Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/systemd: Bump version to 261

[Jarkko Sakkinen via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

On Sun, Jul 05, 2026 at 11:28:26AM +0200, Julien Olivain wrote:
> Hi Jarkko,
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> On 22/06/2026 00:43, Jarkko Sakkinen via buildroot wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
> 
> systemd is not a trivial package to bump, when updating its
> major version.
> 
> Could you add at least a link to the upstream NEWS file in the commit log:
> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/v261/NEWS
> and summarize what are the important changes relevant to Buildroot,
> since the previous v258.7 version?
> 
> See for example the last major bump for example:
> https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/commit/c38d7326e093f45252c01e241d0faf6b04023e02

Thanks, sorry for the latency due summer time :-) And yes, of course.

> 
> > ---
> >  package/systemd/systemd.hash | 2 +-
> >  package/systemd/systemd.mk   | 2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.hash b/package/systemd/systemd.hash
> > index e96d3ba7ad..1c82877a4a 100644
> > --- a/package/systemd/systemd.hash
> > +++ b/package/systemd/systemd.hash
> > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> >  # sha256 locally computed
> > -sha256
> > 6bd311c25f00d634ae3b4544d582e27df0d4166e6ba3d403b18b3129d7f44cae
> > systemd-258.7.tar.gz
> > +sha256
> > f1c2e6a0d19ea5cae946386eb288432de12f3c6b7730cdb0d2a06f8ab8e3f8dc
> > systemd-261.tar.gz
> >  sha256
> > ac4985facb553559981f507982444d779115e3e3a4c8b7847ae956198490c1b3
> > LICENSE.GPL2
> >  sha256
> > 6d9bb3b7fc818a8facc4cc296060a0883fef8710d6498f86165335846e82ee9d
> > LICENSE.LGPL2.1
> >  sha256
> > c9e7bf5b7c243c719b8b43c36158effb9b54c5e80abc9d82e4b2d4b2a4aa64ad
> > LICENSES/alg-sha1-public-domain.txt
> 
> Running "make systemd-legal-info" fails. The license files changed
> upstream. Could you update the hashes and summarize what has changed in
> the commit log, please?
> 
> > diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
> > index 3223915d40..9a0b5652e8 100644
> > --- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
> > +++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
> > @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
> >  # - Diff sysusers.d with the previous version
> >  # - Diff factory/etc/nsswitch.conf with the previous version
> >  #   (details are often sprinkled around in README and manpages)
> > -SYSTEMD_VERSION = 258.7
> > +SYSTEMD_VERSION = 261
> 
> The systemd package has a comment describing few checks that are needed
> when bumping systemd in Buildroot:
> https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2026.05/package/systemd/systemd.mk?ref_type=tags#L7-L21
> 
> The first point applies: the kernel version requirement was increased
> from 5.4 to 5.10 in:
> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1aeba33d8ffcc4882566881420e1106c9dff61f3
> 
> This change should be reflected at least in:
> package/systemd/Config.in (BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD depends and comments)
> and
> system/Config.in (BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD)
> 
> You can review changes running the command in the systemd repository:
> git diff v258.7..v261 -- README
> 
> This is also observable by running the Buildroot runtime testsuite for
> systemd:
> https://gitlab.com/jolivain/buildroot/-/pipelines/2652633093
> 
> You can run it locally with the command:
> 
> utils/docker-run support/testing/run-tests \
>     -k -d dl -o output_folder tests.init.test_systemd
> 
> systemd also received new meson build options. You can quickly review
> those running the command in systemd repository:
> git diff v258.7..v261 -- meson_options.txt
> 
> Those should be either included in systemd.mk (conditionally or
> unconditionally), or eventually the commit log should describe
> why no change is needed for a given option.
> 
> >  SYSTEMD_SITE = $(call github,systemd,systemd,v$(SYSTEMD_VERSION))
> >  SYSTEMD_LICENSE = \
> >  	LGPL-2.1+, \
> > --
> > 2.47.3
> 
> Could you rework this patch and send a v2 please?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Julien.

BR, Jarkko
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