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1 fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
2
3 * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
4 * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
5 * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
6 * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
7 removed
8 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
9 devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
10 device (closes: #400522)
11 * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
12 * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
13 * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
14 * fix typo in changelog
15 * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
16
17 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
18
19 fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
20
21 * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
22 * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
23 $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
24 so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
25 * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
26 * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
27 argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
28 * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
29 * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
30 * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
31 * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
32 dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
33 * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
34 cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
35 dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
36 FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
37 * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
38 * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
39 error message
40 * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
41 anchors to the beginning
42 * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
43 * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
44 * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
45 * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
46 * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
47 * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
48 more in etch
49
50 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
51
52 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
53
54 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
55 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
56 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
57 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
58 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
59 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
60 usage() subroutine
61 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
62 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
63 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
64 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
65 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
66 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
67 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
68 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
69 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
70 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
71 kernels)
72 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
73 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
74 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
75 (closes: #392032)
76 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
77 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
78 it, add carriage return
79 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
80
81 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
82
83 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
84
85 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
86 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
87 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
88 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
89 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
90 * faireboot: stop udevd
91 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
92 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
93 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
94 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
95 environment
96 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
97 directories under /media
98 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
99 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
100 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
101 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
102 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
103 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
104 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
105
106 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
107
108 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
109
110 * make pathes conform to FHS:
111 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
112 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
113 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
114 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
115 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
116 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
117 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
118 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
119 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
120 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
121 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
122 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
123 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
124 exist (closes: #373596)
125 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
126 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
127 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
128 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
129 path for resolv.conf
130 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
131 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
132 debhelper
133 * complies with policy 3.7.2
134 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
135 warning)
136 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
137 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
138 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
139 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
140 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
141 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
142 removed (closes: #332837)
143 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
144 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
145 at the end of the installation
146 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
147 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
148 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
149 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
150 dirinst
151 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
152 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
153 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
154 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
155 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
156 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
157 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
158 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
159 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
160 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
161 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
162 vfstab)
163 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
164 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
165 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
166 tftpd-hpa
167 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
168 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
169 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
170 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
171 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
172 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
173 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
174 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
175 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
176 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
177 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
178 * install_packages: add option -p
179 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
180 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
181 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
182 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
183 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
184 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
185 fai-cd
186 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
187 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
188 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
189 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
190 variables is used
191 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
192 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
193
194 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
195
196 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
197
198 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
199 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
200 * add package lftp to nfsroot
201 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
202 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
203 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
204
205 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
206
207 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
208
209 * Non-maintainer upload.
210 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
211 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
212 Closes: #373955)
213
214 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
215
216
217 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
218
219 * Non-maintainer upload.
220 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
221 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
222 system. (Closes: #373955)
223
224 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
225
226 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
227
228 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
229 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
230 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
231 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
232 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
233 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
234 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
235 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
236 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
237 appending to file (closes: #331258)
238 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
239 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
240
241 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
242
243 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
244
245 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
246 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
247 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
248 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
249 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
250 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
251 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
252 segfault bug
253 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
254 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
255 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
256 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
257 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
258 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
259 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
260 menu, not fai-cd version
261 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
262 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
263 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
264 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
265 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
266 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
267 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
268 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
269 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
270 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
271 be used
272 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
273 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
274 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
275 and the host name lookup fails
276 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
277 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
278 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
279
280 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
281
282 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
283
284 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
285 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
286 bootable (closes: #344536)
287 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
288 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
289 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
290 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
291 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
292 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
293 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
294 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
295 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
296 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
297 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
298 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
299 error (closes: #360183)
300 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
301 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
302 available (closes: #314613)
303 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
304 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
305 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
306 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
307 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
308 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
309 copying them
310 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
311 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
312 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
313 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
314 (closes: #341577)
315 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
316 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
317
318 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
319
320 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
321
322 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
323 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
324 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
325 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
326 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
327 description (closes: #322026)
328 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
329 * add class FAISERVER
330 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
331 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
332 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
333 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
334 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
335 exist
336 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
337 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
338 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
339
340 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
341
342 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
343
344 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
345 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
346 * adjust some paths
347 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
348 * increase compat level to 4
349 * delete sunos code from source
350 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
351 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
352 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
353 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
354 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
355 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
356 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
357 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
358 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
359 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
360 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
361 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
362 add more warnings
363 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
364 (closes: #312128)
365 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
366 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
367 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
368 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
369 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
370 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
371 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
372 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
373 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
374 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
375 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
376 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
377 return with error code (closes: #342120)
378 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
379 file name when action is softupdate
380 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
381 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
382 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
383 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
384 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
385 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
386 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
387 (closes: #305783)
388 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
389 udev behaviour
390 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
391 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
392 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
393 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
394 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
395 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
396 running udev
397 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
398 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
399 * add support for unsigned repositories
400 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
401 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
402
403 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
404
405 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
406
407 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
408 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
409 examples (closes: #310705)
410
411 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
412
413 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
414
415 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
416 support may be included again after sarge
417 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
418 * control: remove dependency on debconf
419 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
420 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
421 * remove debian/config, debian/template
422 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
423 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
424 set it any more
425 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
426 instead of debconf's default values
427 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
428 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
429 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
430 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
431
432 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
433
434 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
435
436 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
437 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
438 security bug (closes: #307838)
439 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
440 (closes: #307632)
441 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
442 important bug (closes: #307631)
443
444 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
445
446 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
447
448 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
449 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
450 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
451 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
452 verbose from fai-mirror
453 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
454 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
455 when $addpackages is empty
456 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
457 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
458 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
459 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
460 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
461 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
462 needed gcc, change comment
463 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
464 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
465 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
466 (closes: #305861)
467 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
468 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
469 * control: add grub to suggests
470 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
471 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
472 hang the system
473 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
474 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
475 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
476 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
477 not support -i
478 * fai-setup: change informational message
479 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
480 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
481 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
482
483 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
484
485 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
486
487 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
488 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
489 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
490 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
491 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
492 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
493 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
494 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
495 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
496 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
497 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
498 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
499 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
500 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
501 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
502 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
503 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
504 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
505 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
506 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
507 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
508 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
509 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
510 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
511 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
512 output also to console
513 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
514 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
515 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
516 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
517 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
518 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
519 also supported for backwards compatibility
520 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
521 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
522 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
523 * fai-chboot: change message
524 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
525 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
526 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
527 unset
528 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
529 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
530 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
531 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
532 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
533 * postinst: use debconf
534 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
535 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
536
537 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
538
539 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
540
541 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
542 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
543 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
544 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
545 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
546 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
547 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
548 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
549 name with 2.6.8
550 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
551 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
552 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
553 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
554 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
555 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
556 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
557 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
558 * install_packages.8: add option -d
559 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
560 * add fai-cd.8 man page
561 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
562 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
563 debhelper greater version 3
564 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
565 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
566 to it
567
568 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
569
570 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
571
572 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
573 * new script fai-debconf
574 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
575 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
576 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
577 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
578 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
579 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
580 * replace backticks with $()
581 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
582 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
583 install_packages config
584
585 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
586
587 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
588
589 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
590 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
591 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
592 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
593 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
594 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
595 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
596 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
597 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
598 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
599 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
600 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
601 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
602 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
603 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
604 allow space before primary and logical keyword
605 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
606 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
607 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
608 FAICLIENTS
609 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
610 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
611 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
612 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
613 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
614 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
615 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
616 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
617 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
618 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
619 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
620 install_packages.conf
621 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
622 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
623 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
624 cleanup
625 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
626 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
627 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
628 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
629 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
630 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
631 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
632 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
633 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
634 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
635 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
636 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
637 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
638
639 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
640
641 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
642
643 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
644 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
645 it exists
646 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
647 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
648 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
649 * fcopy.8: add option -I
650
651 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
652
653 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
654
655 * add missing Beowulf examples
656 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
657 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
658 scripts use them
659 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
660 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
661 package for alpha architecture
662 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
663 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
664 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
665 messages, add aptitude support
666 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
667 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
668 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
669 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
670 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
671 mode (closes: #264727)
672
673 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
674
675 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
676
677 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
678 * update to kernel 2.4.27
679 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
680 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
681 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
682 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
683 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
684 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
685 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
686 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
687 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
688 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
689 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
690 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
691 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
692 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
693 may hang some production systems for a while
694 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
695 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
696
697 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
698
699 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
700
701 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
702 tasksel behaviour
703 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
704 are in the nfsroot
705 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
706
707 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
708
709 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
710
711 * catnc() greps through more than one file
712 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
713 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
714 as ignorepatterns
715 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
716 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
717 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
718 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
719 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
720 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
721 normal finishing script
722 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
723 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
724 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
725 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
726 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
727 subroutines, send message to faimond
728 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
729 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
730 of packages from 4711 to 99
731 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
732 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
733 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
734 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
735 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
736 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
737 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
738 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
739 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
740 * remove doc/README.package_problems
741 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
742 typos
743
744 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
745
746 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
747
748 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
749 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
750 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
751 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
752 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
753 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
754 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
755 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
756 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
757 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
758 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
759 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
760 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
761 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
762 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
763 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
764 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
765 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
766 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
767 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
768 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
769 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
770 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
771 logo and let scroll region unchanged
772 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
773 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
774 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
775 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
776 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
777 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
778 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
779 table with parted
780 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
781 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
782 add -xdev to find
783 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
784 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
785 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
786 hook
787 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
788 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
789 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
790 * faimond: always flush output
791 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
792 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
793 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
794 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
795 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
796 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
797 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
798 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
799 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
800 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
801 remove beowulf example
802 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
803 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
804 replace backtics with $()
805 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
806 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
807 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
808 bigger, /usr smaller
809 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
810 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
811 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
812 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
813 * new FAQ
814 * THANKS: juergen added
815
816 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
817
818 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
819
820 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
821 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
822 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
823 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
824 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
825 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
826 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
827 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
828 cdrom image
829 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
830 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
831 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
832 * THANKS: added holger
833
834 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
835
836 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
837
838 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
839 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
840 more verbose
841 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
842 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
843 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
844 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
845 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
846 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
847 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
848 important files if option -v is set
849 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
850 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
851 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
852 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
853 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
854 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
855 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
856 remove detect call
857 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
858 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
859 does not complain
860 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
861 option -r
862 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
863 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
864 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
865 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
866 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
867 put important variables to the top
868 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
869 access method to the Debian mirror
870 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
871 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
872 without DNS
873 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
874 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
875 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
876 when one parameter is missing
877 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
878 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
879 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
880 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
881 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
882 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
883 nfs mount options to root-path
884 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
885 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
886 * setup_harddisks: typos
887
888 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
889
890 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
891
892 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
893 actimeo for nfs mounts
894 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
895 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
896 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
897 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
898 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
899 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
900 * faimond, faimond.8 added
901 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
902 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
903 script, show nc output only when debugging
904 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
905 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
906 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
907 (closes: #218541)
908 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
909 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
910 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
911 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
912 comment
913 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
914 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
915 debug code in ifclass
916 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
917 package name, usage() points to the man page
918 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
919 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
920 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
921 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
922 to login messages
923 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
924 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
925 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
926 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
927 call
928
929 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
930
931 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
932
933 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
934 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
935 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
936 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
937 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
938 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
939 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
940 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
941 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
942 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
943 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
944 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
945 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
946 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
947 grub executable from nfsroot
948 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
949 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
950 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
951 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
952
953 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
954
955 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
956
957 * add script fai-chboot
958 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
959 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
960 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
961 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
962 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
963 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
964 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
965 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
966 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
967 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
968 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
969 $MAXPACKAGES
970 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
971 command line
972 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
973 make symlink for syslogd
974 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
975 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
976 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
977 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
978 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
979 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
980 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
981 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
982 reboot for SunOS
983 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
984 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
985 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
986 variable
987 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
988 sunos version of xargs
989 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
990 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
991 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
992 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
993 fixed IP address
994 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
995 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
996 is not defined
997 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
998 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
999 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
1000 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
1001 password protection to grub menu
1002 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
1003 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
1004 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
1005 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
1006 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
1007 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
1008 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
1009 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
1010 for examples
1011 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
1012 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
1013
1014 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
1015
1016 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1017
1018 * set correct year in fai guide
1019 * dhcp3 support
1020 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
1021 sector
1022 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
1023 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
1024 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
1025 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
1026 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
1027 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
1028 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
1029 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
1030 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
1031 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
1032 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
1033 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
1034 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
1035 task_configure code
1036 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
1037
1038 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
1039
1040 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1041
1042 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
1043 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
1044 every script to status.log
1045 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
1046 definitions after use
1047 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
1048 * many changes in the package_config files
1049 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
1050 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1051 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1052 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1053 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1054 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1055 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1056 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1057 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1058 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1059 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1060 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1061 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1062 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1063 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1064 determine classes which depend on partitions
1065 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1066 if only a few lines has to be changed
1067 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1068 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1069 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1070 option when using grub
1071 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1072 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1073 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1074 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1075 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1076 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1077 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1078 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1079 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1080 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1081 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1082 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1083 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1084 rcS_fai
1085 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1086 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1087 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1088 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1089 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1090 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1091 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1092 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1093 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1094 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1095 copy sources.list
1096 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1097 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1098 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1099 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1100 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1101 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1102 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1103 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1104 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1105 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1106 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1107 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1108 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1109 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1110 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1111 $LOGDIR
1112 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1113 fai-divert
1114 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1115 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1116 fai-mount-disk
1117 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1118 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1119 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1120 nfsserver is set
1121 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1122 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1123 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1124 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1125 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1126 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1127 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1128 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1129 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1130 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1131 * remove debian/undocumented
1132 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1133 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1134 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1135 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1136 flexible values for partitions sizes
1137 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1138 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1139 script fai-savelog
1140 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1141 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1142 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1143 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1144 and debug flags
1145 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1146 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1147 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1148 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1149 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1150 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1151 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1152
1153 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1154
1155 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1156
1157 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1158
1159 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1160
1161 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1162
1163 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1164 * remove some potato specific code
1165 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1166 * add some packages to SERVER
1167 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1168 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1169 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1170 * potato specific code removed
1171 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1172 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1173 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1174 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1175
1176 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1177
1178 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1179
1180 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1181 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1182 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1183 * minor changes in package_config files
1184 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1185 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1186 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1187 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1188 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1189
1190 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1191
1192 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1193
1194 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1195 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1196 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1197 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1198 * add many comments to shell scripts
1199 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1200 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1201 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1202 * minor changes in package_config files
1203 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1204 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1205 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1206 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1207 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1208 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1209 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1210 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1211 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1212 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1213
1214 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1215
1216 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1217
1218 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1219 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1220 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1221 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1222 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1223 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1224 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1225 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1226 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1227 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1228 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1229 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1230 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1231 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1232 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1233 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1234 a file
1235 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1236 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1237 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1238 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1239 continue. Changes include:
1240 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1241 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1242 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1243 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1244 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1245 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1246 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1247 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1248 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1249 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1250 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1251 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1252 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1253 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1254 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1255 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1256 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1257 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1258 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1259 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1260 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1261 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1262 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1263 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1264 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1265 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1266 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1267 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1268 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1269 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1270 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1271 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1272 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1273 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1274 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1275 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1276 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1277 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1278 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1279 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1280 option -s
1281 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1282 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1283 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1284 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1285 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1286 make-fai-* scripts
1287 * FAI_FILES removed
1288 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1289 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1290 make-fai-nfroot
1291 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1292 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1293 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1294 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1295 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1296 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1297 * new standards version 3.5.6
1298
1299 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1300
1301 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1302
1303 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1304 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1305 available
1306 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1307 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1308 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1309 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1310 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1311 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1312 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1313 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1314 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1315 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1316 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1317 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1318 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1319 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1320 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1321 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1322 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1323 * added class NOGETTY
1324 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1325
1326 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1327
1328 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1329
1330 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1331 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1332
1333 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1334
1335 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1336
1337 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1338 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1339 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1340 * echo device before BOOTP request
1341 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1342
1343 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1344
1345 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1346
1347 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1348 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1349 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1350 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1351 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1352 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1353 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1354 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1355 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1356 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1357 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1358 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1359 via variable $netdevices
1360 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1361 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1362 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1363 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1364 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1365 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1366 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1367 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1368 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1369 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1370 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1371 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1372 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1373 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1374 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1375
1376 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1377
1378 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1379
1380 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1381 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1382 check if it's a primary partition
1383 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1384 defined (closes: #100914)
1385 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1386 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1387 not change the output
1388 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1389 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1390 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1391 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1392 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1393 classes in reversed order
1394 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1395 if two additional terminals will be available
1396 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1397 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1398 * added class DISKLESS
1399 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1400 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1401 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1402 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1403 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1404 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1405 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1406
1407 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1408
1409 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1410
1411 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1412 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1413
1414 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1415
1416 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1417
1418 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1419 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1420 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1421 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1422 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1423 (closes: #101899)
1424 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1425 (closes: #101820)
1426 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1427
1428 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1429
1430 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1431
1432 * first upload to Debian archive
1433 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1434 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1435 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1436 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1437 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1438 * new description of all classes
1439 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1440 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1441 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1442 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1443 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1444 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1445 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1446 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1447 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1448 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1449 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1450 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1451 supports multiple network interface cards
1452 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1453 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1454 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1455 boot sector
1456 * make many variables local
1457 * better debugging of shell scripts
1458 * remote login has all subroutines available
1459 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1460 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1461 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1462 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1463 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1464 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1465 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1466 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1467 only at the beginning of a line
1468 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1469 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1470 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1471 * modprobe displays less errors
1472 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1473 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1474 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1475 these are the correct release dates:
1476 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1477 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1478 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1479 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1480 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1481 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1482 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1483
1484 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1485
1486 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1487
1488 * add wget to suggests list
1489 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1490 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1491 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1492 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1493 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1494 keymap now called correctly
1495 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1496 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1497
1498 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1499
1500 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1501
1502 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1503 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1504 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1505 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1506 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1507 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1508 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1509 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1510 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1511 mostly segfaults dpkg
1512 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1513 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1514 point is not in root directory
1515 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1516
1517 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1518
1519 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1520
1521 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1522 * package depends on nfs-server
1523 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1524 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1525 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1526 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1527 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1528 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1529 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1530 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1531 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1532 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1533 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1534 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1535
1536 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1537
1538 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1539
1540 * loopback device is set up during installation
1541 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1542 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1543 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1544 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1545
1546 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1547
1548 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1549
1550 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1551 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1552 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1553 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1554 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1555 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1556 * add support for expect scripts
1557 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1558 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1559 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1560
1561 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1562
1563 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1564
1565 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1566
1567 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1568 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1569 flag verbose controls output level
1570 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1571 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1572
1573 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1574
1575 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1576
1577 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1578 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1579 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1580
1581 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1582
1583 * cvs repository available
1584
1585 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1586
1587 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1588
1589 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1590
1591 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1592
1593 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1594
1595 * Initial Release.
1596
1597 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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