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1 fai (3.2.9~4) 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 (closes: #494387)
25 * conf/sources.list: replace etch with lenny
26 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace etch with lenny
27 * updatebase: mount /dev/pts into /target
28 * fai-do-scripts: use -b in call of file command, this makes the pattern
29 matching more robust, make file adjust regex to new output of file
30 command (closes: #490111)
31
32 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:42:05 +0200
33
34 fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
35
36 * Merge setup-storage, the new partitioning tool
37 (closes: #380629, #330915, #277045, #356862, #416633, #484788)
38 * add variable $USE_SETUP_STORAGE
39 * setup-storage: move loading of kernel modules into 20hwdetect.source,
40 print which disk_config setup-storage is using
41 * Commands.pm: print also mountpoint when debugging tuneopts and
42 createopts, fix and document problem when only tuneopts are defined,
43 prevent warnings about uninitialized variables
44 * 20-hwdetect.source: load modules needed for setup-storage
45 * add class SETUPSTORAGE for easy testing
46
47 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200
48
49 fai (3.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
50
51 * update some messages to 2008
52 * fai-cd: check if list of Packages files is non-empty, change syntax of
53 ${...:=...}, use rsync for coping to USB stick if available
54 * fai-cd.8: add info for MAXPACKAGES
55 * fai-guide.sgml: fix order of tasks
56 * fai-setup: check if file exists
57 * make-fai-nfsroot: exclude files in var/lib/apt/lists from base.tgz
58 check if NFSROOT directory is mounted with bad options
59 * get-boot-info: parse live.log for detecting boot method
60 * disk-info: use group info for detecting disks, extend pattern for
61 detecting scsi disks
62 * subroutines: fix regex so softupdate will; now umount the config space
63 * add internal variable printk, for setting the console log level
64
65 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 31 May 2008 16:47:25 +0200
66
67 fai (3.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
68
69 * fai: remove local, fix regex (closes: #480685)
70 * fai-cd: fix syntax error (closes: #480830)
71
72 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:37 +0200
73
74 fai (3.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
75
76 * GRUB/10-setup: use absolute path
77 * fai: mount /proc if not already mounted (closes: #453017, #444156),
78 check if target directory for dirinstall is mounted with nosuid,nodev
79 * fai-mirror: set MAXPACKAGES=1 if undefined before
80 * make-fai-nfsroot: exit with error if software installation has errors
81 (closes: #442261)
82 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to specify a certain release or version
83 of a package
84 * fai-cd: add prefix $cfdir to -g parameter if no path was specified,
85 fix setting of cfdir (closes: #475250)
86 * fai-cd.8: extend info for -g
87 * subroutines: remove local from variable (closes: #449236)
88 * install_packages: fix in detecting Debian specific actions
89 * fai-chboot: add check if kernelsuffix is defined
90 * fai-abort: add LSB formatted dependency info (closes: #469716)
91 * XF86Config-4/DEMO: remove obsolete example (closes: #474327)
92 * disk-info: add regex for Adaptec i2o controller (closes: #466670)
93 * ainsl: substitue \s+ afterwards (closes: #470799)
94
95 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 2008 18:27:02 +0200
96
97 fai (3.2.4) unstable; urgency=high
98
99 * fai-cd.8: add missing -C option
100 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove code for creating BOOTP environment
101 * faimond-gui: show different icons depending on error code
102 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #453442)
103 * subroutines-linux: do not print hostname and kernel compile time
104 * fai: update date, remove mkdir
105 * savelog.LAST.source: remove duplicate messages which appear in fai.log
106 and software.log
107
108 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0100
109
110 fai (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
111
112 * fix wrong logic in updatebase (closes: #452516)
113
114 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0100
115
116 fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
117
118 * conf/NFSROOT: reomve duplicate package, use aptitude for installing,
119 add nfs-common (closes: #444079), remove live-initramfs from NFSROOT
120 * doc/fai-guide.sgml: add information for softupdate (closes: #439016)
121 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern, remove dot after filename
122 * make-fai-nfsroot: check if $TFTPROOT is defined, add badupdateto32(),
123 which prints more info about update without checking variable names,
124 remove whole /srv/fai/nfsroot, add check_nfsroot(), make stamp only on
125 success (closes: #370780), write output also into /var/log/fai,
126 return and print exit code from install_packages, create or copy
127 live.conf, try to umount /proc inside the nfsroot before removing an
128 old nfsroot, abort if this fails
129 * subroutines: add task_error(), which stores the maximum error code in
130 $task_error, do nothing if error=0, print traceback,
131 add stop_fai_installation(), write pid to stamp file, print PID in
132 case of error, add task_test stub, save function name that causes
133 fatal error, set $fai_rundate only if not yet defined
134 * subroutines-linux: add check if $monserver is defined, print kernel
135 version currently running, catch exit code from install_packages
136 * mount2dir: add support for UUID and LABEL
137 * fai: export $romountopt, get error codes from all commands in a pipe,
138 add $STOP_ON_ERROR, fix variable name (closes: #447080),
139 do not use /var/log/fai/current (closes: #445276), cleanup definition
140 of $LOGDIR, change permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276),
141 add symlinks for last and last-$action in the very beginning
142 * control: fai-nfsroot and fai-client conflicts to fai-kernels, add
143 recommends to debconf-utils (closes: #445109), improve package
144 description (closes: #419071), add Homepage field, add live-initramfs
145 to depends of fai-nfsroot
146 replace ssh with openssh-server and openssh-client (closes: #434356)
147 * fai-cd: copy grub config always to menu.lst
148 * get-config-dir-nfs: add -n to mount
149 * get-config-dir-svn: error if svn call fails (closes: #447602, #441761)
150 * update FSF address (closes: #444154)
151 * fai-chboot: pxedir should also use $TFTPROOT, (closes: #443837)
152 * menu.lst/postinst: check if variables are defined (closes: #445978)
153 * ftar: make it a bash script
154 * fai-setup: add option -C (closes: #388157), fix mode of
155 authorized_keys
156 * fai-setup.8: add option -C
157 * fai-mirror: mkdir mountpoint before mounting (closes: #365004)
158 * updatebase: use aptitude when doing dist-upgrade (closes: #448426),
159 use safe-upgrade when available
160 * fai-divert: make it a bash script
161 * 30-interfaces: resolv.conf is now in /, not in /tmp
162 * make-fai-bootfloppy: script currently does not work, always die with
163 error message
164 * FAIBASE.var: add STOP_ON_ERROR
165 * fai-savelog: do not save log to local directory, if this directory
166 already exists (should only happen during softupdate), change
167 permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276)
168 * get-config-dir-*: call task_error after trying to access config space
169 * sources.list: add koeln repository
170
171 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0100
172
173 fai (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
174
175 * mount swap partitions with identical priorities
176 * fai-mirror: also match lowercase class names (for hostsnames),
177 use $cfdir instead of fixed path /etc/fai
178 * subroutines-linux: add timeout to nc call
179 * subroutines: change message for faimond in task_faiend()
180 * control: readd libapt-pkg-perl to depends, nfs-server (user space)
181 does not support locking, so FAI cannot use it, remove wget, add arch
182 to mknbi
183 * get-config-dir-svn: add svn+ssh support
184 * QUESTIONNAIRE: add USB stick, split bootb and dhcp
185 * faimond, faimond.8: use Proc::Daemon, add options tTldP
186 * faimond: do not allow ; in message (security), do not print ip and
187 port number
188 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -U, do not divert update-initramfs (added
189 because of a Ubuntu bug), activate -U if Ubuntu is detected
190 determine the arch inside the nfsroot for defining a class, this help
191 building amd64 nfsroots on i386 and vice versa,
192 add support for running hooks, (closes: #342467)
193 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable NFSROOT_HOOKS
194 * make-fai-nfsroot.9: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
195 * fai-mirror.8, make-fai-nfsroot.8: enhance/add info of -C, add info
196 about variable FAI_ETC_DIR
197 * packages_config/DEFAULT: fix typos in linux-image-amd64
198 * fai-chboot,fai-chboot.8: add option -C and support for $FAI_ETC_DIR
199 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern
200 * packages_config/FAIBASE: add fai-client
201 * fai-do-scripts: exit with maximum error code of all child scripts that
202 had an error
203 * fai: change message when stamp file already exists (closes: #441437)
204 * fai-cd: remove arch specific path
205 * fai-cd.8: add info about USB stick (closes: #441988),
206 improve man page (closes: #441991)
207 * new get-config-dir-git: add method git for access (closes: #441992)
208 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: fix path
209 * faimond-gui: new tool that produces graphical output of faimond
210 * faimond-gui.8: new man page
211 * get-config-dir-svn: fix svn+ssh with username (Closes: #442021)
212 * fai-guide.sgml: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
213
214 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:34 +0200
215
216 fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
217
218 * subroutines-linux: fix extra slash in path (closes: #428860),
219 jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
220 during dirinstall call debootstrap if no base.tgz is found
221 * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
222 * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: #309678, #380085)
223 * fai-guide.sgml:
224 major update to reflect FAI 3.X changes (closes: #390508),
225 fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
226 change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
227 fix an url, add documentation for dirinstall (closes: #390508),
228 document usage of basefiles/ (closes: #391660),
229 document the order hooks are called (closes: #380337)
230 * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
231 (closes: #415875)
232 * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880),
233 fix wrong path for FAI_CLASSES
234 * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
235 * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
236 it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608)
237 * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
238 * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote
239 (closes: #290371), do not set $HOSTNAME, should be set all the time
240 (closes: #429553, #429733)
241 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
242 fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
243 remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot,
244 use mkdir -p, live-initramfs needs NFSROOT in .../live/filesystem.dir,
245 move creating of subdirs from make-fai-nfsroot to fai (from server to
246 client), do not create shell script in make-fai-nfsroot,
247 remove -V, use aptitude to remove the kernels from the nfsroot, -k now
248 reinstalls all packages from /etc/fai/NFSROOT (closes: #431613),
249 update-initramfs symlinks to /bin/true during diversion
250 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf:
251 remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE (closes: #416531, #435098)
252 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove -V, new description for -K and -k
253 * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184),
254 check error code of preinst and postinst scripts (closes: #432681),
255 add quotes to variable (closes: #430127), skip comment lines in
256 file-modes
257 * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247),
258 add initrd support, add option -s (closes: #356380), remove nfs
259 options from append line
260 * fai-chboot.8: ROOTFS parameter is not needed any more, add option -s
261 * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
262 (closes: #416381)
263 * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
264 debian kernel package, add ext2resize, hwinfo and change arch specific
265 packages,
266 move packages cfengine2 and libapt-pkg-perl from control to NFSROOT
267 * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
268 Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093), add aptitude for
269 fai-server as Suggests, remove fai-kernels, add field XS-Vcs-Browser,
270 syslinux is only available on two architectures, do not depend on
271 cfengine (v1), since it does not exists any more
272 * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
273 use unionfs, remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now, use mkdir
274 -p, export $action for 20hwdetect.source, call save_dmesg only during
275 initial installation, during dirinstall set
276 LOGDIR=/var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME (closes: #429553)
277 define FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for dirinstall
278 create syslog.conf before starting the syslog daemon
279 when doing dirinstall -c or -N must be specified (closes: #429554)
280 the local hard disks are now mounted to /target instead of /tmp/target
281 * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
282 Debian kernel
283 * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd,
284 remove root (cd), fix setting of hostname, instead of using ip=, we
285 now use hostname=
286 * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
287 filesystem
288 * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
289 booting (closes: #401041),
290 add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
291 add option -k, this is for debugging
292 add option -n, do not create ISO image
293 add option -u, copy fai-cd data to a directory (USB support)
294 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
295 * disk-info: do not include removable devices into list of disks
296 * fai-class: remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now
297 do not set HOSTNAME from uname (closes: #431283)
298 * multiple files: add some patches fixing english text
299 (closes: #428857, #428858)
300 * 20-removable_media: fix path for floppy mount point (closes: #428859)
301 * fai.8: add option -u, --hostname (closes: #361559)
302 * add variable TFTPROOT (closes: #408271, #431431)
303 * fai-mirror:
304 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
305 do not ask questions, add unauthenticated packages to the mirror
306 * 20hwdetect.source: do not execute 20hwdetect.source during dirinstall
307 * debconf/FAIBASE: autodetect most xorg parameters, (but not resolution)
308 * install_packages: add option -N, change option -t to -n,
309 add patch that AptPkg module is only used when
310 available and target system is Debian (closes: #422225), move code to
311 check_aptpkg(), add smart package manager support (closes: #430798)
312 do execute Debian specific commands only when needed (closes: #392038),
313 grab error codes when executing commands,
314 exit with 3 when errors occured, add option -H (closes: #391659),
315 put suffix -internal to all internal commands,
316 remove -n from tasksel calls
317 print path once, then only config file names, not always full path
318 * install_packages.8: add option -N and -H, change option -t to -n,
319 add option -p (closes: #424848)
320 * create_ramdisk: replaced by unionfs
321 * fai-do-scripts: remove -k from cfagent call (closes: #425699),
322 add new strings for shell scripts (closes: #416616)
323 * fai-server.post*: do not manage $TFTPROOT (closes: #430000)
324 * package_config: move linux-image package from FAIBASE to DEFAULT, add
325 kernel name for architecture
326 * ainsl: escape + in pattern
327 * make S01fai-abort an init.d script
328
329 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:11:28 +0200
330
331 fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium
332
333 * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
334 * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
335 * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
336 this command (closes: 413466)
337 * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
338 * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2
339
340 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100
341
342 fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
343
344 * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
345 * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
346 shell scripts (closes: #410084)
347 * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
348 * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
349
350 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100
351
352 fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high
353
354 * fix important and grave bugs
355 * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
356 root (closes: #407947)
357 * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
358
359 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
360
361 fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
362
363 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
364 * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
365 tmp files (closes: #406336)
366 * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
367 * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
368 * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
369 * README: update year from 2006 to 2007
370
371 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100
372
373 fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
374
375 * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
376 * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
377 the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
378 * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
379 * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
380 (closes: #404187)
381
382 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100
383
384 fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
385
386 * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
387 readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
388 * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
389 * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
390 * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
391 change
392
393 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100
394
395 fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
396
397 * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
398 * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
399 * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
400 * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
401 removed
402 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
403 devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
404 device (closes: #400522)
405 * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
406 * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
407 * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
408 * fix typo in changelog
409 * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
410
411 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
412
413 fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
414
415 * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
416 * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
417 $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
418 so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
419 * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
420 * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
421 argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
422 * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
423 * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
424 * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
425 * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
426 dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
427 * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
428 cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
429 dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
430 FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
431 * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
432 * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
433 error message
434 * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
435 anchors to the beginning
436 * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
437 * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
438 * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
439 * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
440 * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
441 * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
442 more in etch
443
444 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
445
446 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
447
448 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
449 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
450 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
451 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
452 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
453 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
454 usage() subroutine
455 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
456 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
457 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
458 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
459 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
460 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
461 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
462 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
463 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
464 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
465 kernels)
466 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
467 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
468 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
469 (closes: #392032)
470 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
471 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
472 it, add carriage return
473 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
474 * 20hwdetect.source: xorg can discover the grpahics driver itself, do
475 not call discover
476
477 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
478
479 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
480
481 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
482 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
483 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
484 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
485 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
486 * faireboot: stop udevd
487 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
488 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
489 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
490 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
491 environment
492 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
493 directories under /media
494 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
495 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
496 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
497 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
498 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
499 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
500 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
501
502 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
503
504 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
505
506 * make pathes conform to FHS:
507 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
508 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
509 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
510 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
511 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
512 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
513 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
514 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
515 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
516 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
517 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
518 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
519 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
520 exist (closes: #373596)
521 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
522 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
523 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
524 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
525 path for resolv.conf
526 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
527 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
528 debhelper
529 * complies with policy 3.7.2
530 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
531 warning)
532 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
533 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
534 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
535 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
536 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
537 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
538 removed (closes: #332837)
539 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
540 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
541 at the end of the installation
542 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
543 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
544 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
545 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
546 dirinst
547 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
548 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
549 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
550 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
551 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
552 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
553 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
554 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
555 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
556 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
557 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
558 vfstab)
559 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
560 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
561 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
562 tftpd-hpa
563 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
564 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
565 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
566 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
567 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
568 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
569 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
570 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
571 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
572 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
573 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
574 * install_packages: add option -p
575 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
576 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
577 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
578 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
579 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
580 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
581 fai-cd
582 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
583 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
584 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
585 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
586 variables is used
587 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
588 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
589
590 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
591
592 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
593
594 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
595 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
596 * add package lftp to nfsroot
597 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
598 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
599 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
600
601 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
602
603 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
604
605 * Non-maintainer upload.
606 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
607 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
608 Closes: #373955)
609
610 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
611
612
613 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
614
615 * Non-maintainer upload.
616 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
617 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
618 system. (Closes: #373955)
619
620 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
621
622 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
623
624 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
625 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
626 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
627 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
628 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
629 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
630 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
631 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
632 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
633 appending to file (closes: #331258)
634 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
635 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
636
637 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
638
639 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
640
641 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
642 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
643 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
644 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
645 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
646 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
647 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
648 segfault bug
649 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
650 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
651 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
652 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
653 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
654 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
655 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
656 menu, not fai-cd version
657 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
658 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
659 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
660 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
661 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
662 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
663 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
664 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
665 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
666 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
667 be used
668 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
669 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
670 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
671 and the host name lookup fails
672 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
673 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
674 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
675
676 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
677
678 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
679
680 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
681 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
682 bootable (closes: #344536)
683 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
684 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
685 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
686 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
687 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
688 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
689 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
690 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
691 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
692 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
693 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
694 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
695 error (closes: #360183)
696 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
697 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
698 available (closes: #314613)
699 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
700 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
701 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
702 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
703 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
704 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
705 copying them
706 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
707 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
708 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
709 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
710 (closes: #341577)
711 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
712 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
713
714 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
715
716 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
717
718 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
719 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
720 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
721 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
722 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
723 description (closes: #322026)
724 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
725 * add class FAISERVER
726 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
727 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
728 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
729 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
730 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
731 exist
732 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
733 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
734 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
735
736 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
737
738 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
739
740 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
741 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
742 * adjust some paths
743 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
744 * increase compat level to 4
745 * delete sunos code from source
746 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
747 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
748 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
749 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
750 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
751 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
752 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
753 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
754 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
755 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
756 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
757 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
758 add more warnings
759 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
760 (closes: #312128)
761 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
762 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
763 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
764 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
765 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
766 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
767 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
768 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
769 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
770 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
771 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
772 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
773 return with error code (closes: #342120)
774 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
775 file name when action is softupdate
776 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
777 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
778 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
779 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
780 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
781 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
782 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
783 (closes: #305783)
784 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
785 udev behaviour
786 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
787 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
788 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
789 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
790 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
791 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
792 running udev
793 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
794 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
795 * add support for unsigned repositories
796 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
797 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
798
799 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
800
801 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
802
803 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
804 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
805 examples (closes: #310705)
806
807 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
808
809 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
810
811 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
812 support may be included again after sarge
813 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
814 * control: remove dependency on debconf
815 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
816 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
817 * remove debian/config, debian/template
818 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
819 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
820 set it any more
821 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
822 instead of debconf's default values
823 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
824 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
825 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
826 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
827
828 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
829
830 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
831
832 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
833 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
834 security bug (closes: #307838)
835 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
836 (closes: #307632)
837 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
838 important bug (closes: #307631)
839
840 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
841
842 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
843
844 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
845 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
846 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
847 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
848 verbose from fai-mirror
849 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
850 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
851 when $addpackages is empty
852 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
853 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
854 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
855 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
856 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
857 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
858 needed gcc, change comment
859 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
860 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
861 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
862 (closes: #305861)
863 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
864 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
865 * control: add grub to suggests
866 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
867 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
868 hang the system
869 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
870 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
871 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
872 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
873 not support -i
874 * fai-setup: change informational message
875 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
876 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
877 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
878
879 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
880
881 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
882
883 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
884 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
885 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
886 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
887 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
888 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
889 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
890 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
891 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
892 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
893 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
894 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
895 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
896 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
897 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
898 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
899 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
900 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
901 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
902 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
903 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
904 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
905 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
906 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
907 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
908 output also to console
909 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
910 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
911 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
912 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
913 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
914 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
915 also supported for backwards compatibility
916 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
917 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
918 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
919 * fai-chboot: change message
920 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
921 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
922 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
923 unset
924 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
925 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
926 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
927 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
928 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
929 * postinst: use debconf
930 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
931 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
932
933 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
934
935 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
936
937 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
938 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
939 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
940 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
941 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
942 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
943 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
944 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
945 name with 2.6.8
946 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
947 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
948 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
949 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
950 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
951 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
952 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
953 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
954 * install_packages.8: add option -d
955 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
956 * add fai-cd.8 man page
957 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
958 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
959 debhelper greater version 3
960 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
961 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
962 to it
963
964 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
965
966 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
967
968 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
969 * new script fai-debconf
970 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
971 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
972 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
973 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
974 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
975 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
976 * replace backticks with $()
977 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
978 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
979 install_packages config
980
981 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
982
983 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
984
985 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
986 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
987 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
988 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
989 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
990 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
991 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
992 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
993 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
994 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
995 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
996 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
997 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
998 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
999 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
1000 allow space before primary and logical keyword
1001 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
1002 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
1003 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
1004 FAICLIENTS
1005 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
1006 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
1007 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
1008 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
1009 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
1010 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
1011 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
1012 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
1013 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
1014 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
1015 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
1016 install_packages.conf
1017 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
1018 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
1019 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
1020 cleanup
1021 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
1022 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
1023 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
1024 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
1025 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
1026 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
1027 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
1028 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
1029 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
1030 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
1031 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
1032 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
1033 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
1034
1035 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
1036
1037 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
1038
1039 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
1040 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
1041 it exists
1042 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
1043 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
1044 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
1045 * fcopy.8: add option -I
1046
1047 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
1048
1049 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
1050
1051 * add missing Beowulf examples
1052 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
1053 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
1054 scripts use them
1055 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
1056 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
1057 package for alpha architecture
1058 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
1059 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
1060 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
1061 messages, add aptitude support
1062 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
1063 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
1064 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
1065 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
1066 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
1067 mode (closes: #264727)
1068
1069 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
1070
1071 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
1072
1073 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
1074 * update to kernel 2.4.27
1075 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
1076 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
1077 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
1078 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
1079 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
1080 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
1081 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
1082 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
1083 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
1084 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
1085 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
1086 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
1087 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
1088 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
1089 may hang some production systems for a while
1090 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
1091 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
1092
1093 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
1094
1095 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
1096
1097 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
1098 tasksel behaviour
1099 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
1100 are in the nfsroot
1101 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
1102
1103 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
1104
1105 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
1106
1107 * catnc() greps through more than one file
1108 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
1109 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
1110 as ignorepatterns
1111 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
1112 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
1113 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
1114 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
1115 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
1116 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
1117 normal finishing script
1118 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
1119 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
1120 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
1121 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
1122 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
1123 subroutines, send message to faimond
1124 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
1125 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
1126 of packages from 4711 to 99
1127 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
1128 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
1129 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
1130 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
1131 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
1132 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
1133 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
1134 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
1135 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
1136 * remove doc/README.package_problems
1137 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
1138 typos
1139
1140 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
1141
1142 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
1143
1144 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
1145 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
1146 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
1147 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
1148 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
1149 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
1150 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
1151 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
1152 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
1153 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
1154 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
1155 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
1156 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
1157 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
1158 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
1159 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
1160 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1161 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
1162 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
1163 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
1164 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
1165 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
1166 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
1167 logo and let scroll region unchanged
1168 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
1169 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
1170 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
1171 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
1172 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
1173 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
1174 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
1175 table with parted
1176 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
1177 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
1178 add -xdev to find
1179 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
1180 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
1181 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
1182 hook
1183 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
1184 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
1185 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
1186 * faimond: always flush output
1187 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
1188 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
1189 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
1190 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
1191 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
1192 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
1193 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
1194 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
1195 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
1196 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
1197 remove beowulf example
1198 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
1199 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
1200 replace backtics with $()
1201 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
1202 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
1203 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
1204 bigger, /usr smaller
1205 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
1206 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
1207 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
1208 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
1209 * new FAQ
1210 * THANKS: juergen added
1211
1212 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
1213
1214 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
1215
1216 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
1217 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
1218 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
1219 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
1220 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
1221 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
1222 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
1223 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
1224 cdrom image
1225 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
1226 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
1227 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
1228 * THANKS: added holger
1229
1230 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
1231
1232 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
1233
1234 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
1235 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
1236 more verbose
1237 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
1238 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
1239 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
1240 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
1241 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
1242 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1243 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
1244 important files if option -v is set
1245 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
1246 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
1247 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
1248 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
1249 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
1250 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
1251 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
1252 remove detect call
1253 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
1254 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
1255 does not complain
1256 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
1257 option -r
1258 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
1259 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
1260 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
1261 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
1262 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
1263 put important variables to the top
1264 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
1265 access method to the Debian mirror
1266 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
1267 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
1268 without DNS
1269 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
1270 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
1271 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
1272 when one parameter is missing
1273 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
1274 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
1275 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
1276 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
1277 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
1278 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
1279 nfs mount options to root-path
1280 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
1281 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
1282 * setup_harddisks: typos
1283
1284 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
1285
1286 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
1287
1288 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
1289 actimeo for nfs mounts
1290 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
1291 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
1292 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
1293 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
1294 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
1295 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
1296 * faimond, faimond.8 added
1297 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
1298 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
1299 script, show nc output only when debugging
1300 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
1301 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
1302 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
1303 (closes: #218541)
1304 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
1305 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
1306 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
1307 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
1308 comment
1309 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
1310 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
1311 debug code in ifclass
1312 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
1313 package name, usage() points to the man page
1314 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
1315 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
1316 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
1317 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
1318 to login messages
1319 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
1320 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
1321 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
1322 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
1323 call
1324
1325 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
1326
1327 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
1328
1329 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
1330 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
1331 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
1332 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
1333 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
1334 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
1335 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
1336 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
1337 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
1338 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
1339 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
1340 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
1341 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
1342 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
1343 grub executable from nfsroot
1344 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
1345 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
1346 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
1347 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
1348
1349 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
1350
1351 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
1352
1353 * add script fai-chboot
1354 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
1355 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
1356 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
1357 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
1358 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
1359 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
1360 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
1361 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
1362 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
1363 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
1364 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
1365 $MAXPACKAGES
1366 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
1367 command line
1368 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
1369 make symlink for syslogd
1370 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
1371 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
1372 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
1373 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
1374 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
1375 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
1376 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
1377 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
1378 reboot for SunOS
1379 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
1380 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
1381 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
1382 variable
1383 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
1384 sunos version of xargs
1385 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
1386 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
1387 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
1388 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
1389 fixed IP address
1390 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
1391 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
1392 is not defined
1393 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
1394 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
1395 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
1396 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
1397 password protection to grub menu
1398 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
1399 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
1400 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
1401 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
1402 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
1403 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
1404 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
1405 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
1406 for examples
1407 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
1408 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
1409
1410 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
1411
1412 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1413
1414 * set correct year in fai guide
1415 * dhcp3 support
1416 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
1417 sector
1418 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
1419 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
1420 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
1421 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
1422 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
1423 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
1424 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
1425 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
1426 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
1427 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
1428 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
1429 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
1430 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
1431 task_configure code
1432 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
1433
1434 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
1435
1436 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1437
1438 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
1439 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
1440 every script to status.log
1441 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
1442 definitions after use
1443 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
1444 * many changes in the package_config files
1445 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
1446 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1447 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1448 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1449 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1450 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1451 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1452 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1453 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1454 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1455 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1456 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1457 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1458 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1459 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1460 determine classes which depend on partitions
1461 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1462 if only a few lines has to be changed
1463 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1464 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1465 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1466 option when using grub
1467 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1468 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1469 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1470 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1471 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1472 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1473 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1474 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1475 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1476 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1477 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1478 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1479 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1480 rcS_fai
1481 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1482 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1483 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1484 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1485 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1486 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1487 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1488 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1489 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1490 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1491 copy sources.list
1492 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1493 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1494 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1495 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1496 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1497 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1498 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1499 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1500 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1501 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1502 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1503 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1504 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1505 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1506 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1507 $LOGDIR
1508 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1509 fai-divert
1510 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1511 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1512 fai-mount-disk
1513 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1514 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1515 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1516 nfsserver is set
1517 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1518 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1519 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1520 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1521 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1522 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1523 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1524 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1525 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1526 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1527 * remove debian/undocumented
1528 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1529 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1530 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1531 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1532 flexible values for partitions sizes
1533 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1534 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1535 script fai-savelog
1536 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1537 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1538 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1539 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1540 and debug flags
1541 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1542 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1543 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1544 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1545 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1546 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1547 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1548
1549 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1550
1551 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1552
1553 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1554
1555 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1556
1557 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1558
1559 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1560 * remove some potato specific code
1561 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1562 * add some packages to SERVER
1563 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1564 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1565 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1566 * potato specific code removed
1567 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1568 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1569 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1570 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1571
1572 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1573
1574 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1575
1576 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1577 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1578 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1579 * minor changes in package_config files
1580 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1581 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1582 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1583 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1584 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1585
1586 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1587
1588 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1589
1590 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1591 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1592 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1593 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1594 * add many comments to shell scripts
1595 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1596 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1597 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1598 * minor changes in package_config files
1599 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1600 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1601 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1602 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1603 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1604 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1605 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1606 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1607 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1608 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1609
1610 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1611
1612 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1613
1614 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1615 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1616 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1617 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1618 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1619 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1620 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1621 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1622 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1623 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1624 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1625 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1626 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1627 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1628 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1629 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1630 a file
1631 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1632 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1633 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1634 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1635 continue. Changes include:
1636 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1637 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1638 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1639 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1640 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1641 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1642 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1643 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1644 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1645 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1646 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1647 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1648 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1649 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1650 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1651 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1652 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1653 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1654 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1655 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1656 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1657 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1658 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1659 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1660 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1661 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1662 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1663 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1664 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1665 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1666 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1667 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1668 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1669 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1670 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1671 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1672 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1673 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1674 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1675 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1676 option -s
1677 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1678 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1679 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1680 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1681 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1682 make-fai-* scripts
1683 * FAI_FILES removed
1684 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1685 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1686 make-fai-nfroot
1687 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1688 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1689 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1690 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1691 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1692 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1693 * new standards version 3.5.6
1694
1695 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1696
1697 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1698
1699 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1700 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1701 available
1702 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1703 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1704 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1705 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1706 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1707 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1708 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1709 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1710 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1711 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1712 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1713 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1714 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1715 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1716 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1717 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1718 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1719 * added class NOGETTY
1720 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1721
1722 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1723
1724 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1725
1726 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1727 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1728
1729 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1730
1731 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1732
1733 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1734 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1735 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1736 * echo device before BOOTP request
1737 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1738
1739 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1740
1741 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1742
1743 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1744 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1745 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1746 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1747 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1748 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1749 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1750 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1751 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1752 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1753 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1754 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1755 via variable $netdevices
1756 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1757 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1758 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1759 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1760 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1761 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1762 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1763 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1764 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1765 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1766 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1767 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1768 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1769 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1770 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1771
1772 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1773
1774 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1775
1776 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1777 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1778 check if it's a primary partition
1779 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1780 defined (closes: #100914)
1781 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1782 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1783 not change the output
1784 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1785 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1786 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1787 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1788 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1789 classes in reversed order
1790 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1791 if two additional terminals will be available
1792 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1793 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1794 * added class DISKLESS
1795 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1796 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1797 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1798 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1799 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1800 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1801 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1802
1803 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1804
1805 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1806
1807 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1808 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1809
1810 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1811
1812 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1813
1814 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1815 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1816 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1817 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1818 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1819 (closes: #101899)
1820 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1821 (closes: #101820)
1822 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1823
1824 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1825
1826 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1827
1828 * first upload to Debian archive
1829 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1830 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1831 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1832 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1833 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1834 * new description of all classes
1835 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1836 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1837 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1838 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1839 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1840 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1841 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1842 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1843 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1844 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1845 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1846 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1847 supports multiple network interface cards
1848 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1849 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1850 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1851 boot sector
1852 * make many variables local
1853 * better debugging of shell scripts
1854 * remote login has all subroutines available
1855 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1856 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1857 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1858 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1859 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1860 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1861 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1862 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1863 only at the beginning of a line
1864 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1865 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1866 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1867 * modprobe displays less errors
1868 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1869 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1870 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1871 these are the correct release dates:
1872 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1873 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1874 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1875 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1876 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1877 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1878 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1879
1880 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1881
1882 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1883
1884 * add wget to suggests list
1885 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1886 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1887 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1888 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1889 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1890 keymap now called correctly
1891 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1892 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1893
1894 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1895
1896 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1897
1898 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1899 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1900 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1901 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1902 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1903 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1904 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1905 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1906 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1907 mostly segfaults dpkg
1908 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1909 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1910 point is not in root directory
1911 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1912
1913 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1914
1915 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1916
1917 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1918 * package depends on nfs-server
1919 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1920 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1921 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1922 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1923 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1924 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1925 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1926 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1927 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1928 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1929 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1930 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1931
1932 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1933
1934 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1935
1936 * loopback device is set up during installation
1937 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1938 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1939 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1940 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1941
1942 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1943
1944 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1945
1946 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1947 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1948 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1949 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1950 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1951 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1952 * add support for expect scripts
1953 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1954 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1955 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1956
1957 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1958
1959 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1960
1961 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1962
1963 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1964 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1965 flag verbose controls output level
1966 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1967 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1968
1969 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1970
1971 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1972
1973 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1974 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1975 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1976
1977 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1978
1979 * cvs repository available
1980
1981 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1982
1983 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1984
1985 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1986
1987 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1988
1989 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1990
1991 * Initial Release.
1992
1993 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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