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fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high

  * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
  * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
    examples (closes: #310705)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200

fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high

  * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
    support may be included again after sarge
  * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
  * control: remove dependency on debconf
  * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
  * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
  * remove debian/config, debian/template
  * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
  * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
    set it any more
  * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
    instead of debconf's default values
  * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
  * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
    user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556) 
  * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200

fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high

  * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
  * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
    security bug (closes: #307838)
  * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
    (closes: #307632)
  * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
    important bug (closes: #307631)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri,  6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200

fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
  * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544), 
    add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
    verbose from fai-mirror
  * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
    mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
    when $addpackages is empty
  * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
  * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
  * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
  * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
    dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
    needed gcc, change comment
  * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
    from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
  * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
    (closes: 305861)
  * install_packages.8: remove option -f
  * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
  * control: add grub to suggests
  * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
  * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
    hang the system
  * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
  * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
  * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
  * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
    not support -i
  * fai-setup: change informational message
  * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
  * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200

fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high

  * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
  * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
  * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
  * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
  * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
    reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
  * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
  * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
    before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASK, add code for
    softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
    to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
  * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
  * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
    off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
    matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
    $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
    local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
  * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
    $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
    disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASK always with -eq, use
    /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
  * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
    for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
    LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
    output also to console
  * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
    install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
    listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
    force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
    unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
  * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
    also supported for backwards compatibility
  * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
    dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
    builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
  * fai-chboot: change message
  * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
  * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
  * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
    unset
  * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
  * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
  * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
    on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
  * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
  * postinst: use debconf
  * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
  * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat,  9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200

fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high

  * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
    (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES 
  * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
    server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
  * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
    hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
  * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
  * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
    name with 2.6.8
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
  * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
  * conf/install_packages.conf removed
  * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
    allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
    add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
    defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
  * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
  * install_packages.8: add option -d
  * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
  * add fai-cd.8 man page
  * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
  * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
    debhelper greater version 3
  * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
  * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
    to it
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100

fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
  * new script fai-debconf
  * add manual page fai-debconf.1
  * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
  * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
  * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
  * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
  * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
  * replace backticks with $()
  * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
  * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
    install_packages config
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100

fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium

  * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
    used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
    $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
    devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
    discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
    create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
    remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
  * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
    /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
  * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
    installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
  * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
    allow space before primary and logical keyword
  * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
  * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
    instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
    FAICLIENTS
  * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
    replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
  * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
    often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
    umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
    disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
  * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
    lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
  * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
    command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
  * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
    install_packages.conf
  * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
  * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
    hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
    cleanup
  * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
  * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
  * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
    host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
  * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
  * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
    eject cdrom when running from fai CD
  * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
  * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
  * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
  * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
  * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100

fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
    search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
    it exists 
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
  * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
    $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
  * fcopy.8: add option -I

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100

fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * add missing Beowulf examples
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
  * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
    scripts use them
  * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
  * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
    package for alpha architecture
  * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
  * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
  * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
    messages, add aptitude support
  * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
  * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
  * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
  * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
  * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
    mode (closes: #264727)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100

fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high

  * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
  * update to kernel 2.4.27
  * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
    use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
  * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
    size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
  * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
  * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
    $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
    kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
  * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
  * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
  * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
    add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
    (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
  * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
    may hang some production systems for a while
  * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
  * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200

fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high

  * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
    tasksel behaviour
  * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
    are in the nfsroot
  * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200

fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * catnc() greps through more than one file
  * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
    as ignorepatterns
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
    nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
    if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
    all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
    when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
    normal finishing script
  * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
    standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
  * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
  * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
  * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
    subroutines, send message to faimond
  * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
  * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
    of packages from 4711 to 99
  * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
  * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
  * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
  * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
  * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
  * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
  * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
  * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
    sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
  * remove doc/README.package_problems
  * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
    typos

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200

fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
    pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
  * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
  * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
  * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
  * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
    check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
    files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
    boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
    module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
    raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
    copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
    new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
    show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
    $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
    used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
    add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
    use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
  * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
  * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
  * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
    logo and let scroll region unchanged
  * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
    when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
    after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
    different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
   * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
  * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
    discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
    table with parted
  * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
  * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
    add -xdev to find
  * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
    instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
    report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
    hook
  * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
    copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
    when defining kernel append parameters as variables
  * faimond: always flush output
  * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
    list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
    hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
  * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
    more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
    AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
  * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
  * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
  * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
  * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
    remove beowulf example
  * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
  * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
    replace backtics with $()
  * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
  * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
    bigger, /usr smaller
  * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
  * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
  * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
  * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
  * new FAQ
  * THANKS: juergen added

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200

fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
  * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
    sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
    (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
    create iso9660 iso image with option -i
  * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
    cdrom image
  * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
    bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
  * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
  * THANKS: added holger
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100

fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
    is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
    more verbose
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: 219824)
    add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
    mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
    /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
    a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
    mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
    defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
    important files if option -v is set
    depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
  * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
  * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
  * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
  * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
  * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
  * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
    remove detect call
    most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
  * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
    does not complain
  * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
    option -r
  * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
    new name for KERNELPACKAGE
    add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
    remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
    disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
    put important variables to the top
  * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
    access method to the Debian mirror
  * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
    make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
    without DNS
  * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
    remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
  * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
    when one parameter is missing
  * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
    copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
  * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
  * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
    for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
  * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
    nfs mount options to root-path
  * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
  * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
  * setup_harddisks: typos
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed,  4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100

fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
    actimeo for nfs mounts
  * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
    package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
    (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
    do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
  * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
  * faimond, faimond.8 added
  * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
    success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
    script, show nc output only when debugging
  * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
  * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
  * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
    (closes: #218541)
  * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
    set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
    NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
  * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
    comment
  * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
  * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
    debug code in ifclass
  * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
    package name, usage() points to the man page
  * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
  * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
  * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
    to login messages
  * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
  * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
  * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
    call
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue,  6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100

fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
  * fcopy: add usage info for -M
  * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
  * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
  * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
  * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
    initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
    upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
  * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
  * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
  * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
  * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
    grub executable from nfsroot
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
  * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
  * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
  * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200

fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * add script fai-chboot
  * add script fai-savelog-ftp
  * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
    fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
    resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
    remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
  * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
  * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
  * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
    from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
    $MAXPACKAGES
  * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
    command line
  * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
    make symlink for syslogd
  * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
    for memtest; add entries for re-installation
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
    fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN  
  * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
    FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
  * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
    reboot for SunOS
  * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
  * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
  * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
    variable
  * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
    sunos version of xargs
  * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
  * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
  * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
    detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
    fixed IP address
  * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
  * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
    is not defined
  * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
  * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
    using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
    password protection to grub menu
  * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
    catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
  * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
  * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
  * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
  * utils/rshall: add exclude function
  * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
  * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
    for examples
  * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
  * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
      
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed,  6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200

fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * set correct year in fai guide
  * dhcp3 support
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
    sector
  * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
    fix ownership of  $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
  * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
  * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
  * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
  * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
  * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
    a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP 
  * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
  * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
  * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
  * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
  * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
    task_configure code
  * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu,  3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200

fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
  * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
    every script to status.log
  * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
    definitions after use
  * add config files for XFree86 4.1
  * many changes in the package_config files
  * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
  * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
  * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
  * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
    package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
    add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
    mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
    rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
    option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
    to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
    from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
    to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
    device nodes (closes: #174844)
  * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
    determine classes which depend on partitions
  * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
    if only a few lines has to be changed
  * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
    supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
    /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
    option when using grub
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
  * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
  * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
  * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
  * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
    task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
    variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
    debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
    to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
    write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
    save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
    of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
    in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
    rcS_fai
  * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
    set_disk_info() which calls externel script 
  * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
    /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
  * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
  * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
    BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
  * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
    default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
    root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
    copy sources.list
  * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
  * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
    more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
    space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
    floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
    append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
  * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
  * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
  * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
    very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
    before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
    options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
  * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
    executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
    $LOGDIR
    * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
    fai-divert
  * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
  * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
    fai-mount-disk 
  * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
  * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
  * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
    nfsserver is set
  * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
    FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
    architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
    make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
  * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
    matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
    info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
    table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
  * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
  * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
  * remove debian/undocumented
  * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
    add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
    listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
  * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
    flexible values for partitions sizes
  * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
  * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
    script fai-savelog
  * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
  * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
    info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
  * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
    and debug flags
  * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
    file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
    -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
  * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
  * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
  * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
  * lots of updates and additions to the manual
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100

fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * default name for fai kernel-image has changed

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200

fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * enable use strict in perl scripts
  * remove some potato specific code
  * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
  * add some packages to SERVER
  * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
  * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
  * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
  * potato specific code removed
  * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
  * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
  * print warning before removing nfsroot
  * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200

fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
  * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
  * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
  * minor changes in package_config files
  * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
  * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
  * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
  * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
  * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200

fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
  * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
  * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
  * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
  * add many comments to shell scripts
  * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
  * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
    they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
  * minor changes in package_config files
  * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
  * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
  * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
  * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
  * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
  * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
  * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
  * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
  * rcS_fai: add $osname
  * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200

fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
  * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
  * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
  * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
  * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
  * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
  * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
    from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
  * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
  * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
  * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
    variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
    variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
  * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
    automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
    copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
    a file
    added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
    Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
    Added support to run script as a recovery operation.  This is a
    glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
    continue.  Changes include:
       - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
       - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
       - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
    Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
    Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
    umount $NFSROOT/proc
    Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
    Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
    (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
    Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
    add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
  * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
  * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
  * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
  * hooks that end in .source are sourced
  * class/*.mod file can now define variables
  * add ADAPTEC.mod file
  * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
  * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
    subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
    instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
    file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
    when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
    do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
    not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
    /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
    task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
    defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
    add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
    rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
    needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
    /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
  * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
    S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
    BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
  * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
    for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
  * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
  * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
    option -s
  * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
  * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
    directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
    $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
  * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
    make-fai-* scripts
  * FAI_FILES removed
  * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
  * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
    make-fai-nfroot
  * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
  * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
  * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
  * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
  * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
  * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
  * new standards version 3.5.6
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue,  9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200

fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
  * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
    available
  * added dosfstools to nfsroot
  * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
  * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
  * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
    clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
    liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
    call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
  * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
  * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
  * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
  * nfs-user-server support for woody
  * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
  * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
  * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
    from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
  * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
  * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
  * added class NOGETTY
  * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu,  8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100

fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
  * added jmon to BEOWULF
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200

fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
  * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
  * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
  * echo device before BOOTP request
  * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri,  5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200

fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
  * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
    creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
  * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
  * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
  * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
  * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
  * unused subroutine myyes removed
  * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
  * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
  * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
  * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
    via variable $netdevices
  * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
  * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
  * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
  * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
  * bug in list_disks() fixed
  * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
  * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
  * support for additional variable definitions and classes
  * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
  * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
  * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
  * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
  * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
  * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
  * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200

fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
  * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
    check if it's a primary partition
  * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
    defined (closes: #100914)
    use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
  * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
    not change the output
  * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
  * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
    extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
    move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
    create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
    classes in reversed order
  * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
    if two additional terminals will be available
  * debhelper compatability level now 2
  * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
  * added class DISKLESS
  * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
  * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
  * cat <<EOF calls corrected
  * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
  * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
  * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
  * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200

fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
  * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200

fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
    download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
  * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
  * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
  * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
    (closes:  #101899) 
  * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
    (closes: #101820)
  * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200

fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * first upload to Debian archive
  * kernel-2.2.19 support
  * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
    DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
  * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
  * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
  * new description of all classes
  * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
  * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
  * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
  * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
  * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
  * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
  * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
  * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
  * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
  * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
  * klogd, syslogd running during installation
  * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
    supports multiple network interface cards
  * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
  * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
  * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
    boot sector
  * make many variables local
  * better debugging of shell scripts
  * remote login has all subroutines available
  * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
  * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
    portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
  * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
  * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
  * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
  * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
  * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
    only at the beginning of a line
  * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
  * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
    ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
  * modprobe displays less errors
  * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
  * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
    wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
    these are the correct release dates: 
    Jun 20  2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
    Jul 11  2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
    Oct 26  2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
    Nov  6  2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
    Nov 23  2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
    Dec  7  2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
    Dec 12  2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200

fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * add wget to suggests list
  * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
  * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
  * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
  * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
  * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
    keymap now called correctly
  * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
  * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100

fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * swap order of class ALL and hostname
  * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
  * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
  * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
    $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
  * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
  * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
  * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
  * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
    mostly segfaults dpkg
  * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
  * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
    point is not in root directory
  * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100

fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * faireboot is faster and more reliable
  * package depends on nfs-server
  * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
  * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
  * first version of the FAI Guide included
  * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
  * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
  * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
  * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
    so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
  * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
  * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
  * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
  * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100

fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low

  * loopback device is set up during installation
  * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
  * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
  * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
  * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Fri,  3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100

fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low

  * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
  * installkernel now supports loadable modules
  * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
  * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
  * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
  * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
  * add support for expect scripts
  * add nfs-kernel-server support
  * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
  * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Mon,  9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200

fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low

  * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)

  * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
    installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
    flag verbose controls output level
    nfsroot is created without any interaction
    base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp

  * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
  
  * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
  
  * start sshd during installation for remote access;
    add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
    remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
  
  * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
    
  * cvs repository available
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200

fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low

  * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200

fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial Release.

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Wed,  7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200