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1 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
2
3 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
4 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
5 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
6 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
7 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
8 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
9 usage() subroutine
10 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
11 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
12 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
13 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
14 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
15 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
16 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
17 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
18 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
19 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
20 kernels)
21 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
22 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
23 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
24 (closes: #392032)
25 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
26 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
27 it, add carriage return
28 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
29
30 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
31
32 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
33
34 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
35 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
36 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
37 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
38 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
39 * faireboot: stop udevd
40 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
41 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
42 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
43 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
44 environment
45 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
46 directories under /media
47 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
48 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
49 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
50 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
51 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
52 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
53 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
54
55 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
56
57 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
58
59 * make pathes conform to FHS:
60 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
61 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
62 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
63 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
64 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
65 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
66 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
67 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
68 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
69 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
70 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
71 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
72 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
73 exist (closes: #373596)
74 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
75 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
76 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
77 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
78 path for resolv.conf
79 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
80 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
81 debhelper
82 * complies with policy 3.7.2
83 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
84 warning)
85 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
86 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
87 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
88 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
89 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
90 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
91 removed (closes: #332837)
92 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
93 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
94 at the end of the installation
95 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
96 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
97 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
98 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
99 dirinst
100 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
101 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
102 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
103 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
104 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
105 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
106 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
107 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
108 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
109 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
110 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
111 vfstab)
112 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
113 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
114 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
115 tftpd-hpa
116 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
117 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
118 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
119 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
120 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
121 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
122 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
123 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
124 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
125 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
126 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
127 * install_packages: add option -p
128 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
129 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
130 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
131 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
132 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
133 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
134 fai-cd
135 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
136 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
137 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
138 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
139 variables is used
140 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
141 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
142
143 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
144
145 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
146
147 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
148 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
149 * add package lftp to nfsroot
150 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
151 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
152 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
153
154 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
155
156 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
157
158 * Non-maintainer upload.
159 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
160 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
161 Closes: #373955)
162
163 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
164
165
166 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
167
168 * Non-maintainer upload.
169 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
170 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
171 system. (Closes: #373955)
172
173 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
174
175 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
176
177 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
178 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
179 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
180 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
181 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
182 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
183 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
184 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
185 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
186 appending to file (closes: #331258)
187 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
188 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
189
190 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
191
192 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
193
194 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
195 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
196 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
197 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
198 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
199 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
200 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
201 segfault bug
202 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
203 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
204 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
205 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
206 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
207 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
208 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
209 menu, not fai-cd version
210 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
211 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
212 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
213 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
214 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
215 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
216 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
217 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
218 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
219 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
220 be used
221 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
222 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
223 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
224 and the host name lookup fails
225 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
226 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
227 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
228
229 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
230
231 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
232
233 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
234 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
235 bootable (closes: #344536)
236 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
237 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
238 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
239 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
240 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
241 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
242 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
243 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
244 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
245 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
246 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
247 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
248 error (closes: #360183)
249 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
250 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
251 available (closes: #314613)
252 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
253 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
254 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
255 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
256 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
257 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
258 copying them
259 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
260 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
261 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
262 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
263 (closes: #341577)
264 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
265 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
266
267 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
268
269 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
270
271 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
272 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
273 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
274 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
275 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
276 description (closes: #322026)
277 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
278 * add class FAISERVER
279 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
280 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
281 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
282 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
283 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
284 exist
285 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
286 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
287 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
288
289 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
290
291 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
292
293 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
294 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
295 * adjust some paths
296 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
297 * increase compat level to 4
298 * delete sunos code from source
299 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
300 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
301 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
302 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
303 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
304 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
305 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
306 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
307 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
308 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
309 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
310 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
311 add more warnings
312 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
313 (closes: #312128)
314 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
315 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
316 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
317 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
318 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
319 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
320 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
321 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
322 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
323 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
324 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
325 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
326 return with error code (closes: #342120)
327 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
328 file name when action is softupdate
329 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
330 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
331 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
332 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
333 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
334 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
335 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
336 (closes: #305783)
337 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
338 udev behaviour
339 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
340 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
341 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
342 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
343 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
344 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
345 running udev
346 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
347 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
348 * add support for unsigned repositories
349 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
350 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
351
352 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
353
354 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
355
356 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
357 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
358 examples (closes: #310705)
359
360 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
361
362 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
363
364 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
365 support may be included again after sarge
366 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
367 * control: remove dependency on debconf
368 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
369 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
370 * remove debian/config, debian/template
371 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
372 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
373 set it any more
374 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
375 instead of debconf's default values
376 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
377 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
378 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
379 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
380
381 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
382
383 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
384
385 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
386 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
387 security bug (closes: #307838)
388 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
389 (closes: #307632)
390 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
391 important bug (closes: #307631)
392
393 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
394
395 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
396
397 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
398 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
399 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
400 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
401 verbose from fai-mirror
402 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
403 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
404 when $addpackages is empty
405 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
406 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
407 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
408 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
409 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
410 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
411 needed gcc, change comment
412 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
413 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
414 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
415 (closes: #305861)
416 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
417 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
418 * control: add grub to suggests
419 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
420 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
421 hang the system
422 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
423 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
424 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
425 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
426 not support -i
427 * fai-setup: change informational message
428 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
429 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
430 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
431
432 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
433
434 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
435
436 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
437 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
438 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
439 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
440 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
441 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
442 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
443 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
444 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
445 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
446 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
447 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
448 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
449 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
450 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
451 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
452 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
453 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
454 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
455 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
456 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
457 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
458 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
459 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
460 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
461 output also to console
462 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
463 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
464 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
465 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
466 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
467 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
468 also supported for backwards compatibility
469 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
470 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
471 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
472 * fai-chboot: change message
473 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
474 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
475 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
476 unset
477 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
478 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
479 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
480 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
481 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
482 * postinst: use debconf
483 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
484 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
485
486 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
487
488 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
489
490 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
491 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
492 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
493 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
494 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
495 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
496 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
497 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
498 name with 2.6.8
499 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
500 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
501 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
502 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
503 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
504 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
505 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
506 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
507 * install_packages.8: add option -d
508 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
509 * add fai-cd.8 man page
510 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
511 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
512 debhelper greater version 3
513 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
514 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
515 to it
516
517 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
518
519 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
520
521 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
522 * new script fai-debconf
523 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
524 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
525 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
526 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
527 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
528 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
529 * replace backticks with $()
530 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
531 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
532 install_packages config
533
534 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
535
536 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
537
538 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
539 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
540 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
541 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
542 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
543 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
544 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
545 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
546 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
547 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
548 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
549 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
550 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
551 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
552 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
553 allow space before primary and logical keyword
554 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
555 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
556 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
557 FAICLIENTS
558 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
559 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
560 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
561 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
562 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
563 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
564 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
565 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
566 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
567 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
568 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
569 install_packages.conf
570 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
571 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
572 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
573 cleanup
574 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
575 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
576 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
577 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
578 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
579 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
580 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
581 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
582 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
583 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
584 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
585 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
586 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
587
588 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
589
590 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
591
592 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
593 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
594 it exists
595 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
596 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
597 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
598 * fcopy.8: add option -I
599
600 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
601
602 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
603
604 * add missing Beowulf examples
605 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
606 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
607 scripts use them
608 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
609 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
610 package for alpha architecture
611 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
612 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
613 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
614 messages, add aptitude support
615 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
616 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
617 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
618 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
619 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
620 mode (closes: #264727)
621
622 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
623
624 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
625
626 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
627 * update to kernel 2.4.27
628 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
629 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
630 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
631 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
632 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
633 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
634 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
635 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
636 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
637 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
638 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
639 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
640 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
641 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
642 may hang some production systems for a while
643 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
644 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
645
646 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
647
648 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
649
650 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
651 tasksel behaviour
652 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
653 are in the nfsroot
654 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
655
656 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
657
658 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
659
660 * catnc() greps through more than one file
661 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
662 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
663 as ignorepatterns
664 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
665 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
666 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
667 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
668 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
669 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
670 normal finishing script
671 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
672 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
673 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
674 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
675 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
676 subroutines, send message to faimond
677 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
678 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
679 of packages from 4711 to 99
680 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
681 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
682 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
683 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
684 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
685 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
686 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
687 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
688 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
689 * remove doc/README.package_problems
690 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
691 typos
692
693 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
694
695 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
696
697 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
698 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
699 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
700 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
701 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
702 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
703 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
704 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
705 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
706 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
707 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
708 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
709 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
710 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
711 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
712 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
713 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
714 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
715 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
716 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
717 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
718 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
719 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
720 logo and let scroll region unchanged
721 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
722 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
723 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
724 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
725 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
726 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
727 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
728 table with parted
729 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
730 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
731 add -xdev to find
732 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
733 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
734 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
735 hook
736 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
737 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
738 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
739 * faimond: always flush output
740 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
741 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
742 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
743 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
744 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
745 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
746 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
747 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
748 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
749 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
750 remove beowulf example
751 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
752 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
753 replace backtics with $()
754 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
755 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
756 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
757 bigger, /usr smaller
758 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
759 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
760 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
761 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
762 * new FAQ
763 * THANKS: juergen added
764
765 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
766
767 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
768
769 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
770 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
771 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
772 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
773 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
774 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
775 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
776 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
777 cdrom image
778 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
779 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
780 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
781 * THANKS: added holger
782
783 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
784
785 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
786
787 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
788 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
789 more verbose
790 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
791 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
792 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
793 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
794 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
795 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
796 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
797 important files if option -v is set
798 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
799 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
800 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
801 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
802 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
803 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
804 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
805 remove detect call
806 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
807 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
808 does not complain
809 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
810 option -r
811 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
812 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
813 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
814 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
815 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
816 put important variables to the top
817 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
818 access method to the Debian mirror
819 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
820 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
821 without DNS
822 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
823 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
824 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
825 when one parameter is missing
826 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
827 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
828 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
829 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
830 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
831 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
832 nfs mount options to root-path
833 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
834 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
835 * setup_harddisks: typos
836
837 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
838
839 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
840
841 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
842 actimeo for nfs mounts
843 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
844 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
845 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
846 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
847 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
848 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
849 * faimond, faimond.8 added
850 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
851 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
852 script, show nc output only when debugging
853 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
854 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
855 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
856 (closes: #218541)
857 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
858 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
859 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
860 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
861 comment
862 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
863 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
864 debug code in ifclass
865 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
866 package name, usage() points to the man page
867 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
868 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
869 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
870 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
871 to login messages
872 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
873 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
874 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
875 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
876 call
877
878 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
879
880 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
881
882 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
883 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
884 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
885 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
886 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
887 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
888 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
889 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
890 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
891 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
892 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
893 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
894 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
895 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
896 grub executable from nfsroot
897 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
898 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
899 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
900 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
901
902 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
903
904 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
905
906 * add script fai-chboot
907 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
908 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
909 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
910 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
911 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
912 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
913 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
914 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
915 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
916 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
917 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
918 $MAXPACKAGES
919 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
920 command line
921 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
922 make symlink for syslogd
923 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
924 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
925 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
926 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
927 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
928 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
929 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
930 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
931 reboot for SunOS
932 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
933 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
934 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
935 variable
936 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
937 sunos version of xargs
938 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
939 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
940 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
941 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
942 fixed IP address
943 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
944 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
945 is not defined
946 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
947 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
948 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
949 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
950 password protection to grub menu
951 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
952 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
953 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
954 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
955 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
956 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
957 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
958 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
959 for examples
960 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
961 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
962
963 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
964
965 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
966
967 * set correct year in fai guide
968 * dhcp3 support
969 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
970 sector
971 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
972 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
973 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
974 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
975 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
976 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
977 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
978 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
979 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
980 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
981 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
982 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
983 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
984 task_configure code
985 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
986
987 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
988
989 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
990
991 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
992 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
993 every script to status.log
994 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
995 definitions after use
996 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
997 * many changes in the package_config files
998 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
999 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1000 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1001 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1002 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1003 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1004 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1005 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1006 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1007 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1008 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1009 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1010 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1011 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1012 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1013 determine classes which depend on partitions
1014 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1015 if only a few lines has to be changed
1016 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1017 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1018 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1019 option when using grub
1020 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1021 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1022 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1023 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1024 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1025 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1026 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1027 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1028 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1029 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1030 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1031 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1032 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1033 rcS_fai
1034 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1035 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1036 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1037 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1038 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1039 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1040 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1041 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1042 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1043 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1044 copy sources.list
1045 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1046 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1047 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1048 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1049 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1050 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1051 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1052 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1053 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1054 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1055 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1056 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1057 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1058 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1059 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1060 $LOGDIR
1061 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1062 fai-divert
1063 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1064 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1065 fai-mount-disk
1066 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1067 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1068 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1069 nfsserver is set
1070 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1071 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1072 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1073 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1074 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1075 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1076 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1077 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1078 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1079 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1080 * remove debian/undocumented
1081 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1082 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1083 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1084 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1085 flexible values for partitions sizes
1086 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1087 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1088 script fai-savelog
1089 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1090 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1091 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1092 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1093 and debug flags
1094 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1095 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1096 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1097 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1098 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1099 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1100 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1101
1102 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1103
1104 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1105
1106 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1107
1108 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1109
1110 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1111
1112 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1113 * remove some potato specific code
1114 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1115 * add some packages to SERVER
1116 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1117 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1118 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1119 * potato specific code removed
1120 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1121 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1122 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1123 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1124
1125 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1126
1127 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1128
1129 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1130 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1131 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1132 * minor changes in package_config files
1133 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1134 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1135 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1136 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1137 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1138
1139 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1140
1141 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1142
1143 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1144 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1145 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1146 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1147 * add many comments to shell scripts
1148 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1149 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1150 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1151 * minor changes in package_config files
1152 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1153 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1154 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1155 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1156 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1157 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1158 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1159 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1160 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1161 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1162
1163 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1164
1165 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1166
1167 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1168 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1169 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1170 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1171 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1172 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1173 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1174 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1175 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1176 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1177 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1178 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1179 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1180 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1181 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1182 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1183 a file
1184 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1185 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1186 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1187 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1188 continue. Changes include:
1189 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1190 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1191 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1192 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1193 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1194 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1195 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1196 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1197 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1198 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1199 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1200 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1201 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1202 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1203 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1204 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1205 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1206 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1207 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1208 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1209 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1210 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1211 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1212 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1213 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1214 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1215 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1216 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1217 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1218 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1219 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1220 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1221 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1222 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1223 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1224 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1225 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1226 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1227 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1228 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1229 option -s
1230 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1231 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1232 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1233 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1234 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1235 make-fai-* scripts
1236 * FAI_FILES removed
1237 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1238 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1239 make-fai-nfroot
1240 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1241 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1242 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1243 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1244 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1245 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1246 * new standards version 3.5.6
1247
1248 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1249
1250 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1251
1252 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1253 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1254 available
1255 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1256 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1257 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1258 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1259 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1260 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1261 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1262 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1263 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1264 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1265 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1266 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1267 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1268 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1269 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1270 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1271 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1272 * added class NOGETTY
1273 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1274
1275 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1276
1277 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1278
1279 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1280 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1281
1282 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1283
1284 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1285
1286 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1287 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1288 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1289 * echo device before BOOTP request
1290 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1291
1292 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1293
1294 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1295
1296 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1297 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1298 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1299 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1300 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1301 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1302 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1303 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1304 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1305 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1306 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1307 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1308 via variable $netdevices
1309 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1310 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1311 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1312 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1313 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1314 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1315 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1316 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1317 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1318 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1319 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1320 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1321 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1322 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1323 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1324
1325 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1326
1327 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1328
1329 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1330 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1331 check if it's a primary partition
1332 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1333 defined (closes: #100914)
1334 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1335 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1336 not change the output
1337 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1338 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1339 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1340 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1341 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1342 classes in reversed order
1343 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1344 if two additional terminals will be available
1345 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1346 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1347 * added class DISKLESS
1348 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1349 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1350 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1351 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1352 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1353 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1354 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1355
1356 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1357
1358 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1359
1360 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1361 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1362
1363 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1364
1365 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1366
1367 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1368 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1369 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1370 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1371 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1372 (closes: #101899)
1373 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1374 (closes: #101820)
1375 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1376
1377 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1378
1379 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1380
1381 * first upload to Debian archive
1382 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1383 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1384 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1385 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1386 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1387 * new description of all classes
1388 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1389 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1390 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1391 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1392 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1393 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1394 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1395 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1396 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1397 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1398 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1399 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1400 supports multiple network interface cards
1401 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1402 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1403 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1404 boot sector
1405 * make many variables local
1406 * better debugging of shell scripts
1407 * remote login has all subroutines available
1408 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1409 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1410 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1411 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1412 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1413 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1414 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1415 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1416 only at the beginning of a line
1417 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1418 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1419 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1420 * modprobe displays less errors
1421 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1422 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1423 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1424 these are the correct release dates:
1425 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1426 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1427 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1428 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1429 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1430 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1431 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1432
1433 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1434
1435 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1436
1437 * add wget to suggests list
1438 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1439 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1440 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1441 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1442 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1443 keymap now called correctly
1444 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1445 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1446
1447 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1448
1449 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1450
1451 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1452 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1453 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1454 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1455 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1456 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1457 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1458 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1459 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1460 mostly segfaults dpkg
1461 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1462 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1463 point is not in root directory
1464 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1465
1466 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1467
1468 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1469
1470 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1471 * package depends on nfs-server
1472 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1473 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1474 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1475 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1476 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1477 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1478 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1479 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1480 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1481 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1482 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1483 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1484
1485 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1486
1487 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1488
1489 * loopback device is set up during installation
1490 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1491 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1492 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1493 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1494
1495 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1496
1497 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1498
1499 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1500 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1501 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1502 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1503 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1504 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1505 * add support for expect scripts
1506 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1507 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1508 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1509
1510 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1511
1512 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1513
1514 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1515
1516 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1517 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1518 flag verbose controls output level
1519 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1520 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1521
1522 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1523
1524 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1525
1526 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1527 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1528 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1529
1530 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1531
1532 * cvs repository available
1533
1534 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1535
1536 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1537
1538 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1539
1540 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1541
1542 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1543
1544 * Initial Release.
1545
1546 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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