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@@ -81,14 +81,13 @@ CHANGES WITH 257 in spe: * To work around limitations of X11's keyboard handling systemd's keyboard mapping hardware database (hwdb.d/60-keyboard.hwdb) so far mapped the microphone mute and touchpad on/off/toggle keys to the - function keys F20, F21, F22, F23 instead of their correct key - codes. This key code mangling will be removed in the next systemd - release v258. To maintain compatibility with X11 applications that - rely on the old function key code mappings, this mangling has now - been moved to the relevant X11 keyboard driver modules instead. Thus, - in order to ensure these keys continue to work as before, make sure - to update the xf86-input-evdev and xf86-input-libinput packages to - the newest version before updating systemd to v258. + function keys F20, F21, F22, F23 instead of their correct key codes. + This key code mangling will be removed in the next systemd release. + To maintain compatibility with X11 applications that rely on the old + function key code mappings, this mangling has now been moved to the + relevant X11 keyboard driver modules. In order to ensure these keys + continue to work, update to xf86-input-evdev >= 2.11.0 and + xf86-input-libinput >= 1.5.0 before updating to systemd >= 258. * Support for the SystemdOptions EFI variable is deprecated. 'bootctl systemd-efi-options' will emit a warning when used. It seems |