Bug#1013340: systemd: unclear (but probably very important) NEWS message

[Michael Biebl]

Am 22.06.22 um 10:20 schrieb Julian Gilbey:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 251.2-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> There is a NEWS entry in 251.2-3:
> 
>    systemd-boot has been split into a separate package.
>    This new systemd-boot package will not be installed automatically on
>    upgrades. If you are using systemd-boot, please install this new
>    package manually.
> 
> As a user who installed their Debian system via the installer, I have
> no clue whether or not I use systemd-boot.  Reading the manpage for
> systemd-boot left me no clearer.  Since this may well be critical for
> systems to be able to boot, it would be extremely helpful to give the
> administrator some pointers on how to work out whether or not they are
> using systemd-boot.

The default boot loader in Debian is grub2, this hasn't changed.
To use systemd-boot, you needed to manually set it up.

So if you don't know whether you are using systemd-boot, you are not 
using systemd-boot.

To me the NEWS entry is pretty clear. That said, feel free to propose a 
changed/modified text via a MR.

https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd
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