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systemd-vmspawn solves the problem solved by RuntimeScratch= by resizing the entire image instead. Let's align with vmspawn and drop RuntimeScratch= and require users to use RuntimeSize= instead.

systemd-vmspawn solves the problem solved by RuntimeScratch= by
resizing the entire image instead. Let's align with vmspawn and drop
RuntimeScratch= and require users to use RuntimeSize= instead.
@DaanDeMeyer DaanDeMeyer changed the title Remove support for RuntimeScratch= Drop support for RuntimeScratch= and CDROM= Oct 21, 2025
We want to align on systemd-vmspawn in the future, and it's very
unlikely it'll ever support this option, so let's drop support for
it since it's very niche and not useful except for testing systemd-repart
ISO stuff.
@behrmann behrmann added needs-news-entry Add a note to the NEWS when preparing a new release and removed needs-news-entry Add a note to the NEWS when preparing a new release labels Oct 21, 2025
This makes it easier to adopt new settings or keep compat with older
versions of mkosi.
@DaanDeMeyer DaanDeMeyer merged commit 467d669 into systemd:main Oct 22, 2025
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@DaanDeMeyer DaanDeMeyer deleted the drop-scratch branch October 22, 2025 11:05
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