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1 fai (3.2.10~beta4) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * control: add build-depends-indep (closes: #497683),
4 add cfengine2 as recommends to fai-client (closes: #442843),
5 remove mknbi, which is not used,
6 update to standards version 3.8.0
7 * Init.pm: add bugfix that was only in svn but not in the package
8 included in 3.2.9 (closes: #494784), fix wrong variable name
9 * Volume.pm: ignore output line of parted containing "Model:"
10 (closes: #497066)
11 * package_config/*: remove non-existing packages, change some package
12 names
13 * control: update the description (closes: #496113)
14 * Makefile,VERSION: remove variable KERNELVERSION, because it's not used
15 any more since 3.2, (closes: #494699)
16 * fai-guide.sgml: minor documentation fix (closes: #473106),
17 do not propose make-fai-nfsroot -r (closes: #481111),
18 do reference NEWS.Debian (closes: #452760)
19 * ftar.8: minor fix (closes: #481528), update example
20 * fcopy.8: minor fix (closes: #419787)
21 * fai-statoverride.8: add man page for fai-statoverride.8 (closes: #358967)
22 * fai-guide.sgml: major review, remove boot floppy info, remove BOOTP info
23 * remove old unused tlink util and info about it
24 * remove make-fai-bootfloppy script and man page
25 (closes: #452375, #400373, #305363)
26 * use new partition tool in simple examples
27 * remove class SETUPSTORAGE
28 * package_config/GNOME: make gnome example smaller
29 * 10-misc: remove tune2fs call, now done by new partition tool
30 * use lenny in FAISERVER class
31 * setup-storage.8: document usage of USE_SETUP_STORAGE; some typo fixes
32 * fai-cd: do not redirect stdout to /dev/null when calling find_fai_data
33
34 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:59:04 +0200
35
36 fai (3.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
37
38 * apply patch that fixes the RC-bug license issue (closes: #487866)
39 * debian/copyright: add people and reformat text
40 * ftar: exit with warning if unsupported suffix .tgz is found
41 * ainsl: add options -Q and -q (closes: #484722)
42 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #488404)
43 * setup-storage.8: add migration section, add info for createopts, move
44 comments in example to bottom, fixed and improved documentation for
45 preserve_{always,reinstall} syntax
46 * Sizes.pm: never scale logical volume sizes beyond the specified
47 maximum (closes: #494519)
48 * Init.pm: fix bug in return values of phys_dev() (closes: #494784)
49 * conf/NFSROOT, control: drop use of liblinux-lvm-perl
50 (closes: #494357), replace unionfs with aufs (closes: #487080),
51 ext2resize is now obsolete, replace it with e2fsprogs,
52 replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo,
53 add packages for powerpc arch (closes: #494440)
54 * control: use official control-fields Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Svn instead
55 of old XS-* friends (closes: #451013),
56 remove Homepage from Description field, use Homepage field instead
57 * Volumes.pm: reverted the code to handle existing LVMs to an earlier
58 version that does not use Linux::LVM, because this is severly broken
59 (closes: #494357)
60 * setup-storage: increase version number to 1.0.1 because of LVM change
61 * Commands.pm: bugfix in RAID volume handling in case of devices marked
62 missing: mdadm command requires device names to be replaced by
63 "missing" (closes: #494520)
64 * package_config/FAIBASE: replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo
65 * subroutines-linux: replace klogd and syslogd with rsyslog
66 (closes: #494387)
67 * conf/sources.list: replace etch with lenny, make koeln repository
68 optional (closes: #474326)
69 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace etch with lenny, mount /dev/pts to
70 avoid warnings "Can not write log, openpty() failed",
71 * make-fai-nfsroot: umount /proc and /dev/pts inside nfsroot on exit
72 (closes: #494518, #494523),
73 move trap definitions outside of { } block (closes: #494518, #494523),
74 use arch independent name for linux kernel (closes: #494440)
75 * updatebase: mount /dev/pts into /target to avoid openpty() warning
76 * fai-do-scripts: use -b in call of file command, this makes the pattern
77 matching more robust, make file adjust regex to new output of file
78 command (closes: #490111)
79 * savelog.LAST.source: add error pattern
80 * fai-cd: add option "--iso-level 4" to mkisofs call (closes: #494443)
81 * rules: do not copy file for linda
82 * fai-quickstart.dirs: linda directory not needed any more
83 * fai-quickstart.lintian: fix pattern
84
85 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:49:51 +0200
86
87 fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
88
89 * Merge setup-storage, the new partitioning tool
90 (closes: #380629, #330915, #277045, #356862, #416633, #484788)
91 * add variable $USE_SETUP_STORAGE
92 * setup-storage: move loading of kernel modules into 20hwdetect.source,
93 print which disk_config setup-storage is using
94 * Commands.pm: print also mountpoint when debugging tuneopts and
95 createopts, fix and document problem when only tuneopts are defined,
96 prevent warnings about uninitialized variables
97 * 20-hwdetect.source: load modules needed for setup-storage
98 * add class SETUPSTORAGE for easy testing
99
100 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200
101
102 fai (3.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
103
104 * update some messages to 2008
105 * fai-cd: check if list of Packages files is non-empty, change syntax of
106 ${...:=...}, use rsync for coping to USB stick if available
107 * fai-cd.8: add info for MAXPACKAGES
108 * fai-guide.sgml: fix order of tasks
109 * fai-setup: check if file exists
110 * make-fai-nfsroot: exclude files in var/lib/apt/lists from base.tgz
111 check if NFSROOT directory is mounted with bad options
112 * get-boot-info: parse live.log for detecting boot method
113 * disk-info: use group info for detecting disks, extend pattern for
114 detecting scsi disks
115 * subroutines: fix regex so softupdate will; now umount the config space
116 * add internal variable printk, for setting the console log level
117
118 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 31 May 2008 16:47:25 +0200
119
120 fai (3.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
121
122 * fai: remove local, fix regex (closes: #480685)
123 * fai-cd: fix syntax error (closes: #480830)
124
125 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:37 +0200
126
127 fai (3.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
128
129 * GRUB/10-setup: use absolute path
130 * fai: mount /proc if not already mounted (closes: #453017, #444156),
131 check if target directory for dirinstall is mounted with nosuid,nodev
132 * fai-mirror: set MAXPACKAGES=1 if undefined before
133 * make-fai-nfsroot: exit with error if software installation has errors
134 (closes: #442261)
135 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to specify a certain release or version
136 of a package
137 * fai-cd: add prefix $cfdir to -g parameter if no path was specified,
138 fix setting of cfdir (closes: #475250)
139 * fai-cd.8: extend info for -g
140 * subroutines: remove local from variable (closes: #449236)
141 * install_packages: fix in detecting Debian specific actions
142 * fai-chboot: add check if kernelsuffix is defined
143 * fai-abort: add LSB formatted dependency info (closes: #469716)
144 * XF86Config-4/DEMO: remove obsolete example (closes: #474327)
145 * disk-info: add regex for Adaptec i2o controller (closes: #466670)
146 * ainsl: substitue \s+ afterwards (closes: #470799)
147
148 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 2008 18:27:02 +0200
149
150 fai (3.2.4) unstable; urgency=high
151
152 * fai-cd.8: add missing -C option
153 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove code for creating BOOTP environment
154 * faimond-gui: show different icons depending on error code
155 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #453442)
156 * subroutines-linux: do not print hostname and kernel compile time
157 * fai: update date, remove mkdir
158 * savelog.LAST.source: remove duplicate messages which appear in fai.log
159 and software.log
160
161 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0100
162
163 fai (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
164
165 * fix wrong logic in updatebase (closes: #452516)
166
167 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0100
168
169 fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
170
171 * conf/NFSROOT: reomve duplicate package, use aptitude for installing,
172 add nfs-common (closes: #444079), remove live-initramfs from NFSROOT
173 * doc/fai-guide.sgml: add information for softupdate (closes: #439016)
174 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern, remove dot after filename
175 * make-fai-nfsroot: check if $TFTPROOT is defined, add badupdateto32(),
176 which prints more info about update without checking variable names,
177 remove whole /srv/fai/nfsroot, add check_nfsroot(), make stamp only on
178 success (closes: #370780), write output also into /var/log/fai,
179 return and print exit code from install_packages, create or copy
180 live.conf, try to umount /proc inside the nfsroot before removing an
181 old nfsroot, abort if this fails
182 * subroutines: add task_error(), which stores the maximum error code in
183 $task_error, do nothing if error=0, print traceback,
184 add stop_fai_installation(), write pid to stamp file, print PID in
185 case of error, add task_test stub, save function name that causes
186 fatal error, set $fai_rundate only if not yet defined
187 * subroutines-linux: add check if $monserver is defined, print kernel
188 version currently running, catch exit code from install_packages
189 * mount2dir: add support for UUID and LABEL
190 * fai: export $romountopt, get error codes from all commands in a pipe,
191 add $STOP_ON_ERROR, fix variable name (closes: #447080),
192 do not use /var/log/fai/current (closes: #445276), cleanup definition
193 of $LOGDIR, change permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276),
194 add symlinks for last and last-$action in the very beginning
195 * control: fai-nfsroot and fai-client conflicts to fai-kernels, add
196 recommends to debconf-utils (closes: #445109), improve package
197 description (closes: #419071), add Homepage field, add live-initramfs
198 to depends of fai-nfsroot
199 replace ssh with openssh-server and openssh-client (closes: #434356)
200 * fai-cd: copy grub config always to menu.lst
201 * get-config-dir-nfs: add -n to mount
202 * get-config-dir-svn: error if svn call fails (closes: #447602, #441761)
203 * update FSF address (closes: #444154)
204 * fai-chboot: pxedir should also use $TFTPROOT, (closes: #443837)
205 * menu.lst/postinst: check if variables are defined (closes: #445978)
206 * ftar: make it a bash script
207 * fai-setup: add option -C (closes: #388157), fix mode of
208 authorized_keys
209 * fai-setup.8: add option -C
210 * fai-mirror: mkdir mountpoint before mounting (closes: #365004)
211 * updatebase: use aptitude when doing dist-upgrade (closes: #448426),
212 use safe-upgrade when available
213 * fai-divert: make it a bash script
214 * 30-interfaces: resolv.conf is now in /, not in /tmp
215 * make-fai-bootfloppy: script currently does not work, always die with
216 error message
217 * FAIBASE.var: add STOP_ON_ERROR
218 * fai-savelog: do not save log to local directory, if this directory
219 already exists (should only happen during softupdate), change
220 permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276)
221 * get-config-dir-*: call task_error after trying to access config space
222 * sources.list: add koeln repository
223
224 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0100
225
226 fai (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
227
228 * mount swap partitions with identical priorities
229 * fai-mirror: also match lowercase class names (for hostsnames),
230 use $cfdir instead of fixed path /etc/fai
231 * subroutines-linux: add timeout to nc call
232 * subroutines: change message for faimond in task_faiend()
233 * control: readd libapt-pkg-perl to depends, nfs-server (user space)
234 does not support locking, so FAI cannot use it, remove wget, add arch
235 to mknbi
236 * get-config-dir-svn: add svn+ssh support
237 * QUESTIONNAIRE: add USB stick, split bootb and dhcp
238 * faimond, faimond.8: use Proc::Daemon, add options tTldP
239 * faimond: do not allow ; in message (security), do not print ip and
240 port number
241 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -U, do not divert update-initramfs (added
242 because of a Ubuntu bug), activate -U if Ubuntu is detected
243 determine the arch inside the nfsroot for defining a class, this help
244 building amd64 nfsroots on i386 and vice versa,
245 add support for running hooks, (closes: #342467)
246 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable NFSROOT_HOOKS
247 * make-fai-nfsroot.9: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
248 * fai-mirror.8, make-fai-nfsroot.8: enhance/add info of -C, add info
249 about variable FAI_ETC_DIR
250 * packages_config/DEFAULT: fix typos in linux-image-amd64
251 * fai-chboot,fai-chboot.8: add option -C and support for $FAI_ETC_DIR
252 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern
253 * packages_config/FAIBASE: add fai-client
254 * fai-do-scripts: exit with maximum error code of all child scripts that
255 had an error
256 * fai: change message when stamp file already exists (closes: #441437)
257 * fai-cd: remove arch specific path
258 * fai-cd.8: add info about USB stick (closes: #441988),
259 improve man page (closes: #441991)
260 * new get-config-dir-git: add method git for access (closes: #441992)
261 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: fix path
262 * faimond-gui: new tool that produces graphical output of faimond
263 * faimond-gui.8: new man page
264 * get-config-dir-svn: fix svn+ssh with username (Closes: #442021)
265 * fai-guide.sgml: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
266
267 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:34 +0200
268
269 fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
270
271 * subroutines-linux: fix extra slash in path (closes: #428860),
272 jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
273 during dirinstall call debootstrap if no base.tgz is found
274 * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
275 * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: #309678, #380085)
276 * fai-guide.sgml:
277 major update to reflect FAI 3.X changes (closes: #390508),
278 fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
279 change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
280 fix an url, add documentation for dirinstall (closes: #390508),
281 document usage of basefiles/ (closes: #391660),
282 document the order hooks are called (closes: #380337)
283 * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
284 (closes: #415875)
285 * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880),
286 fix wrong path for FAI_CLASSES
287 * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
288 * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
289 it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608)
290 * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
291 * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote
292 (closes: #290371), do not set $HOSTNAME, should be set all the time
293 (closes: #429553, #429733)
294 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
295 fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
296 remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot,
297 use mkdir -p, live-initramfs needs NFSROOT in .../live/filesystem.dir,
298 move creating of subdirs from make-fai-nfsroot to fai (from server to
299 client), do not create shell script in make-fai-nfsroot,
300 remove -V, use aptitude to remove the kernels from the nfsroot, -k now
301 reinstalls all packages from /etc/fai/NFSROOT (closes: #431613),
302 update-initramfs symlinks to /bin/true during diversion
303 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf:
304 remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE (closes: #416531, #435098)
305 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove -V, new description for -K and -k
306 * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184),
307 check error code of preinst and postinst scripts (closes: #432681),
308 add quotes to variable (closes: #430127), skip comment lines in
309 file-modes
310 * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247),
311 add initrd support, add option -s (closes: #356380), remove nfs
312 options from append line
313 * fai-chboot.8: ROOTFS parameter is not needed any more, add option -s
314 * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
315 (closes: #416381)
316 * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
317 debian kernel package, add ext2resize, hwinfo and change arch specific
318 packages,
319 move packages cfengine2 and libapt-pkg-perl from control to NFSROOT
320 * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
321 Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093), add aptitude for
322 fai-server as Suggests, remove fai-kernels, add field XS-Vcs-Browser,
323 syslinux is only available on two architectures, do not depend on
324 cfengine (v1), since it does not exists any more
325 * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
326 use unionfs, remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now, use mkdir
327 -p, export $action for 20hwdetect.source, call save_dmesg only during
328 initial installation, during dirinstall set
329 LOGDIR=/var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME (closes: #429553)
330 define FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for dirinstall
331 create syslog.conf before starting the syslog daemon
332 when doing dirinstall -c or -N must be specified (closes: #429554)
333 the local hard disks are now mounted to /target instead of /tmp/target
334 * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
335 Debian kernel
336 * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd,
337 remove root (cd), fix setting of hostname, instead of using ip=, we
338 now use hostname=
339 * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
340 filesystem
341 * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
342 booting (closes: #401041),
343 add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
344 add option -k, this is for debugging
345 add option -n, do not create ISO image
346 add option -u, copy fai-cd data to a directory (USB support)
347 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
348 * disk-info: do not include removable devices into list of disks
349 * fai-class: remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now
350 do not set HOSTNAME from uname (closes: #431283)
351 * multiple files: add some patches fixing english text
352 (closes: #428857, #428858)
353 * 20-removable_media: fix path for floppy mount point (closes: #428859)
354 * fai.8: add option -u, --hostname (closes: #361559)
355 * add variable TFTPROOT (closes: #408271, #431431)
356 * fai-mirror:
357 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
358 do not ask questions, add unauthenticated packages to the mirror
359 * 20hwdetect.source: do not execute 20hwdetect.source during dirinstall
360 * debconf/FAIBASE: autodetect most xorg parameters, (but not resolution)
361 * install_packages: add option -N, change option -t to -n,
362 add patch that AptPkg module is only used when
363 available and target system is Debian (closes: #422225), move code to
364 check_aptpkg(), add smart package manager support (closes: #430798)
365 do execute Debian specific commands only when needed (closes: #392038),
366 grab error codes when executing commands,
367 exit with 3 when errors occured, add option -H (closes: #391659),
368 put suffix -internal to all internal commands,
369 remove -n from tasksel calls
370 print path once, then only config file names, not always full path
371 * install_packages.8: add option -N and -H, change option -t to -n,
372 add option -p (closes: #424848)
373 * create_ramdisk: replaced by unionfs
374 * fai-do-scripts: remove -k from cfagent call (closes: #425699),
375 add new strings for shell scripts (closes: #416616)
376 * fai-server.post*: do not manage $TFTPROOT (closes: #430000)
377 * package_config: move linux-image package from FAIBASE to DEFAULT, add
378 kernel name for architecture
379 * ainsl: escape + in pattern
380 * make S01fai-abort an init.d script
381
382 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:11:28 +0200
383
384 fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium
385
386 * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
387 * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
388 * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
389 this command (closes: 413466)
390 * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
391 * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2
392
393 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100
394
395 fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
396
397 * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
398 * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
399 shell scripts (closes: #410084)
400 * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
401 * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
402
403 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100
404
405 fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high
406
407 * fix important and grave bugs
408 * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
409 root (closes: #407947)
410 * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
411
412 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
413
414 fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
415
416 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
417 * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
418 tmp files (closes: #406336)
419 * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
420 * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
421 * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
422 * README: update year from 2006 to 2007
423
424 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100
425
426 fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
427
428 * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
429 * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
430 the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
431 * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
432 * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
433 (closes: #404187)
434
435 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100
436
437 fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
438
439 * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
440 readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
441 * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
442 * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
443 * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
444 change
445
446 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100
447
448 fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
449
450 * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
451 * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
452 * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
453 * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
454 removed
455 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
456 devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
457 device (closes: #400522)
458 * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
459 * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
460 * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
461 * fix typo in changelog
462 * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
463
464 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
465
466 fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
467
468 * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
469 * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
470 $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
471 so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
472 * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
473 * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
474 argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
475 * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
476 * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
477 * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
478 * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
479 dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
480 * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
481 cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
482 dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
483 FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
484 * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
485 * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
486 error message
487 * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
488 anchors to the beginning
489 * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
490 * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
491 * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
492 * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
493 * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
494 * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
495 more in etch
496
497 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
498
499 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
500
501 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
502 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
503 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
504 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
505 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
506 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
507 usage() subroutine
508 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
509 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
510 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
511 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
512 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
513 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
514 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
515 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
516 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
517 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
518 kernels)
519 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
520 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
521 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
522 (closes: #392032)
523 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
524 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
525 it, add carriage return
526 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
527 * 20hwdetect.source: xorg can discover the grpahics driver itself, do
528 not call discover
529
530 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
531
532 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
533
534 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
535 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
536 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
537 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
538 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
539 * faireboot: stop udevd
540 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
541 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
542 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
543 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
544 environment
545 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
546 directories under /media
547 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
548 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
549 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
550 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
551 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
552 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
553 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
554
555 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
556
557 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
558
559 * make pathes conform to FHS:
560 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
561 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
562 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
563 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
564 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
565 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
566 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
567 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
568 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
569 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
570 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
571 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
572 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
573 exist (closes: #373596)
574 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
575 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
576 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
577 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
578 path for resolv.conf
579 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
580 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
581 debhelper
582 * complies with policy 3.7.2
583 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
584 warning)
585 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
586 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
587 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
588 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
589 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
590 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
591 removed (closes: #332837)
592 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
593 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
594 at the end of the installation
595 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
596 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
597 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
598 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
599 dirinst
600 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
601 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
602 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
603 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
604 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
605 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
606 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
607 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
608 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
609 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
610 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
611 vfstab)
612 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
613 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
614 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
615 tftpd-hpa
616 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
617 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
618 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
619 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
620 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
621 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
622 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
623 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
624 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
625 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
626 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
627 * install_packages: add option -p
628 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
629 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
630 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
631 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
632 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
633 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
634 fai-cd
635 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
636 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
637 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
638 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
639 variables is used
640 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
641 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
642
643 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
644
645 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
646
647 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
648 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
649 * add package lftp to nfsroot
650 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
651 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
652 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
653
654 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
655
656 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
657
658 * Non-maintainer upload.
659 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
660 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
661 Closes: #373955)
662
663 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
664
665
666 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
667
668 * Non-maintainer upload.
669 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
670 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
671 system. (Closes: #373955)
672
673 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
674
675 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
676
677 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
678 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
679 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
680 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
681 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
682 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
683 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
684 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
685 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
686 appending to file (closes: #331258)
687 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
688 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
689
690 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
691
692 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
693
694 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
695 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
696 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
697 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
698 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
699 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
700 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
701 segfault bug
702 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
703 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
704 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
705 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
706 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
707 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
708 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
709 menu, not fai-cd version
710 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
711 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
712 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
713 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
714 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
715 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
716 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
717 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
718 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
719 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
720 be used
721 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
722 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
723 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
724 and the host name lookup fails
725 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
726 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
727 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
728
729 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
730
731 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
732
733 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
734 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
735 bootable (closes: #344536)
736 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
737 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
738 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
739 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
740 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
741 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
742 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
743 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
744 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
745 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
746 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
747 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
748 error (closes: #360183)
749 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
750 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
751 available (closes: #314613)
752 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
753 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
754 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
755 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
756 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
757 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
758 copying them
759 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
760 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
761 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
762 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
763 (closes: #341577)
764 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
765 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
766
767 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
768
769 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
770
771 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
772 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
773 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
774 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
775 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
776 description (closes: #322026)
777 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
778 * add class FAISERVER
779 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
780 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
781 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
782 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
783 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
784 exist
785 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
786 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
787 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
788
789 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
790
791 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
792
793 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
794 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
795 * adjust some paths
796 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
797 * increase compat level to 4
798 * delete sunos code from source
799 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
800 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
801 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
802 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
803 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
804 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
805 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
806 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
807 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
808 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
809 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
810 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
811 add more warnings
812 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
813 (closes: #312128)
814 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
815 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
816 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
817 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
818 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
819 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
820 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
821 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
822 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
823 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
824 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
825 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
826 return with error code (closes: #342120)
827 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
828 file name when action is softupdate
829 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
830 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
831 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
832 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
833 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
834 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
835 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
836 (closes: #305783)
837 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
838 udev behaviour
839 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
840 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
841 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
842 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
843 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
844 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
845 running udev
846 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
847 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
848 * add support for unsigned repositories
849 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
850 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
851
852 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
853
854 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
855
856 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
857 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
858 examples (closes: #310705)
859
860 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
861
862 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
863
864 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
865 support may be included again after sarge
866 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
867 * control: remove dependency on debconf
868 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
869 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
870 * remove debian/config, debian/template
871 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
872 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
873 set it any more
874 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
875 instead of debconf's default values
876 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
877 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
878 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
879 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
880
881 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
882
883 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
884
885 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
886 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
887 security bug (closes: #307838)
888 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
889 (closes: #307632)
890 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
891 important bug (closes: #307631)
892
893 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
894
895 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
896
897 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
898 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
899 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
900 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
901 verbose from fai-mirror
902 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
903 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
904 when $addpackages is empty
905 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
906 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
907 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
908 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
909 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
910 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
911 needed gcc, change comment
912 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
913 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
914 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
915 (closes: #305861)
916 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
917 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
918 * control: add grub to suggests
919 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
920 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
921 hang the system
922 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
923 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
924 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
925 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
926 not support -i
927 * fai-setup: change informational message
928 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
929 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
930 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
931
932 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
933
934 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
935
936 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
937 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
938 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
939 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
940 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
941 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
942 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
943 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
944 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
945 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
946 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
947 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
948 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
949 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
950 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
951 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
952 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
953 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
954 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
955 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
956 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
957 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
958 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
959 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
960 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
961 output also to console
962 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
963 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
964 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
965 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
966 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
967 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
968 also supported for backwards compatibility
969 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
970 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
971 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
972 * fai-chboot: change message
973 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
974 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
975 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
976 unset
977 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
978 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
979 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
980 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
981 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
982 * postinst: use debconf
983 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
984 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
985
986 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
987
988 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
989
990 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
991 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
992 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
993 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
994 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
995 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
996 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
997 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
998 name with 2.6.8
999 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
1000 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
1001 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
1002 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
1003 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
1004 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
1005 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
1006 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
1007 * install_packages.8: add option -d
1008 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
1009 * add fai-cd.8 man page
1010 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
1011 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
1012 debhelper greater version 3
1013 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
1014 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
1015 to it
1016
1017 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
1018
1019 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1020
1021 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
1022 * new script fai-debconf
1023 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
1024 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
1025 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
1026 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
1027 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
1028 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
1029 * replace backticks with $()
1030 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
1031 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
1032 install_packages config
1033
1034 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
1035
1036 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
1037
1038 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
1039 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
1040 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
1041 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
1042 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
1043 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
1044 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
1045 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
1046 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
1047 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
1048 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
1049 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
1050 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
1051 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
1052 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
1053 allow space before primary and logical keyword
1054 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
1055 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
1056 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
1057 FAICLIENTS
1058 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
1059 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
1060 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
1061 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
1062 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
1063 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
1064 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
1065 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
1066 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
1067 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
1068 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
1069 install_packages.conf
1070 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
1071 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
1072 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
1073 cleanup
1074 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
1075 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
1076 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
1077 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
1078 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
1079 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
1080 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
1081 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
1082 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
1083 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
1084 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
1085 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
1086 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
1087
1088 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
1089
1090 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
1091
1092 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
1093 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
1094 it exists
1095 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
1096 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
1097 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
1098 * fcopy.8: add option -I
1099
1100 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
1101
1102 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
1103
1104 * add missing Beowulf examples
1105 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
1106 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
1107 scripts use them
1108 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
1109 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
1110 package for alpha architecture
1111 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
1112 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
1113 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
1114 messages, add aptitude support
1115 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
1116 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
1117 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
1118 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
1119 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
1120 mode (closes: #264727)
1121
1122 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
1123
1124 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
1125
1126 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
1127 * update to kernel 2.4.27
1128 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
1129 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
1130 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
1131 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
1132 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
1133 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
1134 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
1135 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
1136 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
1137 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
1138 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
1139 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
1140 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
1141 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
1142 may hang some production systems for a while
1143 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
1144 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
1145
1146 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
1147
1148 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
1149
1150 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
1151 tasksel behaviour
1152 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
1153 are in the nfsroot
1154 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
1155
1156 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
1157
1158 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
1159
1160 * catnc() greps through more than one file
1161 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
1162 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
1163 as ignorepatterns
1164 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
1165 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
1166 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
1167 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
1168 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
1169 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
1170 normal finishing script
1171 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
1172 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
1173 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
1174 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
1175 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
1176 subroutines, send message to faimond
1177 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
1178 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
1179 of packages from 4711 to 99
1180 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
1181 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
1182 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
1183 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
1184 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
1185 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
1186 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
1187 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
1188 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
1189 * remove doc/README.package_problems
1190 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
1191 typos
1192
1193 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
1194
1195 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
1196
1197 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
1198 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
1199 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
1200 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
1201 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
1202 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
1203 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
1204 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
1205 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
1206 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
1207 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
1208 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
1209 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
1210 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
1211 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
1212 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
1213 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1214 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
1215 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
1216 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
1217 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
1218 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
1219 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
1220 logo and let scroll region unchanged
1221 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
1222 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
1223 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
1224 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
1225 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
1226 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
1227 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
1228 table with parted
1229 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
1230 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
1231 add -xdev to find
1232 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
1233 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
1234 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
1235 hook
1236 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
1237 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
1238 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
1239 * faimond: always flush output
1240 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
1241 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
1242 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
1243 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
1244 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
1245 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
1246 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
1247 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
1248 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
1249 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
1250 remove beowulf example
1251 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
1252 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
1253 replace backtics with $()
1254 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
1255 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
1256 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
1257 bigger, /usr smaller
1258 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
1259 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
1260 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
1261 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
1262 * new FAQ
1263 * THANKS: juergen added
1264
1265 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
1266
1267 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
1268
1269 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
1270 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
1271 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
1272 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
1273 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
1274 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
1275 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
1276 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
1277 cdrom image
1278 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
1279 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
1280 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
1281 * THANKS: added holger
1282
1283 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
1284
1285 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
1286
1287 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
1288 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
1289 more verbose
1290 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
1291 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
1292 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
1293 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
1294 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
1295 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1296 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
1297 important files if option -v is set
1298 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
1299 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
1300 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
1301 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
1302 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
1303 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
1304 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
1305 remove detect call
1306 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
1307 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
1308 does not complain
1309 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
1310 option -r
1311 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
1312 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
1313 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
1314 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
1315 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
1316 put important variables to the top
1317 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
1318 access method to the Debian mirror
1319 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
1320 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
1321 without DNS
1322 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
1323 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
1324 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
1325 when one parameter is missing
1326 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
1327 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
1328 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
1329 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
1330 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
1331 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
1332 nfs mount options to root-path
1333 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
1334 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
1335 * setup_harddisks: typos
1336
1337 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
1338
1339 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
1340
1341 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
1342 actimeo for nfs mounts
1343 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
1344 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
1345 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
1346 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
1347 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
1348 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
1349 * faimond, faimond.8 added
1350 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
1351 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
1352 script, show nc output only when debugging
1353 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
1354 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
1355 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
1356 (closes: #218541)
1357 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
1358 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
1359 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
1360 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
1361 comment
1362 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
1363 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
1364 debug code in ifclass
1365 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
1366 package name, usage() points to the man page
1367 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
1368 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
1369 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
1370 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
1371 to login messages
1372 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
1373 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
1374 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
1375 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
1376 call
1377
1378 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
1379
1380 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
1381
1382 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
1383 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
1384 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
1385 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
1386 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
1387 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
1388 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
1389 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
1390 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
1391 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
1392 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
1393 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
1394 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
1395 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
1396 grub executable from nfsroot
1397 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
1398 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
1399 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
1400 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
1401
1402 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
1403
1404 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
1405
1406 * add script fai-chboot
1407 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
1408 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
1409 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
1410 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
1411 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
1412 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
1413 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
1414 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
1415 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
1416 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
1417 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
1418 $MAXPACKAGES
1419 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
1420 command line
1421 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
1422 make symlink for syslogd
1423 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
1424 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
1425 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
1426 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
1427 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
1428 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
1429 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
1430 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
1431 reboot for SunOS
1432 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
1433 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
1434 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
1435 variable
1436 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
1437 sunos version of xargs
1438 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
1439 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
1440 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
1441 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
1442 fixed IP address
1443 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
1444 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
1445 is not defined
1446 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
1447 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
1448 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
1449 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
1450 password protection to grub menu
1451 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
1452 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
1453 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
1454 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
1455 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
1456 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
1457 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
1458 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
1459 for examples
1460 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
1461 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
1462
1463 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
1464
1465 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1466
1467 * set correct year in fai guide
1468 * dhcp3 support
1469 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
1470 sector
1471 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
1472 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
1473 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
1474 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
1475 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
1476 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
1477 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
1478 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
1479 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
1480 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
1481 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
1482 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
1483 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
1484 task_configure code
1485 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
1486
1487 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
1488
1489 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1490
1491 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
1492 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
1493 every script to status.log
1494 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
1495 definitions after use
1496 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
1497 * many changes in the package_config files
1498 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
1499 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1500 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1501 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1502 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1503 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1504 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1505 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1506 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1507 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1508 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1509 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1510 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1511 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1512 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1513 determine classes which depend on partitions
1514 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1515 if only a few lines has to be changed
1516 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1517 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1518 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1519 option when using grub
1520 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1521 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1522 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1523 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1524 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1525 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1526 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1527 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1528 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1529 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1530 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1531 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1532 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1533 rcS_fai
1534 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1535 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1536 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1537 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1538 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1539 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1540 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1541 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1542 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1543 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1544 copy sources.list
1545 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1546 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1547 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1548 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1549 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1550 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1551 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1552 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1553 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1554 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1555 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1556 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1557 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1558 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1559 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1560 $LOGDIR
1561 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1562 fai-divert
1563 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1564 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1565 fai-mount-disk
1566 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1567 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1568 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1569 nfsserver is set
1570 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1571 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1572 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1573 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1574 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1575 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1576 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1577 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1578 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1579 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1580 * remove debian/undocumented
1581 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1582 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1583 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1584 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1585 flexible values for partitions sizes
1586 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1587 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1588 script fai-savelog
1589 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1590 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1591 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1592 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1593 and debug flags
1594 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1595 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1596 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1597 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1598 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1599 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1600 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1601
1602 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1603
1604 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1605
1606 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1607
1608 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1609
1610 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1611
1612 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1613 * remove some potato specific code
1614 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1615 * add some packages to SERVER
1616 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1617 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1618 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1619 * potato specific code removed
1620 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1621 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1622 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1623 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1624
1625 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1626
1627 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1628
1629 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1630 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1631 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1632 * minor changes in package_config files
1633 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1634 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1635 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1636 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1637 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1638
1639 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1640
1641 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1642
1643 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1644 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1645 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1646 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1647 * add many comments to shell scripts
1648 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1649 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1650 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1651 * minor changes in package_config files
1652 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1653 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1654 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1655 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1656 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1657 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1658 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1659 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1660 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1661 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1662
1663 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1664
1665 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1666
1667 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1668 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1669 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1670 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1671 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1672 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1673 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1674 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1675 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1676 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1677 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1678 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1679 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1680 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1681 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1682 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1683 a file
1684 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1685 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1686 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1687 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1688 continue. Changes include:
1689 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1690 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1691 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1692 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1693 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1694 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1695 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1696 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1697 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1698 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1699 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1700 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1701 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1702 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1703 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1704 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1705 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1706 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1707 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1708 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1709 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1710 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1711 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1712 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1713 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1714 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1715 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1716 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1717 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1718 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1719 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1720 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1721 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1722 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1723 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1724 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1725 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1726 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1727 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1728 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1729 option -s
1730 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1731 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1732 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1733 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1734 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1735 make-fai-* scripts
1736 * FAI_FILES removed
1737 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1738 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1739 make-fai-nfroot
1740 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1741 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1742 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1743 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1744 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1745 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1746 * new standards version 3.5.6
1747
1748 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1749
1750 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1751
1752 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1753 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1754 available
1755 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1756 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1757 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1758 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1759 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1760 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1761 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1762 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1763 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1764 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1765 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1766 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1767 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1768 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1769 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1770 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1771 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1772 * added class NOGETTY
1773 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1774
1775 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1776
1777 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1778
1779 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1780 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1781
1782 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1783
1784 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1785
1786 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1787 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1788 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1789 * echo device before BOOTP request
1790 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1791
1792 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1793
1794 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1795
1796 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1797 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1798 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1799 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1800 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1801 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1802 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1803 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1804 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1805 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1806 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1807 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1808 via variable $netdevices
1809 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1810 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1811 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1812 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1813 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1814 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1815 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1816 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1817 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1818 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1819 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1820 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1821 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1822 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1823 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1824
1825 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1826
1827 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1828
1829 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1830 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1831 check if it's a primary partition
1832 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1833 defined (closes: #100914)
1834 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1835 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1836 not change the output
1837 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1838 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1839 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1840 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1841 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1842 classes in reversed order
1843 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1844 if two additional terminals will be available
1845 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1846 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1847 * added class DISKLESS
1848 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1849 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1850 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1851 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1852 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1853 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1854 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1855
1856 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1857
1858 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1859
1860 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1861 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1862
1863 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1864
1865 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1866
1867 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1868 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1869 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1870 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1871 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1872 (closes: #101899)
1873 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1874 (closes: #101820)
1875 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1876
1877 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1878
1879 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1880
1881 * first upload to Debian archive
1882 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1883 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1884 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1885 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1886 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1887 * new description of all classes
1888 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1889 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1890 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1891 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1892 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1893 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1894 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1895 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1896 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1897 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1898 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1899 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1900 supports multiple network interface cards
1901 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1902 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1903 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1904 boot sector
1905 * make many variables local
1906 * better debugging of shell scripts
1907 * remote login has all subroutines available
1908 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1909 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1910 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1911 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1912 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1913 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1914 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1915 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1916 only at the beginning of a line
1917 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1918 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1919 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1920 * modprobe displays less errors
1921 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1922 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1923 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1924 these are the correct release dates:
1925 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1926 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1927 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1928 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1929 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1930 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1931 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1932
1933 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1934
1935 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1936
1937 * add wget to suggests list
1938 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1939 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1940 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1941 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1942 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1943 keymap now called correctly
1944 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1945 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1946
1947 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1948
1949 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1950
1951 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1952 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1953 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1954 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1955 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1956 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1957 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1958 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1959 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1960 mostly segfaults dpkg
1961 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1962 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1963 point is not in root directory
1964 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1965
1966 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1967
1968 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1969
1970 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1971 * package depends on nfs-server
1972 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1973 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1974 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1975 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1976 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1977 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1978 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1979 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1980 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1981 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1982 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1983 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1984
1985 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1986
1987 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1988
1989 * loopback device is set up during installation
1990 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1991 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1992 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1993 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1994
1995 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1996
1997 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1998
1999 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
2000 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
2001 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
2002 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
2003 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
2004 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
2005 * add support for expect scripts
2006 * add nfs-kernel-server support
2007 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
2008 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
2009
2010 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
2011
2012 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2013
2014 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
2015
2016 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
2017 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
2018 flag verbose controls output level
2019 nfsroot is created without any interaction
2020 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
2021
2022 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
2023
2024 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
2025
2026 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
2027 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
2028 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
2029
2030 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
2031
2032 * cvs repository available
2033
2034 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
2035
2036 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
2037
2038 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
2039
2040 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
2041
2042 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2043
2044 * Initial Release.
2045
2046 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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