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1 fai (3~beta55) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
4 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
5 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
6 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount
7 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
8 * faireboot: stop udevd
9 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
10 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
11 * remove blank from debconf locales data (closes: #386192)
12 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
13 environment
14
15 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:19:27 +0200
16
17 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
18
19 * make pathes conform to FHS:
20 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
21 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
22 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
23 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
24 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
25 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
26 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
27 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
28 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
29 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
30 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
31 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
32 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
33 exist (closes: #373596)
34 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
35 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
36 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
37 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
38 path for resolv.conf
39 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
40 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
41 debhelper
42 * complies with policy 3.7.2
43 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
44 warning)
45 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
46 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
47 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
48 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
49 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
50 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
51 removed (closes: #332837)
52 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
53 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
54 at the end of the installation
55 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
56 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
57 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
58 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
59 dirinst
60 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
61 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
62 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
63 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
64 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
65 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
66 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
67 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
68 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
69 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
70 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
71 vfstab)
72 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
73 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
74 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
75 tftpd-hpa
76 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
77 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
78 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
79 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
80 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
81 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
82 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
83 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
84 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
85 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
86 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
87 * install_packages: add option -p
88 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
89 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
90 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
91 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
92 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
93 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
94 fai-cd
95 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
96 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
97 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
98 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
99 variables is used
100 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
101 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
102
103 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
104
105 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
106
107 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
108 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
109 * add package lftp to nfsroot
110 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
111 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
112 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
113
114 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
115
116 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
117
118 * Non-maintainer upload.
119 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
120 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
121 Closes: #373955)
122
123 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
124
125
126 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
127
128 * Non-maintainer upload.
129 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
130 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
131 system. (Closes: #373955)
132
133 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
134
135 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
136
137 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
138 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
139 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
140 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
141 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
142 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
143 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
144 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
145 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
146 appending to file (closes: #331258)
147 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
148 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
149
150 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
151
152 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
153
154 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
155 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
156 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
157 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
158 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
159 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
160 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
161 segfault bug
162 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
163 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
164 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
165 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
166 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
167 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
168 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
169 menu, not fai-cd version
170 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
171 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
172 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
173 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
174 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
175 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
176 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
177 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
178 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
179 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
180 be used
181 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
182 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
183 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
184 and the host name lookup fails
185 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
186 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
187 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
188
189 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
190
191 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
192
193 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
194 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
195 bootable (closes: #344536)
196 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
197 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
198 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
199 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
200 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
201 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
202 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
203 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
204 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
205 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
206 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
207 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
208 error (closes: #360183)
209 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
210 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
211 available (closes: #314613)
212 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
213 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
214 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
215 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
216 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
217 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
218 copying them
219 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
220 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
221 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
222 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
223 (closes: #341577)
224 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
225 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
226
227 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
228
229 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
230
231 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
232 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
233 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
234 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
235 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
236 description (closes: #322026)
237 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
238 * add class FAISERVER
239 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
240 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
241 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
242 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
243 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
244 exist
245 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
246 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
247 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
248
249 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
250
251 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
252
253 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
254 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
255 * adjust some paths
256 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
257 * increase compat level to 4
258 * delete sunos code from source
259 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
260 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
261 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
262 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
263 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
264 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
265 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
266 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
267 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
268 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
269 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
270 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
271 add more warnings
272 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
273 (closes: #312128)
274 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
275 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
276 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
277 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
278 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
279 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
280 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
281 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
282 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
283 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
284 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
285 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
286 return with error code (closes: #342120)
287 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
288 file name when action is softupdate
289 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
290 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
291 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
292 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
293 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
294 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
295 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
296 (closes: #305783)
297 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
298 udev behaviour
299 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
300 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
301 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
302 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
303 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
304 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
305 running udev
306 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
307 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
308 * add support for unsigned repositories
309 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
310 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
311
312 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
313
314 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
315
316 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
317 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
318 examples (closes: #310705)
319
320 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
321
322 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
323
324 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
325 support may be included again after sarge
326 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
327 * control: remove dependency on debconf
328 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
329 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
330 * remove debian/config, debian/template
331 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
332 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
333 set it any more
334 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
335 instead of debconf's default values
336 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
337 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
338 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
339 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
340
341 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
342
343 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
344
345 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
346 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
347 security bug (closes: #307838)
348 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
349 (closes: #307632)
350 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
351 important bug (closes: #307631)
352
353 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
354
355 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
356
357 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
358 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
359 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
360 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
361 verbose from fai-mirror
362 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
363 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
364 when $addpackages is empty
365 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
366 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
367 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
368 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
369 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
370 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
371 needed gcc, change comment
372 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
373 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
374 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
375 (closes: #305861)
376 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
377 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
378 * control: add grub to suggests
379 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
380 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
381 hang the system
382 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
383 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
384 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
385 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
386 not support -i
387 * fai-setup: change informational message
388 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
389 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
390 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
391
392 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
393
394 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
395
396 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
397 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
398 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
399 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
400 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
401 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
402 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
403 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
404 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
405 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
406 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
407 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
408 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
409 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
410 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
411 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
412 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
413 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
414 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
415 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
416 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
417 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
418 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
419 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
420 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
421 output also to console
422 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
423 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
424 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
425 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
426 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
427 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
428 also supported for backwards compatibility
429 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
430 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
431 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
432 * fai-chboot: change message
433 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
434 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
435 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
436 unset
437 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
438 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
439 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
440 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
441 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
442 * postinst: use debconf
443 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
444 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
445
446 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
447
448 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
449
450 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
451 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
452 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
453 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
454 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
455 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
456 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
457 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
458 name with 2.6.8
459 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
460 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
461 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
462 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
463 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
464 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
465 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
466 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
467 * install_packages.8: add option -d
468 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
469 * add fai-cd.8 man page
470 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
471 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
472 debhelper greater version 3
473 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
474 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
475 to it
476
477 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
478
479 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
480
481 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
482 * new script fai-debconf
483 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
484 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
485 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
486 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
487 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
488 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
489 * replace backticks with $()
490 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
491 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
492 install_packages config
493
494 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
495
496 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
497
498 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
499 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
500 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
501 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
502 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
503 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
504 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
505 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
506 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
507 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
508 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
509 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
510 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
511 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
512 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
513 allow space before primary and logical keyword
514 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
515 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
516 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
517 FAICLIENTS
518 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
519 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
520 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
521 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
522 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
523 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
524 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
525 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
526 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
527 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
528 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
529 install_packages.conf
530 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
531 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
532 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
533 cleanup
534 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
535 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
536 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
537 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
538 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
539 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
540 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
541 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
542 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
543 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
544 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
545 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
546 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
547
548 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
549
550 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
551
552 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
553 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
554 it exists
555 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
556 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
557 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
558 * fcopy.8: add option -I
559
560 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
561
562 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
563
564 * add missing Beowulf examples
565 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
566 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
567 scripts use them
568 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
569 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
570 package for alpha architecture
571 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
572 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
573 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
574 messages, add aptitude support
575 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
576 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
577 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
578 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
579 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
580 mode (closes: #264727)
581
582 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
583
584 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
585
586 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
587 * update to kernel 2.4.27
588 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
589 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
590 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
591 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
592 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
593 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
594 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
595 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
596 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
597 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
598 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
599 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
600 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
601 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
602 may hang some production systems for a while
603 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
604 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
605
606 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
607
608 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
609
610 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
611 tasksel behaviour
612 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
613 are in the nfsroot
614 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
615
616 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
617
618 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
619
620 * catnc() greps through more than one file
621 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
622 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
623 as ignorepatterns
624 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
625 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
626 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
627 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
628 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
629 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
630 normal finishing script
631 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
632 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
633 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
634 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
635 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
636 subroutines, send message to faimond
637 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
638 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
639 of packages from 4711 to 99
640 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
641 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
642 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
643 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
644 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
645 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
646 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
647 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
648 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
649 * remove doc/README.package_problems
650 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
651 typos
652
653 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
654
655 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
656
657 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
658 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
659 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
660 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
661 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
662 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
663 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
664 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
665 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
666 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
667 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
668 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
669 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
670 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
671 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
672 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
673 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
674 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
675 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
676 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
677 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
678 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
679 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
680 logo and let scroll region unchanged
681 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
682 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
683 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
684 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
685 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
686 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
687 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
688 table with parted
689 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
690 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
691 add -xdev to find
692 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
693 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
694 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
695 hook
696 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
697 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
698 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
699 * faimond: always flush output
700 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
701 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
702 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
703 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
704 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
705 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
706 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
707 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
708 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
709 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
710 remove beowulf example
711 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
712 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
713 replace backtics with $()
714 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
715 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
716 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
717 bigger, /usr smaller
718 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
719 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
720 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
721 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
722 * new FAQ
723 * THANKS: juergen added
724
725 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
726
727 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
728
729 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
730 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
731 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
732 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
733 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
734 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
735 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
736 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
737 cdrom image
738 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
739 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
740 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
741 * THANKS: added holger
742
743 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
744
745 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
746
747 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
748 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
749 more verbose
750 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
751 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
752 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
753 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
754 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
755 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
756 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
757 important files if option -v is set
758 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
759 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
760 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
761 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
762 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
763 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
764 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
765 remove detect call
766 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
767 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
768 does not complain
769 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
770 option -r
771 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
772 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
773 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
774 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
775 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
776 put important variables to the top
777 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
778 access method to the Debian mirror
779 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
780 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
781 without DNS
782 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
783 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
784 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
785 when one parameter is missing
786 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
787 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
788 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
789 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
790 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
791 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
792 nfs mount options to root-path
793 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
794 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
795 * setup_harddisks: typos
796
797 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
798
799 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
800
801 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
802 actimeo for nfs mounts
803 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
804 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
805 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
806 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
807 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
808 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
809 * faimond, faimond.8 added
810 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
811 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
812 script, show nc output only when debugging
813 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
814 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
815 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
816 (closes: #218541)
817 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
818 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
819 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
820 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
821 comment
822 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
823 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
824 debug code in ifclass
825 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
826 package name, usage() points to the man page
827 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
828 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
829 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
830 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
831 to login messages
832 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
833 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
834 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
835 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
836 call
837
838 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
839
840 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
841
842 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
843 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
844 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
845 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
846 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
847 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
848 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
849 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
850 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
851 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
852 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
853 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
854 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
855 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
856 grub executable from nfsroot
857 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
858 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
859 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
860 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
861
862 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
863
864 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
865
866 * add script fai-chboot
867 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
868 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
869 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
870 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
871 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
872 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
873 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
874 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
875 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
876 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
877 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
878 $MAXPACKAGES
879 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
880 command line
881 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
882 make symlink for syslogd
883 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
884 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
885 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
886 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
887 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
888 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
889 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
890 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
891 reboot for SunOS
892 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
893 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
894 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
895 variable
896 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
897 sunos version of xargs
898 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
899 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
900 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
901 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
902 fixed IP address
903 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
904 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
905 is not defined
906 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
907 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
908 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
909 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
910 password protection to grub menu
911 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
912 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
913 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
914 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
915 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
916 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
917 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
918 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
919 for examples
920 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
921 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
922
923 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
924
925 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
926
927 * set correct year in fai guide
928 * dhcp3 support
929 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
930 sector
931 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
932 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
933 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
934 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
935 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
936 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
937 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
938 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
939 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
940 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
941 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
942 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
943 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
944 task_configure code
945 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
946
947 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
948
949 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
950
951 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
952 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
953 every script to status.log
954 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
955 definitions after use
956 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
957 * many changes in the package_config files
958 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
959 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
960 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
961 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
962 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
963 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
964 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
965 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
966 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
967 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
968 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
969 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
970 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
971 device nodes (closes: #174844)
972 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
973 determine classes which depend on partitions
974 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
975 if only a few lines has to be changed
976 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
977 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
978 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
979 option when using grub
980 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
981 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
982 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
983 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
984 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
985 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
986 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
987 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
988 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
989 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
990 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
991 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
992 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
993 rcS_fai
994 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
995 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
996 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
997 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
998 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
999 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1000 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1001 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1002 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1003 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1004 copy sources.list
1005 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1006 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1007 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1008 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1009 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1010 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1011 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1012 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1013 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1014 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1015 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1016 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1017 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1018 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1019 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1020 $LOGDIR
1021 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1022 fai-divert
1023 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1024 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1025 fai-mount-disk
1026 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1027 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1028 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1029 nfsserver is set
1030 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1031 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1032 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1033 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1034 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1035 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1036 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1037 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1038 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1039 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1040 * remove debian/undocumented
1041 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1042 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1043 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1044 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1045 flexible values for partitions sizes
1046 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1047 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1048 script fai-savelog
1049 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1050 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1051 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1052 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1053 and debug flags
1054 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1055 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1056 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1057 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1058 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1059 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1060 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1061
1062 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1063
1064 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1065
1066 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1067
1068 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1069
1070 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1071
1072 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1073 * remove some potato specific code
1074 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1075 * add some packages to SERVER
1076 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1077 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1078 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1079 * potato specific code removed
1080 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1081 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1082 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1083 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1084
1085 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1086
1087 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1088
1089 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1090 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1091 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1092 * minor changes in package_config files
1093 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1094 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1095 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1096 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1097 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1098
1099 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1100
1101 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1102
1103 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1104 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1105 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1106 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1107 * add many comments to shell scripts
1108 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1109 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1110 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1111 * minor changes in package_config files
1112 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1113 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1114 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1115 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1116 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1117 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1118 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1119 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1120 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1121 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1122
1123 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1124
1125 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1126
1127 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1128 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1129 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1130 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1131 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1132 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1133 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1134 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1135 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1136 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1137 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1138 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1139 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1140 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1141 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1142 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1143 a file
1144 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1145 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1146 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1147 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1148 continue. Changes include:
1149 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1150 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1151 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1152 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1153 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1154 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1155 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1156 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1157 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1158 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1159 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1160 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1161 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1162 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1163 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1164 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1165 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1166 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1167 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1168 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1169 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1170 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1171 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1172 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1173 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1174 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1175 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1176 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1177 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1178 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1179 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1180 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1181 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1182 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1183 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1184 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1185 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1186 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1187 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1188 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1189 option -s
1190 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1191 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1192 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1193 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1194 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1195 make-fai-* scripts
1196 * FAI_FILES removed
1197 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1198 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1199 make-fai-nfroot
1200 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1201 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1202 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1203 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1204 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1205 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1206 * new standards version 3.5.6
1207
1208 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1209
1210 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1211
1212 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1213 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1214 available
1215 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1216 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1217 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1218 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1219 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1220 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1221 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1222 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1223 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1224 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1225 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1226 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1227 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1228 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1229 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1230 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1231 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1232 * added class NOGETTY
1233 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1234
1235 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1236
1237 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1238
1239 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1240 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1241
1242 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1243
1244 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1245
1246 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1247 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1248 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1249 * echo device before BOOTP request
1250 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1251
1252 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1253
1254 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1255
1256 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1257 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1258 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1259 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1260 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1261 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1262 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1263 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1264 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1265 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1266 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1267 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1268 via variable $netdevices
1269 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1270 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1271 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1272 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1273 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1274 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1275 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1276 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1277 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1278 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1279 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1280 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1281 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1282 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1283 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1284
1285 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1286
1287 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1288
1289 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1290 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1291 check if it's a primary partition
1292 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1293 defined (closes: #100914)
1294 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1295 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1296 not change the output
1297 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1298 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1299 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1300 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1301 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1302 classes in reversed order
1303 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1304 if two additional terminals will be available
1305 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1306 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1307 * added class DISKLESS
1308 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1309 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1310 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1311 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1312 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1313 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1314 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1315
1316 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1317
1318 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1319
1320 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1321 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1322
1323 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1324
1325 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1326
1327 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1328 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1329 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1330 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1331 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1332 (closes: #101899)
1333 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1334 (closes: #101820)
1335 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1336
1337 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1338
1339 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1340
1341 * first upload to Debian archive
1342 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1343 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1344 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1345 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1346 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1347 * new description of all classes
1348 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1349 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1350 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1351 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1352 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1353 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1354 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1355 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1356 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1357 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1358 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1359 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1360 supports multiple network interface cards
1361 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1362 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1363 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1364 boot sector
1365 * make many variables local
1366 * better debugging of shell scripts
1367 * remote login has all subroutines available
1368 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1369 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1370 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1371 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1372 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1373 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1374 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1375 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1376 only at the beginning of a line
1377 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1378 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1379 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1380 * modprobe displays less errors
1381 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1382 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1383 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1384 these are the correct release dates:
1385 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1386 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1387 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1388 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1389 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1390 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1391 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1392
1393 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1394
1395 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1396
1397 * add wget to suggests list
1398 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1399 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1400 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1401 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1402 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1403 keymap now called correctly
1404 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1405 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1406
1407 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1408
1409 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1410
1411 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1412 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1413 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1414 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1415 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1416 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1417 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1418 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1419 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1420 mostly segfaults dpkg
1421 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1422 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1423 point is not in root directory
1424 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1425
1426 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1427
1428 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1429
1430 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1431 * package depends on nfs-server
1432 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1433 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1434 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1435 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1436 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1437 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1438 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1439 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1440 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1441 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1442 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1443 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1444
1445 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1446
1447 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1448
1449 * loopback device is set up during installation
1450 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1451 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1452 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1453 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1454
1455 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1456
1457 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1458
1459 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1460 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1461 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1462 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1463 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1464 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1465 * add support for expect scripts
1466 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1467 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1468 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1469
1470 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1471
1472 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1473
1474 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1475
1476 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1477 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1478 flag verbose controls output level
1479 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1480 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1481
1482 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1483
1484 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1485
1486 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1487 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1488 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1489
1490 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1491
1492 * cvs repository available
1493
1494 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1495
1496 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1497
1498 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1499
1500 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1501
1502 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1503
1504 * Initial Release.
1505
1506 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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