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new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759)
1 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
4 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
5 * adjust some paths
6 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
7 * increase compat level to 4
8 * delete sunos code from source
9 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
10 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
11 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
12 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
13 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871)
14 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
15 (closes: #334333)
16 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
17 (closes: #312128)
18 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
19 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
20 install conflicting packages
21 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
22 * fcopy: add preinst support, fix for inforing .svn dirs (closes: #297550)
23 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
24 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
25 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
26 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759)
27 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524)
28
29 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:26:53 +0100
30
31 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
32
33 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
34 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
35 examples (closes: #310705)
36
37 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
38
39 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
40
41 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
42 support may be included again after sarge
43 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
44 * control: remove dependency on debconf
45 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
46 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
47 * remove debian/config, debian/template
48 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
49 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
50 set it any more
51 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
52 instead of debconf's default values
53 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
54 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
55 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
56 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
57
58 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
59
60 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
61
62 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
63 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
64 security bug (closes: #307838)
65 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
66 (closes: #307632)
67 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
68 important bug (closes: #307631)
69
70 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
71
72 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
73
74 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
75 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
76 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
77 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
78 verbose from fai-mirror
79 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
80 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
81 when $addpackages is empty
82 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
83 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
84 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
85 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
86 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
87 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
88 needed gcc, change comment
89 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
90 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
91 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
92 (closes: 305861)
93 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
94 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
95 * control: add grub to suggests
96 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
97 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
98 hang the system
99 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
100 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
101 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
102 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
103 not support -i
104 * fai-setup: change informational message
105 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
106 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
107 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
108
109 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
110
111 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
112
113 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
114 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
115 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
116 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
117 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
118 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
119 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
120 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
121 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASK, add code for
122 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
123 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
124 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
125 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
126 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
127 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
128 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
129 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
130 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
131 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
132 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
133 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASK always with -eq, use
134 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
135 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
136 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
137 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
138 output also to console
139 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
140 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
141 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
142 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
143 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
144 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
145 also supported for backwards compatibility
146 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
147 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
148 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
149 * fai-chboot: change message
150 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
151 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
152 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
153 unset
154 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
155 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
156 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
157 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
158 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
159 * postinst: use debconf
160 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
161 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
162
163 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
164
165 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
166
167 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
168 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
169 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
170 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
171 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
172 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
173 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
174 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
175 name with 2.6.8
176 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
177 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
178 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
179 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
180 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
181 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
182 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
183 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
184 * install_packages.8: add option -d
185 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
186 * add fai-cd.8 man page
187 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
188 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
189 debhelper greater version 3
190 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
191 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
192 to it
193
194 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
195
196 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
197
198 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
199 * new script fai-debconf
200 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
201 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
202 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
203 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
204 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
205 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
206 * replace backticks with $()
207 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
208 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
209 install_packages config
210
211 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
212
213 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
214
215 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
216 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
217 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
218 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
219 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
220 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
221 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
222 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
223 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
224 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
225 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
226 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
227 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
228 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
229 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
230 allow space before primary and logical keyword
231 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
232 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
233 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
234 FAICLIENTS
235 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
236 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
237 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
238 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
239 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
240 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
241 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
242 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
243 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
244 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
245 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
246 install_packages.conf
247 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
248 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
249 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
250 cleanup
251 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
252 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
253 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
254 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
255 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
256 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
257 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
258 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
259 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
260 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
261 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
262 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
263 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
264
265 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
266
267 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
268
269 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
270 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
271 it exists
272 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
273 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
274 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
275 * fcopy.8: add option -I
276
277 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
278
279 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
280
281 * add missing Beowulf examples
282 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
283 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
284 scripts use them
285 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
286 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
287 package for alpha architecture
288 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
289 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
290 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
291 messages, add aptitude support
292 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
293 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
294 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
295 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
296 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
297 mode (closes: #264727)
298
299 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
300
301 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
302
303 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
304 * update to kernel 2.4.27
305 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
306 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
307 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
308 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
309 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
310 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
311 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
312 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
313 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
314 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
315 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
316 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
317 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
318 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
319 may hang some production systems for a while
320 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
321 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
322
323 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
324
325 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
326
327 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
328 tasksel behaviour
329 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
330 are in the nfsroot
331 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
332
333 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
334
335 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
336
337 * catnc() greps through more than one file
338 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
339 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
340 as ignorepatterns
341 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
342 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
343 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
344 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
345 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
346 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
347 normal finishing script
348 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
349 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
350 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
351 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
352 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
353 subroutines, send message to faimond
354 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
355 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
356 of packages from 4711 to 99
357 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
358 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
359 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
360 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
361 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
362 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
363 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
364 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
365 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
366 * remove doc/README.package_problems
367 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
368 typos
369
370 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
371
372 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
373
374 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
375 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
376 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
377 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
378 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
379 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
380 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
381 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
382 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
383 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
384 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
385 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
386 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
387 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
388 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
389 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
390 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
391 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
392 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
393 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
394 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
395 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
396 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
397 logo and let scroll region unchanged
398 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
399 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
400 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
401 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
402 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
403 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
404 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
405 table with parted
406 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
407 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
408 add -xdev to find
409 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
410 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
411 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
412 hook
413 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
414 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
415 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
416 * faimond: always flush output
417 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
418 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
419 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
420 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
421 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
422 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
423 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
424 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
425 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
426 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
427 remove beowulf example
428 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
429 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
430 replace backtics with $()
431 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
432 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
433 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
434 bigger, /usr smaller
435 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
436 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
437 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
438 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
439 * new FAQ
440 * THANKS: juergen added
441
442 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
443
444 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
445
446 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
447 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
448 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
449 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
450 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
451 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
452 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
453 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
454 cdrom image
455 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
456 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
457 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
458 * THANKS: added holger
459
460 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
461
462 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
463
464 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
465 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
466 more verbose
467 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: 219824)
468 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
469 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
470 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
471 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
472 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
473 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
474 important files if option -v is set
475 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
476 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
477 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
478 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
479 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
480 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
481 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
482 remove detect call
483 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
484 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
485 does not complain
486 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
487 option -r
488 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
489 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
490 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
491 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
492 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
493 put important variables to the top
494 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
495 access method to the Debian mirror
496 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
497 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
498 without DNS
499 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
500 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
501 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
502 when one parameter is missing
503 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
504 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
505 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
506 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
507 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
508 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
509 nfs mount options to root-path
510 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
511 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
512 * setup_harddisks: typos
513
514 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
515
516 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
517
518 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
519 actimeo for nfs mounts
520 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
521 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
522 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
523 (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
524 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
525 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
526 * faimond, faimond.8 added
527 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
528 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
529 script, show nc output only when debugging
530 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
531 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
532 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
533 (closes: #218541)
534 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
535 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
536 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
537 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
538 comment
539 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
540 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
541 debug code in ifclass
542 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
543 package name, usage() points to the man page
544 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
545 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
546 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
547 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
548 to login messages
549 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
550 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
551 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
552 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
553 call
554
555 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
556
557 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
558
559 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
560 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
561 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
562 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
563 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
564 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
565 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
566 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
567 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
568 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
569 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
570 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
571 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
572 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
573 grub executable from nfsroot
574 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
575 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
576 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
577 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
578
579 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
580
581 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
582
583 * add script fai-chboot
584 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
585 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
586 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
587 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
588 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
589 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
590 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
591 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
592 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
593 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
594 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
595 $MAXPACKAGES
596 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
597 command line
598 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
599 make symlink for syslogd
600 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
601 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
602 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
603 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
604 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
605 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
606 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
607 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
608 reboot for SunOS
609 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
610 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
611 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
612 variable
613 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
614 sunos version of xargs
615 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
616 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
617 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
618 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
619 fixed IP address
620 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
621 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
622 is not defined
623 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
624 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
625 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
626 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
627 password protection to grub menu
628 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
629 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
630 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
631 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
632 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
633 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
634 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
635 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
636 for examples
637 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
638 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
639
640 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
641
642 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
643
644 * set correct year in fai guide
645 * dhcp3 support
646 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
647 sector
648 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
649 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
650 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
651 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
652 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
653 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
654 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
655 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
656 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
657 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
658 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
659 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
660 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
661 task_configure code
662 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
663
664 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
665
666 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
667
668 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
669 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
670 every script to status.log
671 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
672 definitions after use
673 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
674 * many changes in the package_config files
675 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
676 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
677 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
678 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
679 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
680 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
681 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
682 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
683 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
684 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
685 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
686 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
687 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
688 device nodes (closes: #174844)
689 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
690 determine classes which depend on partitions
691 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
692 if only a few lines has to be changed
693 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
694 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
695 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
696 option when using grub
697 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
698 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
699 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
700 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
701 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
702 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
703 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
704 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
705 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
706 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
707 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
708 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
709 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
710 rcS_fai
711 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
712 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
713 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
714 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
715 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
716 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
717 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
718 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
719 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
720 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
721 copy sources.list
722 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
723 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
724 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
725 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
726 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
727 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
728 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
729 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
730 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
731 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
732 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
733 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
734 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
735 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
736 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
737 $LOGDIR
738 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
739 fai-divert
740 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
741 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
742 fai-mount-disk
743 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
744 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
745 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
746 nfsserver is set
747 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
748 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
749 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
750 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
751 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
752 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
753 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
754 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
755 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
756 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
757 * remove debian/undocumented
758 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
759 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
760 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
761 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
762 flexible values for partitions sizes
763 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
764 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
765 script fai-savelog
766 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
767 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
768 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
769 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
770 and debug flags
771 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
772 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
773 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
774 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
775 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
776 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
777 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
778
779 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
780
781 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
782
783 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
784
785 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
786
787 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
788
789 * enable use strict in perl scripts
790 * remove some potato specific code
791 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
792 * add some packages to SERVER
793 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
794 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
795 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
796 * potato specific code removed
797 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
798 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
799 * print warning before removing nfsroot
800 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
801
802 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
803
804 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
805
806 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
807 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
808 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
809 * minor changes in package_config files
810 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
811 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
812 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
813 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
814 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
815
816 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
817
818 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
819
820 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
821 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
822 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
823 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
824 * add many comments to shell scripts
825 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
826 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
827 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
828 * minor changes in package_config files
829 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
830 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
831 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
832 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
833 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
834 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
835 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
836 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
837 * rcS_fai: add $osname
838 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
839
840 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
841
842 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
843
844 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
845 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
846 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
847 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
848 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
849 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
850 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
851 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
852 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
853 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
854 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
855 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
856 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
857 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
858 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
859 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
860 a file
861 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
862 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
863 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
864 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
865 continue. Changes include:
866 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
867 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
868 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
869 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
870 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
871 umount $NFSROOT/proc
872 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
873 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
874 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
875 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
876 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
877 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
878 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
879 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
880 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
881 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
882 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
883 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
884 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
885 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
886 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
887 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
888 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
889 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
890 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
891 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
892 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
893 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
894 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
895 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
896 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
897 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
898 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
899 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
900 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
901 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
902 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
903 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
904 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
905 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
906 option -s
907 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
908 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
909 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
910 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
911 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
912 make-fai-* scripts
913 * FAI_FILES removed
914 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
915 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
916 make-fai-nfroot
917 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
918 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
919 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
920 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
921 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
922 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
923 * new standards version 3.5.6
924
925 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
926
927 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
928
929 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
930 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
931 available
932 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
933 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
934 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
935 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
936 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
937 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
938 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
939 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
940 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
941 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
942 * nfs-user-server support for woody
943 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
944 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
945 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
946 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
947 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
948 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
949 * added class NOGETTY
950 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
951
952 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
953
954 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
955
956 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
957 * added jmon to BEOWULF
958
959 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
960
961 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
962
963 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
964 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
965 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
966 * echo device before BOOTP request
967 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
968
969 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
970
971 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
972
973 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
974 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
975 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
976 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
977 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
978 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
979 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
980 * unused subroutine myyes removed
981 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
982 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
983 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
984 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
985 via variable $netdevices
986 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
987 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
988 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
989 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
990 * bug in list_disks() fixed
991 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
992 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
993 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
994 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
995 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
996 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
997 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
998 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
999 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1000 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1001
1002 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1003
1004 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1005
1006 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1007 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1008 check if it's a primary partition
1009 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1010 defined (closes: #100914)
1011 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1012 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1013 not change the output
1014 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1015 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1016 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1017 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1018 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1019 classes in reversed order
1020 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1021 if two additional terminals will be available
1022 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1023 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1024 * added class DISKLESS
1025 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1026 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1027 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1028 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1029 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1030 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1031 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1032
1033 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1034
1035 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1036
1037 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1038 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1039
1040 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1041
1042 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1043
1044 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1045 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1046 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1047 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1048 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1049 (closes: #101899)
1050 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1051 (closes: #101820)
1052 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1053
1054 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1055
1056 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1057
1058 * first upload to Debian archive
1059 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1060 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1061 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1062 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1063 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1064 * new description of all classes
1065 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1066 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1067 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1068 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1069 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1070 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1071 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1072 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1073 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1074 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1075 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1076 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1077 supports multiple network interface cards
1078 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1079 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1080 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1081 boot sector
1082 * make many variables local
1083 * better debugging of shell scripts
1084 * remote login has all subroutines available
1085 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1086 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1087 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1088 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1089 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1090 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1091 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1092 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1093 only at the beginning of a line
1094 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1095 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1096 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1097 * modprobe displays less errors
1098 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1099 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1100 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1101 these are the correct release dates:
1102 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1103 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1104 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1105 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1106 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1107 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1108 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1109
1110 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1111
1112 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1113
1114 * add wget to suggests list
1115 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1116 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1117 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1118 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1119 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1120 keymap now called correctly
1121 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1122 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1123
1124 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1125
1126 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1127
1128 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1129 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1130 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1131 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1132 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1133 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1134 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1135 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1136 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1137 mostly segfaults dpkg
1138 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1139 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1140 point is not in root directory
1141 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1142
1143 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1144
1145 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1146
1147 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1148 * package depends on nfs-server
1149 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1150 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1151 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1152 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1153 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1154 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1155 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1156 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1157 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1158 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1159 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1160 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1161
1162 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1163
1164 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1165
1166 * loopback device is set up during installation
1167 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1168 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1169 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1170 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1171
1172 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1173
1174 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1175
1176 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1177 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1178 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1179 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1180 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1181 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1182 * add support for expect scripts
1183 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1184 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1185 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1186
1187 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1188
1189 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1190
1191 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1192
1193 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1194 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1195 flag verbose controls output level
1196 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1197 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1198
1199 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1200
1201 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1202
1203 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1204 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1205 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1206
1207 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1208
1209 * cvs repository available
1210
1211 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1212
1213 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1214
1215 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1216
1217 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1218
1219 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1220
1221 * Initial Release.
1222
1223 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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