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1 fai (3.2.9~3) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * ftar: die with warning if suffix .tgz is found.
4 * ainsl: add options -Q and -q (closes: #484722)
5 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #488404)
6 * setup-storage.8: add migration section, add info for createopts, move
7 comments in example to bottom, fixed and improved documentation for
8 preserve_{always,reinstall} syntax
9 * Sizes.pm: never scale logical volume sizes beyond the specified
10 maximum
11 * conf/NFSROOT, control: drop use of liblinux-lvm-perl (closes: #494357),
12 replace unionfs with aufs (closes: #487080),
13 ext2resize is now obsolete, replace it with e2fsprogs,
14 replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo
15 * Volumes.pm: reverted the code to handle existing LVMs to an earlier
16 version that does not use Linux::LVM, because this is severly broken
17 (closes: #494357)
18 * setup-storage: increase version number to 1.0.1 because of LVM change
19 * Commands.pm: bugfix in RAID volume handling in case of devices marked
20 missing: mdadm command requires device names to be replaced by
21 "missing"
22 * package_config/FAIBASE: replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo
23 * subroutines-linux: replace klogd and syslogd with rsyslog
24 * conf/sources.list: replace etch with lenny
25 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace etch with lenny
26 * updatebase: mount /dev/pts into /target
27
28 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:44:09 +0200
29
30 fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
31
32 * Merge setup-storage, the new partitioning tool
33 (closes: #380629, #330915, #277045, #356862, #416633, #484788)
34 * add variable $USE_SETUP_STORAGE
35 * setup-storage: move loading of kernel modules into 20hwdetect.source,
36 print which disk_config setup-storage is using
37 * Commands.pm: print also mountpoint when debugging tuneopts and
38 createopts, fix and document problem when only tuneopts are defined,
39 prevent warnings about uninitialized variables
40 * 20-hwdetect.source: load modules needed for setup-storage
41 * add class SETUPSTORAGE for easy testing
42
43 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200
44
45 fai (3.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
46
47 * update some messages to 2008
48 * fai-cd: check if list of Packages files is non-empty, change syntax of
49 ${...:=...}, use rsync for coping to USB stick if available
50 * fai-cd.8: add info for MAXPACKAGES
51 * fai-guide.sgml: fix order of tasks
52 * fai-setup: check if file exists
53 * make-fai-nfsroot: exclude files in var/lib/apt/lists from base.tgz
54 check if NFSROOT directory is mounted with bad options
55 * get-boot-info: parse live.log for detecting boot method
56 * disk-info: use group info for detecting disks, extend pattern for
57 detecting scsi disks
58 * subroutines: fix regex so softupdate will; now umount the config space
59 * add internal variable printk, for setting the console log level
60
61 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 31 May 2008 16:47:25 +0200
62
63 fai (3.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
64
65 * fai: remove local, fix regex (closes: #480685)
66 * fai-cd: fix syntax error (closes: #480830)
67
68 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:37 +0200
69
70 fai (3.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
71
72 * GRUB/10-setup: use absolute path
73 * fai: mount /proc if not already mounted (closes: #453017, #444156),
74 check if target directory for dirinstall is mounted with nosuid,nodev
75 * fai-mirror: set MAXPACKAGES=1 if undefined before
76 * make-fai-nfsroot: exit with error if software installation has errors
77 (closes: #442261)
78 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to specify a certain release or version
79 of a package
80 * fai-cd: add prefix $cfdir to -g parameter if no path was specified,
81 fix setting of cfdir (closes: #475250)
82 * fai-cd.8: extend info for -g
83 * subroutines: remove local from variable (closes: #449236)
84 * install_packages: fix in detecting Debian specific actions
85 * fai-chboot: add check if kernelsuffix is defined
86 * fai-abort: add LSB formatted dependency info (closes: #469716)
87 * XF86Config-4/DEMO: remove obsolete example (closes: #474327)
88 * disk-info: add regex for Adaptec i2o controller (closes: #466670)
89 * ainsl: substitue \s+ afterwards (closes: #470799)
90
91 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 2008 18:27:02 +0200
92
93 fai (3.2.4) unstable; urgency=high
94
95 * fai-cd.8: add missing -C option
96 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove code for creating BOOTP environment
97 * faimond-gui: show different icons depending on error code
98 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #453442)
99 * subroutines-linux: do not print hostname and kernel compile time
100 * fai: update date, remove mkdir
101 * savelog.LAST.source: remove duplicate messages which appear in fai.log
102 and software.log
103
104 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0100
105
106 fai (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
107
108 * fix wrong logic in updatebase (closes: #452516)
109
110 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0100
111
112 fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
113
114 * conf/NFSROOT: reomve duplicate package, use aptitude for installing,
115 add nfs-common (closes: #444079), remove live-initramfs from NFSROOT
116 * doc/fai-guide.sgml: add information for softupdate (closes: #439016)
117 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern, remove dot after filename
118 * make-fai-nfsroot: check if $TFTPROOT is defined, add badupdateto32(),
119 which prints more info about update without checking variable names,
120 remove whole /srv/fai/nfsroot, add check_nfsroot(), make stamp only on
121 success (closes: #370780), write output also into /var/log/fai,
122 return and print exit code from install_packages, create or copy
123 live.conf, try to umount /proc inside the nfsroot before removing an
124 old nfsroot, abort if this fails
125 * subroutines: add task_error(), which stores the maximum error code in
126 $task_error, do nothing if error=0, print traceback,
127 add stop_fai_installation(), write pid to stamp file, print PID in
128 case of error, add task_test stub, save function name that causes
129 fatal error, set $fai_rundate only if not yet defined
130 * subroutines-linux: add check if $monserver is defined, print kernel
131 version currently running, catch exit code from install_packages
132 * mount2dir: add support for UUID and LABEL
133 * fai: export $romountopt, get error codes from all commands in a pipe,
134 add $STOP_ON_ERROR, fix variable name (closes: #447080),
135 do not use /var/log/fai/current (closes: #445276), cleanup definition
136 of $LOGDIR, change permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276),
137 add symlinks for last and last-$action in the very beginning
138 * control: fai-nfsroot and fai-client conflicts to fai-kernels, add
139 recommends to debconf-utils (closes: #445109), improve package
140 description (closes: #419071), add Homepage field, add live-initramfs
141 to depends of fai-nfsroot
142 replace ssh with openssh-server and openssh-client (closes: #434356)
143 * fai-cd: copy grub config always to menu.lst
144 * get-config-dir-nfs: add -n to mount
145 * get-config-dir-svn: error if svn call fails (closes: #447602, #441761)
146 * update FSF address (closes: #444154)
147 * fai-chboot: pxedir should also use $TFTPROOT, (closes: #443837)
148 * menu.lst/postinst: check if variables are defined (closes: #445978)
149 * ftar: make it a bash script
150 * fai-setup: add option -C (closes: #388157), fix mode of
151 authorized_keys
152 * fai-setup.8: add option -C
153 * fai-mirror: mkdir mountpoint before mounting (closes: #365004)
154 * updatebase: use aptitude when doing dist-upgrade (closes: #448426),
155 use safe-upgrade when available
156 * fai-divert: make it a bash script
157 * 30-interfaces: resolv.conf is now in /, not in /tmp
158 * make-fai-bootfloppy: script currently does not work, always die with
159 error message
160 * FAIBASE.var: add STOP_ON_ERROR
161 * fai-savelog: do not save log to local directory, if this directory
162 already exists (should only happen during softupdate), change
163 permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276)
164 * get-config-dir-*: call task_error after trying to access config space
165 * sources.list: add koeln repository
166
167 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0100
168
169 fai (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
170
171 * mount swap partitions with identical priorities
172 * fai-mirror: also match lowercase class names (for hostsnames),
173 use $cfdir instead of fixed path /etc/fai
174 * subroutines-linux: add timeout to nc call
175 * subroutines: change message for faimond in task_faiend()
176 * control: readd libapt-pkg-perl to depends, nfs-server (user space)
177 does not support locking, so FAI cannot use it, remove wget, add arch
178 to mknbi
179 * get-config-dir-svn: add svn+ssh support
180 * QUESTIONNAIRE: add USB stick, split bootb and dhcp
181 * faimond, faimond.8: use Proc::Daemon, add options tTldP
182 * faimond: do not allow ; in message (security), do not print ip and
183 port number
184 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -U, do not divert update-initramfs (added
185 because of a Ubuntu bug), activate -U if Ubuntu is detected
186 determine the arch inside the nfsroot for defining a class, this help
187 building amd64 nfsroots on i386 and vice versa,
188 add support for running hooks, (closes: #342467)
189 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable NFSROOT_HOOKS
190 * make-fai-nfsroot.9: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
191 * fai-mirror.8, make-fai-nfsroot.8: enhance/add info of -C, add info
192 about variable FAI_ETC_DIR
193 * packages_config/DEFAULT: fix typos in linux-image-amd64
194 * fai-chboot,fai-chboot.8: add option -C and support for $FAI_ETC_DIR
195 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern
196 * packages_config/FAIBASE: add fai-client
197 * fai-do-scripts: exit with maximum error code of all child scripts that
198 had an error
199 * fai: change message when stamp file already exists (closes: #441437)
200 * fai-cd: remove arch specific path
201 * fai-cd.8: add info about USB stick (closes: #441988),
202 improve man page (closes: #441991)
203 * new get-config-dir-git: add method git for access (closes: #441992)
204 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: fix path
205 * faimond-gui: new tool that produces graphical output of faimond
206 * faimond-gui.8: new man page
207 * get-config-dir-svn: fix svn+ssh with username (Closes: #442021)
208 * fai-guide.sgml: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
209
210 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:34 +0200
211
212 fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
213
214 * subroutines-linux: fix extra slash in path (closes: #428860),
215 jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
216 during dirinstall call debootstrap if no base.tgz is found
217 * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
218 * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: #309678, #380085)
219 * fai-guide.sgml:
220 major update to reflect FAI 3.X changes (closes: #390508),
221 fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
222 change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
223 fix an url, add documentation for dirinstall (closes: #390508),
224 document usage of basefiles/ (closes: #391660),
225 document the order hooks are called (closes: #380337)
226 * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
227 (closes: #415875)
228 * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880),
229 fix wrong path for FAI_CLASSES
230 * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
231 * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
232 it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608)
233 * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
234 * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote
235 (closes: #290371), do not set $HOSTNAME, should be set all the time
236 (closes: #429553, #429733)
237 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
238 fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
239 remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot,
240 use mkdir -p, live-initramfs needs NFSROOT in .../live/filesystem.dir,
241 move creating of subdirs from make-fai-nfsroot to fai (from server to
242 client), do not create shell script in make-fai-nfsroot,
243 remove -V, use aptitude to remove the kernels from the nfsroot, -k now
244 reinstalls all packages from /etc/fai/NFSROOT (closes: #431613),
245 update-initramfs symlinks to /bin/true during diversion
246 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf:
247 remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE (closes: #416531, #435098)
248 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove -V, new description for -K and -k
249 * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184),
250 check error code of preinst and postinst scripts (closes: #432681),
251 add quotes to variable (closes: #430127), skip comment lines in
252 file-modes
253 * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247),
254 add initrd support, add option -s (closes: #356380), remove nfs
255 options from append line
256 * fai-chboot.8: ROOTFS parameter is not needed any more, add option -s
257 * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
258 (closes: #416381)
259 * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
260 debian kernel package, add ext2resize, hwinfo and change arch specific
261 packages,
262 move packages cfengine2 and libapt-pkg-perl from control to NFSROOT
263 * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
264 Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093), add aptitude for
265 fai-server as Suggests, remove fai-kernels, add field XS-Vcs-Browser,
266 syslinux is only available on two architectures, do not depend on
267 cfengine (v1), since it does not exists any more
268 * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
269 use unionfs, remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now, use mkdir
270 -p, export $action for 20hwdetect.source, call save_dmesg only during
271 initial installation, during dirinstall set
272 LOGDIR=/var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME (closes: #429553)
273 define FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for dirinstall
274 create syslog.conf before starting the syslog daemon
275 when doing dirinstall -c or -N must be specified (closes: #429554)
276 the local hard disks are now mounted to /target instead of /tmp/target
277 * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
278 Debian kernel
279 * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd,
280 remove root (cd), fix setting of hostname, instead of using ip=, we
281 now use hostname=
282 * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
283 filesystem
284 * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
285 booting (closes: #401041),
286 add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
287 add option -k, this is for debugging
288 add option -n, do not create ISO image
289 add option -u, copy fai-cd data to a directory (USB support)
290 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
291 * disk-info: do not include removable devices into list of disks
292 * fai-class: remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now
293 do not set HOSTNAME from uname (closes: #431283)
294 * multiple files: add some patches fixing english text
295 (closes: #428857, #428858)
296 * 20-removable_media: fix path for floppy mount point (closes: #428859)
297 * fai.8: add option -u, --hostname (closes: #361559)
298 * add variable TFTPROOT (closes: #408271, #431431)
299 * fai-mirror:
300 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
301 do not ask questions, add unauthenticated packages to the mirror
302 * 20hwdetect.source: do not execute 20hwdetect.source during dirinstall
303 * debconf/FAIBASE: autodetect most xorg parameters, (but not resolution)
304 * install_packages: add option -N, change option -t to -n,
305 add patch that AptPkg module is only used when
306 available and target system is Debian (closes: #422225), move code to
307 check_aptpkg(), add smart package manager support (closes: #430798)
308 do execute Debian specific commands only when needed (closes: #392038),
309 grab error codes when executing commands,
310 exit with 3 when errors occured, add option -H (closes: #391659),
311 put suffix -internal to all internal commands,
312 remove -n from tasksel calls
313 print path once, then only config file names, not always full path
314 * install_packages.8: add option -N and -H, change option -t to -n,
315 add option -p (closes: #424848)
316 * create_ramdisk: replaced by unionfs
317 * fai-do-scripts: remove -k from cfagent call (closes: #425699),
318 add new strings for shell scripts (closes: #416616)
319 * fai-server.post*: do not manage $TFTPROOT (closes: #430000)
320 * package_config: move linux-image package from FAIBASE to DEFAULT, add
321 kernel name for architecture
322 * ainsl: escape + in pattern
323 * make S01fai-abort an init.d script
324
325 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:11:28 +0200
326
327 fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium
328
329 * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
330 * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
331 * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
332 this command (closes: 413466)
333 * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
334 * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2
335
336 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100
337
338 fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
339
340 * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
341 * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
342 shell scripts (closes: #410084)
343 * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
344 * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
345
346 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100
347
348 fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high
349
350 * fix important and grave bugs
351 * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
352 root (closes: #407947)
353 * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
354
355 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
356
357 fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
358
359 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
360 * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
361 tmp files (closes: #406336)
362 * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
363 * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
364 * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
365 * README: update year from 2006 to 2007
366
367 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100
368
369 fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
370
371 * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
372 * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
373 the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
374 * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
375 * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
376 (closes: #404187)
377
378 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100
379
380 fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
381
382 * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
383 readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
384 * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
385 * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
386 * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
387 change
388
389 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100
390
391 fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
392
393 * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
394 * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
395 * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
396 * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
397 removed
398 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
399 devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
400 device (closes: #400522)
401 * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
402 * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
403 * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
404 * fix typo in changelog
405 * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
406
407 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
408
409 fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
410
411 * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
412 * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
413 $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
414 so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
415 * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
416 * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
417 argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
418 * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
419 * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
420 * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
421 * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
422 dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
423 * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
424 cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
425 dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
426 FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
427 * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
428 * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
429 error message
430 * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
431 anchors to the beginning
432 * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
433 * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
434 * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
435 * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
436 * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
437 * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
438 more in etch
439
440 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
441
442 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
443
444 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
445 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
446 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
447 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
448 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
449 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
450 usage() subroutine
451 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
452 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
453 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
454 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
455 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
456 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
457 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
458 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
459 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
460 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
461 kernels)
462 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
463 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
464 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
465 (closes: #392032)
466 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
467 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
468 it, add carriage return
469 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
470 * 20hwdetect.source: xorg can discover the grpahics driver itself, do
471 not call discover
472
473 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
474
475 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
476
477 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
478 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
479 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
480 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
481 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
482 * faireboot: stop udevd
483 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
484 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
485 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
486 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
487 environment
488 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
489 directories under /media
490 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
491 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
492 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
493 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
494 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
495 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
496 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
497
498 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
499
500 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
501
502 * make pathes conform to FHS:
503 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
504 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
505 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
506 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
507 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
508 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
509 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
510 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
511 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
512 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
513 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
514 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
515 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
516 exist (closes: #373596)
517 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
518 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
519 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
520 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
521 path for resolv.conf
522 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
523 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
524 debhelper
525 * complies with policy 3.7.2
526 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
527 warning)
528 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
529 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
530 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
531 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
532 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
533 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
534 removed (closes: #332837)
535 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
536 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
537 at the end of the installation
538 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
539 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
540 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
541 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
542 dirinst
543 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
544 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
545 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
546 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
547 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
548 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
549 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
550 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
551 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
552 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
553 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
554 vfstab)
555 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
556 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
557 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
558 tftpd-hpa
559 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
560 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
561 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
562 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
563 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
564 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
565 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
566 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
567 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
568 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
569 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
570 * install_packages: add option -p
571 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
572 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
573 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
574 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
575 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
576 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
577 fai-cd
578 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
579 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
580 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
581 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
582 variables is used
583 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
584 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
585
586 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
587
588 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
589
590 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
591 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
592 * add package lftp to nfsroot
593 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
594 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
595 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
596
597 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
598
599 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
600
601 * Non-maintainer upload.
602 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
603 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
604 Closes: #373955)
605
606 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
607
608
609 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
610
611 * Non-maintainer upload.
612 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
613 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
614 system. (Closes: #373955)
615
616 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
617
618 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
619
620 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
621 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
622 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
623 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
624 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
625 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
626 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
627 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
628 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
629 appending to file (closes: #331258)
630 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
631 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
632
633 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
634
635 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
636
637 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
638 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
639 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
640 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
641 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
642 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
643 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
644 segfault bug
645 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
646 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
647 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
648 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
649 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
650 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
651 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
652 menu, not fai-cd version
653 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
654 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
655 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
656 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
657 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
658 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
659 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
660 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
661 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
662 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
663 be used
664 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
665 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
666 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
667 and the host name lookup fails
668 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
669 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
670 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
671
672 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
673
674 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
675
676 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
677 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
678 bootable (closes: #344536)
679 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
680 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
681 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
682 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
683 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
684 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
685 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
686 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
687 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
688 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
689 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
690 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
691 error (closes: #360183)
692 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
693 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
694 available (closes: #314613)
695 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
696 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
697 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
698 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
699 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
700 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
701 copying them
702 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
703 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
704 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
705 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
706 (closes: #341577)
707 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
708 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
709
710 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
711
712 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
713
714 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
715 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
716 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
717 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
718 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
719 description (closes: #322026)
720 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
721 * add class FAISERVER
722 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
723 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
724 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
725 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
726 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
727 exist
728 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
729 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
730 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
731
732 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
733
734 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
735
736 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
737 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
738 * adjust some paths
739 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
740 * increase compat level to 4
741 * delete sunos code from source
742 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
743 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
744 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
745 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
746 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
747 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
748 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
749 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
750 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
751 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
752 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
753 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
754 add more warnings
755 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
756 (closes: #312128)
757 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
758 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
759 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
760 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
761 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
762 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
763 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
764 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
765 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
766 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
767 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
768 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
769 return with error code (closes: #342120)
770 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
771 file name when action is softupdate
772 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
773 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
774 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
775 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
776 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
777 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
778 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
779 (closes: #305783)
780 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
781 udev behaviour
782 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
783 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
784 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
785 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
786 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
787 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
788 running udev
789 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
790 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
791 * add support for unsigned repositories
792 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
793 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
794
795 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
796
797 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
798
799 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
800 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
801 examples (closes: #310705)
802
803 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
804
805 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
806
807 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
808 support may be included again after sarge
809 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
810 * control: remove dependency on debconf
811 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
812 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
813 * remove debian/config, debian/template
814 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
815 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
816 set it any more
817 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
818 instead of debconf's default values
819 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
820 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
821 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
822 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
823
824 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
825
826 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
827
828 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
829 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
830 security bug (closes: #307838)
831 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
832 (closes: #307632)
833 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
834 important bug (closes: #307631)
835
836 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
837
838 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
839
840 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
841 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
842 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
843 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
844 verbose from fai-mirror
845 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
846 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
847 when $addpackages is empty
848 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
849 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
850 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
851 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
852 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
853 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
854 needed gcc, change comment
855 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
856 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
857 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
858 (closes: #305861)
859 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
860 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
861 * control: add grub to suggests
862 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
863 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
864 hang the system
865 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
866 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
867 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
868 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
869 not support -i
870 * fai-setup: change informational message
871 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
872 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
873 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
874
875 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
876
877 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
878
879 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
880 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
881 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
882 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
883 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
884 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
885 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
886 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
887 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
888 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
889 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
890 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
891 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
892 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
893 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
894 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
895 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
896 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
897 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
898 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
899 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
900 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
901 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
902 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
903 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
904 output also to console
905 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
906 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
907 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
908 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
909 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
910 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
911 also supported for backwards compatibility
912 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
913 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
914 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
915 * fai-chboot: change message
916 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
917 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
918 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
919 unset
920 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
921 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
922 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
923 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
924 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
925 * postinst: use debconf
926 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
927 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
928
929 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
930
931 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
932
933 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
934 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
935 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
936 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
937 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
938 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
939 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
940 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
941 name with 2.6.8
942 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
943 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
944 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
945 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
946 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
947 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
948 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
949 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
950 * install_packages.8: add option -d
951 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
952 * add fai-cd.8 man page
953 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
954 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
955 debhelper greater version 3
956 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
957 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
958 to it
959
960 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
961
962 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
963
964 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
965 * new script fai-debconf
966 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
967 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
968 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
969 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
970 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
971 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
972 * replace backticks with $()
973 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
974 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
975 install_packages config
976
977 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
978
979 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
980
981 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
982 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
983 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
984 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
985 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
986 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
987 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
988 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
989 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
990 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
991 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
992 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
993 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
994 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
995 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
996 allow space before primary and logical keyword
997 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
998 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
999 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
1000 FAICLIENTS
1001 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
1002 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
1003 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
1004 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
1005 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
1006 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
1007 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
1008 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
1009 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
1010 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
1011 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
1012 install_packages.conf
1013 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
1014 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
1015 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
1016 cleanup
1017 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
1018 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
1019 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
1020 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
1021 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
1022 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
1023 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
1024 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
1025 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
1026 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
1027 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
1028 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
1029 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
1030
1031 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
1032
1033 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
1034
1035 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
1036 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
1037 it exists
1038 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
1039 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
1040 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
1041 * fcopy.8: add option -I
1042
1043 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
1044
1045 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
1046
1047 * add missing Beowulf examples
1048 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
1049 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
1050 scripts use them
1051 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
1052 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
1053 package for alpha architecture
1054 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
1055 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
1056 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
1057 messages, add aptitude support
1058 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
1059 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
1060 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
1061 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
1062 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
1063 mode (closes: #264727)
1064
1065 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
1066
1067 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
1068
1069 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
1070 * update to kernel 2.4.27
1071 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
1072 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
1073 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
1074 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
1075 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
1076 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
1077 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
1078 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
1079 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
1080 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
1081 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
1082 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
1083 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
1084 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
1085 may hang some production systems for a while
1086 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
1087 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
1088
1089 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
1090
1091 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
1092
1093 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
1094 tasksel behaviour
1095 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
1096 are in the nfsroot
1097 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
1098
1099 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
1100
1101 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
1102
1103 * catnc() greps through more than one file
1104 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
1105 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
1106 as ignorepatterns
1107 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
1108 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
1109 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
1110 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
1111 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
1112 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
1113 normal finishing script
1114 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
1115 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
1116 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
1117 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
1118 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
1119 subroutines, send message to faimond
1120 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
1121 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
1122 of packages from 4711 to 99
1123 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
1124 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
1125 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
1126 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
1127 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
1128 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
1129 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
1130 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
1131 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
1132 * remove doc/README.package_problems
1133 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
1134 typos
1135
1136 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
1137
1138 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
1139
1140 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
1141 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
1142 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
1143 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
1144 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
1145 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
1146 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
1147 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
1148 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
1149 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
1150 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
1151 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
1152 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
1153 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
1154 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
1155 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
1156 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1157 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
1158 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
1159 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
1160 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
1161 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
1162 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
1163 logo and let scroll region unchanged
1164 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
1165 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
1166 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
1167 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
1168 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
1169 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
1170 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
1171 table with parted
1172 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
1173 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
1174 add -xdev to find
1175 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
1176 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
1177 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
1178 hook
1179 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
1180 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
1181 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
1182 * faimond: always flush output
1183 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
1184 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
1185 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
1186 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
1187 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
1188 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
1189 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
1190 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
1191 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
1192 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
1193 remove beowulf example
1194 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
1195 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
1196 replace backtics with $()
1197 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
1198 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
1199 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
1200 bigger, /usr smaller
1201 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
1202 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
1203 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
1204 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
1205 * new FAQ
1206 * THANKS: juergen added
1207
1208 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
1209
1210 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
1211
1212 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
1213 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
1214 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
1215 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
1216 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
1217 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
1218 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
1219 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
1220 cdrom image
1221 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
1222 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
1223 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
1224 * THANKS: added holger
1225
1226 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
1227
1228 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
1229
1230 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
1231 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
1232 more verbose
1233 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
1234 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
1235 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
1236 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
1237 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
1238 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1239 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
1240 important files if option -v is set
1241 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
1242 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
1243 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
1244 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
1245 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
1246 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
1247 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
1248 remove detect call
1249 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
1250 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
1251 does not complain
1252 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
1253 option -r
1254 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
1255 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
1256 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
1257 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
1258 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
1259 put important variables to the top
1260 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
1261 access method to the Debian mirror
1262 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
1263 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
1264 without DNS
1265 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
1266 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
1267 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
1268 when one parameter is missing
1269 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
1270 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
1271 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
1272 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
1273 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
1274 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
1275 nfs mount options to root-path
1276 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
1277 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
1278 * setup_harddisks: typos
1279
1280 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
1281
1282 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
1283
1284 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
1285 actimeo for nfs mounts
1286 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
1287 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
1288 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
1289 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
1290 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
1291 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
1292 * faimond, faimond.8 added
1293 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
1294 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
1295 script, show nc output only when debugging
1296 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
1297 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
1298 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
1299 (closes: #218541)
1300 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
1301 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
1302 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
1303 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
1304 comment
1305 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
1306 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
1307 debug code in ifclass
1308 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
1309 package name, usage() points to the man page
1310 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
1311 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
1312 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
1313 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
1314 to login messages
1315 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
1316 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
1317 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
1318 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
1319 call
1320
1321 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
1322
1323 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
1324
1325 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
1326 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
1327 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
1328 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
1329 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
1330 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
1331 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
1332 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
1333 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
1334 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
1335 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
1336 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
1337 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
1338 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
1339 grub executable from nfsroot
1340 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
1341 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
1342 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
1343 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
1344
1345 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
1346
1347 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
1348
1349 * add script fai-chboot
1350 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
1351 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
1352 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
1353 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
1354 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
1355 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
1356 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
1357 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
1358 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
1359 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
1360 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
1361 $MAXPACKAGES
1362 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
1363 command line
1364 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
1365 make symlink for syslogd
1366 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
1367 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
1368 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
1369 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
1370 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
1371 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
1372 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
1373 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
1374 reboot for SunOS
1375 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
1376 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
1377 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
1378 variable
1379 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
1380 sunos version of xargs
1381 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
1382 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
1383 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
1384 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
1385 fixed IP address
1386 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
1387 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
1388 is not defined
1389 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
1390 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
1391 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
1392 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
1393 password protection to grub menu
1394 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
1395 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
1396 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
1397 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
1398 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
1399 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
1400 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
1401 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
1402 for examples
1403 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
1404 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
1405
1406 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
1407
1408 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1409
1410 * set correct year in fai guide
1411 * dhcp3 support
1412 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
1413 sector
1414 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
1415 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
1416 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
1417 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
1418 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
1419 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
1420 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
1421 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
1422 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
1423 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
1424 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
1425 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
1426 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
1427 task_configure code
1428 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
1429
1430 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
1431
1432 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1433
1434 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
1435 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
1436 every script to status.log
1437 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
1438 definitions after use
1439 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
1440 * many changes in the package_config files
1441 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
1442 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1443 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1444 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1445 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1446 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1447 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1448 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1449 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1450 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1451 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1452 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1453 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1454 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1455 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1456 determine classes which depend on partitions
1457 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1458 if only a few lines has to be changed
1459 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1460 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1461 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1462 option when using grub
1463 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1464 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1465 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1466 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1467 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1468 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1469 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1470 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1471 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1472 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1473 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1474 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1475 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1476 rcS_fai
1477 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1478 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1479 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1480 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1481 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1482 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1483 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1484 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1485 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1486 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1487 copy sources.list
1488 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1489 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1490 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1491 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1492 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1493 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1494 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1495 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1496 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1497 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1498 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1499 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1500 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1501 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1502 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1503 $LOGDIR
1504 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1505 fai-divert
1506 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1507 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1508 fai-mount-disk
1509 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1510 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1511 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1512 nfsserver is set
1513 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1514 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1515 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1516 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1517 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1518 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1519 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1520 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1521 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1522 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1523 * remove debian/undocumented
1524 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1525 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1526 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1527 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1528 flexible values for partitions sizes
1529 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1530 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1531 script fai-savelog
1532 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1533 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1534 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1535 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1536 and debug flags
1537 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1538 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1539 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1540 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1541 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1542 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1543 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1544
1545 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1546
1547 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1548
1549 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1550
1551 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1552
1553 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1554
1555 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1556 * remove some potato specific code
1557 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1558 * add some packages to SERVER
1559 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1560 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1561 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1562 * potato specific code removed
1563 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1564 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1565 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1566 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1567
1568 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1569
1570 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1571
1572 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1573 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1574 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1575 * minor changes in package_config files
1576 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1577 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1578 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1579 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1580 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1581
1582 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1583
1584 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1585
1586 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1587 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1588 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1589 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1590 * add many comments to shell scripts
1591 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1592 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1593 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1594 * minor changes in package_config files
1595 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1596 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1597 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1598 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1599 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1600 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1601 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1602 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1603 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1604 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1605
1606 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1607
1608 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1609
1610 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1611 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1612 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1613 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1614 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1615 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1616 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1617 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1618 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1619 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1620 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1621 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1622 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1623 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1624 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1625 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1626 a file
1627 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1628 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1629 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1630 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1631 continue. Changes include:
1632 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1633 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1634 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1635 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1636 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1637 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1638 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1639 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1640 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1641 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1642 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1643 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1644 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1645 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1646 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1647 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1648 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1649 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1650 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1651 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1652 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1653 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1654 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1655 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1656 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1657 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1658 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1659 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1660 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1661 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1662 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1663 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1664 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1665 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1666 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1667 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1668 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1669 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1670 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1671 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1672 option -s
1673 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1674 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1675 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1676 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1677 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1678 make-fai-* scripts
1679 * FAI_FILES removed
1680 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1681 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1682 make-fai-nfroot
1683 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1684 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1685 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1686 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1687 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1688 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1689 * new standards version 3.5.6
1690
1691 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1692
1693 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1694
1695 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1696 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1697 available
1698 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1699 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1700 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1701 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1702 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1703 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1704 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1705 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1706 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1707 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1708 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1709 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1710 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1711 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1712 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1713 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1714 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1715 * added class NOGETTY
1716 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1717
1718 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1719
1720 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1721
1722 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1723 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1724
1725 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1726
1727 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1728
1729 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1730 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1731 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1732 * echo device before BOOTP request
1733 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1734
1735 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1736
1737 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1738
1739 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1740 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1741 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1742 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1743 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1744 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1745 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1746 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1747 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1748 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1749 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1750 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1751 via variable $netdevices
1752 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1753 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1754 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1755 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1756 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1757 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1758 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1759 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1760 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1761 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1762 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1763 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1764 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1765 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1766 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1767
1768 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1769
1770 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1771
1772 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1773 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1774 check if it's a primary partition
1775 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1776 defined (closes: #100914)
1777 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1778 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1779 not change the output
1780 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1781 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1782 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1783 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1784 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1785 classes in reversed order
1786 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1787 if two additional terminals will be available
1788 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1789 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1790 * added class DISKLESS
1791 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1792 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1793 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1794 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1795 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1796 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1797 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1798
1799 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1800
1801 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1802
1803 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1804 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1805
1806 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1807
1808 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1809
1810 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1811 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1812 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1813 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1814 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1815 (closes: #101899)
1816 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1817 (closes: #101820)
1818 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1819
1820 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1821
1822 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1823
1824 * first upload to Debian archive
1825 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1826 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1827 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1828 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1829 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1830 * new description of all classes
1831 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1832 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1833 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1834 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1835 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1836 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1837 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1838 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1839 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1840 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1841 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1842 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1843 supports multiple network interface cards
1844 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1845 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1846 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1847 boot sector
1848 * make many variables local
1849 * better debugging of shell scripts
1850 * remote login has all subroutines available
1851 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1852 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1853 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1854 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1855 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1856 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1857 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1858 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1859 only at the beginning of a line
1860 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1861 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1862 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1863 * modprobe displays less errors
1864 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1865 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1866 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1867 these are the correct release dates:
1868 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1869 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1870 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1871 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1872 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1873 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1874 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1875
1876 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1877
1878 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1879
1880 * add wget to suggests list
1881 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1882 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1883 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1884 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1885 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1886 keymap now called correctly
1887 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1888 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1889
1890 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1891
1892 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1893
1894 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1895 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1896 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1897 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1898 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1899 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1900 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1901 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1902 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1903 mostly segfaults dpkg
1904 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1905 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1906 point is not in root directory
1907 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1908
1909 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1910
1911 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1912
1913 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1914 * package depends on nfs-server
1915 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1916 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1917 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1918 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1919 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1920 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1921 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1922 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1923 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1924 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1925 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1926 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1927
1928 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1929
1930 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1931
1932 * loopback device is set up during installation
1933 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1934 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1935 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1936 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1937
1938 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1939
1940 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1941
1942 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1943 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1944 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1945 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1946 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1947 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1948 * add support for expect scripts
1949 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1950 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1951 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1952
1953 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1954
1955 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1956
1957 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1958
1959 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1960 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1961 flag verbose controls output level
1962 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1963 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1964
1965 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1966
1967 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1968
1969 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1970 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1971 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1972
1973 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1974
1975 * cvs repository available
1976
1977 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1978
1979 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1980
1981 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1982
1983 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1984
1985 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1986
1987 * Initial Release.
1988
1989 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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