 UTC 2020
Brian Stinson <brian at bstinson.com>

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, at 15:29, Troy Dawson wrote:
> Ya!!
> I can verify that rpm now works with ztfs(
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1715799 )
> And dnf now correctly does "dnf repoquery --whatrequires" (
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1782906 )
> 
> Should I put that information, along with my tests, just in the
> bugzilla's?  Or do you want the feedback somewhere else as well?
> 
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 1:09 PM Carl George <carl at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Howdy everyone,
> >
> > The CentOS team is pleased to announce that we have updated the rpm, dnf,
> > and systemd packages in CentOS 8 Stream.  These updates have already been
> > published and are propagating out to the mirror network now.  We're hoping
> > to get developer feedback on these packages to help demonstrate the value of
> > Stream and identify any potential issues before they make their way into
> > RHEL and regular CentOS.  We've listed notable features from these updates
> > below.  Enjoy!
> >
> > ## rpm-4.14.2-36.el8
> >
> > * Enable zstd support
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1715799
> >
> > ## dnf-4.2.17-3.el8
> >
> > * Support for variables in repo IDs
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1748841
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1537
> >
> > * Versionlock plugin now works with check-update command and dnf-automatic
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1750620
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1530
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-core/pull/370
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1746562
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1477
> >
> > * Used a fixed time of day for dnf-automatic timers
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1754609
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1521
> >
> > * Add module repoquery command
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1536
> >
> > * Do not load metadata for repolist command
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1728894
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1423
> >
> > * Add --ids option to the group command
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1706382
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1513
> >
> > * Show transaction errors inside dnf shell
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1743644
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1468
> >
> > * Add new modular API method ModuleBase.get_modules
> >     * https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/commit/ba2320a
> >
> > ## systemd-239-21.el8
> >
> > * Allow user names with dots to be used in unit files
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1717603
> >     * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/12754
> >
> > * Prevent failed reload command from killing main process
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1735787
> >     * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/11238
> >
> > * Treat smb3 as a remote filesystem to prevent boot failures
> >     * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/13686
> >
> > * Add udev support for FIDO (U2F) keys
> >     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1753369
> >     * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/11996
> >
> > P.S. We won't always announce updated Stream packages like this, but we
> > wanted to highlight some of the early successes as we figure out the Stream
> > workflow.
> >
> > --
> > Carl George
> >
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That would be great information to include in those BZs. Specifically mentioning that you tested using the CentOS Stream RPMs.

--Brian