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  "path": "/news/breaking-changes-for-all-users-of-varnish-which-is-renamed-to-vinyl-cache/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T04:58:52.000Z",
  "site": "https://archlinux.org",
  "tags": [
    "renamed itself to Vinyl Cache",
    "new vinyl-cache package",
    "breaking changes"
  ],
  "textContent": "The Varnish project has renamed itself to Vinyl Cache. We followed this rename with a new vinyl-cache package. This upgrade results in breaking changes and users are advised to study these changes and how it affects them before following the replacement. All references to \"`varnish`\" have been changed to \"`vinyl`\" in all binaries and directories.\n\nAt minimum, users will have to:\n\n  * rename `/etc/varnish` to `/etc/vinyl-cache`\n  * rename `/var/lib/varnish` to `/var/lib/vinyl-cache`\n  * fix up ownership of files inside `/var/lib/varnish`\n  * user `varnish` becomes `vinyl`\n  * group `varnish` becomes `vinyl`\n  * user `varnishlog` becomes `vinyllog`\n  * user `vcache` remains the same\n  * disable the old `varnish.service` and `varnishncsa.service` systemd units\n  * enable the new `vinyl-cache.service` and `vinylncsa.service` systemd units\n\n\n\nMeanwhile, the `varnish` package has been dropped from `[extra]`. We're not currently planning to maintain a new `varnish` package as it's a different upstream project.",
  "title": "Breaking changes for all users of `varnish`, which is renamed to `vinyl-cache`"
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