systemd obsolete / legacy warnigns

[Vincent Moutoussamy]

Hi,

Since the initial report, we are working on fixing all the warnings but to summarise:
the updated systemd-version in 15 SP3 prints now deprecation-warnings for outdated options and paths.

Namely, there are two warnings:

- systemd complains about PID- and temp-files located in /var/run/,
 which only is a symlink to /run/ since at least SLE 12 SP2
- The flag StandardOutput=/StandardError=syslog is deprecated and
 automatically falls back to "journal". This is already the case since
 systemd v210, but it only started to complain about it since v246.
 Therefore syslog should be replaced with journal or the line should be
 removed altogether.

Both are already the default for quite some time, but the 15SP3 systemd version (v246) just started to output messages.

We have opened internal bugs for all services/packages affected by this, however most of them will be fixed as a maintenance updates after the official release of 15SP3.

As a reminder this issues are not urgent or critical, it’s only a warning.
Nevertheless we should have spotted them way earlier so we could have a chance to fix them all during the beta program. 
That being said, we are sorry for the inconvenience.

Have a nice day,

Regards,
--
Vincent Moutoussamy
SUSE Beta Program Manager
JeOS Technical Project Manager
Paris, France

> On 15 Apr 2021, at 17:16, Ostia <dick.waite at ostiasolutions.com> wrote:
> 
> You're a grand fellow Vincent. 
> I got my 1st Jab yesterday the 2nd is in July when 15.3 is avaliable to all. I wonder if we can fly then.
> __R
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
> From: Vincent Moutoussamy
> Sent: Donnerstag, 15. April 2021 16:14
> To: Bussmann, Lars Hendrik, NMD-I2.1
> Cc: sle-beta at lists.suse.com
> Subject: Re: systemd obsolete / legacy warnigns
> 
> Hi,
> 
> So bsc#1184400 was marked as resolved fixed, but I recommend to create a dedicated bug for the systemd obsolete / legacy warnings, this will allow us to assign the bug 
> directly to our systemd maintainer. 
> 
> Anyway in the meantime, I’ll still try to find someone to help you here. 
> 
> Have a nice day,
> Regards,
> --
> Vincent Moutoussamy
> SUSE Beta Program Manager
> JeOS Technical Project Manager
> Paris, France
> 
>> On 6 Apr 2021, at 18:49, Bussmann, Lars Hendrik, NMD-I2.1 <LarsHendrik.Bussmann at Bertelsmann.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> we start testing with SP3 and we noticed some systemd obsolete / legacy warnings.
>> 
>> Apr  6 17:21:43 sles15sp3ucs systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/grub2-once.service:13: Standard output type syslog is obsolete, automatically updating to journal. Please update your unit file, and consider removing the setting altogether.
>> Apr  6 18:13:17 sles15sp3ucs systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/mcelog.service:11: Standard output type syslog is obsolete, automatically updating to journal. Please update your unit file, and consider removing the setting altogether.
>> Apr  6 18:13:17 sles15sp3ucs systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service:14: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/chronyd.pid → /run/chronyd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly.
>> Apr  6 18:16:55 sles15sp3vm systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service:12: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid → /run/vmtoolsd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly.
>> 
>> 
>> I created one bug for chrony ( #1184400 ) but I am unsure if this is the right approach as it looks like an general issue.
>> 
>> When I search through all units of the basesystem and Server-Applications packages if found over 30 further units with the old syntax.
>> e.g.
>> /usr/lib/systemd/system/ipmievd.service
>> /usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-blkmap.service
>> /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service
>> /usr/lib/systemd/system/fancontrol.service
>> /usr/lib/systemd/system/sssd.service
>> 
>> 
>> Maybe there is an build option for systemd or it is possible create an "affects multiple packages" bug?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Lars
>> 
> 
> 
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