Andrea Turrini said the following on 05/12/2013 10:20 AM:
On 05/12/2013 03:02 PM, Anton Aylward wrote:
Andrea Turrini said the following on 05/12/2013 08:25 AM:
And will this next release land in oS 12.3 as official update? Can you ensure this?
I'm unclear what you're asking. It is simple: will there be an official update (i.e., a package in openSUSE-12.3-Update repository) for systemd that prevents/solves the current status, i.e., the creation without removal of these [/var]/tmp/systemd-private-* directories?
Or in other words, if this problem has been solved by systemd-N with N strictly greater than 195, will systemd-195 be replaced by systemd-N via an official update or will changes in systemd-N be backported to systemd-195 via an official update?
My impression is that the current status will stand until oS 12.3 goes out of support, and then no one will care about the problem.
This isn't a 12.x issue, its a systemd issue. You're not waiting for 13.x, you're waiting for an update to systemd. I've deleted Cristian's post about the upstream fix to this issue, but its there in the archives: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2013-05/msg00140.html and http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2013-05/msg00145.html So wait for v 199. You're only at 195 it seems. (Or pressure the developers to get a move on)
Why should I care about upstream if problems are downstream?
Because openSuse is a 'conservative' distribution. The developers/packages don't release to the updates as soon as a change occurs. They value stability. If you don't like this, they either you can use the build service to make your own (b)leeding edge versions (or simple customizations), but then you get into the Red Queens Race of having to keep doing that. Or you can use a more aggressive distribution such as Fedora and take the risk of instability. YMMV. Some of us have a number of boxes (or at least as many as I'm willing to pull out of the Closet of Anxieties and make work) so can run more that one distribution. Right now I have more drives than working boxes and the fedora drives are off-line. Oh and I think http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2013-05/msg00300.html sounds like a better fix than fiddling with selective deletion.
but such version will not be made available officially for oS 12.3.
See msg00300 above. It strikes me that changing your system with a mask is simpler than all the special case fiddling with the other files that you've been discussion. -- withdrawl (n): The feeling you get when removed from people who speak your native language and placed in the Deep South. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org