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1 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
4 actimeo for nfs mounts
5 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
6 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
7 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
8 (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
9 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
10 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
11 * faimond, faimond.8 added
12 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
13 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
14 script, show nc output only when debugging
15 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
16 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
17 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
18 (closes: #218541)
19 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
20 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
21 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
22 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
23 comment
24 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
25 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
26 debug code in ifclass
27 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
28 package name
29 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
30 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
31 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
32 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
33 to login messages
34 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
35 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
36 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
37 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
38 call
39
40 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
41
42 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
43
44 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
45 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
46 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
47 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
48 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
49 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
50 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
51 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
52 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
53 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
54 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
55 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
56 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
57 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
58 grub executable from nfsroot
59 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
60 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
61 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
62 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
63
64 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
65
66 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
67
68 * add script fai-chboot
69 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
70 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
71 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
72 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
73 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
74 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
75 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
76 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
77 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
78 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
79 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
80 $MAXPACKAGES
81 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
82 command line
83 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
84 make symlink for syslogd
85 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
86 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
87 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
88 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
89 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
90 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
91 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
92 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
93 reboot for SunOS
94 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
95 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
96 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
97 variable
98 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
99 sunos version of xargs
100 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
101 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
102 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
103 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
104 fixed IP address
105 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
106 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
107 is not defined
108 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
109 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
110 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
111 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etec/hostname only if fcopy fails
112 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
113 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
114 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
115 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
116 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
117 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
118 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
119 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
120 for examples
121 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
122 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
123
124 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
125
126 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
127
128 * set correct year in fai guide
129 * dhcp3 support
130 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
131 sector
132 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
133 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
134 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
135 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
136 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
137 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
138 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
139 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
140 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
141 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
142 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
143 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
144 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
145 task_configure code
146 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
147
148 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
149
150 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
151
152 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
153 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
154 every script to status.log
155 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
156 definitions after use
157 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
158 * many changes in the package_config files
159 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
160 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
161 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
162 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
163 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
164 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
165 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
166 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
167 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
168 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
169 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
170 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
171 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
172 device nodes (closes: #174844)
173 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisk to
174 determine classes which depend on partitions
175 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
176 if only a few lines has to be changed
177 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
178 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
179 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
180 option when using grub
181 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
182 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
183 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
184 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
185 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
186 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
187 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
188 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
189 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
190 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
191 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
192 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
193 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
194 rcS_fai
195 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
196 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
197 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
198 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
199 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
200 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
201 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
202 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
203 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
204 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
205 copy sources.list
206 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
207 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
208 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
209 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
210 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
211 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
212 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
213 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
214 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
215 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
216 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
217 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
218 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
219 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
220 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
221 $LOGDIR
222 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
223 fai-divert
224 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
225 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
226 fai-mount-disk
227 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
228 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
229 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
230 nfsserver is set
231 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
232 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
233 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
234 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
235 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
236 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
237 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
238 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
239 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
240 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
241 * remove debian/undocumented
242 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
243 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
244 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
245 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
246 flexible values for partitions sizes
247 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
248 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
249 script fai-savelog
250 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
251 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
252 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
253 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
254 and debug flags
255 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
256 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
257 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
258 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
259 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
260 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
261 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
262
263 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
264
265 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
266
267 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
268
269 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
270
271 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
272
273 * enable use strict in perl scripts
274 * remove some potato specific code
275 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
276 * add some packages to SERVER
277 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
278 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
279 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
280 * potato specific code removed
281 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
282 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
283 * print warning before removing nfsroot
284 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
285
286 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
287
288 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
289
290 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
291 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
292 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
293 * minor changes in package_config files
294 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
295 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
296 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
297 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
298 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
299
300 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
301
302 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
303
304 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
305 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
306 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
307 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
308 * add many comments to shell scripts
309 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
310 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
311 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
312 * minor changes in package_config files
313 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
314 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
315 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
316 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
317 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
318 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
319 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
320 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
321 * rcS_fai: add $osname
322 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
323
324 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
325
326 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
327
328 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
329 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
330 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
331 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
332 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
333 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
334 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
335 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
336 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
337 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
338 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
339 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
340 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
341 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
342 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
343 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
344 a file
345 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
346 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
347 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
348 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
349 continue. Changes include:
350 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
351 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
352 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
353 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
354 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
355 umount $NFSROOT/proc
356 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
357 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
358 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
359 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
360 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
361 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
362 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
363 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
364 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
365 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
366 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
367 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
368 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
369 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
370 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
371 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
372 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
373 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
374 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
375 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
376 task_partition() call setup_harddisk only if no disk_var.sh exists
377 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
378 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
379 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
380 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
381 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
382 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
383 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
384 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
385 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
386 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
387 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
388 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
389 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
390 option -s
391 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
392 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
393 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
394 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
395 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
396 make-fai-* scripts
397 * FAI_FILES removed
398 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
399 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
400 make-fai-nfroot
401 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
402 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
403 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
404 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
405 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
406 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
407 * new standards version 3.5.6
408
409 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
410
411 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
412
413 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
414 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
415 available
416 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
417 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
418 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
419 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
420 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
421 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
422 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
423 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
424 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
425 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
426 * nfs-user-server support for woody
427 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
428 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
429 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
430 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
431 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
432 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
433 * added class NOGETTY
434 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
435
436 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
437
438 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
439
440 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
441 * added jmon to BEOWULF
442
443 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
444
445 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
446
447 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
448 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
449 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
450 * echo device before BOOTP request
451 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
452
453 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
454
455 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
456
457 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
458 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
459 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
460 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
461 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
462 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
463 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
464 * unused subroutine myyes removed
465 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
466 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
467 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
468 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
469 via variable $netdevices
470 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
471 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
472 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
473 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
474 * bug in list_disks() fixed
475 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
476 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
477 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
478 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
479 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
480 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
481 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
482 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
483 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
484 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
485
486 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
487
488 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
489
490 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
491 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
492 check if it's a primary partition
493 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
494 defined (closes: #100914)
495 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
496 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
497 not change the output
498 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
499 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
500 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
501 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
502 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
503 classes in reversed order
504 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
505 if two additional terminals will be available
506 * debhelper compatability level now 2
507 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
508 * added class DISKLESS
509 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
510 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
511 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
512 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
513 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
514 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
515 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
516
517 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
518
519 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
520
521 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
522 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
523
524 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
525
526 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
527
528 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
529 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
530 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
531 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
532 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
533 (closes: #101899)
534 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
535 (closes: #101820)
536 * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available.
537
538 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
539
540 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
541
542 * first upload to Debian archive
543 * kernel-2.2.19 support
544 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
545 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
546 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
547 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
548 * new description of all classes
549 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
550 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
551 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
552 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
553 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
554 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
555 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
556 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
557 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
558 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
559 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
560 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
561 supports multiple network interface cards
562 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
563 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
564 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
565 boot sector
566 * make many variables local
567 * better debugging of shell scripts
568 * remote login has all subroutines available
569 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
570 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
571 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
572 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
573 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
574 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
575 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
576 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
577 only at the beginning of a line
578 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
579 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
580 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
581 * modprobe displays less errors
582 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
583 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
584 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
585 these are the correct release dates:
586 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
587 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
588 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
589 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
590 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
591 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
592 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
593
594 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
595
596 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
597
598 * add wget to suggests list
599 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
600 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
601 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
602 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
603 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
604 keymap now called correctly
605 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
606 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
607
608 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
609
610 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
611
612 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
613 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
614 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
615 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
616 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
617 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
618 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
619 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
620 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
621 mostly segfaults dpkg
622 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
623 * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
624 point is not in root directory
625 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
626
627 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
628
629 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
630
631 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
632 * package depends on nfs-server
633 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
634 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
635 * first version of the FAI Guide included
636 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
637 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
638 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
639 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
640 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
641 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
642 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
643 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
644 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
645
646 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
647
648 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
649
650 * loopback device is set up during installation
651 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
652 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
653 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
654 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
655
656 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
657
658 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
659
660 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
661 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
662 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
663 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
664 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
665 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
666 * add support for expect scripts
667 * add nfs-kernel-server support
668 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
669 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
670
671 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
672
673 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
674
675 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
676
677 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
678 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
679 flag verbose controls output level
680 nfsroot is created without any interaction
681 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
682
683 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
684
685 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
686
687 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
688 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
689 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
690
691 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
692
693 * cvs repository available
694
695 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
696
697 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
698
699 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
700
701 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
702
703 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
704
705 * Initial Release.
706
707 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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