Contents of /trunk/debian/changelog

fai (3.2~beta2) unstable; urgency=low

  * subroutines-linux: jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
  * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
  * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: 309678)
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
    change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
    fix an url
  * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
    (closes: #415875)
  * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880)
  * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
  * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
    it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608) 
  * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
  * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote (closes: #290371)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
    fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
    remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE
  * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184)
  * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247)
  * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
    (closes: #416381)
  * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
    debian kernel package
  * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
    Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093)
  * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
    use unionfs
  * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
    Debian kernel
  * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd
  * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
    filesystem
  * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
    booting (closes: #401041),
    add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
    add option -k, this is for debugging
    add option -n, do not create ISO iamge
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:55:41 +0200

fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium

  * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
  * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
  * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
    this command (closes: 413466)
  * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
  * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100

fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium

  * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
  * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
    shell scripts (closes: #410084)  
  * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
  * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100

fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high

  * fix important and grave bugs
  * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
    root (closes: #407947)
  * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100

fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
  * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
    tmp files (closes: #406336)
  * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
  * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
  * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
  * README: update year from 2006 to 2007

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100

fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
  * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
    the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
  * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
  * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
    (closes: #404187)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu,  4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100

fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
    readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
  * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
  * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
  * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
    change

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100

fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high

  * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
  * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
  * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
  * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
    removed
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
    devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
    device (closes: #400522)
  * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
  * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
  * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
  * fix typo in changelog
  * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100

fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
    $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
    so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
  * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
  * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
    argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
  * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
  * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
  * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
  * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
    dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
  * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
    cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
    dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
    FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
  * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
  * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
    error message
  * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
    anchors to the beginning
  * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
  * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
  * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
  * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
  * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
  * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
    more in etch
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100

fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
  * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
  * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
  * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
  * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
  * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
    usage() subroutine
  * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
    fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
    disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
    rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
  * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
    so it also works for sarge's version of expr
  * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
    sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
  * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
    /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
    kernels)
  * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
  * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
  * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
    (closes: #392032)
  * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
  * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
    it, add carriage return
  * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200

fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
  * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
  * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
  * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
  * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
  * faireboot: stop udevd
  * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
  * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
  * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
  * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
    environment
  * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
    directories under /media
  * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
  * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
  * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
  * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
  * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
  * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
  * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200

fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium

  * make pathes conform to FHS:
    (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
  * use /srv/tftp/fai    instead of /boot/fai
  * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
  * use /srv/fai/config  instead of /usr/local/share/fai
  * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
  * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
  * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
  * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
  * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
  * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
    with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
    add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
    -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
    exist (closes: #373596) 
  * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
    more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
    base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
    $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
    path for resolv.conf
  * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list  
  * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
    debhelper
  * complies with policy 3.7.2
  * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
    warning)
  * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
  * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
    $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
  * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
  * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
    instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
    removed (closes: #332837)
  * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
    scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
    at the end of the installation
  * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
    -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
    before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
    /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
    dirinst  
  * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
    change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
    for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
    ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
    address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
    install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
    nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
    not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
    readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
  * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
    vfstab)
  * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
  * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
  * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
    tftpd-hpa
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
    replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
  * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
  * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
  * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
    prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
    disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
  * move fai-divert to fai-client package
  * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
  * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
  * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
  * install_packages: add option -p
  * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
    obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
  * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
  * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
  * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
  * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
    fai-cd
  * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
  * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
  * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
    $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
    variables is used
  * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
  * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200

fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high

  * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
  * add package lftp to nfsroot
  * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
  * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
  * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200

fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
    /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
    Closes: #373955)

 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org>  Sun,  9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200


fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
    used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
    system. (Closes: #373955)

 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org>  Sun,  9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200

fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
    script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
    calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
  * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
  * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
  * lib/mkrw: add option -n
  * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
    enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
  * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
    appending to file (closes: #331258)
  * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
  * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200

fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
  * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
  * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
    install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
    external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
    /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
  * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
    segfault bug
  * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
  * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
  * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
    debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
    (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
    Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive  
  * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
    menu, not fai-cd version
  * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
    aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
  * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
    flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
  * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
  * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
    console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
  * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
  * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
    be used
  * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
  * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
    task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
    and the host name lookup fails
  * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
  * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
  * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200

fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low

  * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
    wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
    bootable (closes: #344536)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
    detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
    remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
    update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
    $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
  * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
    function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
    copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o  
  * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
  * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
    if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
    error (closes: #360183)
  * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
  * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
    available (closes: #314613)
  * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
    add urpmi, urpme and yum support
  * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
  * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
    subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
    /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
    copying them
  * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
  * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
  * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
    (closes: #341577)
  * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
  * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200

fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
  * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
  * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
  * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
  * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
    description (closes: #322026)
  * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
  * add class FAISERVER
  * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
  * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
  * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
  * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
    exist
  * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
  * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
  * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sun,  5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100

fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low

  * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
    fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
  * adjust some paths
  * remove beowulf and advanced examples
  * increase compat level to 4
  * delete sunos code from source
  * scripts/ directory is now bin/
  * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
    generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
    partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
    if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
    or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
    remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
    more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
    no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
  * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
    (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
    -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
    add more warnings
  * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
    (closes: #312128) 
  * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
    DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
    install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
    (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
  * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
  * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
    chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
  * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
    fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
    new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
    apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
    return with error code (closes: #342120)
  * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
    file name when action is softupdate
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
    (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
    on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
  * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
    even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
  * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
  * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
    (closes: #305783)
  * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
    udev behaviour
  * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
    overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
  * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
  * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
    available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
  * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
    running udev
  * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
    parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
  * add support for unsigned repositories
  * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
    does not break if more than one kernel is installed
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100

fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high

  * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
  * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
    examples (closes: #310705)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200

fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high

  * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
    support may be included again after sarge
  * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
  * control: remove dependency on debconf
  * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
  * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
  * remove debian/config, debian/template
  * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
  * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
    set it any more
  * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
    instead of debconf's default values
  * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
  * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
    user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556) 
  * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200

fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high

  * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
  * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
    security bug (closes: #307838)
  * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
    (closes: #307632)
  * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
    important bug (closes: #307631)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri,  6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200

fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
  * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544), 
    add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
    verbose from fai-mirror
  * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
    mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
    when $addpackages is empty
  * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
  * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
  * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
  * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
    dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
    needed gcc, change comment
  * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
    from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
  * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
    (closes: #305861)
  * install_packages.8: remove option -f
  * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
  * control: add grub to suggests
  * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
  * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
    hang the system
  * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
  * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
  * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
  * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
    not support -i
  * fai-setup: change informational message
  * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
  * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200

fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high

  * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
  * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
  * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
  * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
  * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
    reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
  * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
  * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
    before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
    softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
    to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
  * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
  * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
    off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
    matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
    $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
    local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
  * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
    $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
    disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
    /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
  * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
    for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
    LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
    output also to console
  * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
    install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
    listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
    force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
    unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
  * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
    also supported for backwards compatibility
  * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
    dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
    builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
  * fai-chboot: change message
  * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
  * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
  * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
    unset
  * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
  * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
  * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
    on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
  * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
  * postinst: use debconf
  * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
  * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat,  9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200

fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high

  * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
    (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES 
  * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
    server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
  * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
    hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
  * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
  * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
    name with 2.6.8
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
  * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
  * conf/install_packages.conf removed
  * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
    allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
    add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
    defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
  * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
  * install_packages.8: add option -d
  * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
  * add fai-cd.8 man page
  * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
  * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
    debhelper greater version 3
  * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
  * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
    to it
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100

fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
  * new script fai-debconf
  * add manual page fai-debconf.1
  * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
  * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
  * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
  * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
  * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
  * replace backticks with $()
  * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
  * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
    install_packages config
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100

fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium

  * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
    used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
    $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
    devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
  * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
    discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
    create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
    remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
  * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
    /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
  * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
    installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
  * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
    allow space before primary and logical keyword
  * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
  * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
    instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
    FAICLIENTS
  * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
    replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
  * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
    often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
    umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
    disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
  * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
    lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
  * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
    command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
  * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
    install_packages.conf
  * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
  * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
    hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
    cleanup
  * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
  * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
  * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
    host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
  * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
  * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
    eject cdrom when running from fai CD
  * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
  * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
  * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
  * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
  * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100

fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
    search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
    it exists 
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
  * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
    $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
  * fcopy.8: add option -I

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100

fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * add missing Beowulf examples
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
  * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
    scripts use them
  * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
  * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
    package for alpha architecture
  * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
  * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
  * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
    messages, add aptitude support
  * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
  * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
  * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
  * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
  * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
    mode (closes: #264727)

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100

fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high

  * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
  * update to kernel 2.4.27
  * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
    use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
  * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
    size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
  * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
  * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
    $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
    kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
  * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
  * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
  * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
    add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
    (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
  * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
    may hang some production systems for a while
  * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
  * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200

fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high

  * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
    tasksel behaviour
  * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
    are in the nfsroot
  * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200

fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * catnc() greps through more than one file
  * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
    as ignorepatterns
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
    nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
    if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
    all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
    when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
    normal finishing script
  * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
    standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
  * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
  * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
  * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
    subroutines, send message to faimond
  * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
  * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
    of packages from 4711 to 99
  * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
  * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
  * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
  * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
  * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
  * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
  * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
  * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
    sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
  * remove doc/README.package_problems
  * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
    typos

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200

fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
    pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
  * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
  * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
  * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
  * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
    check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
    files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
    boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
    module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
    raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
    copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
    new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
    show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
    $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
    used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
    add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
    use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
  * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
  * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
  * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
    logo and let scroll region unchanged
  * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
    when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
    after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
    different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
   * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
  * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
    discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
    table with parted
  * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
  * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
    add -xdev to find
  * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
    instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
    report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
    hook
  * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
    copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
    when defining kernel append parameters as variables
  * faimond: always flush output
  * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
    list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
    hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
  * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
    more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
    AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
  * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
  * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
  * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
  * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
    remove beowulf example
  * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
  * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
    replace backtics with $()
  * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
  * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
    bigger, /usr smaller
  * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
  * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
  * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
  * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
  * new FAQ
  * THANKS: juergen added

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200

fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
  * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
    sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
    (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
    create iso9660 iso image with option -i
  * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
    cdrom image
  * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
    bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
  * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
  * THANKS: added holger
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100

fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
    is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
    more verbose
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
    add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
    mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
    /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
    a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
    mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
    defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
    important files if option -v is set
    depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
  * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
  * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
  * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
  * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
  * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
  * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
    remove detect call
    most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
  * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
    does not complain
  * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
    option -r
  * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
    new name for KERNELPACKAGE
    add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
    remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
    disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
    put important variables to the top
  * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
    access method to the Debian mirror
  * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
    make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
    without DNS
  * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
    remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
  * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
    when one parameter is missing
  * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
    copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
  * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
  * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
    for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
  * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
    nfs mount options to root-path
  * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
  * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
  * setup_harddisks: typos
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed,  4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100

fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
    actimeo for nfs mounts
  * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
    package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
    (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
    do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
  * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
  * faimond, faimond.8 added
  * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
    success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
    script, show nc output only when debugging
  * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
  * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
  * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
    (closes: #218541)
  * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
    set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
    NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
  * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
    comment
  * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
  * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
    debug code in ifclass
  * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
    package name, usage() points to the man page
  * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
  * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
  * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
    to login messages
  * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
  * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
  * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
  * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
    call
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue,  6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100

fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
  * fcopy: add usage info for -M
  * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
  * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
  * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
  * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
    initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
    upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
  * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
  * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
  * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
  * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
    grub executable from nfsroot
  * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
  * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
  * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
  * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200

fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * add script fai-chboot
  * add script fai-savelog-ftp
  * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
    fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
    resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
    remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
  * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
  * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
  * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
    from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
    $MAXPACKAGES
  * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
    command line
  * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
    make symlink for syslogd
  * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
    for memtest; add entries for re-installation
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
    fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN  
  * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
    FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
  * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
    reboot for SunOS
  * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
  * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
  * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
    variable
  * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
    sunos version of xargs
  * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
  * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
  * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
    detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
    fixed IP address
  * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
  * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
    is not defined
  * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
  * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
    using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
    password protection to grub menu
  * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
    catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
  * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
  * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
  * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
  * utils/rshall: add exclude function
  * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
  * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
    for examples
  * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
  * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
      
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed,  6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200

fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * set correct year in fai guide
  * dhcp3 support
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
    sector
  * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
    fix ownership of  $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
  * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
  * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
  * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
  * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
  * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
    a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP 
  * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
  * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
  * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
  * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
  * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
    task_configure code
  * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu,  3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200

fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
  * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
    every script to status.log
  * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
    definitions after use
  * add config files for XFree86 4.1
  * many changes in the package_config files
  * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
  * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
  * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
  * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
    package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
    add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
    mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
    rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
    option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
    to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
    from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
    to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
    device nodes (closes: #174844)
  * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
    determine classes which depend on partitions
  * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
    if only a few lines has to be changed
  * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
    supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
    /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
    option when using grub
  * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
  * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
  * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
  * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
  * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
    task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
    variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
    debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
    to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
    write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
    save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
    of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
    in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
    rcS_fai
  * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
    set_disk_info() which calls externel script 
  * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
    /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
  * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
  * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
    BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
  * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
    default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
    root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
    copy sources.list
  * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
  * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
    more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
    space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
    floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
    append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
  * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
  * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
  * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
    very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
    before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
    options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
  * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
    executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
    $LOGDIR
    * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
    fai-divert
  * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
  * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
    fai-mount-disk 
  * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
  * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
  * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
    nfsserver is set
  * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
    FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
    architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
    make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
  * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
    matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
    info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
    table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
  * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
  * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
  * remove debian/undocumented
  * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
    add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
    listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
  * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
    flexible values for partitions sizes
  * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
  * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
    script fai-savelog
  * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
  * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
    info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
  * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
    and debug flags
  * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
    file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
    -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
  * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
  * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
  * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
  * lots of updates and additions to the manual
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100

fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * default name for fai kernel-image has changed

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200

fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * enable use strict in perl scripts
  * remove some potato specific code
  * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
  * add some packages to SERVER
  * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
  * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
  * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
  * potato specific code removed
  * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
  * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
  * print warning before removing nfsroot
  * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200

fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
  * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
  * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
  * minor changes in package_config files
  * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
  * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
  * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
  * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
  * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200

fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
  * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
  * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
  * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
  * add many comments to shell scripts
  * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
  * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
    they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
  * minor changes in package_config files
  * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
  * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
  * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
  * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
  * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
  * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
  * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
  * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
  * rcS_fai: add $osname
  * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200

fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
  * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
  * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
  * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
  * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
  * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
  * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
    from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
  * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
  * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
  * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
    variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
    variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
  * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
    automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
    copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
    a file
    added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
    Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
    Added support to run script as a recovery operation.  This is a
    glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
    continue.  Changes include:
       - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
       - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
       - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
    Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
    Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
    umount $NFSROOT/proc
    Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
    Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
    (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
    Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
    add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
  * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
  * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
  * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
  * hooks that end in .source are sourced
  * class/*.mod file can now define variables
  * add ADAPTEC.mod file
  * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
  * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
    subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
    instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
    file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
    when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
    do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
    not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
    /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
    task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
    defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
    add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
    rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
    needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
    /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
  * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
    S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
    BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
  * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
    for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
  * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
  * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
  * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
    option -s
  * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
  * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
    directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
    $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
  * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
    make-fai-* scripts
  * FAI_FILES removed
  * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
  * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
    make-fai-nfroot
  * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
  * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
  * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
  * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
  * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
  * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
  * new standards version 3.5.6
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue,  9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200

fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
  * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
    available
  * added dosfstools to nfsroot
  * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
  * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
  * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
    clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
    liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
    call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
  * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
  * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
  * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
  * nfs-user-server support for woody
  * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
  * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
  * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
    from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
  * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
  * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
  * added class NOGETTY
  * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu,  8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100

fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
  * added jmon to BEOWULF
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200

fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
  * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
  * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
  * echo device before BOOTP request
  * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri,  5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200

fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
  * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
    creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
  * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
  * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
  * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
  * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
  * unused subroutine myyes removed
  * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
  * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
  * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
  * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
    via variable $netdevices
  * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
  * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
  * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
  * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
  * bug in list_disks() fixed
  * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
  * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
  * support for additional variable definitions and classes
  * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
  * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
  * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
  * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
  * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
  * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
  * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200

fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
  * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
    check if it's a primary partition
  * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
    defined (closes: #100914)
    use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
  * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
    not change the output
  * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
  * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
    extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
    move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
    create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
    classes in reversed order
  * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
    if two additional terminals will be available
  * debhelper compatability level now 2
  * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
  * added class DISKLESS
  * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
  * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
  * cat <<EOF calls corrected
  * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
  * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
  * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
  * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200

fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
  * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200

fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
    download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
  * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
  * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
  * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
    (closes: #101899) 
  * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
    (closes: #101820)
  * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200

fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * first upload to Debian archive
  * kernel-2.2.19 support
  * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
    DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
  * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
  * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
  * new description of all classes
  * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
  * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
  * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
  * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
  * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
  * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
  * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
  * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
  * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
  * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
  * klogd, syslogd running during installation
  * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
    supports multiple network interface cards
  * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
  * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
  * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
    boot sector
  * make many variables local
  * better debugging of shell scripts
  * remote login has all subroutines available
  * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
  * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
    portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
  * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
  * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
  * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
  * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
  * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
    only at the beginning of a line
  * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
  * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
    ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
  * modprobe displays less errors
  * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
  * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
    wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
    these are the correct release dates: 
    Jun 20  2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
    Jul 11  2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
    Oct 26  2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
    Nov  6  2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
    Nov 23  2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
    Dec  7  2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
    Dec 12  2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200

fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * add wget to suggests list
  * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
  * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
  * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
  * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
  * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
    keymap now called correctly
  * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
  * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100

fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * swap order of class ALL and hostname
  * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
  * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
  * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
    $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
  * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
  * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
  * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
  * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
    mostly segfaults dpkg
  * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
  * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
    point is not in root directory
  * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100

fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * faireboot is faster and more reliable
  * package depends on nfs-server
  * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
  * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
  * first version of the FAI Guide included
  * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
  * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
  * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
  * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
    so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
  * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
  * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
  * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
  * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100

fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low

  * loopback device is set up during installation
  * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
  * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
  * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
  * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Fri,  3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100

fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low

  * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
  * installkernel now supports loadable modules
  * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
  * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
  * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
  * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
  * add support for expect scripts
  * add nfs-kernel-server support
  * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
  * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
  
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Mon,  9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200

fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low

  * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)

  * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
    installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
    flag verbose controls output level
    nfsroot is created without any interaction
    base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp

  * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
  
  * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
  
  * start sshd during installation for remote access;
    add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
    remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
  
  * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
    
  * cvs repository available
    
 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200

fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low

  * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200

fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial Release.

 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>  Wed,  7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200