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1 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
4 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
5 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
6 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
7 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
8 description (closes: #322026)
9 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
10 * add class FAISERVER
11 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
12 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
13 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
14 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
15 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
16 exist
17
18 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Jan 2006 17:06:22 +0100
19
20 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
21
22 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
23 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
24 * adjust some paths
25 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
26 * increase compat level to 4
27 * delete sunos code from source
28 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
29 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
30 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
31 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
32 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
33 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
34 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
35 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
36 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
37 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
38 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
39 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
40 add more warnings
41 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
42 (closes: #312128)
43 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
44 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
45 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
46 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
47 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
48 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
49 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
50 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
51 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
52 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
53 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
54 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
55 return with error code (closes: #342120)
56 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
57 file name when action is softupdate
58 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
59 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
60 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
61 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
62 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
63 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
64 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
65 (closes: #305783)
66 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
67 udev behaviour
68 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
69 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
70 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
71 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
72 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
73 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
74 running udev
75 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
76 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
77 * add support for unsigned repositories
78 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
79 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
80
81 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
82
83 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
84
85 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
86 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
87 examples (closes: #310705)
88
89 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
90
91 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
92
93 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
94 support may be included again after sarge
95 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
96 * control: remove dependency on debconf
97 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
98 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
99 * remove debian/config, debian/template
100 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
101 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
102 set it any more
103 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
104 instead of debconf's default values
105 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
106 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
107 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
108 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
109
110 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
111
112 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
113
114 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
115 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
116 security bug (closes: #307838)
117 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
118 (closes: #307632)
119 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
120 important bug (closes: #307631)
121
122 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
123
124 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
125
126 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
127 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
128 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
129 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
130 verbose from fai-mirror
131 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
132 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
133 when $addpackages is empty
134 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
135 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
136 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
137 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
138 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
139 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
140 needed gcc, change comment
141 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
142 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
143 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
144 (closes: 305861)
145 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
146 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
147 * control: add grub to suggests
148 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
149 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
150 hang the system
151 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
152 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
153 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
154 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
155 not support -i
156 * fai-setup: change informational message
157 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
158 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
159 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
160
161 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
162
163 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
164
165 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
166 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
167 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
168 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
169 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
170 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
171 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
172 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
173 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASK, add code for
174 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
175 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
176 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
177 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
178 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
179 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
180 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
181 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
182 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
183 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
184 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
185 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASK always with -eq, use
186 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
187 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
188 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
189 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
190 output also to console
191 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
192 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
193 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
194 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
195 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
196 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
197 also supported for backwards compatibility
198 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
199 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
200 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
201 * fai-chboot: change message
202 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
203 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
204 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
205 unset
206 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
207 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
208 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
209 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
210 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
211 * postinst: use debconf
212 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
213 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
214
215 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
216
217 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
218
219 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
220 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
221 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
222 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
223 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
224 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
225 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
226 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
227 name with 2.6.8
228 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
229 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
230 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
231 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
232 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
233 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
234 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
235 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
236 * install_packages.8: add option -d
237 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
238 * add fai-cd.8 man page
239 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
240 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
241 debhelper greater version 3
242 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
243 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
244 to it
245
246 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
247
248 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
249
250 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
251 * new script fai-debconf
252 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
253 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
254 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
255 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
256 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
257 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
258 * replace backticks with $()
259 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
260 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
261 install_packages config
262
263 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
264
265 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
266
267 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
268 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
269 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
270 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
271 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
272 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
273 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
274 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
275 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
276 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
277 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
278 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
279 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
280 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
281 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
282 allow space before primary and logical keyword
283 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
284 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
285 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
286 FAICLIENTS
287 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
288 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
289 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
290 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
291 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
292 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
293 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
294 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
295 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
296 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
297 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
298 install_packages.conf
299 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
300 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
301 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
302 cleanup
303 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
304 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
305 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
306 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
307 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
308 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
309 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
310 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
311 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
312 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
313 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
314 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
315 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
316
317 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
318
319 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
320
321 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
322 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
323 it exists
324 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
325 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
326 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
327 * fcopy.8: add option -I
328
329 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
330
331 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
332
333 * add missing Beowulf examples
334 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
335 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
336 scripts use them
337 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
338 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
339 package for alpha architecture
340 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
341 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
342 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
343 messages, add aptitude support
344 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
345 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
346 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
347 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
348 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
349 mode (closes: #264727)
350
351 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
352
353 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
354
355 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
356 * update to kernel 2.4.27
357 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
358 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
359 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
360 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
361 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
362 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
363 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
364 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
365 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
366 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
367 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
368 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
369 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
370 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
371 may hang some production systems for a while
372 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
373 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
374
375 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
376
377 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
378
379 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
380 tasksel behaviour
381 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
382 are in the nfsroot
383 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
384
385 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
386
387 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
388
389 * catnc() greps through more than one file
390 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
391 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
392 as ignorepatterns
393 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
394 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
395 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
396 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
397 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
398 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
399 normal finishing script
400 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
401 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
402 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
403 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
404 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
405 subroutines, send message to faimond
406 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
407 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
408 of packages from 4711 to 99
409 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
410 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
411 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
412 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
413 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
414 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
415 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
416 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
417 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
418 * remove doc/README.package_problems
419 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
420 typos
421
422 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
423
424 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
425
426 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
427 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
428 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
429 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
430 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
431 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
432 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
433 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
434 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
435 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
436 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
437 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
438 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
439 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
440 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
441 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
442 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
443 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
444 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
445 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
446 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
447 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
448 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
449 logo and let scroll region unchanged
450 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
451 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
452 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
453 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
454 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
455 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
456 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
457 table with parted
458 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
459 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
460 add -xdev to find
461 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
462 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
463 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
464 hook
465 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
466 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
467 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
468 * faimond: always flush output
469 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
470 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
471 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
472 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
473 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
474 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
475 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
476 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
477 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
478 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
479 remove beowulf example
480 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
481 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
482 replace backtics with $()
483 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
484 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
485 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
486 bigger, /usr smaller
487 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
488 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
489 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
490 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
491 * new FAQ
492 * THANKS: juergen added
493
494 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
495
496 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
497
498 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
499 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
500 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
501 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
502 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
503 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
504 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
505 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
506 cdrom image
507 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
508 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
509 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
510 * THANKS: added holger
511
512 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
513
514 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
515
516 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
517 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
518 more verbose
519 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: 219824)
520 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
521 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
522 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
523 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
524 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
525 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
526 important files if option -v is set
527 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
528 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
529 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
530 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
531 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
532 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
533 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
534 remove detect call
535 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
536 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
537 does not complain
538 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
539 option -r
540 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
541 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
542 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
543 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
544 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
545 put important variables to the top
546 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
547 access method to the Debian mirror
548 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
549 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
550 without DNS
551 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
552 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
553 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
554 when one parameter is missing
555 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
556 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
557 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
558 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
559 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
560 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
561 nfs mount options to root-path
562 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
563 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
564 * setup_harddisks: typos
565
566 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
567
568 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
569
570 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
571 actimeo for nfs mounts
572 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
573 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
574 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
575 (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
576 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
577 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
578 * faimond, faimond.8 added
579 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
580 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
581 script, show nc output only when debugging
582 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
583 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
584 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
585 (closes: #218541)
586 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
587 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
588 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
589 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
590 comment
591 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
592 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
593 debug code in ifclass
594 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
595 package name, usage() points to the man page
596 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
597 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
598 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
599 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
600 to login messages
601 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
602 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
603 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
604 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
605 call
606
607 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
608
609 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
610
611 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
612 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
613 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
614 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
615 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
616 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
617 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
618 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
619 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
620 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
621 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
622 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
623 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
624 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
625 grub executable from nfsroot
626 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
627 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
628 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
629 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
630
631 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
632
633 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
634
635 * add script fai-chboot
636 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
637 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
638 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
639 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
640 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
641 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
642 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
643 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
644 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
645 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
646 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
647 $MAXPACKAGES
648 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
649 command line
650 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
651 make symlink for syslogd
652 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
653 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
654 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
655 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
656 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
657 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
658 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
659 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
660 reboot for SunOS
661 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
662 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
663 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
664 variable
665 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
666 sunos version of xargs
667 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
668 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
669 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
670 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
671 fixed IP address
672 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
673 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
674 is not defined
675 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
676 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
677 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
678 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
679 password protection to grub menu
680 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
681 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
682 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
683 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
684 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
685 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
686 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
687 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
688 for examples
689 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
690 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
691
692 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
693
694 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
695
696 * set correct year in fai guide
697 * dhcp3 support
698 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
699 sector
700 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
701 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
702 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
703 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
704 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
705 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
706 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
707 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
708 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
709 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
710 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
711 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
712 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
713 task_configure code
714 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
715
716 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
717
718 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
719
720 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
721 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
722 every script to status.log
723 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
724 definitions after use
725 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
726 * many changes in the package_config files
727 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
728 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
729 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
730 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
731 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
732 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
733 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
734 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
735 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
736 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
737 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
738 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
739 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
740 device nodes (closes: #174844)
741 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
742 determine classes which depend on partitions
743 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
744 if only a few lines has to be changed
745 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
746 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
747 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
748 option when using grub
749 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
750 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
751 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
752 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
753 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
754 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
755 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
756 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
757 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
758 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
759 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
760 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
761 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
762 rcS_fai
763 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
764 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
765 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
766 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
767 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
768 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
769 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
770 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
771 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
772 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
773 copy sources.list
774 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
775 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
776 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
777 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
778 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
779 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
780 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
781 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
782 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
783 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
784 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
785 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
786 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
787 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
788 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
789 $LOGDIR
790 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
791 fai-divert
792 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
793 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
794 fai-mount-disk
795 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
796 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
797 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
798 nfsserver is set
799 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
800 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
801 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
802 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
803 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
804 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
805 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
806 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
807 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
808 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
809 * remove debian/undocumented
810 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
811 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
812 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
813 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
814 flexible values for partitions sizes
815 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
816 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
817 script fai-savelog
818 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
819 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
820 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
821 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
822 and debug flags
823 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
824 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
825 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
826 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
827 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
828 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
829 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
830
831 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
832
833 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
834
835 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
836
837 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
838
839 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
840
841 * enable use strict in perl scripts
842 * remove some potato specific code
843 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
844 * add some packages to SERVER
845 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
846 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
847 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
848 * potato specific code removed
849 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
850 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
851 * print warning before removing nfsroot
852 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
853
854 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
855
856 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
857
858 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
859 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
860 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
861 * minor changes in package_config files
862 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
863 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
864 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
865 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
866 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
867
868 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
869
870 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
871
872 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
873 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
874 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
875 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
876 * add many comments to shell scripts
877 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
878 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
879 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
880 * minor changes in package_config files
881 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
882 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
883 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
884 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
885 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
886 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
887 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
888 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
889 * rcS_fai: add $osname
890 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
891
892 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
893
894 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
895
896 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
897 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
898 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
899 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
900 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
901 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
902 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
903 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
904 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
905 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
906 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
907 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
908 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
909 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
910 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
911 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
912 a file
913 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
914 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
915 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
916 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
917 continue. Changes include:
918 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
919 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
920 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
921 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
922 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
923 umount $NFSROOT/proc
924 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
925 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
926 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
927 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
928 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
929 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
930 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
931 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
932 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
933 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
934 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
935 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
936 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
937 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
938 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
939 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
940 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
941 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
942 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
943 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
944 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
945 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
946 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
947 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
948 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
949 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
950 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
951 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
952 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
953 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
954 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
955 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
956 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
957 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
958 option -s
959 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
960 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
961 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
962 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
963 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
964 make-fai-* scripts
965 * FAI_FILES removed
966 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
967 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
968 make-fai-nfroot
969 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
970 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
971 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
972 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
973 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
974 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
975 * new standards version 3.5.6
976
977 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
978
979 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
980
981 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
982 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
983 available
984 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
985 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
986 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
987 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
988 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
989 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
990 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
991 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
992 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
993 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
994 * nfs-user-server support for woody
995 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
996 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
997 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
998 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
999 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1000 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1001 * added class NOGETTY
1002 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1003
1004 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1005
1006 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1007
1008 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1009 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1010
1011 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1012
1013 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1014
1015 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1016 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1017 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1018 * echo device before BOOTP request
1019 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1020
1021 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1022
1023 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1024
1025 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1026 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1027 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1028 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1029 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1030 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1031 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1032 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1033 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1034 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1035 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1036 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1037 via variable $netdevices
1038 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1039 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1040 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1041 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1042 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1043 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1044 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1045 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1046 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1047 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1048 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1049 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1050 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1051 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1052 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1053
1054 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1055
1056 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1057
1058 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1059 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1060 check if it's a primary partition
1061 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1062 defined (closes: #100914)
1063 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1064 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1065 not change the output
1066 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1067 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1068 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1069 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1070 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1071 classes in reversed order
1072 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1073 if two additional terminals will be available
1074 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1075 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1076 * added class DISKLESS
1077 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1078 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1079 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1080 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1081 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1082 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1083 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1084
1085 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1086
1087 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1088
1089 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1090 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1091
1092 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1093
1094 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1095
1096 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1097 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1098 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1099 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1100 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1101 (closes: #101899)
1102 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1103 (closes: #101820)
1104 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1105
1106 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1107
1108 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1109
1110 * first upload to Debian archive
1111 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1112 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1113 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1114 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1115 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1116 * new description of all classes
1117 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1118 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1119 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1120 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1121 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1122 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1123 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1124 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1125 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1126 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1127 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1128 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1129 supports multiple network interface cards
1130 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1131 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1132 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1133 boot sector
1134 * make many variables local
1135 * better debugging of shell scripts
1136 * remote login has all subroutines available
1137 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1138 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1139 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1140 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1141 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1142 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1143 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1144 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1145 only at the beginning of a line
1146 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1147 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1148 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1149 * modprobe displays less errors
1150 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1151 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1152 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1153 these are the correct release dates:
1154 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1155 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1156 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1157 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1158 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1159 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1160 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1161
1162 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1163
1164 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1165
1166 * add wget to suggests list
1167 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1168 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1169 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1170 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1171 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1172 keymap now called correctly
1173 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1174 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1175
1176 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1177
1178 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1179
1180 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1181 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1182 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1183 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1184 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1185 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1186 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1187 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1188 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1189 mostly segfaults dpkg
1190 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1191 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1192 point is not in root directory
1193 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1194
1195 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1196
1197 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1198
1199 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1200 * package depends on nfs-server
1201 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1202 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1203 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1204 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1205 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1206 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1207 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1208 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1209 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1210 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1211 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1212 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1213
1214 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1215
1216 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1217
1218 * loopback device is set up during installation
1219 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1220 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1221 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1222 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1223
1224 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1225
1226 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1227
1228 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1229 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1230 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1231 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1232 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1233 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1234 * add support for expect scripts
1235 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1236 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1237 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1238
1239 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1240
1241 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1242
1243 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1244
1245 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1246 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1247 flag verbose controls output level
1248 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1249 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1250
1251 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1252
1253 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1254
1255 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1256 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1257 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1258
1259 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1260
1261 * cvs repository available
1262
1263 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1264
1265 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1266
1267 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1268
1269 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1270
1271 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1272
1273 * Initial Release.
1274
1275 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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