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1 fai (3.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * control: add build-depends-indep (closes: #497683),
4 add cfengine2 as recommends to fai-client (closers: #442843),
5 remove mknbi, which is not used
6 * Init.pm: add bugfix that was only in svn but not in the package
7 included in 3.2.9 (closes: #494784)
8 * Volume.pm: ignore output line of parted containing "Model:"
9 (closes: #497066)
10 * package_config/*: remove non-existing packages, change some package
11 names
12 * control: update the description (closes: #496113)
13 * Makefile,VERSION: remove variable KERNELVERSION, because it's not used
14 any more since 3.2, (closes: #494699)
15 * fai-guide.sgml: minor documentation fix (closes: #473106),
16 do not propose make-fai-nfsroot -r (closes: #481111)
17 * ftar.8: minor fix (closes: #481528), update example
18 * fcopy.8: minor fix (closes: #419787)
19 * fai-statoverride.8: add man page for fai-statoverride.8 (closes: #358967)
20 * fai-guide.sgml: major review, remove boot floppy info, remove BOOTP info
21 * remove old unused tlink util and info about it
22
23 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:22:13 +0200
24
25 fai (3.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
26
27 * apply patch that fixes the RC-bug license issue (closes: #487866)
28 * debian/copyright: add people and reformat text
29 * ftar: exit with warning if unsupported suffix .tgz is found
30 * ainsl: add options -Q and -q (closes: #484722)
31 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #488404)
32 * setup-storage.8: add migration section, add info for createopts, move
33 comments in example to bottom, fixed and improved documentation for
34 preserve_{always,reinstall} syntax
35 * Sizes.pm: never scale logical volume sizes beyond the specified
36 maximum (closes: #494519)
37 * Init.pm: fix bug in return values of phys_dev() (closes: #494784)
38 * conf/NFSROOT, control: drop use of liblinux-lvm-perl
39 (closes: #494357), replace unionfs with aufs (closes: #487080),
40 ext2resize is now obsolete, replace it with e2fsprogs,
41 replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo,
42 add packages for powerpc arch (closes: #494440)
43 * control: use official control-fields Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Svn instead
44 of old XS-* friends (closes: #451013),
45 remove Homepage from Description field, use Homepage field instead
46 * Volumes.pm: reverted the code to handle existing LVMs to an earlier
47 version that does not use Linux::LVM, because this is severly broken
48 (closes: #494357)
49 * setup-storage: increase version number to 1.0.1 because of LVM change
50 * Commands.pm: bugfix in RAID volume handling in case of devices marked
51 missing: mdadm command requires device names to be replaced by
52 "missing" (closes: #494520)
53 * package_config/FAIBASE: replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo
54 * subroutines-linux: replace klogd and syslogd with rsyslog
55 (closes: #494387)
56 * conf/sources.list: replace etch with lenny, make koeln repository
57 optional (closes: #474326)
58 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace etch with lenny, mount /dev/pts to
59 avoid warnings "Can not write log, openpty() failed",
60 * make-fai-nfsroot: umount /proc and /dev/pts inside nfsroot on exit
61 (closes: #494518, #494523),
62 move trap definitions outside of { } block (closes: #494518, #494523),
63 use arch independent name for linux kernel (closes: #494440)
64 * updatebase: mount /dev/pts into /target to avoid openpty() warning
65 * fai-do-scripts: use -b in call of file command, this makes the pattern
66 matching more robust, make file adjust regex to new output of file
67 command (closes: #490111)
68 * savelog.LAST.source: add error pattern
69 * fai-cd: add option "--iso-level 4" to mkisofs call (closes: #494443)
70 * rules: do not copy file for linda
71 * fai-quickstart.dirs: linda directory not needed any more
72 * fai-quickstart.lintian: fix pattern
73
74 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:49:51 +0200
75
76 fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
77
78 * Merge setup-storage, the new partitioning tool
79 (closes: #380629, #330915, #277045, #356862, #416633, #484788)
80 * add variable $USE_SETUP_STORAGE
81 * setup-storage: move loading of kernel modules into 20hwdetect.source,
82 print which disk_config setup-storage is using
83 * Commands.pm: print also mountpoint when debugging tuneopts and
84 createopts, fix and document problem when only tuneopts are defined,
85 prevent warnings about uninitialized variables
86 * 20-hwdetect.source: load modules needed for setup-storage
87 * add class SETUPSTORAGE for easy testing
88
89 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200
90
91 fai (3.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
92
93 * update some messages to 2008
94 * fai-cd: check if list of Packages files is non-empty, change syntax of
95 ${...:=...}, use rsync for coping to USB stick if available
96 * fai-cd.8: add info for MAXPACKAGES
97 * fai-guide.sgml: fix order of tasks
98 * fai-setup: check if file exists
99 * make-fai-nfsroot: exclude files in var/lib/apt/lists from base.tgz
100 check if NFSROOT directory is mounted with bad options
101 * get-boot-info: parse live.log for detecting boot method
102 * disk-info: use group info for detecting disks, extend pattern for
103 detecting scsi disks
104 * subroutines: fix regex so softupdate will; now umount the config space
105 * add internal variable printk, for setting the console log level
106
107 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 31 May 2008 16:47:25 +0200
108
109 fai (3.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
110
111 * fai: remove local, fix regex (closes: #480685)
112 * fai-cd: fix syntax error (closes: #480830)
113
114 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:37 +0200
115
116 fai (3.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
117
118 * GRUB/10-setup: use absolute path
119 * fai: mount /proc if not already mounted (closes: #453017, #444156),
120 check if target directory for dirinstall is mounted with nosuid,nodev
121 * fai-mirror: set MAXPACKAGES=1 if undefined before
122 * make-fai-nfsroot: exit with error if software installation has errors
123 (closes: #442261)
124 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to specify a certain release or version
125 of a package
126 * fai-cd: add prefix $cfdir to -g parameter if no path was specified,
127 fix setting of cfdir (closes: #475250)
128 * fai-cd.8: extend info for -g
129 * subroutines: remove local from variable (closes: #449236)
130 * install_packages: fix in detecting Debian specific actions
131 * fai-chboot: add check if kernelsuffix is defined
132 * fai-abort: add LSB formatted dependency info (closes: #469716)
133 * XF86Config-4/DEMO: remove obsolete example (closes: #474327)
134 * disk-info: add regex for Adaptec i2o controller (closes: #466670)
135 * ainsl: substitue \s+ afterwards (closes: #470799)
136
137 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 2008 18:27:02 +0200
138
139 fai (3.2.4) unstable; urgency=high
140
141 * fai-cd.8: add missing -C option
142 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove code for creating BOOTP environment
143 * faimond-gui: show different icons depending on error code
144 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #453442)
145 * subroutines-linux: do not print hostname and kernel compile time
146 * fai: update date, remove mkdir
147 * savelog.LAST.source: remove duplicate messages which appear in fai.log
148 and software.log
149
150 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0100
151
152 fai (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
153
154 * fix wrong logic in updatebase (closes: #452516)
155
156 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0100
157
158 fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
159
160 * conf/NFSROOT: reomve duplicate package, use aptitude for installing,
161 add nfs-common (closes: #444079), remove live-initramfs from NFSROOT
162 * doc/fai-guide.sgml: add information for softupdate (closes: #439016)
163 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern, remove dot after filename
164 * make-fai-nfsroot: check if $TFTPROOT is defined, add badupdateto32(),
165 which prints more info about update without checking variable names,
166 remove whole /srv/fai/nfsroot, add check_nfsroot(), make stamp only on
167 success (closes: #370780), write output also into /var/log/fai,
168 return and print exit code from install_packages, create or copy
169 live.conf, try to umount /proc inside the nfsroot before removing an
170 old nfsroot, abort if this fails
171 * subroutines: add task_error(), which stores the maximum error code in
172 $task_error, do nothing if error=0, print traceback,
173 add stop_fai_installation(), write pid to stamp file, print PID in
174 case of error, add task_test stub, save function name that causes
175 fatal error, set $fai_rundate only if not yet defined
176 * subroutines-linux: add check if $monserver is defined, print kernel
177 version currently running, catch exit code from install_packages
178 * mount2dir: add support for UUID and LABEL
179 * fai: export $romountopt, get error codes from all commands in a pipe,
180 add $STOP_ON_ERROR, fix variable name (closes: #447080),
181 do not use /var/log/fai/current (closes: #445276), cleanup definition
182 of $LOGDIR, change permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276),
183 add symlinks for last and last-$action in the very beginning
184 * control: fai-nfsroot and fai-client conflicts to fai-kernels, add
185 recommends to debconf-utils (closes: #445109), improve package
186 description (closes: #419071), add Homepage field, add live-initramfs
187 to depends of fai-nfsroot
188 replace ssh with openssh-server and openssh-client (closes: #434356)
189 * fai-cd: copy grub config always to menu.lst
190 * get-config-dir-nfs: add -n to mount
191 * get-config-dir-svn: error if svn call fails (closes: #447602, #441761)
192 * update FSF address (closes: #444154)
193 * fai-chboot: pxedir should also use $TFTPROOT, (closes: #443837)
194 * menu.lst/postinst: check if variables are defined (closes: #445978)
195 * ftar: make it a bash script
196 * fai-setup: add option -C (closes: #388157), fix mode of
197 authorized_keys
198 * fai-setup.8: add option -C
199 * fai-mirror: mkdir mountpoint before mounting (closes: #365004)
200 * updatebase: use aptitude when doing dist-upgrade (closes: #448426),
201 use safe-upgrade when available
202 * fai-divert: make it a bash script
203 * 30-interfaces: resolv.conf is now in /, not in /tmp
204 * make-fai-bootfloppy: script currently does not work, always die with
205 error message
206 * FAIBASE.var: add STOP_ON_ERROR
207 * fai-savelog: do not save log to local directory, if this directory
208 already exists (should only happen during softupdate), change
209 permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276)
210 * get-config-dir-*: call task_error after trying to access config space
211 * sources.list: add koeln repository
212
213 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0100
214
215 fai (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
216
217 * mount swap partitions with identical priorities
218 * fai-mirror: also match lowercase class names (for hostsnames),
219 use $cfdir instead of fixed path /etc/fai
220 * subroutines-linux: add timeout to nc call
221 * subroutines: change message for faimond in task_faiend()
222 * control: readd libapt-pkg-perl to depends, nfs-server (user space)
223 does not support locking, so FAI cannot use it, remove wget, add arch
224 to mknbi
225 * get-config-dir-svn: add svn+ssh support
226 * QUESTIONNAIRE: add USB stick, split bootb and dhcp
227 * faimond, faimond.8: use Proc::Daemon, add options tTldP
228 * faimond: do not allow ; in message (security), do not print ip and
229 port number
230 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -U, do not divert update-initramfs (added
231 because of a Ubuntu bug), activate -U if Ubuntu is detected
232 determine the arch inside the nfsroot for defining a class, this help
233 building amd64 nfsroots on i386 and vice versa,
234 add support for running hooks, (closes: #342467)
235 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable NFSROOT_HOOKS
236 * make-fai-nfsroot.9: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
237 * fai-mirror.8, make-fai-nfsroot.8: enhance/add info of -C, add info
238 about variable FAI_ETC_DIR
239 * packages_config/DEFAULT: fix typos in linux-image-amd64
240 * fai-chboot,fai-chboot.8: add option -C and support for $FAI_ETC_DIR
241 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern
242 * packages_config/FAIBASE: add fai-client
243 * fai-do-scripts: exit with maximum error code of all child scripts that
244 had an error
245 * fai: change message when stamp file already exists (closes: #441437)
246 * fai-cd: remove arch specific path
247 * fai-cd.8: add info about USB stick (closes: #441988),
248 improve man page (closes: #441991)
249 * new get-config-dir-git: add method git for access (closes: #441992)
250 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: fix path
251 * faimond-gui: new tool that produces graphical output of faimond
252 * faimond-gui.8: new man page
253 * get-config-dir-svn: fix svn+ssh with username (Closes: #442021)
254 * fai-guide.sgml: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
255
256 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:34 +0200
257
258 fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
259
260 * subroutines-linux: fix extra slash in path (closes: #428860),
261 jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
262 during dirinstall call debootstrap if no base.tgz is found
263 * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
264 * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: #309678, #380085)
265 * fai-guide.sgml:
266 major update to reflect FAI 3.X changes (closes: #390508),
267 fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
268 change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
269 fix an url, add documentation for dirinstall (closes: #390508),
270 document usage of basefiles/ (closes: #391660),
271 document the order hooks are called (closes: #380337)
272 * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
273 (closes: #415875)
274 * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880),
275 fix wrong path for FAI_CLASSES
276 * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
277 * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
278 it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608)
279 * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
280 * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote
281 (closes: #290371), do not set $HOSTNAME, should be set all the time
282 (closes: #429553, #429733)
283 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
284 fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
285 remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot,
286 use mkdir -p, live-initramfs needs NFSROOT in .../live/filesystem.dir,
287 move creating of subdirs from make-fai-nfsroot to fai (from server to
288 client), do not create shell script in make-fai-nfsroot,
289 remove -V, use aptitude to remove the kernels from the nfsroot, -k now
290 reinstalls all packages from /etc/fai/NFSROOT (closes: #431613),
291 update-initramfs symlinks to /bin/true during diversion
292 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf:
293 remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE (closes: #416531, #435098)
294 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove -V, new description for -K and -k
295 * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184),
296 check error code of preinst and postinst scripts (closes: #432681),
297 add quotes to variable (closes: #430127), skip comment lines in
298 file-modes
299 * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247),
300 add initrd support, add option -s (closes: #356380), remove nfs
301 options from append line
302 * fai-chboot.8: ROOTFS parameter is not needed any more, add option -s
303 * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
304 (closes: #416381)
305 * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
306 debian kernel package, add ext2resize, hwinfo and change arch specific
307 packages,
308 move packages cfengine2 and libapt-pkg-perl from control to NFSROOT
309 * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
310 Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093), add aptitude for
311 fai-server as Suggests, remove fai-kernels, add field XS-Vcs-Browser,
312 syslinux is only available on two architectures, do not depend on
313 cfengine (v1), since it does not exists any more
314 * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
315 use unionfs, remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now, use mkdir
316 -p, export $action for 20hwdetect.source, call save_dmesg only during
317 initial installation, during dirinstall set
318 LOGDIR=/var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME (closes: #429553)
319 define FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for dirinstall
320 create syslog.conf before starting the syslog daemon
321 when doing dirinstall -c or -N must be specified (closes: #429554)
322 the local hard disks are now mounted to /target instead of /tmp/target
323 * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
324 Debian kernel
325 * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd,
326 remove root (cd), fix setting of hostname, instead of using ip=, we
327 now use hostname=
328 * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
329 filesystem
330 * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
331 booting (closes: #401041),
332 add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
333 add option -k, this is for debugging
334 add option -n, do not create ISO image
335 add option -u, copy fai-cd data to a directory (USB support)
336 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
337 * disk-info: do not include removable devices into list of disks
338 * fai-class: remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now
339 do not set HOSTNAME from uname (closes: #431283)
340 * multiple files: add some patches fixing english text
341 (closes: #428857, #428858)
342 * 20-removable_media: fix path for floppy mount point (closes: #428859)
343 * fai.8: add option -u, --hostname (closes: #361559)
344 * add variable TFTPROOT (closes: #408271, #431431)
345 * fai-mirror:
346 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
347 do not ask questions, add unauthenticated packages to the mirror
348 * 20hwdetect.source: do not execute 20hwdetect.source during dirinstall
349 * debconf/FAIBASE: autodetect most xorg parameters, (but not resolution)
350 * install_packages: add option -N, change option -t to -n,
351 add patch that AptPkg module is only used when
352 available and target system is Debian (closes: #422225), move code to
353 check_aptpkg(), add smart package manager support (closes: #430798)
354 do execute Debian specific commands only when needed (closes: #392038),
355 grab error codes when executing commands,
356 exit with 3 when errors occured, add option -H (closes: #391659),
357 put suffix -internal to all internal commands,
358 remove -n from tasksel calls
359 print path once, then only config file names, not always full path
360 * install_packages.8: add option -N and -H, change option -t to -n,
361 add option -p (closes: #424848)
362 * create_ramdisk: replaced by unionfs
363 * fai-do-scripts: remove -k from cfagent call (closes: #425699),
364 add new strings for shell scripts (closes: #416616)
365 * fai-server.post*: do not manage $TFTPROOT (closes: #430000)
366 * package_config: move linux-image package from FAIBASE to DEFAULT, add
367 kernel name for architecture
368 * ainsl: escape + in pattern
369 * make S01fai-abort an init.d script
370
371 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:11:28 +0200
372
373 fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium
374
375 * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
376 * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
377 * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
378 this command (closes: 413466)
379 * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
380 * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2
381
382 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100
383
384 fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
385
386 * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
387 * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
388 shell scripts (closes: #410084)
389 * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
390 * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
391
392 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100
393
394 fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high
395
396 * fix important and grave bugs
397 * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
398 root (closes: #407947)
399 * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
400
401 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
402
403 fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
404
405 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
406 * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
407 tmp files (closes: #406336)
408 * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
409 * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
410 * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
411 * README: update year from 2006 to 2007
412
413 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100
414
415 fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
416
417 * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
418 * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
419 the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
420 * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
421 * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
422 (closes: #404187)
423
424 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100
425
426 fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
427
428 * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
429 readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
430 * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
431 * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
432 * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
433 change
434
435 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100
436
437 fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
438
439 * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
440 * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
441 * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
442 * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
443 removed
444 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
445 devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
446 device (closes: #400522)
447 * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
448 * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
449 * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
450 * fix typo in changelog
451 * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
452
453 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
454
455 fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
456
457 * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
458 * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
459 $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
460 so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
461 * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
462 * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
463 argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
464 * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
465 * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
466 * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
467 * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
468 dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
469 * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
470 cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
471 dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
472 FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
473 * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
474 * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
475 error message
476 * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
477 anchors to the beginning
478 * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
479 * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
480 * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
481 * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
482 * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
483 * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
484 more in etch
485
486 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
487
488 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
489
490 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
491 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
492 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
493 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
494 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
495 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
496 usage() subroutine
497 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
498 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
499 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
500 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
501 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
502 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
503 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
504 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
505 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
506 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
507 kernels)
508 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
509 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
510 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
511 (closes: #392032)
512 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
513 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
514 it, add carriage return
515 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
516 * 20hwdetect.source: xorg can discover the grpahics driver itself, do
517 not call discover
518
519 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
520
521 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
522
523 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
524 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
525 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
526 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
527 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
528 * faireboot: stop udevd
529 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
530 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
531 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
532 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
533 environment
534 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
535 directories under /media
536 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
537 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
538 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
539 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
540 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
541 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
542 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
543
544 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
545
546 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
547
548 * make pathes conform to FHS:
549 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
550 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
551 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
552 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
553 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
554 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
555 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
556 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
557 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
558 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
559 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
560 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
561 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
562 exist (closes: #373596)
563 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
564 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
565 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
566 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
567 path for resolv.conf
568 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
569 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
570 debhelper
571 * complies with policy 3.7.2
572 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
573 warning)
574 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
575 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
576 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
577 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
578 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
579 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
580 removed (closes: #332837)
581 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
582 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
583 at the end of the installation
584 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
585 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
586 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
587 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
588 dirinst
589 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
590 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
591 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
592 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
593 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
594 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
595 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
596 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
597 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
598 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
599 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
600 vfstab)
601 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
602 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
603 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
604 tftpd-hpa
605 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
606 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
607 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
608 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
609 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
610 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
611 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
612 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
613 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
614 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
615 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
616 * install_packages: add option -p
617 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
618 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
619 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
620 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
621 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
622 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
623 fai-cd
624 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
625 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
626 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
627 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
628 variables is used
629 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
630 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
631
632 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
633
634 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
635
636 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
637 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
638 * add package lftp to nfsroot
639 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
640 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
641 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
642
643 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
644
645 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
646
647 * Non-maintainer upload.
648 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
649 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
650 Closes: #373955)
651
652 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
653
654
655 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
656
657 * Non-maintainer upload.
658 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
659 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
660 system. (Closes: #373955)
661
662 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
663
664 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
665
666 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
667 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
668 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
669 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
670 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
671 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
672 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
673 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
674 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
675 appending to file (closes: #331258)
676 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
677 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
678
679 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
680
681 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
682
683 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
684 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
685 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
686 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
687 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
688 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
689 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
690 segfault bug
691 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
692 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
693 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
694 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
695 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
696 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
697 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
698 menu, not fai-cd version
699 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
700 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
701 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
702 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
703 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
704 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
705 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
706 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
707 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
708 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
709 be used
710 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
711 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
712 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
713 and the host name lookup fails
714 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
715 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
716 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
717
718 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
719
720 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
721
722 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
723 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
724 bootable (closes: #344536)
725 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
726 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
727 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
728 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
729 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
730 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
731 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
732 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
733 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
734 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
735 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
736 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
737 error (closes: #360183)
738 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
739 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
740 available (closes: #314613)
741 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
742 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
743 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
744 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
745 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
746 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
747 copying them
748 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
749 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
750 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
751 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
752 (closes: #341577)
753 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
754 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
755
756 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
757
758 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
759
760 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
761 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
762 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
763 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
764 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
765 description (closes: #322026)
766 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
767 * add class FAISERVER
768 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
769 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
770 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
771 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
772 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
773 exist
774 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
775 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
776 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
777
778 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
779
780 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
781
782 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
783 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
784 * adjust some paths
785 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
786 * increase compat level to 4
787 * delete sunos code from source
788 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
789 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
790 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
791 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
792 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
793 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
794 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
795 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
796 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
797 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
798 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
799 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
800 add more warnings
801 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
802 (closes: #312128)
803 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
804 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
805 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
806 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
807 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
808 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
809 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
810 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
811 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
812 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
813 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
814 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
815 return with error code (closes: #342120)
816 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
817 file name when action is softupdate
818 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
819 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
820 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
821 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
822 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
823 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
824 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
825 (closes: #305783)
826 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
827 udev behaviour
828 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
829 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
830 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
831 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
832 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
833 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
834 running udev
835 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
836 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
837 * add support for unsigned repositories
838 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
839 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
840
841 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
842
843 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
844
845 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
846 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
847 examples (closes: #310705)
848
849 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
850
851 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
852
853 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
854 support may be included again after sarge
855 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
856 * control: remove dependency on debconf
857 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
858 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
859 * remove debian/config, debian/template
860 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
861 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
862 set it any more
863 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
864 instead of debconf's default values
865 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
866 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
867 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
868 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
869
870 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
871
872 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
873
874 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
875 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
876 security bug (closes: #307838)
877 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
878 (closes: #307632)
879 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
880 important bug (closes: #307631)
881
882 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
883
884 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
885
886 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
887 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
888 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
889 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
890 verbose from fai-mirror
891 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
892 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
893 when $addpackages is empty
894 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
895 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
896 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
897 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
898 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
899 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
900 needed gcc, change comment
901 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
902 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
903 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
904 (closes: #305861)
905 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
906 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
907 * control: add grub to suggests
908 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
909 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
910 hang the system
911 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
912 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
913 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
914 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
915 not support -i
916 * fai-setup: change informational message
917 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
918 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
919 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
920
921 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
922
923 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
924
925 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
926 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
927 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
928 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
929 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
930 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
931 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
932 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
933 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
934 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
935 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
936 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
937 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
938 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
939 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
940 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
941 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
942 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
943 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
944 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
945 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
946 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
947 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
948 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
949 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
950 output also to console
951 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
952 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
953 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
954 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
955 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
956 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
957 also supported for backwards compatibility
958 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
959 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
960 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
961 * fai-chboot: change message
962 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
963 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
964 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
965 unset
966 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
967 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
968 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
969 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
970 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
971 * postinst: use debconf
972 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
973 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
974
975 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
976
977 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
978
979 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
980 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
981 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
982 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
983 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
984 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
985 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
986 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
987 name with 2.6.8
988 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
989 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
990 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
991 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
992 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
993 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
994 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
995 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
996 * install_packages.8: add option -d
997 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
998 * add fai-cd.8 man page
999 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
1000 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
1001 debhelper greater version 3
1002 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
1003 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
1004 to it
1005
1006 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
1007
1008 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1009
1010 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
1011 * new script fai-debconf
1012 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
1013 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
1014 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
1015 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
1016 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
1017 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
1018 * replace backticks with $()
1019 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
1020 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
1021 install_packages config
1022
1023 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
1024
1025 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
1026
1027 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
1028 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
1029 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
1030 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
1031 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
1032 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
1033 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
1034 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
1035 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
1036 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
1037 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
1038 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
1039 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
1040 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
1041 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
1042 allow space before primary and logical keyword
1043 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
1044 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
1045 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
1046 FAICLIENTS
1047 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
1048 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
1049 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
1050 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
1051 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
1052 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
1053 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
1054 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
1055 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
1056 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
1057 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
1058 install_packages.conf
1059 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
1060 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
1061 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
1062 cleanup
1063 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
1064 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
1065 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
1066 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
1067 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
1068 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
1069 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
1070 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
1071 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
1072 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
1073 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
1074 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
1075 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
1076
1077 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
1078
1079 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
1080
1081 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
1082 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
1083 it exists
1084 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
1085 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
1086 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
1087 * fcopy.8: add option -I
1088
1089 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
1090
1091 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
1092
1093 * add missing Beowulf examples
1094 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
1095 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
1096 scripts use them
1097 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
1098 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
1099 package for alpha architecture
1100 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
1101 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
1102 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
1103 messages, add aptitude support
1104 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
1105 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
1106 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
1107 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
1108 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
1109 mode (closes: #264727)
1110
1111 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
1112
1113 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
1114
1115 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
1116 * update to kernel 2.4.27
1117 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
1118 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
1119 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
1120 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
1121 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
1122 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
1123 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
1124 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
1125 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
1126 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
1127 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
1128 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
1129 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
1130 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
1131 may hang some production systems for a while
1132 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
1133 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
1134
1135 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
1136
1137 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
1138
1139 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
1140 tasksel behaviour
1141 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
1142 are in the nfsroot
1143 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
1144
1145 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
1146
1147 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
1148
1149 * catnc() greps through more than one file
1150 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
1151 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
1152 as ignorepatterns
1153 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
1154 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
1155 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
1156 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
1157 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
1158 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
1159 normal finishing script
1160 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
1161 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
1162 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
1163 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
1164 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
1165 subroutines, send message to faimond
1166 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
1167 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
1168 of packages from 4711 to 99
1169 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
1170 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
1171 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
1172 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
1173 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
1174 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
1175 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
1176 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
1177 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
1178 * remove doc/README.package_problems
1179 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
1180 typos
1181
1182 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
1183
1184 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
1185
1186 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
1187 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
1188 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
1189 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
1190 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
1191 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
1192 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
1193 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
1194 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
1195 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
1196 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
1197 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
1198 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
1199 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
1200 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
1201 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
1202 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1203 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
1204 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
1205 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
1206 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
1207 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
1208 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
1209 logo and let scroll region unchanged
1210 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
1211 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
1212 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
1213 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
1214 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
1215 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
1216 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
1217 table with parted
1218 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
1219 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
1220 add -xdev to find
1221 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
1222 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
1223 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
1224 hook
1225 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
1226 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
1227 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
1228 * faimond: always flush output
1229 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
1230 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
1231 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
1232 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
1233 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
1234 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
1235 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
1236 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
1237 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
1238 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
1239 remove beowulf example
1240 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
1241 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
1242 replace backtics with $()
1243 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
1244 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
1245 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
1246 bigger, /usr smaller
1247 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
1248 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
1249 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
1250 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
1251 * new FAQ
1252 * THANKS: juergen added
1253
1254 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
1255
1256 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
1257
1258 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
1259 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
1260 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
1261 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
1262 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
1263 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
1264 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
1265 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
1266 cdrom image
1267 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
1268 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
1269 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
1270 * THANKS: added holger
1271
1272 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
1273
1274 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
1275
1276 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
1277 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
1278 more verbose
1279 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
1280 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
1281 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
1282 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
1283 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
1284 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1285 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
1286 important files if option -v is set
1287 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
1288 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
1289 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
1290 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
1291 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
1292 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
1293 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
1294 remove detect call
1295 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
1296 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
1297 does not complain
1298 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
1299 option -r
1300 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
1301 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
1302 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
1303 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
1304 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
1305 put important variables to the top
1306 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
1307 access method to the Debian mirror
1308 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
1309 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
1310 without DNS
1311 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
1312 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
1313 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
1314 when one parameter is missing
1315 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
1316 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
1317 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
1318 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
1319 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
1320 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
1321 nfs mount options to root-path
1322 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
1323 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
1324 * setup_harddisks: typos
1325
1326 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
1327
1328 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
1329
1330 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
1331 actimeo for nfs mounts
1332 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
1333 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
1334 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
1335 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
1336 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
1337 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
1338 * faimond, faimond.8 added
1339 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
1340 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
1341 script, show nc output only when debugging
1342 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
1343 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
1344 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
1345 (closes: #218541)
1346 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
1347 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
1348 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
1349 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
1350 comment
1351 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
1352 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
1353 debug code in ifclass
1354 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
1355 package name, usage() points to the man page
1356 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
1357 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
1358 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
1359 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
1360 to login messages
1361 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
1362 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
1363 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
1364 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
1365 call
1366
1367 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
1368
1369 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
1370
1371 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
1372 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
1373 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
1374 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
1375 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
1376 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
1377 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
1378 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
1379 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
1380 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
1381 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
1382 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
1383 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
1384 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
1385 grub executable from nfsroot
1386 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
1387 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
1388 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
1389 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
1390
1391 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
1392
1393 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
1394
1395 * add script fai-chboot
1396 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
1397 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
1398 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
1399 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
1400 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
1401 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
1402 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
1403 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
1404 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
1405 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
1406 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
1407 $MAXPACKAGES
1408 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
1409 command line
1410 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
1411 make symlink for syslogd
1412 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
1413 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
1414 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
1415 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
1416 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
1417 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
1418 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
1419 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
1420 reboot for SunOS
1421 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
1422 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
1423 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
1424 variable
1425 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
1426 sunos version of xargs
1427 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
1428 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
1429 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
1430 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
1431 fixed IP address
1432 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
1433 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
1434 is not defined
1435 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
1436 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
1437 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
1438 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
1439 password protection to grub menu
1440 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
1441 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
1442 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
1443 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
1444 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
1445 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
1446 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
1447 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
1448 for examples
1449 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
1450 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
1451
1452 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
1453
1454 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1455
1456 * set correct year in fai guide
1457 * dhcp3 support
1458 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
1459 sector
1460 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
1461 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
1462 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
1463 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
1464 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
1465 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
1466 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
1467 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
1468 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
1469 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
1470 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
1471 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
1472 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
1473 task_configure code
1474 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
1475
1476 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
1477
1478 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1479
1480 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
1481 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
1482 every script to status.log
1483 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
1484 definitions after use
1485 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
1486 * many changes in the package_config files
1487 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
1488 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1489 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1490 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1491 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1492 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1493 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1494 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1495 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1496 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1497 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1498 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1499 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1500 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1501 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1502 determine classes which depend on partitions
1503 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1504 if only a few lines has to be changed
1505 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1506 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1507 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1508 option when using grub
1509 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1510 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1511 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1512 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1513 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1514 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1515 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1516 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1517 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1518 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1519 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1520 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1521 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1522 rcS_fai
1523 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1524 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1525 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1526 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1527 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1528 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1529 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1530 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1531 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1532 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1533 copy sources.list
1534 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1535 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1536 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1537 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1538 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1539 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1540 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1541 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1542 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1543 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1544 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1545 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1546 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1547 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1548 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1549 $LOGDIR
1550 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1551 fai-divert
1552 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1553 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1554 fai-mount-disk
1555 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1556 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1557 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1558 nfsserver is set
1559 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1560 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1561 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1562 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1563 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1564 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1565 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1566 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1567 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1568 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1569 * remove debian/undocumented
1570 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1571 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1572 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1573 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1574 flexible values for partitions sizes
1575 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1576 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1577 script fai-savelog
1578 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1579 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1580 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1581 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1582 and debug flags
1583 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1584 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1585 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1586 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1587 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1588 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1589 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1590
1591 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1592
1593 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1594
1595 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1596
1597 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1598
1599 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1600
1601 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1602 * remove some potato specific code
1603 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1604 * add some packages to SERVER
1605 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1606 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1607 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1608 * potato specific code removed
1609 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1610 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1611 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1612 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1613
1614 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1615
1616 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1617
1618 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1619 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1620 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1621 * minor changes in package_config files
1622 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1623 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1624 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1625 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1626 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1627
1628 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1629
1630 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1631
1632 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1633 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1634 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1635 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1636 * add many comments to shell scripts
1637 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1638 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1639 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1640 * minor changes in package_config files
1641 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1642 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1643 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1644 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1645 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1646 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1647 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1648 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1649 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1650 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1651
1652 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1653
1654 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1655
1656 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1657 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1658 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1659 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1660 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1661 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1662 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1663 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1664 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1665 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1666 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1667 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1668 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1669 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1670 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1671 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1672 a file
1673 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1674 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1675 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1676 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1677 continue. Changes include:
1678 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1679 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1680 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1681 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1682 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1683 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1684 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1685 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1686 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1687 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1688 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1689 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1690 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1691 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1692 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1693 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1694 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1695 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1696 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1697 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1698 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1699 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1700 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1701 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1702 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1703 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1704 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1705 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1706 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1707 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1708 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1709 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1710 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1711 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1712 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1713 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1714 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1715 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1716 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1717 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1718 option -s
1719 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1720 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1721 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1722 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1723 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1724 make-fai-* scripts
1725 * FAI_FILES removed
1726 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1727 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1728 make-fai-nfroot
1729 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1730 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1731 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1732 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1733 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1734 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1735 * new standards version 3.5.6
1736
1737 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1738
1739 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1740
1741 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1742 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1743 available
1744 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1745 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1746 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1747 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1748 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1749 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1750 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1751 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1752 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1753 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1754 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1755 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1756 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1757 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1758 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1759 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1760 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1761 * added class NOGETTY
1762 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1763
1764 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1765
1766 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1767
1768 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1769 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1770
1771 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1772
1773 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1774
1775 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1776 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1777 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1778 * echo device before BOOTP request
1779 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1780
1781 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1782
1783 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1784
1785 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1786 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1787 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1788 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1789 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1790 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1791 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1792 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1793 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1794 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1795 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1796 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1797 via variable $netdevices
1798 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1799 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1800 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1801 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1802 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1803 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1804 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1805 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1806 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1807 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1808 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1809 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1810 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1811 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1812 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1813
1814 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1815
1816 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1817
1818 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1819 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1820 check if it's a primary partition
1821 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1822 defined (closes: #100914)
1823 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1824 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1825 not change the output
1826 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1827 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1828 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1829 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1830 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1831 classes in reversed order
1832 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1833 if two additional terminals will be available
1834 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1835 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1836 * added class DISKLESS
1837 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1838 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1839 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1840 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1841 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1842 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1843 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1844
1845 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1846
1847 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1848
1849 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1850 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1851
1852 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1853
1854 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1855
1856 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1857 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1858 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1859 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1860 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1861 (closes: #101899)
1862 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1863 (closes: #101820)
1864 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1865
1866 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1867
1868 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1869
1870 * first upload to Debian archive
1871 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1872 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1873 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1874 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1875 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1876 * new description of all classes
1877 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1878 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1879 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1880 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1881 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1882 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1883 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1884 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1885 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1886 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1887 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1888 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1889 supports multiple network interface cards
1890 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1891 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1892 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1893 boot sector
1894 * make many variables local
1895 * better debugging of shell scripts
1896 * remote login has all subroutines available
1897 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1898 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1899 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1900 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1901 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1902 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1903 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1904 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1905 only at the beginning of a line
1906 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1907 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1908 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1909 * modprobe displays less errors
1910 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1911 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1912 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1913 these are the correct release dates:
1914 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1915 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1916 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1917 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1918 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1919 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1920 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1921
1922 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1923
1924 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1925
1926 * add wget to suggests list
1927 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1928 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1929 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1930 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1931 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1932 keymap now called correctly
1933 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1934 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1935
1936 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1937
1938 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1939
1940 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1941 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1942 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1943 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1944 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1945 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1946 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1947 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1948 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1949 mostly segfaults dpkg
1950 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1951 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1952 point is not in root directory
1953 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1954
1955 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1956
1957 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1958
1959 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1960 * package depends on nfs-server
1961 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1962 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1963 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1964 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1965 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1966 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1967 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1968 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1969 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1970 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1971 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1972 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1973
1974 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1975
1976 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1977
1978 * loopback device is set up during installation
1979 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1980 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1981 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1982 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1983
1984 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1985
1986 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1987
1988 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1989 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1990 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1991 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1992 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1993 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1994 * add support for expect scripts
1995 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1996 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1997 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1998
1999 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
2000
2001 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2002
2003 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
2004
2005 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
2006 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
2007 flag verbose controls output level
2008 nfsroot is created without any interaction
2009 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
2010
2011 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
2012
2013 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
2014
2015 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
2016 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
2017 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
2018
2019 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
2020
2021 * cvs repository available
2022
2023 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
2024
2025 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
2026
2027 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
2028
2029 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
2030
2031 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2032
2033 * Initial Release.
2034
2035 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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