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deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/systemd-v254.8+suse.22.g67a5ac1043.tar.xz
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/systemd-v254.9+suse.28.g53e2aaaf9d.tar.xz b/systemd-v254.9+suse.28.g53e2aaaf9d.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index 08e85a9b..28630f23 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 19 08:53:31 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Import commit 53e2aaaf9d69fb1c8f6ae2c9f8a99b02d70d318f
+
+  53e2aaaf9d vconsole-setup: don't fail if the only found vc is already used by plymouth (bsc#1218618)
+  22c4878430 vconsole-setup: port to main-func.h boilerplate
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 19 08:27:42 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- systemd-testsuite: depend on "qemu" instead of "qemu-kvm", the latter is
+  obsolete. (bsc#1218684)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 14 08:16:32 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Import commit fbf9f32eb774ba6ec54e0d5d53b36baaf3e6b146
+
+  fbf9f32eb7 test/test-shutdown.py: optionally display the test I/Os in a dedicated log file
+  cd012774df test-69: send SIGTERM to ask systemd-nspawn to properly stop the container
+  d883b83244 man: Document ranges for distributions config files and local config files
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 14 07:40:08 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Import commit fa94ab006d09686cef121aaa3baa10cf5ca95e19 (merge of v254.9)
+
+  For a complete list of changes, visit:
+  https://github.com/openSUSE/systemd/compare/67a5ac1043417d900bf417a884372ae14a96ef69...fa94ab006d09686cef121aaa3baa10cf5ca95e19
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 13 14:37:28 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Update the version of libbpf dlopened by systemd (weak dependency) (bsc#1219440)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb  6 14:48:27 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 74c76cf8..4d4d15b5 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %global flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
 
-%define archive_version +suse.22.g67a5ac1043
+%define archive_version +suse.28.g53e2aaaf9d
 
 %define _testsuitedir %{_systemd_util_dir}/tests
 %define xinitconfdir %{?_distconfdir}%{!?_distconfdir:%{_sysconfdir}}/X11/xinit
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fi \
 
 Name:           systemd%{?mini}
 URL:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
-Version:        254.8
+Version:        254.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A System and Session Manager
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -147,9 +147,10 @@ Requires(post): coreutils
 Requires(post): findutils
 Requires(post): systemd-presets-branding
 Requires(post): pam-config >= 0.79-5
-# This Recommends because some symbols of libpcre2 are dlopen()ed by journalctl
+# These weak dependencies because some features are optional and enabled at
+# runtime with the presence of the relevant libs.
 Recommends:     libpcre2-8-0
-Recommends:     libbpf0
+Recommends:     libbpf1
 %endif
 Provides:       group(systemd-journal)
 Conflicts:      filesystem < 11.5
@@ -621,7 +622,7 @@ Requires:       make
 Requires:       mtools
 Requires:       netcat
 Requires:       python3-pexpect
-Requires:       qemu-kvm
+Requires:       qemu
 Requires:       quota
 Requires:       socat
 Requires:       squashfs