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update to standards 3.6.1
1 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * catnc() greps through more than one file
4 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
5 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
6 as ignorepatterns
7 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
8 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
9 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
10 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
11 all code for installing the kernel
12 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260)
13 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
14 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
15 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
16 subroutines, send message to faimond
17 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
18 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
19 of packages from 4711 to 99
20 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
21 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
22 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
23
24 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 Aug 2004 00:03:45 +0200
25
26 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
27
28 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
29 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
30 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
31 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
32 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
33 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
34 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
35 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
36 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
37 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
38 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
39 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
40 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
41 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
42 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
43 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
44 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
45 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
46 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
47 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
48 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
49 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
50 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
51 logo and let scroll region unchanged
52 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
53 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
54 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
55 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
56 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
57 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
58 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
59 table with parted
60 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
61 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
62 add -xdev to find
63 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
64 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
65 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
66 hook
67 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
68 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
69 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
70 * faimond: always flush output
71 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
72 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
73 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
74 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
75 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
76 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
77 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
78 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
79 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
80 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
81 remove beowulf example
82 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
83 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
84 replace backtics with $()
85 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
86 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
87 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
88 bigger, /usr smaller
89 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
90 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
91 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
92 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
93 * new FAQ
94 * THANKS: juergen added
95
96 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
97
98 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
99
100 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
101 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
102 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
103 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
104 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
105 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
106 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
107 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
108 cdrom image
109 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
110 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
111 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
112 * THANKS: added holger
113
114 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
115
116 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
117
118 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
119 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
120 more verbose
121 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: 219824)
122 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
123 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
124 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
125 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
126 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
127 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
128 important files if option -v is set
129 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
130 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
131 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
132 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
133 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
134 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
135 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
136 remove detect call
137 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
138 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
139 does not complain
140 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
141 option -r
142 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
143 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
144 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
145 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
146 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
147 put important variables to the top
148 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
149 access method to the Debian mirror
150 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
151 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
152 without DNS
153 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
154 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
155 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
156 when one parameter is missing
157 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
158 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
159 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
160 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
161 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
162 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
163 nfs mount options to root-path
164 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
165 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
166 * setup_harddisks: typos
167
168 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
169
170 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
171
172 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
173 actimeo for nfs mounts
174 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
175 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
176 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
177 (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
178 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
179 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
180 * faimond, faimond.8 added
181 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
182 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
183 script, show nc output only when debugging
184 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
185 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
186 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
187 (closes: #218541)
188 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
189 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
190 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
191 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
192 comment
193 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
194 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
195 debug code in ifclass
196 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
197 package name, usage() points to the man page
198 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
199 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
200 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
201 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
202 to login messages
203 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
204 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
205 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
206 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
207 call
208
209 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
210
211 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
212
213 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
214 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
215 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
216 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
217 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
218 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
219 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
220 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
221 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
222 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
223 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
224 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
225 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
226 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
227 grub executable from nfsroot
228 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
229 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
230 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
231 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
232
233 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
234
235 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
236
237 * add script fai-chboot
238 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
239 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
240 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
241 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
242 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
243 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
244 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
245 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
246 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
247 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
248 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
249 $MAXPACKAGES
250 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
251 command line
252 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
253 make symlink for syslogd
254 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
255 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
256 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
257 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
258 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
259 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
260 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
261 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
262 reboot for SunOS
263 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
264 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
265 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
266 variable
267 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
268 sunos version of xargs
269 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
270 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
271 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
272 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
273 fixed IP address
274 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
275 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
276 is not defined
277 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
278 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
279 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
280 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
281 password protection to grub menu
282 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
283 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
284 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
285 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
286 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
287 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
288 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
289 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
290 for examples
291 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
292 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
293
294 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
295
296 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
297
298 * set correct year in fai guide
299 * dhcp3 support
300 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
301 sector
302 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
303 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
304 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
305 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
306 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
307 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
308 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
309 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
310 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
311 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
312 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
313 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
314 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
315 task_configure code
316 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
317
318 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
319
320 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
321
322 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
323 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
324 every script to status.log
325 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
326 definitions after use
327 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
328 * many changes in the package_config files
329 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
330 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
331 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
332 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
333 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
334 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
335 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
336 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
337 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
338 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
339 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
340 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
341 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
342 device nodes (closes: #174844)
343 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisk to
344 determine classes which depend on partitions
345 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
346 if only a few lines has to be changed
347 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
348 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
349 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
350 option when using grub
351 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
352 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
353 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
354 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
355 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
356 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
357 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
358 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
359 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
360 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
361 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
362 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
363 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
364 rcS_fai
365 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
366 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
367 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
368 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
369 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
370 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
371 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
372 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
373 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
374 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
375 copy sources.list
376 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
377 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
378 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
379 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
380 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
381 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
382 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
383 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
384 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
385 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
386 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
387 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
388 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
389 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
390 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
391 $LOGDIR
392 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
393 fai-divert
394 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
395 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
396 fai-mount-disk
397 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
398 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
399 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
400 nfsserver is set
401 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
402 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
403 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
404 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
405 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
406 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
407 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
408 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
409 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
410 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
411 * remove debian/undocumented
412 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
413 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
414 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
415 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
416 flexible values for partitions sizes
417 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
418 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
419 script fai-savelog
420 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
421 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
422 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
423 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
424 and debug flags
425 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
426 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
427 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
428 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
429 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
430 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
431 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
432
433 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
434
435 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
436
437 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
438
439 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
440
441 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
442
443 * enable use strict in perl scripts
444 * remove some potato specific code
445 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
446 * add some packages to SERVER
447 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
448 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
449 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
450 * potato specific code removed
451 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
452 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
453 * print warning before removing nfsroot
454 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
455
456 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
457
458 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
459
460 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
461 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
462 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
463 * minor changes in package_config files
464 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
465 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
466 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
467 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
468 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
469
470 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
471
472 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
473
474 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
475 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
476 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
477 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
478 * add many comments to shell scripts
479 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
480 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
481 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
482 * minor changes in package_config files
483 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
484 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
485 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
486 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
487 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
488 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
489 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
490 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
491 * rcS_fai: add $osname
492 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
493
494 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
495
496 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
497
498 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
499 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
500 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
501 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
502 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
503 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
504 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
505 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
506 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
507 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
508 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
509 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
510 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
511 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
512 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
513 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
514 a file
515 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
516 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
517 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
518 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
519 continue. Changes include:
520 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
521 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
522 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
523 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
524 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
525 umount $NFSROOT/proc
526 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
527 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
528 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
529 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
530 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
531 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
532 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
533 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
534 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
535 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
536 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
537 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
538 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
539 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
540 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
541 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
542 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
543 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
544 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
545 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
546 task_partition() call setup_harddisk only if no disk_var.sh exists
547 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
548 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
549 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
550 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
551 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
552 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
553 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
554 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
555 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
556 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
557 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
558 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
559 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
560 option -s
561 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
562 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
563 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
564 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
565 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
566 make-fai-* scripts
567 * FAI_FILES removed
568 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
569 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
570 make-fai-nfroot
571 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
572 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
573 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
574 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
575 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
576 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
577 * new standards version 3.5.6
578
579 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
580
581 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
582
583 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
584 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
585 available
586 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
587 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
588 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
589 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
590 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
591 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
592 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
593 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
594 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
595 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
596 * nfs-user-server support for woody
597 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
598 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
599 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
600 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
601 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
602 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
603 * added class NOGETTY
604 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
605
606 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
607
608 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
609
610 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
611 * added jmon to BEOWULF
612
613 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
614
615 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
616
617 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
618 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
619 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
620 * echo device before BOOTP request
621 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
622
623 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
624
625 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
626
627 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
628 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
629 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
630 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
631 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
632 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
633 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
634 * unused subroutine myyes removed
635 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
636 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
637 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
638 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
639 via variable $netdevices
640 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
641 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
642 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
643 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
644 * bug in list_disks() fixed
645 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
646 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
647 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
648 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
649 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
650 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
651 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
652 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
653 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
654 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
655
656 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
657
658 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
659
660 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
661 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
662 check if it's a primary partition
663 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
664 defined (closes: #100914)
665 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
666 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
667 not change the output
668 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
669 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
670 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
671 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
672 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
673 classes in reversed order
674 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
675 if two additional terminals will be available
676 * debhelper compatability level now 2
677 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
678 * added class DISKLESS
679 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
680 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
681 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
682 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
683 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
684 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
685 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
686
687 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
688
689 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
690
691 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
692 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
693
694 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
695
696 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
697
698 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
699 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
700 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
701 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
702 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
703 (closes: #101899)
704 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
705 (closes: #101820)
706 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
707
708 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
709
710 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
711
712 * first upload to Debian archive
713 * kernel-2.2.19 support
714 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
715 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
716 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
717 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
718 * new description of all classes
719 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
720 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
721 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
722 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
723 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
724 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
725 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
726 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
727 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
728 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
729 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
730 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
731 supports multiple network interface cards
732 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
733 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
734 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
735 boot sector
736 * make many variables local
737 * better debugging of shell scripts
738 * remote login has all subroutines available
739 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
740 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
741 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
742 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
743 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
744 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
745 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
746 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
747 only at the beginning of a line
748 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
749 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
750 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
751 * modprobe displays less errors
752 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
753 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
754 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
755 these are the correct release dates:
756 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
757 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
758 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
759 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
760 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
761 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
762 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
763
764 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
765
766 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
767
768 * add wget to suggests list
769 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
770 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
771 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
772 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
773 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
774 keymap now called correctly
775 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
776 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
777
778 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
779
780 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
781
782 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
783 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
784 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
785 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
786 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
787 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
788 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
789 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
790 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
791 mostly segfaults dpkg
792 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
793 * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
794 point is not in root directory
795 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
796
797 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
798
799 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
800
801 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
802 * package depends on nfs-server
803 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
804 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
805 * first version of the FAI Guide included
806 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
807 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
808 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
809 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
810 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
811 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
812 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
813 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
814 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
815
816 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
817
818 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
819
820 * loopback device is set up during installation
821 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
822 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
823 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
824 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
825
826 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
827
828 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
829
830 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
831 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
832 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
833 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
834 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
835 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
836 * add support for expect scripts
837 * add nfs-kernel-server support
838 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
839 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
840
841 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
842
843 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
844
845 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
846
847 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
848 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
849 flag verbose controls output level
850 nfsroot is created without any interaction
851 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
852
853 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
854
855 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
856
857 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
858 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
859 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
860
861 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
862
863 * cvs repository available
864
865 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
866
867 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
868
869 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
870
871 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
872
873 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
874
875 * Initial Release.
876
877 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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