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exist unless arch is i386 or amd64 (closes: #339098)
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), exist unless arch is i386
14 or amd64 (closes: #339098)
15 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
16 (closes: #334333)
17 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
18 (closes: #312128)
19 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
20 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
21 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
22 (closes: #328139)
23 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
24 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
25 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475)
26 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
27 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
28 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
29 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759)
30 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524)
31 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
32 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271)
33 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
34 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
35 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
36 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
37 (closes: #305783)
38 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797)
39
40 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:58:56 +0100
41
42 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
43
44 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
45 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
46 examples (closes: #310705)
47
48 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
49
50 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
51
52 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
53 support may be included again after sarge
54 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
55 * control: remove dependency on debconf
56 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
57 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
58 * remove debian/config, debian/template
59 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
60 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
61 set it any more
62 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
63 instead of debconf's default values
64 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
65 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
66 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
67 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
68
69 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
70
71 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
72
73 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
74 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
75 security bug (closes: #307838)
76 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
77 (closes: #307632)
78 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
79 important bug (closes: #307631)
80
81 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
82
83 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
84
85 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
86 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
87 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
88 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
89 verbose from fai-mirror
90 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
91 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
92 when $addpackages is empty
93 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
94 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
95 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
96 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
97 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
98 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
99 needed gcc, change comment
100 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
101 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
102 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
103 (closes: 305861)
104 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
105 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
106 * control: add grub to suggests
107 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
108 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
109 hang the system
110 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
111 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
112 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
113 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
114 not support -i
115 * fai-setup: change informational message
116 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
117 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
118 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
119
120 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
121
122 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
123
124 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
125 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
126 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
127 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
128 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
129 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
130 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
131 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
132 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASK, add code for
133 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
134 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
135 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
136 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
137 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
138 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
139 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
140 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
141 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
142 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
143 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
144 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASK always with -eq, use
145 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
146 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
147 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
148 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
149 output also to console
150 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
151 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
152 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
153 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
154 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
155 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
156 also supported for backwards compatibility
157 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
158 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
159 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
160 * fai-chboot: change message
161 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
162 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
163 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
164 unset
165 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
166 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
167 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
168 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
169 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
170 * postinst: use debconf
171 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
172 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
173
174 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
175
176 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
177
178 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
179 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
180 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
181 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
182 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
183 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
184 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
185 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
186 name with 2.6.8
187 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
188 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
189 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
190 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
191 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
192 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
193 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
194 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
195 * install_packages.8: add option -d
196 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
197 * add fai-cd.8 man page
198 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
199 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
200 debhelper greater version 3
201 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
202 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
203 to it
204
205 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
206
207 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
208
209 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
210 * new script fai-debconf
211 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
212 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
213 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
214 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
215 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
216 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
217 * replace backticks with $()
218 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
219 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
220 install_packages config
221
222 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
223
224 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
225
226 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
227 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
228 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
229 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
230 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
231 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
232 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
233 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
234 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
235 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
236 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
237 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
238 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
239 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
240 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
241 allow space before primary and logical keyword
242 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
243 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
244 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
245 FAICLIENTS
246 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
247 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
248 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
249 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
250 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
251 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
252 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
253 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
254 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
255 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
256 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
257 install_packages.conf
258 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
259 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
260 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
261 cleanup
262 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
263 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
264 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
265 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
266 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
267 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
268 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
269 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
270 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
271 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
272 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
273 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
274 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
275
276 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
277
278 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
279
280 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
281 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
282 it exists
283 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
284 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
285 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
286 * fcopy.8: add option -I
287
288 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
289
290 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
291
292 * add missing Beowulf examples
293 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
294 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
295 scripts use them
296 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
297 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
298 package for alpha architecture
299 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
300 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
301 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
302 messages, add aptitude support
303 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
304 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
305 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
306 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
307 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
308 mode (closes: #264727)
309
310 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
311
312 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
313
314 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
315 * update to kernel 2.4.27
316 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
317 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
318 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
319 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
320 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
321 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
322 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
323 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
324 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
325 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
326 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
327 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
328 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
329 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
330 may hang some production systems for a while
331 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
332 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
333
334 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
335
336 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
337
338 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
339 tasksel behaviour
340 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
341 are in the nfsroot
342 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
343
344 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
345
346 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
347
348 * catnc() greps through more than one file
349 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
350 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
351 as ignorepatterns
352 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
353 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
354 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
355 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
356 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
357 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
358 normal finishing script
359 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
360 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
361 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
362 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
363 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
364 subroutines, send message to faimond
365 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
366 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
367 of packages from 4711 to 99
368 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
369 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
370 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
371 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
372 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
373 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
374 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
375 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
376 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
377 * remove doc/README.package_problems
378 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
379 typos
380
381 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
382
383 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
384
385 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
386 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
387 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
388 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
389 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
390 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
391 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
392 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
393 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
394 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
395 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
396 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
397 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
398 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
399 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
400 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
401 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
402 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
403 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
404 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
405 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
406 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
407 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
408 logo and let scroll region unchanged
409 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
410 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
411 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
412 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
413 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
414 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
415 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
416 table with parted
417 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
418 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
419 add -xdev to find
420 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
421 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
422 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
423 hook
424 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
425 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
426 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
427 * faimond: always flush output
428 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
429 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
430 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
431 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
432 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
433 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
434 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
435 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
436 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
437 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
438 remove beowulf example
439 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
440 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
441 replace backtics with $()
442 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
443 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
444 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
445 bigger, /usr smaller
446 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
447 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
448 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
449 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
450 * new FAQ
451 * THANKS: juergen added
452
453 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
454
455 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
456
457 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
458 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
459 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
460 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
461 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
462 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
463 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
464 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
465 cdrom image
466 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
467 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
468 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
469 * THANKS: added holger
470
471 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
472
473 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
474
475 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
476 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
477 more verbose
478 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: 219824)
479 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
480 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
481 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
482 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
483 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
484 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
485 important files if option -v is set
486 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
487 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
488 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
489 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
490 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
491 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
492 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
493 remove detect call
494 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
495 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
496 does not complain
497 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
498 option -r
499 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
500 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
501 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
502 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
503 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
504 put important variables to the top
505 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
506 access method to the Debian mirror
507 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
508 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
509 without DNS
510 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
511 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
512 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
513 when one parameter is missing
514 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
515 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
516 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
517 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
518 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
519 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
520 nfs mount options to root-path
521 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
522 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
523 * setup_harddisks: typos
524
525 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
526
527 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
528
529 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
530 actimeo for nfs mounts
531 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
532 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
533 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
534 (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
535 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
536 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
537 * faimond, faimond.8 added
538 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
539 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
540 script, show nc output only when debugging
541 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
542 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
543 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
544 (closes: #218541)
545 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
546 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
547 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
548 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
549 comment
550 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
551 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
552 debug code in ifclass
553 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
554 package name, usage() points to the man page
555 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
556 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
557 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
558 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
559 to login messages
560 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
561 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
562 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
563 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
564 call
565
566 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
567
568 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
569
570 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
571 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
572 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
573 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
574 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
575 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
576 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
577 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
578 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
579 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
580 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
581 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
582 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
583 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
584 grub executable from nfsroot
585 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
586 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
587 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
588 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
589
590 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
591
592 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
593
594 * add script fai-chboot
595 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
596 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
597 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
598 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
599 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
600 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
601 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
602 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
603 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
604 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
605 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
606 $MAXPACKAGES
607 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
608 command line
609 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
610 make symlink for syslogd
611 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
612 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
613 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
614 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
615 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
616 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
617 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
618 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
619 reboot for SunOS
620 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
621 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
622 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
623 variable
624 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
625 sunos version of xargs
626 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
627 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
628 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
629 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
630 fixed IP address
631 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
632 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
633 is not defined
634 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
635 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
636 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
637 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
638 password protection to grub menu
639 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
640 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
641 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
642 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
643 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
644 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
645 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
646 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
647 for examples
648 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
649 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
650
651 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
652
653 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
654
655 * set correct year in fai guide
656 * dhcp3 support
657 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
658 sector
659 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
660 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
661 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
662 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
663 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
664 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
665 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
666 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
667 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
668 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
669 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
670 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
671 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
672 task_configure code
673 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
674
675 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
676
677 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
678
679 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
680 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
681 every script to status.log
682 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
683 definitions after use
684 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
685 * many changes in the package_config files
686 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
687 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
688 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
689 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
690 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
691 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
692 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
693 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
694 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
695 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
696 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
697 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
698 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
699 device nodes (closes: #174844)
700 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
701 determine classes which depend on partitions
702 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
703 if only a few lines has to be changed
704 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
705 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
706 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
707 option when using grub
708 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
709 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
710 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
711 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
712 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
713 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
714 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
715 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
716 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
717 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
718 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
719 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
720 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
721 rcS_fai
722 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
723 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
724 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
725 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
726 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
727 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
728 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
729 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
730 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
731 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
732 copy sources.list
733 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
734 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
735 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
736 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
737 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
738 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
739 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
740 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
741 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
742 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
743 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
744 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
745 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
746 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
747 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
748 $LOGDIR
749 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
750 fai-divert
751 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
752 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
753 fai-mount-disk
754 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
755 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
756 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
757 nfsserver is set
758 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
759 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
760 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
761 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
762 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
763 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
764 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
765 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
766 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
767 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
768 * remove debian/undocumented
769 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
770 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
771 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
772 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
773 flexible values for partitions sizes
774 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
775 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
776 script fai-savelog
777 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
778 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
779 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
780 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
781 and debug flags
782 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
783 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
784 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
785 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
786 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
787 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
788 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
789
790 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
791
792 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
793
794 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
795
796 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
797
798 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
799
800 * enable use strict in perl scripts
801 * remove some potato specific code
802 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
803 * add some packages to SERVER
804 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
805 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
806 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
807 * potato specific code removed
808 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
809 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
810 * print warning before removing nfsroot
811 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
812
813 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
814
815 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
816
817 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
818 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
819 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
820 * minor changes in package_config files
821 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
822 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
823 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
824 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
825 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
826
827 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
828
829 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
830
831 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
832 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
833 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
834 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
835 * add many comments to shell scripts
836 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
837 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
838 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
839 * minor changes in package_config files
840 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
841 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
842 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
843 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
844 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
845 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
846 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
847 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
848 * rcS_fai: add $osname
849 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
850
851 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
852
853 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
854
855 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
856 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
857 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
858 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
859 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
860 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
861 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
862 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
863 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
864 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
865 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
866 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
867 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
868 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
869 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
870 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
871 a file
872 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
873 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
874 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
875 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
876 continue. Changes include:
877 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
878 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
879 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
880 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
881 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
882 umount $NFSROOT/proc
883 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
884 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
885 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
886 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
887 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
888 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
889 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
890 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
891 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
892 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
893 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
894 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
895 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
896 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
897 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
898 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
899 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
900 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
901 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
902 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
903 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
904 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
905 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
906 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
907 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
908 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
909 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
910 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
911 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
912 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
913 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
914 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
915 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
916 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
917 option -s
918 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
919 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
920 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
921 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
922 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
923 make-fai-* scripts
924 * FAI_FILES removed
925 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
926 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
927 make-fai-nfroot
928 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
929 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
930 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
931 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
932 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
933 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
934 * new standards version 3.5.6
935
936 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
937
938 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
939
940 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
941 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
942 available
943 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
944 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
945 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
946 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
947 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
948 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
949 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
950 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
951 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
952 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
953 * nfs-user-server support for woody
954 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
955 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
956 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
957 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
958 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
959 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
960 * added class NOGETTY
961 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
962
963 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
964
965 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
966
967 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
968 * added jmon to BEOWULF
969
970 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
971
972 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
973
974 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
975 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
976 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
977 * echo device before BOOTP request
978 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
979
980 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
981
982 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
983
984 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
985 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
986 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
987 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
988 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
989 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
990 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
991 * unused subroutine myyes removed
992 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
993 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
994 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
995 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
996 via variable $netdevices
997 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
998 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
999 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1000 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1001 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1002 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1003 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1004 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1005 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1006 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1007 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1008 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1009 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1010 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1011 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1012
1013 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1014
1015 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1016
1017 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1018 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1019 check if it's a primary partition
1020 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1021 defined (closes: #100914)
1022 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1023 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1024 not change the output
1025 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1026 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1027 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1028 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1029 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1030 classes in reversed order
1031 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1032 if two additional terminals will be available
1033 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1034 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1035 * added class DISKLESS
1036 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1037 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1038 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1039 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1040 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1041 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1042 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1043
1044 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1045
1046 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1047
1048 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1049 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1050
1051 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1052
1053 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1054
1055 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1056 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1057 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1058 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1059 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1060 (closes: #101899)
1061 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1062 (closes: #101820)
1063 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1064
1065 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1066
1067 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1068
1069 * first upload to Debian archive
1070 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1071 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1072 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1073 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1074 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1075 * new description of all classes
1076 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1077 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1078 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1079 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1080 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1081 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1082 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1083 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1084 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1085 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1086 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1087 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1088 supports multiple network interface cards
1089 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1090 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1091 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1092 boot sector
1093 * make many variables local
1094 * better debugging of shell scripts
1095 * remote login has all subroutines available
1096 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1097 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1098 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1099 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1100 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1101 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1102 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1103 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1104 only at the beginning of a line
1105 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1106 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1107 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1108 * modprobe displays less errors
1109 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1110 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1111 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1112 these are the correct release dates:
1113 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1114 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1115 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1116 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1117 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1118 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1119 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1120
1121 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1122
1123 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1124
1125 * add wget to suggests list
1126 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1127 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1128 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1129 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1130 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1131 keymap now called correctly
1132 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1133 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1134
1135 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1136
1137 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1138
1139 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1140 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1141 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1142 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1143 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1144 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1145 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1146 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1147 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1148 mostly segfaults dpkg
1149 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1150 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1151 point is not in root directory
1152 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1153
1154 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1155
1156 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1157
1158 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1159 * package depends on nfs-server
1160 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1161 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1162 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1163 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1164 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1165 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1166 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1167 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1168 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1169 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1170 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1171 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1172
1173 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1174
1175 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1176
1177 * loopback device is set up during installation
1178 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1179 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1180 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1181 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1182
1183 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1184
1185 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1186
1187 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1188 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1189 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1190 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1191 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1192 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1193 * add support for expect scripts
1194 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1195 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1196 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1197
1198 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1199
1200 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1201
1202 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1203
1204 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1205 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1206 flag verbose controls output level
1207 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1208 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1209
1210 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1211
1212 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1213
1214 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1215 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1216 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1217
1218 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1219
1220 * cvs repository available
1221
1222 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1223
1224 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1225
1226 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1227
1228 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1229
1230 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1231
1232 * Initial Release.
1233
1234 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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