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1 fai (3.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 [ Thomas Lange ]
4 * fai-server.manpages: faimond-gui.1 was not included into the package
5 * fix typos in mkdebmirror, NEWS, classes_description.txt, fai-mirror,
6 fai-cd.8, fai-guide.sgml
7 * lib/subroutines: check *.var files if they are readable
8 * bootexample.sgml: fix typo
9
10 [ Colin Tuckley ]
11 * fixed spelling mistakes in fai-do-scripts.1, fai-mirror.1
12
13 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:14:49 +0100
14
15 fai (3.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
16
17 * fai-guide.sgml: document behaviour of LOGSERVER (closes: #361524)
18 * install_packages: fix usage of option -n (closes: #489546)
19 * setup-storage, Commands.pm, Exec.pm: Call udevsettle before doing any
20 of the commands to avoid all the possible pitfalls, simplyfies the
21 code quite a bit. (closes: #503729)
22
23 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:32:20 +0100
24
25 fai (3.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
26
27 * lib/setup-storage/Commands.pm: fixed dependency error in vgcreate
28 commands (closes: #502462)
29 * fcopy: fix ordering of classes (closes: #502975)
30
31 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:14:51 +0200
32
33 fai (3.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
34
35 * setup-storage/Parser.pm, setup-storage/Sizes.pm: Warn, if a
36 preserved partition does not match the size specified in the
37 disk_config; fail, if an extended partition is to be created in place
38 of a to-be-preserved partition (closes: #501772)
39 * setup-storage/Exec.pm: recent versions of parted log errors to
40 stdout instead of stderr + adaption of error messages to current ones
41 (closes: #500823)
42 * setup-storage/Volumes.pm: Handle new error message in case of
43 missing disk label (closes: #500823)
44 * setup-storage: extended debug output of sorted commands
45 (closes: #500822)
46 * setup-storage/Commands.pm: Properly sort commands, fixed dependency
47 errors, use start_byte for new config instead of begin_byte
48 (closes: #500822)
49 * setup-storage: increase version number
50 * make-fai-nfsroot: print version of debootstrap (closes: #500046)
51 * fai-guide.sgml: minor update in example
52 * fai-chboot.8: fix warning from man
53
54 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:25:39 +0200
55
56 fai (3.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
57
58 * control: depend on syslinux-common instead of syslinux (closes: #494417)
59 use same intro for description for all packages,
60 add dependeny and recommends on openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver as
61 workaround for #404760
62 * fai-chboot.8, fai-cd.8, ainsl.1, fai.8, fai-class.8: apply patches
63 from Colin Tuckley
64 * THANKS: add Colin
65 * fai-chboot.8: add example for using templates, add link to pxelinux
66 documentation
67 * fai-cd.8: remove unused info
68 * fai-mirror.1: add information about files used by this script
69 * faimond.8: minor fixes
70 * install_packages.8: minor fixes
71 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: minor fixes
72 * fai-debconf.1: minor fixes
73 * setup-storage.8: replace mdoc macro version with man macro version,
74 reformat examples using tab stops, make groff happy
75 * fai-guide.sgml: remove info about make-fai-bootfloppy, add info about
76 kernel parameters
77 * faisetup.sgml: update messages
78 * bootexample.sgml: update example messages
79 * mkdebmirror: remove obsolete code for fetching boot floppy images
80
81 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:20:45 +0200
82
83 fai (3.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
84
85 * add texlive-latex-recommended and texlive-fonts-recommended to
86 build-depends-indep which fixes FTBFS (closes: #497683),
87 add cfengine2 as recommends to fai-client (closes: #442843),
88 remove mknbi from fai-docs recommends
89 * Init.pm: really add important bugfix (494784) that was only fixed in svn
90 but not in 3.2.9 upload (closes: #494784), fix typo in variable name
91 * Volume.pm: ignore output line of parted containing "Model:"
92 (closes: #497066)
93 * disk-info: fix bashism (closes: #498023),
94 add pattern for KVM devices like /dev/vd[abcd]X (closes: #494426)
95 * Makefile,VERSION: remove variable KERNELVERSION, because it's unused since
96 3.2 (closes: #494699)
97 * fai-cd: do not redirect stderr to /dev/null when calling find_fai_data,
98 otherwise we do not get any errors when the grub call fails
99 * subroutines: use proper path to RUNNING_FROM_FAICD to make eject work
100 (closes: #439101),
101 do not access /proc/uptime if /proc is not mounted (closes: #496234),
102 check if list of cdrom devices is empty (closes: #498052)
103 * fai-client.postrm: use rm -rf, we do so in other maintainer scripts as
104 well and /var/run/fai is probably the least critical place
105 (closes: #494423)
106 * remove old, unsupported and broken script make-fai-bootfloppy and its man
107 page (it only works with fai-kernels which were removed from lenny)
108 (closes: #452375, #400373, #305363)
109 * remove old and unused util/tlink and the information about it from the
110 documentation
111 * fai-guide.sgml: major review, remove boot floppy info, remove BOOTP
112 info, update location of RUNNING_FROM_FAICD
113 * fai-guide.sgml: minor documentation fix (closes: #473106),
114 do not propose make-fai-nfsroot -r (closes: #481111),
115 do reference NEWS.Debian (closes: #452760)
116 * ftar.8: minor fix (closes: #481528), update example used
117 * fcopy.8: minor fix (closes: #419787)
118 * fai-statoverride.8: add man page for fai-statoverride.8 (closes: #358967)
119 * setup-storage.8: document usage of USE_SETUP_STORAGE; some typo fixes
120 * fai-cd.8: add usage example, add warning that all data on USB stick
121 may be destroyed
122 * setup-storage.8: Properly escape \ in literal environments (thanks lintian)
123 * changes to the example classes:
124 - use new partition tool in simple examples
125 - remove class SETUPSTORAGE
126 - package_config/*: remove non-existing packages, change some package
127 - names
128 - package_config/GNOME: make gnome example smaller
129 - 10-misc: remove tune2fs call, now done by new partition tool
130 - use lenny in FAISERVER class
131 - remove empty directory /etc/X11 to make lintian happy
132 - 20-copy-mirror: set correct symlink, add comment
133 * update to standards version 3.8.0, no changes needed
134 * update the package description (closes: #496113)
135 * rules: Don't ignore errors from make clean
136 * Many thanks to Sebastian Harl, Holger Levsen, Michael Prokop and
137 Michael Tautschnig for all the discussions and for the help to create
138 this release
139
140 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:08:20 +0200
141
142 fai (3.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
143
144 * apply patch that fixes the RC-bug license issue (closes: #487866)
145 * debian/copyright: add people and reformat text
146 * ftar: exit with warning if unsupported suffix .tgz is found
147 * ainsl: add options -Q and -q (closes: #484722)
148 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #488404)
149 * setup-storage.8: add migration section, add info for createopts, move
150 comments in example to bottom, fixed and improved documentation for
151 preserve_{always,reinstall} syntax
152 * Sizes.pm: never scale logical volume sizes beyond the specified
153 maximum (closes: #494519)
154 * Init.pm: fix bug in return values of phys_dev() (closes: #494784)
155 * conf/NFSROOT, control: drop use of liblinux-lvm-perl
156 (closes: #494357), replace unionfs with aufs (closes: #487080),
157 ext2resize is now obsolete, replace it with e2fsprogs,
158 replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo,
159 add packages for powerpc arch (closes: #494440)
160 * control: use official control-fields Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Svn instead
161 of old XS-* friends (closes: #451013),
162 remove Homepage from Description field, use Homepage field instead
163 * Volumes.pm: reverted the code to handle existing LVMs to an earlier
164 version that does not use Linux::LVM, because this is severly broken
165 (closes: #494357)
166 * setup-storage: increase version number to 1.0.1 because of LVM change
167 * Commands.pm: bugfix in RAID volume handling in case of devices marked
168 missing: mdadm command requires device names to be replaced by
169 "missing" (closes: #494520)
170 * package_config/FAIBASE: replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo
171 * subroutines-linux: replace klogd and syslogd with rsyslog
172 (closes: #494387)
173 * conf/sources.list: replace etch with lenny, make koeln repository
174 optional (closes: #474326)
175 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace etch with lenny, mount /dev/pts to
176 avoid warnings "Can not write log, openpty() failed",
177 * make-fai-nfsroot: umount /proc and /dev/pts inside nfsroot on exit
178 (closes: #494518, #494523),
179 move trap definitions outside of { } block (closes: #494518, #494523),
180 use arch independent name for linux kernel (closes: #494440)
181 * updatebase: mount /dev/pts into /target to avoid openpty() warning
182 * fai-do-scripts: use -b in call of file command, this makes the pattern
183 matching more robust, make file adjust regex to new output of file
184 command (closes: #490111)
185 * savelog.LAST.source: add error pattern
186 * fai-cd: add option "--iso-level 4" to mkisofs call (closes: #494443)
187 * rules: do not copy file for linda
188 * fai-quickstart.dirs: linda directory not needed any more
189 * fai-quickstart.lintian: fix pattern
190
191 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:49:51 +0200
192
193 fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
194
195 * Merge setup-storage, the new partitioning tool
196 (closes: #380629, #330915, #277045, #356862, #416633, #484788)
197 * add variable $USE_SETUP_STORAGE
198 * setup-storage: move loading of kernel modules into 20hwdetect.source,
199 print which disk_config setup-storage is using
200 * Commands.pm: print also mountpoint when debugging tuneopts and
201 createopts, fix and document problem when only tuneopts are defined,
202 prevent warnings about uninitialized variables
203 * 20-hwdetect.source: load modules needed for setup-storage
204 * add class SETUPSTORAGE for easy testing
205
206 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200
207
208 fai (3.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
209
210 * update some messages to 2008
211 * fai-cd: check if list of Packages files is non-empty, change syntax of
212 ${...:=...}, use rsync for coping to USB stick if available
213 * fai-cd.8: add info for MAXPACKAGES
214 * fai-guide.sgml: fix order of tasks
215 * fai-setup: check if file exists
216 * make-fai-nfsroot: exclude files in var/lib/apt/lists from base.tgz
217 check if NFSROOT directory is mounted with bad options
218 * get-boot-info: parse live.log for detecting boot method
219 * disk-info: use group info for detecting disks, extend pattern for
220 detecting scsi disks
221 * subroutines: fix regex so softupdate will; now umount the config space
222 * add internal variable printk, for setting the console log level
223
224 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 31 May 2008 16:47:25 +0200
225
226 fai (3.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
227
228 * fai: remove local, fix regex (closes: #480685)
229 * fai-cd: fix syntax error (closes: #480830)
230
231 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:37 +0200
232
233 fai (3.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
234
235 * GRUB/10-setup: use absolute path
236 * fai: mount /proc if not already mounted (closes: #453017, #444156),
237 check if target directory for dirinstall is mounted with nosuid,nodev
238 * fai-mirror: set MAXPACKAGES=1 if undefined before
239 * make-fai-nfsroot: exit with error if software installation has errors
240 (closes: #442261)
241 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to specify a certain release or version
242 of a package
243 * fai-cd: add prefix $cfdir to -g parameter if no path was specified,
244 fix setting of cfdir (closes: #475250)
245 * fai-cd.8: extend info for -g
246 * subroutines: remove local from variable (closes: #449236)
247 * install_packages: fix in detecting Debian specific actions
248 * fai-chboot: add check if kernelsuffix is defined
249 * fai-abort: add LSB formatted dependency info (closes: #469716)
250 * XF86Config-4/DEMO: remove obsolete example (closes: #474327)
251 * disk-info: add regex for Adaptec i2o controller (closes: #466670)
252 * ainsl: substitue \s+ afterwards (closes: #470799)
253
254 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 2008 18:27:02 +0200
255
256 fai (3.2.4) unstable; urgency=high
257
258 * fai-cd.8: add missing -C option
259 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove code for creating BOOTP environment
260 * faimond-gui: show different icons depending on error code
261 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #453442)
262 * subroutines-linux: do not print hostname and kernel compile time
263 * fai: update date, remove mkdir
264 * savelog.LAST.source: remove duplicate messages which appear in fai.log
265 and software.log
266
267 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0100
268
269 fai (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
270
271 * fix wrong logic in updatebase (closes: #452516)
272
273 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0100
274
275 fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
276
277 * conf/NFSROOT: reomve duplicate package, use aptitude for installing,
278 add nfs-common (closes: #444079), remove live-initramfs from NFSROOT
279 * doc/fai-guide.sgml: add information for softupdate (closes: #439016)
280 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern, remove dot after filename
281 * make-fai-nfsroot: check if $TFTPROOT is defined, add badupdateto32(),
282 which prints more info about update without checking variable names,
283 remove whole /srv/fai/nfsroot, add check_nfsroot(), make stamp only on
284 success (closes: #370780), write output also into /var/log/fai,
285 return and print exit code from install_packages, create or copy
286 live.conf, try to umount /proc inside the nfsroot before removing an
287 old nfsroot, abort if this fails
288 * subroutines: add task_error(), which stores the maximum error code in
289 $task_error, do nothing if error=0, print traceback,
290 add stop_fai_installation(), write pid to stamp file, print PID in
291 case of error, add task_test stub, save function name that causes
292 fatal error, set $fai_rundate only if not yet defined
293 * subroutines-linux: add check if $monserver is defined, print kernel
294 version currently running, catch exit code from install_packages
295 * mount2dir: add support for UUID and LABEL
296 * fai: export $romountopt, get error codes from all commands in a pipe,
297 add $STOP_ON_ERROR, fix variable name (closes: #447080),
298 do not use /var/log/fai/current (closes: #445276), cleanup definition
299 of $LOGDIR, change permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276),
300 add symlinks for last and last-$action in the very beginning
301 * control: fai-nfsroot and fai-client conflicts to fai-kernels, add
302 recommends to debconf-utils (closes: #445109), improve package
303 description (closes: #419071), add Homepage field, add live-initramfs
304 to depends of fai-nfsroot
305 replace ssh with openssh-server and openssh-client (closes: #434356)
306 * fai-cd: copy grub config always to menu.lst
307 * get-config-dir-nfs: add -n to mount
308 * get-config-dir-svn: error if svn call fails (closes: #447602, #441761)
309 * update FSF address (closes: #444154)
310 * fai-chboot: pxedir should also use $TFTPROOT, (closes: #443837)
311 * menu.lst/postinst: check if variables are defined (closes: #445978)
312 * ftar: make it a bash script
313 * fai-setup: add option -C (closes: #388157), fix mode of
314 authorized_keys
315 * fai-setup.8: add option -C
316 * fai-mirror: mkdir mountpoint before mounting (closes: #365004)
317 * updatebase: use aptitude when doing dist-upgrade (closes: #448426),
318 use safe-upgrade when available
319 * fai-divert: make it a bash script
320 * 30-interfaces: resolv.conf is now in /, not in /tmp
321 * make-fai-bootfloppy: script currently does not work, always die with
322 error message
323 * FAIBASE.var: add STOP_ON_ERROR
324 * fai-savelog: do not save log to local directory, if this directory
325 already exists (should only happen during softupdate), change
326 permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276)
327 * get-config-dir-*: call task_error after trying to access config space
328 * sources.list: add koeln repository
329
330 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0100
331
332 fai (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
333
334 * mount swap partitions with identical priorities
335 * fai-mirror: also match lowercase class names (for hostsnames),
336 use $cfdir instead of fixed path /etc/fai
337 * subroutines-linux: add timeout to nc call
338 * subroutines: change message for faimond in task_faiend()
339 * control: readd libapt-pkg-perl to depends, nfs-server (user space)
340 does not support locking, so FAI cannot use it, remove wget, add arch
341 to mknbi
342 * get-config-dir-svn: add svn+ssh support
343 * QUESTIONNAIRE: add USB stick, split bootb and dhcp
344 * faimond, faimond.8: use Proc::Daemon, add options tTldP
345 * faimond: do not allow ; in message (security), do not print ip and
346 port number
347 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -U, do not divert update-initramfs (added
348 because of a Ubuntu bug), activate -U if Ubuntu is detected
349 determine the arch inside the nfsroot for defining a class, this help
350 building amd64 nfsroots on i386 and vice versa,
351 add support for running hooks, (closes: #342467)
352 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable NFSROOT_HOOKS
353 * make-fai-nfsroot.9: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
354 * fai-mirror.8, make-fai-nfsroot.8: enhance/add info of -C, add info
355 about variable FAI_ETC_DIR
356 * packages_config/DEFAULT: fix typos in linux-image-amd64
357 * fai-chboot,fai-chboot.8: add option -C and support for $FAI_ETC_DIR
358 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern
359 * packages_config/FAIBASE: add fai-client
360 * fai-do-scripts: exit with maximum error code of all child scripts that
361 had an error
362 * fai: change message when stamp file already exists (closes: #441437)
363 * fai-cd: remove arch specific path
364 * fai-cd.8: add info about USB stick (closes: #441988),
365 improve man page (closes: #441991)
366 * new get-config-dir-git: add method git for access (closes: #441992)
367 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: fix path
368 * faimond-gui: new tool that produces graphical output of faimond
369 * faimond-gui.8: new man page
370 * get-config-dir-svn: fix svn+ssh with username (Closes: #442021)
371 * fai-guide.sgml: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
372
373 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:34 +0200
374
375 fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
376
377 * subroutines-linux: fix extra slash in path (closes: #428860),
378 jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
379 during dirinstall call debootstrap if no base.tgz is found
380 * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
381 * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: #309678, #380085)
382 * fai-guide.sgml:
383 major update to reflect FAI 3.X changes (closes: #390508),
384 fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
385 change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
386 fix an url, add documentation for dirinstall (closes: #390508),
387 document usage of basefiles/ (closes: #391660),
388 document the order hooks are called (closes: #380337)
389 * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
390 (closes: #415875)
391 * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880),
392 fix wrong path for FAI_CLASSES
393 * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
394 * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
395 it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608)
396 * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
397 * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote
398 (closes: #290371), do not set $HOSTNAME, should be set all the time
399 (closes: #429553, #429733)
400 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
401 fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
402 remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot,
403 use mkdir -p, live-initramfs needs NFSROOT in .../live/filesystem.dir,
404 move creating of subdirs from make-fai-nfsroot to fai (from server to
405 client), do not create shell script in make-fai-nfsroot,
406 remove -V, use aptitude to remove the kernels from the nfsroot, -k now
407 reinstalls all packages from /etc/fai/NFSROOT (closes: #431613),
408 update-initramfs symlinks to /bin/true during diversion
409 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf:
410 remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE (closes: #416531, #435098)
411 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove -V, new description for -K and -k
412 * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184),
413 check error code of preinst and postinst scripts (closes: #432681),
414 add quotes to variable (closes: #430127), skip comment lines in
415 file-modes
416 * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247),
417 add initrd support, add option -s (closes: #356380), remove nfs
418 options from append line
419 * fai-chboot.8: ROOTFS parameter is not needed any more, add option -s
420 * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
421 (closes: #416381)
422 * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
423 debian kernel package, add ext2resize, hwinfo and change arch specific
424 packages,
425 move packages cfengine2 and libapt-pkg-perl from control to NFSROOT
426 * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
427 Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093), add aptitude for
428 fai-server as Suggests, remove fai-kernels, add field XS-Vcs-Browser,
429 syslinux is only available on two architectures, do not depend on
430 cfengine (v1), since it does not exists any more
431 * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
432 use unionfs, remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now, use mkdir
433 -p, export $action for 20hwdetect.source, call save_dmesg only during
434 initial installation, during dirinstall set
435 LOGDIR=/var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME (closes: #429553)
436 define FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for dirinstall
437 create syslog.conf before starting the syslog daemon
438 when doing dirinstall -c or -N must be specified (closes: #429554)
439 the local hard disks are now mounted to /target instead of /tmp/target
440 * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
441 Debian kernel
442 * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd,
443 remove root (cd), fix setting of hostname, instead of using ip=, we
444 now use hostname=
445 * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
446 filesystem
447 * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
448 booting (closes: #401041),
449 add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
450 add option -k, this is for debugging
451 add option -n, do not create ISO image
452 add option -u, copy fai-cd data to a directory (USB support)
453 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
454 * disk-info: do not include removable devices into list of disks
455 * fai-class: remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now
456 do not set HOSTNAME from uname (closes: #431283)
457 * multiple files: add some patches fixing english text
458 (closes: #428857, #428858)
459 * 20-removable_media: fix path for floppy mount point (closes: #428859)
460 * fai.8: add option -u, --hostname (closes: #361559)
461 * add variable TFTPROOT (closes: #408271, #431431)
462 * fai-mirror:
463 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
464 do not ask questions, add unauthenticated packages to the mirror
465 * 20hwdetect.source: do not execute 20hwdetect.source during dirinstall
466 * debconf/FAIBASE: autodetect most xorg parameters, (but not resolution)
467 * install_packages: add option -N, change option -t to -n,
468 add patch that AptPkg module is only used when
469 available and target system is Debian (closes: #422225), move code to
470 check_aptpkg(), add smart package manager support (closes: #430798)
471 do execute Debian specific commands only when needed (closes: #392038),
472 grab error codes when executing commands,
473 exit with 3 when errors occured, add option -H (closes: #391659),
474 put suffix -internal to all internal commands,
475 remove -n from tasksel calls
476 print path once, then only config file names, not always full path
477 * install_packages.8: add option -N and -H, change option -t to -n,
478 add option -p (closes: #424848)
479 * create_ramdisk: replaced by unionfs
480 * fai-do-scripts: remove -k from cfagent call (closes: #425699),
481 add new strings for shell scripts (closes: #416616)
482 * fai-server.post*: do not manage $TFTPROOT (closes: #430000)
483 * package_config: move linux-image package from FAIBASE to DEFAULT, add
484 kernel name for architecture
485 * ainsl: escape + in pattern
486 * make S01fai-abort an init.d script
487
488 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:11:28 +0200
489
490 fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium
491
492 * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
493 * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
494 * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
495 this command (closes: 413466)
496 * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
497 * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2
498
499 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100
500
501 fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
502
503 * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
504 * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
505 shell scripts (closes: #410084)
506 * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
507 * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
508
509 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100
510
511 fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high
512
513 * fix important and grave bugs
514 * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
515 root (closes: #407947)
516 * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
517
518 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
519
520 fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
521
522 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
523 * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
524 tmp files (closes: #406336)
525 * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
526 * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
527 * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
528 * README: update year from 2006 to 2007
529
530 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100
531
532 fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
533
534 * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
535 * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
536 the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
537 * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
538 * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
539 (closes: #404187)
540
541 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100
542
543 fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
544
545 * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
546 readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
547 * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
548 * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
549 * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
550 change
551
552 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100
553
554 fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
555
556 * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
557 * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
558 * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
559 * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
560 removed
561 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
562 devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
563 device (closes: #400522)
564 * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
565 * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
566 * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
567 * fix typo in changelog
568 * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
569
570 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
571
572 fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
573
574 * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
575 * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
576 $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
577 so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
578 * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
579 * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
580 argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
581 * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
582 * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
583 * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
584 * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
585 dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
586 * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
587 cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
588 dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
589 FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
590 * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
591 * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
592 error message
593 * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
594 anchors to the beginning
595 * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
596 * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
597 * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
598 * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
599 * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
600 * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
601 more in etch
602
603 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
604
605 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
606
607 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
608 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
609 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
610 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
611 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
612 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
613 usage() subroutine
614 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
615 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
616 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
617 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
618 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
619 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
620 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
621 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
622 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
623 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
624 kernels)
625 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
626 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
627 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
628 (closes: #392032)
629 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
630 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
631 it, add carriage return
632 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
633 * 20hwdetect.source: xorg can discover the grpahics driver itself, do
634 not call discover
635
636 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
637
638 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
639
640 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
641 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
642 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
643 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
644 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
645 * faireboot: stop udevd
646 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
647 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
648 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
649 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
650 environment
651 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
652 directories under /media
653 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
654 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
655 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
656 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
657 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
658 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
659 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
660
661 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
662
663 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
664
665 * make pathes conform to FHS:
666 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
667 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
668 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
669 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
670 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
671 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
672 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
673 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
674 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
675 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
676 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
677 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
678 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
679 exist (closes: #373596)
680 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
681 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
682 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
683 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
684 path for resolv.conf
685 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
686 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
687 debhelper
688 * complies with policy 3.7.2
689 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
690 warning)
691 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
692 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
693 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
694 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
695 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
696 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
697 removed (closes: #332837)
698 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
699 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
700 at the end of the installation
701 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
702 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
703 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
704 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
705 dirinst
706 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
707 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
708 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
709 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
710 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
711 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
712 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
713 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
714 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
715 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
716 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
717 vfstab)
718 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
719 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
720 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
721 tftpd-hpa
722 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
723 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
724 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
725 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
726 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
727 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
728 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
729 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
730 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
731 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
732 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
733 * install_packages: add option -p
734 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
735 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
736 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
737 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
738 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
739 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
740 fai-cd
741 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
742 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
743 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
744 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
745 variables is used
746 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
747 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
748
749 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
750
751 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
752
753 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
754 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
755 * add package lftp to nfsroot
756 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
757 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
758 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
759
760 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
761
762 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
763
764 * Non-maintainer upload.
765 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
766 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
767 Closes: #373955)
768
769 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
770
771
772 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
773
774 * Non-maintainer upload.
775 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
776 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
777 system. (Closes: #373955)
778
779 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
780
781 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
782
783 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
784 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
785 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
786 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
787 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
788 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
789 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
790 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
791 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
792 appending to file (closes: #331258)
793 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
794 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
795
796 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
797
798 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
799
800 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
801 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
802 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
803 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
804 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
805 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
806 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
807 segfault bug
808 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
809 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
810 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
811 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
812 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
813 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
814 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
815 menu, not fai-cd version
816 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
817 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
818 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
819 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
820 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
821 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
822 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
823 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
824 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
825 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
826 be used
827 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
828 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
829 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
830 and the host name lookup fails
831 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
832 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
833 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
834
835 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
836
837 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
838
839 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
840 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
841 bootable (closes: #344536)
842 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
843 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
844 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
845 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
846 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
847 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
848 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
849 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
850 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
851 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
852 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
853 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
854 error (closes: #360183)
855 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
856 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
857 available (closes: #314613)
858 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
859 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
860 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
861 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
862 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
863 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
864 copying them
865 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
866 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
867 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
868 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
869 (closes: #341577)
870 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
871 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
872
873 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
874
875 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
876
877 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
878 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
879 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
880 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
881 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
882 description (closes: #322026)
883 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
884 * add class FAISERVER
885 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
886 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
887 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
888 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
889 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
890 exist
891 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
892 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
893 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
894
895 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
896
897 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
898
899 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
900 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
901 * adjust some paths
902 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
903 * increase compat level to 4
904 * delete sunos code from source
905 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
906 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
907 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
908 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
909 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
910 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
911 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
912 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
913 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
914 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
915 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
916 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
917 add more warnings
918 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
919 (closes: #312128)
920 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
921 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
922 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
923 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
924 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
925 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
926 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
927 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
928 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
929 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
930 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
931 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
932 return with error code (closes: #342120)
933 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
934 file name when action is softupdate
935 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
936 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
937 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
938 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
939 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
940 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
941 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
942 (closes: #305783)
943 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
944 udev behaviour
945 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
946 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
947 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
948 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
949 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
950 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
951 running udev
952 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
953 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
954 * add support for unsigned repositories
955 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
956 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
957
958 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
959
960 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
961
962 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
963 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
964 examples (closes: #310705)
965
966 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
967
968 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
969
970 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
971 support may be included again after sarge
972 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
973 * control: remove dependency on debconf
974 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
975 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
976 * remove debian/config, debian/template
977 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
978 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
979 set it any more
980 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
981 instead of debconf's default values
982 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
983 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
984 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
985 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
986
987 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
988
989 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
990
991 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
992 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
993 security bug (closes: #307838)
994 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
995 (closes: #307632)
996 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
997 important bug (closes: #307631)
998
999 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
1000
1001 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1002
1003 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
1004 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
1005 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
1006 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
1007 verbose from fai-mirror
1008 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
1009 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
1010 when $addpackages is empty
1011 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
1012 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
1013 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
1014 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
1015 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
1016 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
1017 needed gcc, change comment
1018 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
1019 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
1020 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
1021 (closes: #305861)
1022 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
1023 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
1024 * control: add grub to suggests
1025 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
1026 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
1027 hang the system
1028 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
1029 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
1030 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
1031 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
1032 not support -i
1033 * fai-setup: change informational message
1034 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
1035 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
1036 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
1037
1038 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
1039
1040 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
1041
1042 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
1043 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
1044 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
1045 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
1046 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
1047 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
1048 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
1049 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
1050 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
1051 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
1052 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
1053 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
1054 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
1055 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
1056 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
1057 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
1058 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
1059 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
1060 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
1061 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
1062 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
1063 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
1064 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
1065 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
1066 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
1067 output also to console
1068 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
1069 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
1070 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
1071 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
1072 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
1073 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
1074 also supported for backwards compatibility
1075 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
1076 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
1077 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
1078 * fai-chboot: change message
1079 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
1080 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
1081 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
1082 unset
1083 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
1084 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
1085 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
1086 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
1087 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
1088 * postinst: use debconf
1089 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
1090 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
1091
1092 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
1093
1094 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
1095
1096 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
1097 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
1098 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
1099 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
1100 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
1101 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
1102 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
1103 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
1104 name with 2.6.8
1105 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
1106 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
1107 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
1108 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
1109 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
1110 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
1111 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
1112 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
1113 * install_packages.8: add option -d
1114 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
1115 * add fai-cd.8 man page
1116 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
1117 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
1118 debhelper greater version 3
1119 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
1120 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
1121 to it
1122
1123 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
1124
1125 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1126
1127 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
1128 * new script fai-debconf
1129 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
1130 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
1131 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
1132 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
1133 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
1134 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
1135 * replace backticks with $()
1136 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
1137 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
1138 install_packages config
1139
1140 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
1141
1142 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
1143
1144 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
1145 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
1146 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
1147 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
1148 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
1149 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
1150 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
1151 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
1152 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
1153 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
1154 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
1155 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
1156 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
1157 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
1158 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
1159 allow space before primary and logical keyword
1160 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
1161 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
1162 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
1163 FAICLIENTS
1164 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
1165 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
1166 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
1167 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
1168 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
1169 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
1170 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
1171 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
1172 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
1173 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
1174 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
1175 install_packages.conf
1176 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
1177 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
1178 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
1179 cleanup
1180 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
1181 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
1182 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
1183 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
1184 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
1185 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
1186 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
1187 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
1188 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
1189 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
1190 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
1191 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
1192 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
1193
1194 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
1195
1196 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
1197
1198 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
1199 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
1200 it exists
1201 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
1202 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
1203 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
1204 * fcopy.8: add option -I
1205
1206 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
1207
1208 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
1209
1210 * add missing Beowulf examples
1211 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
1212 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
1213 scripts use them
1214 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
1215 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
1216 package for alpha architecture
1217 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
1218 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
1219 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
1220 messages, add aptitude support
1221 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
1222 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
1223 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
1224 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
1225 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
1226 mode (closes: #264727)
1227
1228 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
1229
1230 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
1231
1232 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
1233 * update to kernel 2.4.27
1234 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
1235 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
1236 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
1237 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
1238 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
1239 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
1240 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
1241 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
1242 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
1243 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
1244 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
1245 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
1246 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
1247 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
1248 may hang some production systems for a while
1249 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
1250 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
1251
1252 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
1253
1254 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
1255
1256 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
1257 tasksel behaviour
1258 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
1259 are in the nfsroot
1260 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
1261
1262 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
1263
1264 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
1265
1266 * catnc() greps through more than one file
1267 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
1268 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
1269 as ignorepatterns
1270 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
1271 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
1272 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
1273 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
1274 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
1275 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
1276 normal finishing script
1277 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
1278 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
1279 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
1280 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
1281 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
1282 subroutines, send message to faimond
1283 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
1284 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
1285 of packages from 4711 to 99
1286 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
1287 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
1288 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
1289 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
1290 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
1291 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
1292 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
1293 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
1294 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
1295 * remove doc/README.package_problems
1296 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
1297 typos
1298
1299 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
1300
1301 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
1302
1303 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
1304 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
1305 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
1306 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
1307 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
1308 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
1309 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
1310 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
1311 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
1312 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
1313 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
1314 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
1315 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
1316 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
1317 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
1318 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
1319 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1320 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
1321 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
1322 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
1323 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
1324 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
1325 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
1326 logo and let scroll region unchanged
1327 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
1328 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
1329 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
1330 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
1331 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
1332 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
1333 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
1334 table with parted
1335 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
1336 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
1337 add -xdev to find
1338 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
1339 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
1340 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
1341 hook
1342 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
1343 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
1344 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
1345 * faimond: always flush output
1346 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
1347 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
1348 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
1349 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
1350 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
1351 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
1352 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
1353 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
1354 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
1355 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
1356 remove beowulf example
1357 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
1358 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
1359 replace backtics with $()
1360 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
1361 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
1362 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
1363 bigger, /usr smaller
1364 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
1365 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
1366 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
1367 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
1368 * new FAQ
1369 * THANKS: juergen added
1370
1371 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
1372
1373 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
1374
1375 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
1376 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
1377 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
1378 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
1379 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
1380 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
1381 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
1382 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
1383 cdrom image
1384 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
1385 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
1386 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
1387 * THANKS: added holger
1388
1389 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
1390
1391 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
1392
1393 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
1394 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
1395 more verbose
1396 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
1397 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
1398 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
1399 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
1400 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
1401 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1402 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
1403 important files if option -v is set
1404 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
1405 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
1406 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
1407 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
1408 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
1409 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
1410 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
1411 remove detect call
1412 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
1413 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
1414 does not complain
1415 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
1416 option -r
1417 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
1418 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
1419 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
1420 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
1421 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
1422 put important variables to the top
1423 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
1424 access method to the Debian mirror
1425 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
1426 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
1427 without DNS
1428 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
1429 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
1430 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
1431 when one parameter is missing
1432 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
1433 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
1434 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
1435 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
1436 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
1437 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
1438 nfs mount options to root-path
1439 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
1440 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
1441 * setup_harddisks: typos
1442
1443 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
1444
1445 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
1446
1447 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
1448 actimeo for nfs mounts
1449 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
1450 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
1451 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
1452 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
1453 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
1454 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
1455 * faimond, faimond.8 added
1456 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
1457 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
1458 script, show nc output only when debugging
1459 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
1460 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
1461 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
1462 (closes: #218541)
1463 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
1464 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
1465 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
1466 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
1467 comment
1468 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
1469 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
1470 debug code in ifclass
1471 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
1472 package name, usage() points to the man page
1473 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
1474 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
1475 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
1476 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
1477 to login messages
1478 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
1479 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
1480 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
1481 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
1482 call
1483
1484 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
1485
1486 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
1487
1488 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
1489 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
1490 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
1491 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
1492 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
1493 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
1494 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
1495 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
1496 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
1497 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
1498 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
1499 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
1500 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
1501 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
1502 grub executable from nfsroot
1503 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
1504 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
1505 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
1506 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
1507
1508 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
1509
1510 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
1511
1512 * add script fai-chboot
1513 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
1514 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
1515 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
1516 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
1517 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
1518 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
1519 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
1520 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
1521 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
1522 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
1523 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
1524 $MAXPACKAGES
1525 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
1526 command line
1527 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
1528 make symlink for syslogd
1529 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
1530 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
1531 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
1532 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
1533 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
1534 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
1535 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
1536 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
1537 reboot for SunOS
1538 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
1539 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
1540 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
1541 variable
1542 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
1543 sunos version of xargs
1544 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
1545 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
1546 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
1547 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
1548 fixed IP address
1549 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
1550 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
1551 is not defined
1552 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
1553 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
1554 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
1555 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
1556 password protection to grub menu
1557 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
1558 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
1559 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
1560 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
1561 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
1562 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
1563 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
1564 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
1565 for examples
1566 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
1567 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
1568
1569 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
1570
1571 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1572
1573 * set correct year in fai guide
1574 * dhcp3 support
1575 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
1576 sector
1577 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
1578 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
1579 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
1580 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
1581 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
1582 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
1583 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
1584 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
1585 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
1586 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
1587 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
1588 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
1589 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
1590 task_configure code
1591 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
1592
1593 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
1594
1595 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1596
1597 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
1598 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
1599 every script to status.log
1600 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
1601 definitions after use
1602 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
1603 * many changes in the package_config files
1604 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
1605 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1606 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1607 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1608 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1609 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1610 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1611 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1612 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1613 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1614 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1615 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1616 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1617 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1618 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1619 determine classes which depend on partitions
1620 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1621 if only a few lines has to be changed
1622 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1623 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1624 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1625 option when using grub
1626 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1627 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1628 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1629 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1630 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1631 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1632 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1633 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1634 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1635 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1636 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1637 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1638 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1639 rcS_fai
1640 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1641 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1642 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1643 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1644 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1645 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1646 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1647 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1648 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1649 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1650 copy sources.list
1651 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1652 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1653 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1654 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1655 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1656 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1657 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1658 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1659 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1660 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1661 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1662 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1663 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1664 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1665 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1666 $LOGDIR
1667 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1668 fai-divert
1669 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1670 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1671 fai-mount-disk
1672 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1673 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1674 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1675 nfsserver is set
1676 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1677 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1678 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1679 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1680 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1681 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1682 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1683 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1684 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1685 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1686 * remove debian/undocumented
1687 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1688 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1689 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1690 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1691 flexible values for partitions sizes
1692 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1693 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1694 script fai-savelog
1695 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1696 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1697 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1698 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1699 and debug flags
1700 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1701 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1702 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1703 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1704 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1705 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1706 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1707
1708 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1709
1710 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1711
1712 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1713
1714 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1715
1716 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1717
1718 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1719 * remove some potato specific code
1720 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1721 * add some packages to SERVER
1722 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1723 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1724 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1725 * potato specific code removed
1726 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1727 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1728 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1729 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1730
1731 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1732
1733 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1734
1735 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1736 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1737 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1738 * minor changes in package_config files
1739 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1740 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1741 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1742 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1743 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1744
1745 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1746
1747 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1748
1749 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1750 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1751 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1752 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1753 * add many comments to shell scripts
1754 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1755 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1756 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1757 * minor changes in package_config files
1758 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1759 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1760 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1761 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1762 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1763 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1764 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1765 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1766 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1767 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1768
1769 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1770
1771 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1772
1773 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1774 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1775 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1776 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1777 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1778 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1779 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1780 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1781 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1782 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1783 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1784 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1785 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1786 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1787 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1788 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1789 a file
1790 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1791 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1792 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1793 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1794 continue. Changes include:
1795 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1796 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1797 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1798 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1799 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1800 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1801 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1802 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1803 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1804 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1805 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1806 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1807 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1808 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1809 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1810 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1811 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1812 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1813 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1814 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1815 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1816 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1817 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1818 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1819 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1820 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1821 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1822 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1823 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1824 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1825 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1826 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1827 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1828 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1829 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1830 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1831 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1832 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1833 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1834 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1835 option -s
1836 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1837 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1838 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1839 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1840 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1841 make-fai-* scripts
1842 * FAI_FILES removed
1843 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1844 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1845 make-fai-nfroot
1846 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1847 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1848 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1849 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1850 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1851 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1852 * new standards version 3.5.6
1853
1854 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1855
1856 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1857
1858 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1859 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1860 available
1861 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1862 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1863 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1864 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1865 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1866 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1867 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1868 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1869 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1870 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1871 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1872 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1873 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1874 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1875 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1876 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1877 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1878 * added class NOGETTY
1879 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1880
1881 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1882
1883 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1884
1885 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1886 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1887
1888 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1889
1890 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1891
1892 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1893 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1894 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1895 * echo device before BOOTP request
1896 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1897
1898 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1899
1900 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1901
1902 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1903 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1904 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1905 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1906 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1907 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1908 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1909 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1910 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1911 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1912 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1913 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1914 via variable $netdevices
1915 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1916 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1917 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1918 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1919 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1920 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1921 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1922 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1923 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1924 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1925 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1926 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1927 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1928 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1929 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1930
1931 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1932
1933 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1934
1935 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1936 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1937 check if it's a primary partition
1938 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1939 defined (closes: #100914)
1940 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1941 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1942 not change the output
1943 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1944 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1945 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1946 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1947 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1948 classes in reversed order
1949 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1950 if two additional terminals will be available
1951 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1952 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1953 * added class DISKLESS
1954 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1955 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1956 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1957 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1958 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1959 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1960 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1961
1962 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1963
1964 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1965
1966 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1967 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1968
1969 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1970
1971 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1972
1973 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1974 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1975 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1976 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1977 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1978 (closes: #101899)
1979 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1980 (closes: #101820)
1981 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1982
1983 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1984
1985 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1986
1987 * first upload to Debian archive
1988 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1989 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1990 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1991 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1992 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1993 * new description of all classes
1994 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1995 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1996 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1997 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1998 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1999 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
2000 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
2001 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
2002 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
2003 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
2004 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
2005 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
2006 supports multiple network interface cards
2007 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
2008 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
2009 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
2010 boot sector
2011 * make many variables local
2012 * better debugging of shell scripts
2013 * remote login has all subroutines available
2014 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
2015 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
2016 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
2017 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
2018 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
2019 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
2020 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
2021 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
2022 only at the beginning of a line
2023 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
2024 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
2025 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
2026 * modprobe displays less errors
2027 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
2028 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
2029 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
2030 these are the correct release dates:
2031 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
2032 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
2033 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
2034 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
2035 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
2036 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
2037 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
2038
2039 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
2040
2041 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
2042
2043 * add wget to suggests list
2044 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
2045 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
2046 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
2047 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
2048 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
2049 keymap now called correctly
2050 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
2051 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
2052
2053 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
2054
2055 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
2056
2057 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
2058 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
2059 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
2060 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
2061 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
2062 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
2063 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
2064 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
2065 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
2066 mostly segfaults dpkg
2067 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
2068 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
2069 point is not in root directory
2070 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
2071
2072 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
2073
2074 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
2075
2076 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
2077 * package depends on nfs-server
2078 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
2079 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
2080 * first version of the FAI Guide included
2081 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
2082 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
2083 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
2084 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
2085 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
2086 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
2087 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
2088 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
2089 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
2090
2091 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
2092
2093 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
2094
2095 * loopback device is set up during installation
2096 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
2097 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
2098 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
2099 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
2100
2101 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
2102
2103 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
2104
2105 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
2106 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
2107 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
2108 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
2109 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
2110 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
2111 * add support for expect scripts
2112 * add nfs-kernel-server support
2113 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
2114 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
2115
2116 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
2117
2118 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2119
2120 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
2121
2122 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
2123 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
2124 flag verbose controls output level
2125 nfsroot is created without any interaction
2126 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
2127
2128 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
2129
2130 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
2131
2132 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
2133 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
2134 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
2135
2136 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
2137
2138 * cvs repository available
2139
2140 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
2141
2142 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
2143
2144 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
2145
2146 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
2147
2148 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2149
2150 * Initial Release.
2151
2152 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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