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1 fai (3.0) 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, use NFS v3
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 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
15 directories under /media
16 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
17 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
18 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
19 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
20 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
21 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
22 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
23
24 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:41:11 +0200
25
26 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
27
28 * make pathes conform to FHS:
29 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
30 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
31 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
32 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
33 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
34 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
35 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
36 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
37 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
38 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
39 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
40 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
41 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
42 exist (closes: #373596)
43 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
44 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
45 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
46 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
47 path for resolv.conf
48 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
49 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
50 debhelper
51 * complies with policy 3.7.2
52 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
53 warning)
54 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
55 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
56 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
57 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
58 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
59 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
60 removed (closes: #332837)
61 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
62 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
63 at the end of the installation
64 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
65 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
66 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
67 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
68 dirinst
69 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
70 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
71 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
72 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
73 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
74 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
75 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
76 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
77 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
78 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
79 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
80 vfstab)
81 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
82 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
83 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
84 tftpd-hpa
85 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
86 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
87 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
88 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
89 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
90 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
91 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
92 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
93 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
94 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
95 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
96 * install_packages: add option -p
97 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
98 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
99 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
100 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
101 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
102 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
103 fai-cd
104 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
105 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
106 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
107 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
108 variables is used
109 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
110 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
111
112 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
113
114 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
115
116 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
117 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
118 * add package lftp to nfsroot
119 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
120 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
121 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
122
123 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
124
125 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
126
127 * Non-maintainer upload.
128 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
129 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
130 Closes: #373955)
131
132 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
133
134
135 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
136
137 * Non-maintainer upload.
138 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
139 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
140 system. (Closes: #373955)
141
142 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
143
144 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
145
146 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
147 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
148 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
149 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
150 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
151 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
152 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
153 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
154 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
155 appending to file (closes: #331258)
156 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
157 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
158
159 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
160
161 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
162
163 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
164 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
165 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
166 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
167 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
168 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
169 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
170 segfault bug
171 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
172 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
173 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
174 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
175 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
176 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
177 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
178 menu, not fai-cd version
179 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
180 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
181 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
182 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
183 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
184 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
185 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
186 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
187 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
188 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
189 be used
190 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
191 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
192 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
193 and the host name lookup fails
194 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
195 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
196 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
197
198 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
199
200 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
201
202 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
203 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
204 bootable (closes: #344536)
205 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
206 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
207 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
208 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
209 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
210 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
211 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
212 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
213 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
214 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
215 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
216 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
217 error (closes: #360183)
218 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
219 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
220 available (closes: #314613)
221 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
222 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
223 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
224 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
225 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
226 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
227 copying them
228 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
229 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
230 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
231 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
232 (closes: #341577)
233 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
234 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
235
236 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
237
238 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
239
240 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
241 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
242 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
243 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
244 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
245 description (closes: #322026)
246 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
247 * add class FAISERVER
248 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
249 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
250 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
251 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
252 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
253 exist
254 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
255 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
256 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
257
258 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
259
260 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
261
262 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
263 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
264 * adjust some paths
265 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
266 * increase compat level to 4
267 * delete sunos code from source
268 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
269 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
270 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
271 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
272 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
273 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
274 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
275 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
276 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
277 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
278 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
279 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
280 add more warnings
281 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
282 (closes: #312128)
283 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
284 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
285 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
286 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
287 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
288 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
289 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
290 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
291 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
292 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
293 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
294 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
295 return with error code (closes: #342120)
296 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
297 file name when action is softupdate
298 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
299 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
300 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
301 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
302 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
303 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
304 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
305 (closes: #305783)
306 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
307 udev behaviour
308 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
309 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
310 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
311 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
312 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
313 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
314 running udev
315 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
316 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
317 * add support for unsigned repositories
318 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
319 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
320
321 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
322
323 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
324
325 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
326 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
327 examples (closes: #310705)
328
329 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
330
331 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
332
333 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
334 support may be included again after sarge
335 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
336 * control: remove dependency on debconf
337 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
338 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
339 * remove debian/config, debian/template
340 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
341 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
342 set it any more
343 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
344 instead of debconf's default values
345 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
346 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
347 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
348 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
349
350 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
351
352 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
353
354 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
355 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
356 security bug (closes: #307838)
357 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
358 (closes: #307632)
359 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
360 important bug (closes: #307631)
361
362 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
363
364 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
365
366 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
367 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
368 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
369 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
370 verbose from fai-mirror
371 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
372 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
373 when $addpackages is empty
374 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
375 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
376 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
377 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
378 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
379 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
380 needed gcc, change comment
381 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
382 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
383 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
384 (closes: #305861)
385 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
386 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
387 * control: add grub to suggests
388 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
389 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
390 hang the system
391 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
392 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
393 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
394 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
395 not support -i
396 * fai-setup: change informational message
397 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
398 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
399 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
400
401 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
402
403 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
404
405 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
406 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
407 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
408 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
409 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
410 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
411 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
412 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
413 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
414 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
415 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
416 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
417 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
418 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
419 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
420 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
421 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
422 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
423 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
424 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
425 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
426 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
427 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
428 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
429 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
430 output also to console
431 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
432 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
433 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
434 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
435 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
436 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
437 also supported for backwards compatibility
438 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
439 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
440 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
441 * fai-chboot: change message
442 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
443 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
444 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
445 unset
446 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
447 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
448 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
449 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
450 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
451 * postinst: use debconf
452 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
453 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
454
455 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
456
457 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
458
459 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
460 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
461 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
462 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
463 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
464 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
465 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
466 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
467 name with 2.6.8
468 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
469 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
470 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
471 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
472 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
473 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
474 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
475 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
476 * install_packages.8: add option -d
477 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
478 * add fai-cd.8 man page
479 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
480 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
481 debhelper greater version 3
482 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
483 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
484 to it
485
486 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
487
488 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
489
490 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
491 * new script fai-debconf
492 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
493 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
494 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
495 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
496 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
497 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
498 * replace backticks with $()
499 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
500 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
501 install_packages config
502
503 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
504
505 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
506
507 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
508 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
509 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
510 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
511 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
512 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
513 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
514 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
515 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
516 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
517 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
518 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
519 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
520 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
521 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
522 allow space before primary and logical keyword
523 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
524 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
525 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
526 FAICLIENTS
527 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
528 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
529 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
530 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
531 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
532 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
533 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
534 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
535 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
536 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
537 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
538 install_packages.conf
539 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
540 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
541 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
542 cleanup
543 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
544 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
545 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
546 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
547 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
548 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
549 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
550 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
551 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
552 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
553 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
554 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
555 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
556
557 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
558
559 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
560
561 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
562 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
563 it exists
564 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
565 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
566 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
567 * fcopy.8: add option -I
568
569 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
570
571 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
572
573 * add missing Beowulf examples
574 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
575 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
576 scripts use them
577 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
578 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
579 package for alpha architecture
580 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
581 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
582 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
583 messages, add aptitude support
584 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
585 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
586 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
587 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
588 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
589 mode (closes: #264727)
590
591 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
592
593 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
594
595 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
596 * update to kernel 2.4.27
597 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
598 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
599 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
600 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
601 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
602 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
603 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
604 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
605 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
606 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
607 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
608 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
609 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
610 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
611 may hang some production systems for a while
612 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
613 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
614
615 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
616
617 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
618
619 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
620 tasksel behaviour
621 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
622 are in the nfsroot
623 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
624
625 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
626
627 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
628
629 * catnc() greps through more than one file
630 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
631 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
632 as ignorepatterns
633 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
634 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
635 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
636 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
637 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
638 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
639 normal finishing script
640 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
641 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
642 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
643 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
644 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
645 subroutines, send message to faimond
646 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
647 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
648 of packages from 4711 to 99
649 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
650 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
651 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
652 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
653 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
654 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
655 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
656 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
657 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
658 * remove doc/README.package_problems
659 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
660 typos
661
662 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
663
664 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
665
666 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
667 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
668 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
669 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
670 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
671 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
672 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
673 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
674 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
675 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
676 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
677 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
678 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
679 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
680 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
681 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
682 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
683 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
684 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
685 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
686 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
687 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
688 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
689 logo and let scroll region unchanged
690 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
691 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
692 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
693 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
694 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
695 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
696 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
697 table with parted
698 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
699 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
700 add -xdev to find
701 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
702 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
703 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
704 hook
705 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
706 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
707 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
708 * faimond: always flush output
709 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
710 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
711 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
712 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
713 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
714 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
715 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
716 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
717 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
718 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
719 remove beowulf example
720 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
721 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
722 replace backtics with $()
723 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
724 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
725 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
726 bigger, /usr smaller
727 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
728 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
729 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
730 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
731 * new FAQ
732 * THANKS: juergen added
733
734 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
735
736 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
737
738 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
739 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
740 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
741 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
742 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
743 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
744 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
745 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
746 cdrom image
747 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
748 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
749 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
750 * THANKS: added holger
751
752 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
753
754 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
755
756 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
757 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
758 more verbose
759 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
760 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
761 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
762 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
763 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
764 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
765 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
766 important files if option -v is set
767 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
768 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
769 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
770 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
771 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
772 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
773 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
774 remove detect call
775 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
776 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
777 does not complain
778 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
779 option -r
780 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
781 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
782 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
783 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
784 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
785 put important variables to the top
786 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
787 access method to the Debian mirror
788 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
789 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
790 without DNS
791 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
792 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
793 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
794 when one parameter is missing
795 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
796 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
797 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
798 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
799 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
800 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
801 nfs mount options to root-path
802 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
803 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
804 * setup_harddisks: typos
805
806 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
807
808 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
809
810 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
811 actimeo for nfs mounts
812 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
813 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
814 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
815 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
816 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
817 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
818 * faimond, faimond.8 added
819 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
820 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
821 script, show nc output only when debugging
822 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
823 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
824 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
825 (closes: #218541)
826 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
827 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
828 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
829 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
830 comment
831 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
832 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
833 debug code in ifclass
834 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
835 package name, usage() points to the man page
836 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
837 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
838 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
839 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
840 to login messages
841 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
842 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
843 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
844 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
845 call
846
847 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
848
849 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
850
851 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
852 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
853 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
854 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
855 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
856 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
857 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
858 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
859 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
860 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
861 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
862 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
863 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
864 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
865 grub executable from nfsroot
866 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
867 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
868 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
869 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
870
871 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
872
873 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
874
875 * add script fai-chboot
876 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
877 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
878 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
879 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
880 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
881 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
882 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
883 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
884 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
885 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
886 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
887 $MAXPACKAGES
888 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
889 command line
890 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
891 make symlink for syslogd
892 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
893 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
894 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
895 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
896 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
897 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
898 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
899 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
900 reboot for SunOS
901 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
902 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
903 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
904 variable
905 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
906 sunos version of xargs
907 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
908 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
909 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
910 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
911 fixed IP address
912 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
913 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
914 is not defined
915 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
916 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
917 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
918 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
919 password protection to grub menu
920 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
921 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
922 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
923 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
924 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
925 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
926 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
927 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
928 for examples
929 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
930 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
931
932 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
933
934 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
935
936 * set correct year in fai guide
937 * dhcp3 support
938 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
939 sector
940 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
941 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
942 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
943 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
944 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
945 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
946 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
947 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
948 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
949 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
950 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
951 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
952 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
953 task_configure code
954 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
955
956 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
957
958 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
959
960 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
961 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
962 every script to status.log
963 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
964 definitions after use
965 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
966 * many changes in the package_config files
967 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
968 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
969 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
970 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
971 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
972 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
973 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
974 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
975 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
976 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
977 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
978 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
979 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
980 device nodes (closes: #174844)
981 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
982 determine classes which depend on partitions
983 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
984 if only a few lines has to be changed
985 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
986 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
987 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
988 option when using grub
989 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
990 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
991 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
992 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
993 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
994 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
995 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
996 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
997 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
998 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
999 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1000 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1001 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1002 rcS_fai
1003 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1004 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1005 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1006 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1007 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1008 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1009 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1010 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1011 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1012 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1013 copy sources.list
1014 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1015 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1016 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1017 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1018 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1019 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1020 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1021 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1022 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1023 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1024 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1025 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1026 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1027 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1028 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1029 $LOGDIR
1030 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1031 fai-divert
1032 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1033 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1034 fai-mount-disk
1035 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1036 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1037 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1038 nfsserver is set
1039 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1040 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1041 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1042 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1043 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1044 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1045 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1046 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1047 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1048 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1049 * remove debian/undocumented
1050 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1051 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1052 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1053 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1054 flexible values for partitions sizes
1055 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1056 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1057 script fai-savelog
1058 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1059 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1060 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1061 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1062 and debug flags
1063 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1064 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1065 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1066 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1067 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1068 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1069 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1070
1071 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1072
1073 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1074
1075 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1076
1077 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1078
1079 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1080
1081 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1082 * remove some potato specific code
1083 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1084 * add some packages to SERVER
1085 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1086 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1087 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1088 * potato specific code removed
1089 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1090 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1091 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1092 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1093
1094 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1095
1096 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1097
1098 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1099 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1100 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1101 * minor changes in package_config files
1102 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1103 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1104 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1105 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1106 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1107
1108 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1109
1110 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1111
1112 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1113 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1114 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1115 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1116 * add many comments to shell scripts
1117 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1118 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1119 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1120 * minor changes in package_config files
1121 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1122 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1123 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1124 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1125 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1126 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1127 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1128 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1129 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1130 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1131
1132 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1133
1134 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1135
1136 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1137 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1138 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1139 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1140 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1141 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1142 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1143 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1144 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1145 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1146 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1147 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1148 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1149 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1150 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1151 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1152 a file
1153 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1154 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1155 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1156 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1157 continue. Changes include:
1158 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1159 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1160 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1161 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1162 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1163 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1164 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1165 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1166 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1167 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1168 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1169 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1170 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1171 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1172 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1173 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1174 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1175 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1176 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1177 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1178 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1179 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1180 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1181 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1182 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1183 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1184 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1185 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1186 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1187 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1188 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1189 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1190 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1191 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1192 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1193 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1194 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1195 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1196 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1197 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1198 option -s
1199 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1200 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1201 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1202 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1203 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1204 make-fai-* scripts
1205 * FAI_FILES removed
1206 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1207 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1208 make-fai-nfroot
1209 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1210 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1211 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1212 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1213 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1214 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1215 * new standards version 3.5.6
1216
1217 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1218
1219 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1220
1221 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1222 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1223 available
1224 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1225 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1226 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1227 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1228 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1229 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1230 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1231 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1232 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1233 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1234 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1235 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1236 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1237 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1238 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1239 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1240 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1241 * added class NOGETTY
1242 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1243
1244 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1245
1246 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1247
1248 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1249 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1250
1251 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1252
1253 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1254
1255 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1256 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1257 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1258 * echo device before BOOTP request
1259 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1260
1261 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1262
1263 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1264
1265 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1266 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1267 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1268 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1269 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1270 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1271 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1272 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1273 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1274 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1275 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1276 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1277 via variable $netdevices
1278 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1279 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1280 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1281 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1282 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1283 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1284 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1285 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1286 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1287 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1288 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1289 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1290 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1291 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1292 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1293
1294 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1295
1296 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1297
1298 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1299 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1300 check if it's a primary partition
1301 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1302 defined (closes: #100914)
1303 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1304 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1305 not change the output
1306 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1307 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1308 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1309 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1310 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1311 classes in reversed order
1312 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1313 if two additional terminals will be available
1314 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1315 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1316 * added class DISKLESS
1317 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1318 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1319 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1320 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1321 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1322 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1323 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1324
1325 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1326
1327 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1328
1329 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1330 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1331
1332 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1333
1334 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1335
1336 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1337 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1338 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1339 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1340 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1341 (closes: #101899)
1342 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1343 (closes: #101820)
1344 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1345
1346 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1347
1348 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1349
1350 * first upload to Debian archive
1351 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1352 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1353 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1354 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1355 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1356 * new description of all classes
1357 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1358 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1359 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1360 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1361 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1362 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1363 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1364 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1365 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1366 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1367 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1368 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1369 supports multiple network interface cards
1370 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1371 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1372 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1373 boot sector
1374 * make many variables local
1375 * better debugging of shell scripts
1376 * remote login has all subroutines available
1377 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1378 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1379 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1380 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1381 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1382 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1383 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1384 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1385 only at the beginning of a line
1386 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1387 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1388 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1389 * modprobe displays less errors
1390 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1391 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1392 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1393 these are the correct release dates:
1394 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1395 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1396 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1397 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1398 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1399 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1400 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1401
1402 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1403
1404 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1405
1406 * add wget to suggests list
1407 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1408 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1409 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1410 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1411 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1412 keymap now called correctly
1413 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1414 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1415
1416 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1417
1418 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1419
1420 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1421 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1422 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1423 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1424 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1425 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1426 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1427 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1428 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1429 mostly segfaults dpkg
1430 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1431 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1432 point is not in root directory
1433 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1434
1435 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1436
1437 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1438
1439 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1440 * package depends on nfs-server
1441 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1442 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1443 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1444 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1445 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1446 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1447 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1448 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1449 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1450 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1451 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1452 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1453
1454 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1455
1456 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1457
1458 * loopback device is set up during installation
1459 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1460 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1461 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1462 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1463
1464 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1465
1466 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1467
1468 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1469 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1470 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1471 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1472 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1473 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1474 * add support for expect scripts
1475 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1476 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1477 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1478
1479 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1480
1481 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1482
1483 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1484
1485 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1486 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1487 flag verbose controls output level
1488 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1489 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1490
1491 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1492
1493 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1494
1495 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1496 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1497 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1498
1499 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1500
1501 * cvs repository available
1502
1503 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1504
1505 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1506
1507 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1508
1509 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1510
1511 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1512
1513 * Initial Release.
1514
1515 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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