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1 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
4 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
5 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
6 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
7 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
8 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
9 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
10 segfault bug
11 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
12 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
13 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
14 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
15 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
16 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
17 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
18 menu, not fai-cd version
19 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
20 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
21 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
22 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
23 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
24 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
25 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
26 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
27 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
28 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also be used
29 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
30 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
31 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
32 and the host name lookup fails
33
34 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:24:45 +0200
35
36 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
37
38 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
39 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
40 bootable (closes: #344536)
41 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
42 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: 352939),
43 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
44 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
45 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
46 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
47 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
48 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
49 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
50 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
51 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
52 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
53 error (closes: #360183)
54 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
55 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
56 available (closes: #314613)
57 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
58 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
59 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
60 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
61 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
62 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
63 copying them
64 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
65 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
66 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
67 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
68 (closes: #341577)
69 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
70 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
71
72 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
73
74 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
75
76 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
77 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
78 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
79 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
80 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
81 description (closes: #322026)
82 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
83 * add class FAISERVER
84 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
85 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
86 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
87 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
88 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
89 exist
90 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
91 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
92 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
93
94 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
95
96 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
97
98 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
99 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
100 * adjust some paths
101 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
102 * increase compat level to 4
103 * delete sunos code from source
104 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
105 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
106 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
107 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
108 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
109 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
110 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
111 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
112 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
113 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
114 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
115 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
116 add more warnings
117 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
118 (closes: #312128)
119 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
120 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
121 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
122 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
123 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
124 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
125 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
126 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
127 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
128 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
129 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
130 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
131 return with error code (closes: #342120)
132 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
133 file name when action is softupdate
134 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
135 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
136 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
137 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
138 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
139 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
140 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
141 (closes: #305783)
142 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
143 udev behaviour
144 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
145 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
146 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
147 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
148 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
149 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
150 running udev
151 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
152 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
153 * add support for unsigned repositories
154 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
155 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
156
157 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
158
159 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
160
161 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
162 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
163 examples (closes: #310705)
164
165 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
166
167 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
168
169 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
170 support may be included again after sarge
171 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
172 * control: remove dependency on debconf
173 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
174 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
175 * remove debian/config, debian/template
176 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
177 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
178 set it any more
179 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
180 instead of debconf's default values
181 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
182 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
183 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
184 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
185
186 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
187
188 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
189
190 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
191 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
192 security bug (closes: #307838)
193 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
194 (closes: #307632)
195 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
196 important bug (closes: #307631)
197
198 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
199
200 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
201
202 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
203 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
204 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
205 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
206 verbose from fai-mirror
207 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
208 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
209 when $addpackages is empty
210 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
211 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
212 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
213 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
214 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
215 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
216 needed gcc, change comment
217 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
218 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
219 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
220 (closes: 305861)
221 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
222 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
223 * control: add grub to suggests
224 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
225 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
226 hang the system
227 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
228 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
229 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
230 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
231 not support -i
232 * fai-setup: change informational message
233 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
234 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
235 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
236
237 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
238
239 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
240
241 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
242 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
243 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
244 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
245 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
246 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
247 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
248 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
249 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASK, add code for
250 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
251 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
252 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
253 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
254 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
255 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
256 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
257 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
258 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
259 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
260 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
261 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASK always with -eq, use
262 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
263 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
264 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
265 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
266 output also to console
267 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
268 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
269 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
270 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
271 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
272 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
273 also supported for backwards compatibility
274 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
275 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
276 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
277 * fai-chboot: change message
278 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
279 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
280 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
281 unset
282 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
283 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
284 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
285 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
286 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
287 * postinst: use debconf
288 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
289 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
290
291 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
292
293 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
294
295 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
296 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
297 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
298 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
299 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
300 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
301 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
302 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
303 name with 2.6.8
304 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
305 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
306 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
307 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
308 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
309 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
310 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
311 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
312 * install_packages.8: add option -d
313 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
314 * add fai-cd.8 man page
315 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
316 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
317 debhelper greater version 3
318 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
319 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
320 to it
321
322 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
323
324 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
325
326 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
327 * new script fai-debconf
328 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
329 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
330 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
331 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
332 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
333 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
334 * replace backticks with $()
335 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
336 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
337 install_packages config
338
339 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
340
341 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
342
343 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
344 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
345 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
346 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
347 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
348 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
349 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
350 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
351 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
352 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
353 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
354 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
355 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
356 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
357 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
358 allow space before primary and logical keyword
359 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
360 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
361 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
362 FAICLIENTS
363 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
364 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
365 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
366 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
367 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
368 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
369 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
370 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
371 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
372 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
373 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
374 install_packages.conf
375 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
376 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
377 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
378 cleanup
379 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
380 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
381 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
382 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
383 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
384 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
385 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
386 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
387 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
388 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
389 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
390 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
391 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
392
393 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
394
395 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
396
397 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
398 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
399 it exists
400 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
401 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
402 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
403 * fcopy.8: add option -I
404
405 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
406
407 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
408
409 * add missing Beowulf examples
410 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
411 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
412 scripts use them
413 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
414 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
415 package for alpha architecture
416 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
417 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
418 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
419 messages, add aptitude support
420 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
421 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
422 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
423 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
424 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
425 mode (closes: #264727)
426
427 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
428
429 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
430
431 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
432 * update to kernel 2.4.27
433 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
434 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
435 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
436 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
437 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
438 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
439 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
440 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
441 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
442 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
443 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
444 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
445 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
446 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
447 may hang some production systems for a while
448 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
449 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
450
451 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
452
453 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
454
455 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
456 tasksel behaviour
457 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
458 are in the nfsroot
459 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
460
461 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
462
463 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
464
465 * catnc() greps through more than one file
466 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
467 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
468 as ignorepatterns
469 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
470 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
471 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
472 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
473 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
474 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
475 normal finishing script
476 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
477 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
478 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
479 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
480 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
481 subroutines, send message to faimond
482 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
483 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
484 of packages from 4711 to 99
485 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
486 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
487 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
488 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
489 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
490 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
491 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
492 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
493 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
494 * remove doc/README.package_problems
495 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
496 typos
497
498 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
499
500 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
501
502 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
503 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
504 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
505 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
506 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
507 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
508 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
509 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
510 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
511 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
512 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
513 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
514 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
515 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
516 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
517 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
518 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
519 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
520 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
521 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
522 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
523 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
524 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
525 logo and let scroll region unchanged
526 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
527 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
528 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
529 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
530 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
531 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
532 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
533 table with parted
534 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
535 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
536 add -xdev to find
537 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
538 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
539 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
540 hook
541 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
542 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
543 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
544 * faimond: always flush output
545 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
546 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
547 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
548 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
549 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
550 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
551 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
552 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
553 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
554 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
555 remove beowulf example
556 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
557 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
558 replace backtics with $()
559 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
560 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
561 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
562 bigger, /usr smaller
563 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
564 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
565 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
566 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
567 * new FAQ
568 * THANKS: juergen added
569
570 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
571
572 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
573
574 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
575 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
576 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
577 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
578 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
579 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
580 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
581 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
582 cdrom image
583 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
584 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
585 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
586 * THANKS: added holger
587
588 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
589
590 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
591
592 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
593 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
594 more verbose
595 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: 219824)
596 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
597 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
598 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
599 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
600 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
601 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
602 important files if option -v is set
603 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
604 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
605 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
606 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
607 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
608 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
609 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
610 remove detect call
611 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
612 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
613 does not complain
614 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
615 option -r
616 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
617 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
618 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
619 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
620 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
621 put important variables to the top
622 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
623 access method to the Debian mirror
624 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
625 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
626 without DNS
627 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
628 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
629 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
630 when one parameter is missing
631 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
632 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
633 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
634 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
635 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
636 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
637 nfs mount options to root-path
638 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
639 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
640 * setup_harddisks: typos
641
642 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
643
644 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
645
646 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
647 actimeo for nfs mounts
648 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
649 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
650 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
651 (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
652 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
653 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
654 * faimond, faimond.8 added
655 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
656 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
657 script, show nc output only when debugging
658 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
659 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
660 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
661 (closes: #218541)
662 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
663 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
664 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
665 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
666 comment
667 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
668 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
669 debug code in ifclass
670 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
671 package name, usage() points to the man page
672 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
673 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
674 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
675 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
676 to login messages
677 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
678 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
679 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
680 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
681 call
682
683 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
684
685 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
686
687 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
688 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
689 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
690 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
691 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
692 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
693 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
694 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
695 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
696 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
697 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
698 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
699 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
700 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
701 grub executable from nfsroot
702 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
703 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
704 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
705 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
706
707 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
708
709 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
710
711 * add script fai-chboot
712 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
713 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
714 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
715 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
716 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
717 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
718 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
719 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
720 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
721 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
722 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
723 $MAXPACKAGES
724 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
725 command line
726 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
727 make symlink for syslogd
728 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
729 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
730 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
731 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
732 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
733 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
734 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
735 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
736 reboot for SunOS
737 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
738 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
739 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
740 variable
741 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
742 sunos version of xargs
743 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
744 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
745 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
746 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
747 fixed IP address
748 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
749 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
750 is not defined
751 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
752 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
753 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
754 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
755 password protection to grub menu
756 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
757 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
758 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
759 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
760 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
761 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
762 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
763 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
764 for examples
765 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
766 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
767
768 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
769
770 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
771
772 * set correct year in fai guide
773 * dhcp3 support
774 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
775 sector
776 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
777 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
778 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
779 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
780 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
781 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
782 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
783 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
784 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
785 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
786 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
787 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
788 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
789 task_configure code
790 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
791
792 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
793
794 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
795
796 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
797 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
798 every script to status.log
799 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
800 definitions after use
801 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
802 * many changes in the package_config files
803 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
804 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
805 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
806 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
807 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
808 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
809 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
810 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
811 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
812 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
813 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
814 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
815 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
816 device nodes (closes: #174844)
817 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
818 determine classes which depend on partitions
819 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
820 if only a few lines has to be changed
821 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
822 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
823 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
824 option when using grub
825 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
826 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
827 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
828 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
829 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
830 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
831 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
832 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
833 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
834 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
835 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
836 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
837 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
838 rcS_fai
839 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
840 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
841 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
842 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
843 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
844 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
845 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
846 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
847 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
848 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
849 copy sources.list
850 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
851 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
852 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
853 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
854 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
855 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
856 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
857 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
858 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
859 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
860 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
861 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
862 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
863 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
864 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
865 $LOGDIR
866 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
867 fai-divert
868 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
869 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
870 fai-mount-disk
871 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
872 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
873 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
874 nfsserver is set
875 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
876 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
877 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
878 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
879 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
880 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
881 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
882 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
883 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
884 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
885 * remove debian/undocumented
886 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
887 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
888 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
889 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
890 flexible values for partitions sizes
891 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
892 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
893 script fai-savelog
894 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
895 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
896 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
897 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
898 and debug flags
899 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
900 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
901 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
902 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
903 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
904 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
905 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
906
907 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
908
909 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
910
911 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
912
913 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
914
915 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
916
917 * enable use strict in perl scripts
918 * remove some potato specific code
919 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
920 * add some packages to SERVER
921 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
922 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
923 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
924 * potato specific code removed
925 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
926 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
927 * print warning before removing nfsroot
928 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
929
930 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
931
932 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
933
934 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
935 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
936 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
937 * minor changes in package_config files
938 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
939 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
940 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
941 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
942 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
943
944 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
945
946 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
947
948 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
949 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
950 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
951 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
952 * add many comments to shell scripts
953 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
954 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
955 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
956 * minor changes in package_config files
957 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
958 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
959 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
960 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
961 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
962 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
963 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
964 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
965 * rcS_fai: add $osname
966 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
967
968 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
969
970 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
971
972 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
973 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
974 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
975 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
976 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
977 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
978 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
979 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
980 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
981 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
982 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
983 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
984 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
985 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
986 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
987 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
988 a file
989 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
990 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
991 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
992 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
993 continue. Changes include:
994 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
995 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
996 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
997 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
998 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
999 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1000 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1001 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1002 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1003 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1004 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1005 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1006 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1007 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1008 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1009 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1010 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1011 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1012 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1013 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1014 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1015 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1016 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1017 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1018 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1019 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1020 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1021 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1022 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1023 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1024 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1025 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1026 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1027 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1028 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1029 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1030 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1031 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1032 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1033 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1034 option -s
1035 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1036 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1037 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1038 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1039 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1040 make-fai-* scripts
1041 * FAI_FILES removed
1042 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1043 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1044 make-fai-nfroot
1045 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1046 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1047 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1048 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1049 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1050 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1051 * new standards version 3.5.6
1052
1053 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1054
1055 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1056
1057 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1058 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1059 available
1060 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1061 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1062 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1063 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1064 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1065 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1066 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1067 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1068 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1069 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1070 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1071 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1072 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1073 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1074 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1075 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1076 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1077 * added class NOGETTY
1078 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1079
1080 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1081
1082 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1083
1084 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1085 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1086
1087 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1088
1089 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1090
1091 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1092 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1093 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1094 * echo device before BOOTP request
1095 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1096
1097 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1098
1099 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1100
1101 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1102 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1103 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1104 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1105 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1106 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1107 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1108 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1109 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1110 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1111 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1112 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1113 via variable $netdevices
1114 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1115 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1116 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1117 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1118 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1119 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1120 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1121 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1122 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1123 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1124 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1125 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1126 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1127 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1128 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1129
1130 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1131
1132 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1133
1134 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1135 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1136 check if it's a primary partition
1137 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1138 defined (closes: #100914)
1139 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1140 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1141 not change the output
1142 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1143 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1144 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1145 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1146 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1147 classes in reversed order
1148 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1149 if two additional terminals will be available
1150 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1151 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1152 * added class DISKLESS
1153 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1154 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1155 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1156 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1157 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1158 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1159 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1160
1161 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1162
1163 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1164
1165 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1166 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1167
1168 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1169
1170 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1171
1172 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1173 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1174 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1175 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1176 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1177 (closes: #101899)
1178 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1179 (closes: #101820)
1180 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1181
1182 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1183
1184 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1185
1186 * first upload to Debian archive
1187 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1188 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1189 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1190 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1191 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1192 * new description of all classes
1193 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1194 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1195 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1196 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1197 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1198 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1199 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1200 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1201 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1202 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1203 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1204 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1205 supports multiple network interface cards
1206 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1207 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1208 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1209 boot sector
1210 * make many variables local
1211 * better debugging of shell scripts
1212 * remote login has all subroutines available
1213 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1214 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1215 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1216 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1217 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1218 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1219 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1220 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1221 only at the beginning of a line
1222 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1223 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1224 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1225 * modprobe displays less errors
1226 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1227 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1228 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1229 these are the correct release dates:
1230 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1231 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1232 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1233 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1234 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1235 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1236 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1237
1238 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1239
1240 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1241
1242 * add wget to suggests list
1243 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1244 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1245 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1246 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1247 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1248 keymap now called correctly
1249 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1250 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1251
1252 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1253
1254 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1255
1256 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1257 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1258 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1259 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1260 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1261 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1262 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1263 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1264 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1265 mostly segfaults dpkg
1266 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1267 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1268 point is not in root directory
1269 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1270
1271 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1272
1273 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1274
1275 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1276 * package depends on nfs-server
1277 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1278 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1279 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1280 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1281 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1282 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1283 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1284 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1285 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1286 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1287 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1288 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1289
1290 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1291
1292 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1293
1294 * loopback device is set up during installation
1295 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1296 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1297 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1298 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1299
1300 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1301
1302 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1303
1304 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1305 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1306 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1307 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1308 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1309 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1310 * add support for expect scripts
1311 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1312 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1313 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1314
1315 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1316
1317 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1318
1319 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1320
1321 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1322 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1323 flag verbose controls output level
1324 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1325 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1326
1327 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1328
1329 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1330
1331 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1332 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1333 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1334
1335 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1336
1337 * cvs repository available
1338
1339 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1340
1341 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1342
1343 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1344
1345 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1346
1347 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1348
1349 * Initial Release.
1350
1351 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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