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get-boot-info: fix wrong test parameter (closes: #509090)
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 * dhcpd.conf/FAISERVER: fix wrong path in example
10 * links.html: fix typo (closes: #508598)
11 * fai-guide.sgml: fix package name in documentation (closes: #504797)
12 * get-boot-info: fix wrong test parameter (closes: #509090)
13
14 [ Colin Tuckley ]
15 * fixed spelling mistakes in fai-do-scripts.1, fai-mirror.1
16
17 [ Sebastian Harl ]
18 * fai-guide.sgml: fix several typos, mention Git, use $FAI instead of
19 /fai (closes: #507129)
20
21 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:21:00 +0100
22
23 fai (3.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
24
25 * fai-guide.sgml: document behaviour of LOGSERVER (closes: #361524)
26 * install_packages: fix usage of option -n (closes: #489546)
27 * setup-storage, Commands.pm, Exec.pm: Call udevsettle before doing any
28 of the commands to avoid all the possible pitfalls, simplyfies the
29 code quite a bit. (closes: #503729)
30
31 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:32:20 +0100
32
33 fai (3.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
34
35 * lib/setup-storage/Commands.pm: fixed dependency error in vgcreate
36 commands (closes: #502462)
37 * fcopy: fix ordering of classes (closes: #502975)
38
39 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:14:51 +0200
40
41 fai (3.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
42
43 * setup-storage/Parser.pm, setup-storage/Sizes.pm: Warn, if a
44 preserved partition does not match the size specified in the
45 disk_config; fail, if an extended partition is to be created in place
46 of a to-be-preserved partition (closes: #501772)
47 * setup-storage/Exec.pm: recent versions of parted log errors to
48 stdout instead of stderr + adaption of error messages to current ones
49 (closes: #500823)
50 * setup-storage/Volumes.pm: Handle new error message in case of
51 missing disk label (closes: #500823)
52 * setup-storage: extended debug output of sorted commands
53 (closes: #500822)
54 * setup-storage/Commands.pm: Properly sort commands, fixed dependency
55 errors, use start_byte for new config instead of begin_byte
56 (closes: #500822)
57 * setup-storage: increase version number
58 * make-fai-nfsroot: print version of debootstrap (closes: #500046)
59 * fai-guide.sgml: minor update in example
60 * fai-chboot.8: fix warning from man
61
62 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:25:39 +0200
63
64 fai (3.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
65
66 * control: depend on syslinux-common instead of syslinux (closes: #494417)
67 use same intro for description for all packages,
68 add dependeny and recommends on openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver as
69 workaround for #404760
70 * fai-chboot.8, fai-cd.8, ainsl.1, fai.8, fai-class.8: apply patches
71 from Colin Tuckley
72 * THANKS: add Colin
73 * fai-chboot.8: add example for using templates, add link to pxelinux
74 documentation
75 * fai-cd.8: remove unused info
76 * fai-mirror.1: add information about files used by this script
77 * faimond.8: minor fixes
78 * install_packages.8: minor fixes
79 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: minor fixes
80 * fai-debconf.1: minor fixes
81 * setup-storage.8: replace mdoc macro version with man macro version,
82 reformat examples using tab stops, make groff happy
83 * fai-guide.sgml: remove info about make-fai-bootfloppy, add info about
84 kernel parameters
85 * faisetup.sgml: update messages
86 * bootexample.sgml: update example messages
87 * mkdebmirror: remove obsolete code for fetching boot floppy images
88
89 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:20:45 +0200
90
91 fai (3.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
92
93 * add texlive-latex-recommended and texlive-fonts-recommended to
94 build-depends-indep which fixes FTBFS (closes: #497683),
95 add cfengine2 as recommends to fai-client (closes: #442843),
96 remove mknbi from fai-docs recommends
97 * Init.pm: really add important bugfix (494784) that was only fixed in svn
98 but not in 3.2.9 upload (closes: #494784), fix typo in variable name
99 * Volume.pm: ignore output line of parted containing "Model:"
100 (closes: #497066)
101 * disk-info: fix bashism (closes: #498023),
102 add pattern for KVM devices like /dev/vd[abcd]X (closes: #494426)
103 * Makefile,VERSION: remove variable KERNELVERSION, because it's unused since
104 3.2 (closes: #494699)
105 * fai-cd: do not redirect stderr to /dev/null when calling find_fai_data,
106 otherwise we do not get any errors when the grub call fails
107 * subroutines: use proper path to RUNNING_FROM_FAICD to make eject work
108 (closes: #439101),
109 do not access /proc/uptime if /proc is not mounted (closes: #496234),
110 check if list of cdrom devices is empty (closes: #498052)
111 * fai-client.postrm: use rm -rf, we do so in other maintainer scripts as
112 well and /var/run/fai is probably the least critical place
113 (closes: #494423)
114 * remove old, unsupported and broken script make-fai-bootfloppy and its man
115 page (it only works with fai-kernels which were removed from lenny)
116 (closes: #452375, #400373, #305363)
117 * remove old and unused util/tlink and the information about it from the
118 documentation
119 * fai-guide.sgml: major review, remove boot floppy info, remove BOOTP
120 info, update location of RUNNING_FROM_FAICD
121 * fai-guide.sgml: minor documentation fix (closes: #473106),
122 do not propose make-fai-nfsroot -r (closes: #481111),
123 do reference NEWS.Debian (closes: #452760)
124 * ftar.8: minor fix (closes: #481528), update example used
125 * fcopy.8: minor fix (closes: #419787)
126 * fai-statoverride.8: add man page for fai-statoverride.8 (closes: #358967)
127 * setup-storage.8: document usage of USE_SETUP_STORAGE; some typo fixes
128 * fai-cd.8: add usage example, add warning that all data on USB stick
129 may be destroyed
130 * setup-storage.8: Properly escape \ in literal environments (thanks lintian)
131 * changes to the example classes:
132 - use new partition tool in simple examples
133 - remove class SETUPSTORAGE
134 - package_config/*: remove non-existing packages, change some package
135 - names
136 - package_config/GNOME: make gnome example smaller
137 - 10-misc: remove tune2fs call, now done by new partition tool
138 - use lenny in FAISERVER class
139 - remove empty directory /etc/X11 to make lintian happy
140 - 20-copy-mirror: set correct symlink, add comment
141 * update to standards version 3.8.0, no changes needed
142 * update the package description (closes: #496113)
143 * rules: Don't ignore errors from make clean
144 * Many thanks to Sebastian Harl, Holger Levsen, Michael Prokop and
145 Michael Tautschnig for all the discussions and for the help to create
146 this release
147
148 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:08:20 +0200
149
150 fai (3.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
151
152 * apply patch that fixes the RC-bug license issue (closes: #487866)
153 * debian/copyright: add people and reformat text
154 * ftar: exit with warning if unsupported suffix .tgz is found
155 * ainsl: add options -Q and -q (closes: #484722)
156 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #488404)
157 * setup-storage.8: add migration section, add info for createopts, move
158 comments in example to bottom, fixed and improved documentation for
159 preserve_{always,reinstall} syntax
160 * Sizes.pm: never scale logical volume sizes beyond the specified
161 maximum (closes: #494519)
162 * Init.pm: fix bug in return values of phys_dev() (closes: #494784)
163 * conf/NFSROOT, control: drop use of liblinux-lvm-perl
164 (closes: #494357), replace unionfs with aufs (closes: #487080),
165 ext2resize is now obsolete, replace it with e2fsprogs,
166 replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo,
167 add packages for powerpc arch (closes: #494440)
168 * control: use official control-fields Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Svn instead
169 of old XS-* friends (closes: #451013),
170 remove Homepage from Description field, use Homepage field instead
171 * Volumes.pm: reverted the code to handle existing LVMs to an earlier
172 version that does not use Linux::LVM, because this is severly broken
173 (closes: #494357)
174 * setup-storage: increase version number to 1.0.1 because of LVM change
175 * Commands.pm: bugfix in RAID volume handling in case of devices marked
176 missing: mdadm command requires device names to be replaced by
177 "missing" (closes: #494520)
178 * package_config/FAIBASE: replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo
179 * subroutines-linux: replace klogd and syslogd with rsyslog
180 (closes: #494387)
181 * conf/sources.list: replace etch with lenny, make koeln repository
182 optional (closes: #474326)
183 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace etch with lenny, mount /dev/pts to
184 avoid warnings "Can not write log, openpty() failed",
185 * make-fai-nfsroot: umount /proc and /dev/pts inside nfsroot on exit
186 (closes: #494518, #494523),
187 move trap definitions outside of { } block (closes: #494518, #494523),
188 use arch independent name for linux kernel (closes: #494440)
189 * updatebase: mount /dev/pts into /target to avoid openpty() warning
190 * fai-do-scripts: use -b in call of file command, this makes the pattern
191 matching more robust, make file adjust regex to new output of file
192 command (closes: #490111)
193 * savelog.LAST.source: add error pattern
194 * fai-cd: add option "--iso-level 4" to mkisofs call (closes: #494443)
195 * rules: do not copy file for linda
196 * fai-quickstart.dirs: linda directory not needed any more
197 * fai-quickstart.lintian: fix pattern
198
199 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:49:51 +0200
200
201 fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
202
203 * Merge setup-storage, the new partitioning tool
204 (closes: #380629, #330915, #277045, #356862, #416633, #484788)
205 * add variable $USE_SETUP_STORAGE
206 * setup-storage: move loading of kernel modules into 20hwdetect.source,
207 print which disk_config setup-storage is using
208 * Commands.pm: print also mountpoint when debugging tuneopts and
209 createopts, fix and document problem when only tuneopts are defined,
210 prevent warnings about uninitialized variables
211 * 20-hwdetect.source: load modules needed for setup-storage
212 * add class SETUPSTORAGE for easy testing
213
214 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200
215
216 fai (3.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
217
218 * update some messages to 2008
219 * fai-cd: check if list of Packages files is non-empty, change syntax of
220 ${...:=...}, use rsync for coping to USB stick if available
221 * fai-cd.8: add info for MAXPACKAGES
222 * fai-guide.sgml: fix order of tasks
223 * fai-setup: check if file exists
224 * make-fai-nfsroot: exclude files in var/lib/apt/lists from base.tgz
225 check if NFSROOT directory is mounted with bad options
226 * get-boot-info: parse live.log for detecting boot method
227 * disk-info: use group info for detecting disks, extend pattern for
228 detecting scsi disks
229 * subroutines: fix regex so softupdate will; now umount the config space
230 * add internal variable printk, for setting the console log level
231
232 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 31 May 2008 16:47:25 +0200
233
234 fai (3.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
235
236 * fai: remove local, fix regex (closes: #480685)
237 * fai-cd: fix syntax error (closes: #480830)
238
239 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:37 +0200
240
241 fai (3.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
242
243 * GRUB/10-setup: use absolute path
244 * fai: mount /proc if not already mounted (closes: #453017, #444156),
245 check if target directory for dirinstall is mounted with nosuid,nodev
246 * fai-mirror: set MAXPACKAGES=1 if undefined before
247 * make-fai-nfsroot: exit with error if software installation has errors
248 (closes: #442261)
249 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to specify a certain release or version
250 of a package
251 * fai-cd: add prefix $cfdir to -g parameter if no path was specified,
252 fix setting of cfdir (closes: #475250)
253 * fai-cd.8: extend info for -g
254 * subroutines: remove local from variable (closes: #449236)
255 * install_packages: fix in detecting Debian specific actions
256 * fai-chboot: add check if kernelsuffix is defined
257 * fai-abort: add LSB formatted dependency info (closes: #469716)
258 * XF86Config-4/DEMO: remove obsolete example (closes: #474327)
259 * disk-info: add regex for Adaptec i2o controller (closes: #466670)
260 * ainsl: substitue \s+ afterwards (closes: #470799)
261
262 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 2008 18:27:02 +0200
263
264 fai (3.2.4) unstable; urgency=high
265
266 * fai-cd.8: add missing -C option
267 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove code for creating BOOTP environment
268 * faimond-gui: show different icons depending on error code
269 * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #453442)
270 * subroutines-linux: do not print hostname and kernel compile time
271 * fai: update date, remove mkdir
272 * savelog.LAST.source: remove duplicate messages which appear in fai.log
273 and software.log
274
275 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0100
276
277 fai (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
278
279 * fix wrong logic in updatebase (closes: #452516)
280
281 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0100
282
283 fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
284
285 * conf/NFSROOT: reomve duplicate package, use aptitude for installing,
286 add nfs-common (closes: #444079), remove live-initramfs from NFSROOT
287 * doc/fai-guide.sgml: add information for softupdate (closes: #439016)
288 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern, remove dot after filename
289 * make-fai-nfsroot: check if $TFTPROOT is defined, add badupdateto32(),
290 which prints more info about update without checking variable names,
291 remove whole /srv/fai/nfsroot, add check_nfsroot(), make stamp only on
292 success (closes: #370780), write output also into /var/log/fai,
293 return and print exit code from install_packages, create or copy
294 live.conf, try to umount /proc inside the nfsroot before removing an
295 old nfsroot, abort if this fails
296 * subroutines: add task_error(), which stores the maximum error code in
297 $task_error, do nothing if error=0, print traceback,
298 add stop_fai_installation(), write pid to stamp file, print PID in
299 case of error, add task_test stub, save function name that causes
300 fatal error, set $fai_rundate only if not yet defined
301 * subroutines-linux: add check if $monserver is defined, print kernel
302 version currently running, catch exit code from install_packages
303 * mount2dir: add support for UUID and LABEL
304 * fai: export $romountopt, get error codes from all commands in a pipe,
305 add $STOP_ON_ERROR, fix variable name (closes: #447080),
306 do not use /var/log/fai/current (closes: #445276), cleanup definition
307 of $LOGDIR, change permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276),
308 add symlinks for last and last-$action in the very beginning
309 * control: fai-nfsroot and fai-client conflicts to fai-kernels, add
310 recommends to debconf-utils (closes: #445109), improve package
311 description (closes: #419071), add Homepage field, add live-initramfs
312 to depends of fai-nfsroot
313 replace ssh with openssh-server and openssh-client (closes: #434356)
314 * fai-cd: copy grub config always to menu.lst
315 * get-config-dir-nfs: add -n to mount
316 * get-config-dir-svn: error if svn call fails (closes: #447602, #441761)
317 * update FSF address (closes: #444154)
318 * fai-chboot: pxedir should also use $TFTPROOT, (closes: #443837)
319 * menu.lst/postinst: check if variables are defined (closes: #445978)
320 * ftar: make it a bash script
321 * fai-setup: add option -C (closes: #388157), fix mode of
322 authorized_keys
323 * fai-setup.8: add option -C
324 * fai-mirror: mkdir mountpoint before mounting (closes: #365004)
325 * updatebase: use aptitude when doing dist-upgrade (closes: #448426),
326 use safe-upgrade when available
327 * fai-divert: make it a bash script
328 * 30-interfaces: resolv.conf is now in /, not in /tmp
329 * make-fai-bootfloppy: script currently does not work, always die with
330 error message
331 * FAIBASE.var: add STOP_ON_ERROR
332 * fai-savelog: do not save log to local directory, if this directory
333 already exists (should only happen during softupdate), change
334 permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276)
335 * get-config-dir-*: call task_error after trying to access config space
336 * sources.list: add koeln repository
337
338 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0100
339
340 fai (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
341
342 * mount swap partitions with identical priorities
343 * fai-mirror: also match lowercase class names (for hostsnames),
344 use $cfdir instead of fixed path /etc/fai
345 * subroutines-linux: add timeout to nc call
346 * subroutines: change message for faimond in task_faiend()
347 * control: readd libapt-pkg-perl to depends, nfs-server (user space)
348 does not support locking, so FAI cannot use it, remove wget, add arch
349 to mknbi
350 * get-config-dir-svn: add svn+ssh support
351 * QUESTIONNAIRE: add USB stick, split bootb and dhcp
352 * faimond, faimond.8: use Proc::Daemon, add options tTldP
353 * faimond: do not allow ; in message (security), do not print ip and
354 port number
355 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -U, do not divert update-initramfs (added
356 because of a Ubuntu bug), activate -U if Ubuntu is detected
357 determine the arch inside the nfsroot for defining a class, this help
358 building amd64 nfsroots on i386 and vice versa,
359 add support for running hooks, (closes: #342467)
360 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable NFSROOT_HOOKS
361 * make-fai-nfsroot.9: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
362 * fai-mirror.8, make-fai-nfsroot.8: enhance/add info of -C, add info
363 about variable FAI_ETC_DIR
364 * packages_config/DEFAULT: fix typos in linux-image-amd64
365 * fai-chboot,fai-chboot.8: add option -C and support for $FAI_ETC_DIR
366 * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern
367 * packages_config/FAIBASE: add fai-client
368 * fai-do-scripts: exit with maximum error code of all child scripts that
369 had an error
370 * fai: change message when stamp file already exists (closes: #441437)
371 * fai-cd: remove arch specific path
372 * fai-cd.8: add info about USB stick (closes: #441988),
373 improve man page (closes: #441991)
374 * new get-config-dir-git: add method git for access (closes: #441992)
375 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: fix path
376 * faimond-gui: new tool that produces graphical output of faimond
377 * faimond-gui.8: new man page
378 * get-config-dir-svn: fix svn+ssh with username (Closes: #442021)
379 * fai-guide.sgml: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
380
381 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:34 +0200
382
383 fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
384
385 * subroutines-linux: fix extra slash in path (closes: #428860),
386 jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
387 during dirinstall call debootstrap if no base.tgz is found
388 * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
389 * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: #309678, #380085)
390 * fai-guide.sgml:
391 major update to reflect FAI 3.X changes (closes: #390508),
392 fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
393 change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
394 fix an url, add documentation for dirinstall (closes: #390508),
395 document usage of basefiles/ (closes: #391660),
396 document the order hooks are called (closes: #380337)
397 * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
398 (closes: #415875)
399 * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880),
400 fix wrong path for FAI_CLASSES
401 * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
402 * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
403 it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608)
404 * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
405 * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote
406 (closes: #290371), do not set $HOSTNAME, should be set all the time
407 (closes: #429553, #429733)
408 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
409 fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
410 remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot,
411 use mkdir -p, live-initramfs needs NFSROOT in .../live/filesystem.dir,
412 move creating of subdirs from make-fai-nfsroot to fai (from server to
413 client), do not create shell script in make-fai-nfsroot,
414 remove -V, use aptitude to remove the kernels from the nfsroot, -k now
415 reinstalls all packages from /etc/fai/NFSROOT (closes: #431613),
416 update-initramfs symlinks to /bin/true during diversion
417 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf:
418 remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE (closes: #416531, #435098)
419 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove -V, new description for -K and -k
420 * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184),
421 check error code of preinst and postinst scripts (closes: #432681),
422 add quotes to variable (closes: #430127), skip comment lines in
423 file-modes
424 * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247),
425 add initrd support, add option -s (closes: #356380), remove nfs
426 options from append line
427 * fai-chboot.8: ROOTFS parameter is not needed any more, add option -s
428 * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
429 (closes: #416381)
430 * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
431 debian kernel package, add ext2resize, hwinfo and change arch specific
432 packages,
433 move packages cfengine2 and libapt-pkg-perl from control to NFSROOT
434 * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
435 Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093), add aptitude for
436 fai-server as Suggests, remove fai-kernels, add field XS-Vcs-Browser,
437 syslinux is only available on two architectures, do not depend on
438 cfengine (v1), since it does not exists any more
439 * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
440 use unionfs, remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now, use mkdir
441 -p, export $action for 20hwdetect.source, call save_dmesg only during
442 initial installation, during dirinstall set
443 LOGDIR=/var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME (closes: #429553)
444 define FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for dirinstall
445 create syslog.conf before starting the syslog daemon
446 when doing dirinstall -c or -N must be specified (closes: #429554)
447 the local hard disks are now mounted to /target instead of /tmp/target
448 * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
449 Debian kernel
450 * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd,
451 remove root (cd), fix setting of hostname, instead of using ip=, we
452 now use hostname=
453 * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
454 filesystem
455 * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
456 booting (closes: #401041),
457 add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
458 add option -k, this is for debugging
459 add option -n, do not create ISO image
460 add option -u, copy fai-cd data to a directory (USB support)
461 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
462 * disk-info: do not include removable devices into list of disks
463 * fai-class: remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now
464 do not set HOSTNAME from uname (closes: #431283)
465 * multiple files: add some patches fixing english text
466 (closes: #428857, #428858)
467 * 20-removable_media: fix path for floppy mount point (closes: #428859)
468 * fai.8: add option -u, --hostname (closes: #361559)
469 * add variable TFTPROOT (closes: #408271, #431431)
470 * fai-mirror:
471 use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
472 do not ask questions, add unauthenticated packages to the mirror
473 * 20hwdetect.source: do not execute 20hwdetect.source during dirinstall
474 * debconf/FAIBASE: autodetect most xorg parameters, (but not resolution)
475 * install_packages: add option -N, change option -t to -n,
476 add patch that AptPkg module is only used when
477 available and target system is Debian (closes: #422225), move code to
478 check_aptpkg(), add smart package manager support (closes: #430798)
479 do execute Debian specific commands only when needed (closes: #392038),
480 grab error codes when executing commands,
481 exit with 3 when errors occured, add option -H (closes: #391659),
482 put suffix -internal to all internal commands,
483 remove -n from tasksel calls
484 print path once, then only config file names, not always full path
485 * install_packages.8: add option -N and -H, change option -t to -n,
486 add option -p (closes: #424848)
487 * create_ramdisk: replaced by unionfs
488 * fai-do-scripts: remove -k from cfagent call (closes: #425699),
489 add new strings for shell scripts (closes: #416616)
490 * fai-server.post*: do not manage $TFTPROOT (closes: #430000)
491 * package_config: move linux-image package from FAIBASE to DEFAULT, add
492 kernel name for architecture
493 * ainsl: escape + in pattern
494 * make S01fai-abort an init.d script
495
496 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:11:28 +0200
497
498 fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium
499
500 * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
501 * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
502 * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
503 this command (closes: 413466)
504 * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
505 * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2
506
507 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100
508
509 fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
510
511 * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
512 * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
513 shell scripts (closes: #410084)
514 * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
515 * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
516
517 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100
518
519 fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high
520
521 * fix important and grave bugs
522 * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
523 root (closes: #407947)
524 * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
525
526 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
527
528 fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
529
530 * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
531 * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
532 tmp files (closes: #406336)
533 * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
534 * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
535 * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
536 * README: update year from 2006 to 2007
537
538 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100
539
540 fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
541
542 * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
543 * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
544 the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
545 * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
546 * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
547 (closes: #404187)
548
549 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100
550
551 fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
552
553 * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
554 readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
555 * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
556 * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
557 * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
558 change
559
560 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100
561
562 fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
563
564 * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
565 * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
566 * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
567 * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
568 removed
569 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
570 devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
571 device (closes: #400522)
572 * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
573 * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
574 * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
575 * fix typo in changelog
576 * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
577
578 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
579
580 fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
581
582 * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
583 * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
584 $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
585 so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
586 * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
587 * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
588 argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
589 * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
590 * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
591 * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
592 * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
593 dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
594 * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
595 cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
596 dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
597 FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
598 * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
599 * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
600 error message
601 * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
602 anchors to the beginning
603 * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
604 * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
605 * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
606 * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
607 * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
608 * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
609 more in etch
610
611 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
612
613 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
614
615 * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
616 * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
617 * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
618 * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
619 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
620 * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
621 usage() subroutine
622 * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
623 fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
624 disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
625 rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
626 * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
627 so it also works for sarge's version of expr
628 * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
629 sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
630 * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
631 /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
632 kernels)
633 * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
634 * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
635 * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
636 (closes: #392032)
637 * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
638 * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
639 it, add carriage return
640 * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
641 * 20hwdetect.source: xorg can discover the grpahics driver itself, do
642 not call discover
643
644 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
645
646 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
647
648 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
649 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
650 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
651 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
652 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
653 * faireboot: stop udevd
654 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
655 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
656 * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
657 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
658 environment
659 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
660 directories under /media
661 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
662 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
663 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
664 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
665 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
666 * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
667 * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
668
669 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
670
671 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
672
673 * make pathes conform to FHS:
674 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
675 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
676 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
677 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
678 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
679 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
680 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
681 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
682 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
683 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
684 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
685 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
686 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
687 exist (closes: #373596)
688 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
689 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
690 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
691 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
692 path for resolv.conf
693 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
694 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
695 debhelper
696 * complies with policy 3.7.2
697 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
698 warning)
699 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
700 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
701 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
702 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
703 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
704 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
705 removed (closes: #332837)
706 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
707 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
708 at the end of the installation
709 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
710 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
711 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
712 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
713 dirinst
714 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
715 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
716 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
717 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
718 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
719 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
720 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
721 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
722 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
723 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
724 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
725 vfstab)
726 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
727 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
728 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
729 tftpd-hpa
730 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
731 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
732 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
733 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
734 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
735 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
736 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
737 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
738 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
739 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
740 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
741 * install_packages: add option -p
742 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
743 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
744 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
745 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
746 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
747 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
748 fai-cd
749 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
750 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
751 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
752 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
753 variables is used
754 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
755 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
756
757 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
758
759 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
760
761 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
762 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
763 * add package lftp to nfsroot
764 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
765 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
766 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
767
768 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
769
770 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
771
772 * Non-maintainer upload.
773 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
774 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
775 Closes: #373955)
776
777 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
778
779
780 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
781
782 * Non-maintainer upload.
783 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
784 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
785 system. (Closes: #373955)
786
787 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
788
789 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
790
791 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
792 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
793 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
794 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
795 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
796 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
797 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
798 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
799 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
800 appending to file (closes: #331258)
801 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
802 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
803
804 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
805
806 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
807
808 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
809 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
810 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
811 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
812 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
813 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
814 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
815 segfault bug
816 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
817 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
818 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
819 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
820 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
821 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
822 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
823 menu, not fai-cd version
824 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
825 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
826 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
827 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
828 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
829 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
830 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
831 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
832 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
833 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
834 be used
835 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
836 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
837 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
838 and the host name lookup fails
839 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
840 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
841 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
842
843 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
844
845 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
846
847 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
848 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
849 bootable (closes: #344536)
850 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
851 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
852 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
853 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
854 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
855 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
856 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
857 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
858 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
859 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
860 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
861 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
862 error (closes: #360183)
863 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
864 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
865 available (closes: #314613)
866 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
867 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
868 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
869 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
870 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
871 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
872 copying them
873 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
874 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
875 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
876 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
877 (closes: #341577)
878 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
879 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
880
881 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
882
883 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
884
885 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
886 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
887 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
888 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
889 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
890 description (closes: #322026)
891 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
892 * add class FAISERVER
893 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
894 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
895 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
896 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
897 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
898 exist
899 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
900 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
901 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
902
903 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
904
905 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
906
907 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
908 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
909 * adjust some paths
910 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
911 * increase compat level to 4
912 * delete sunos code from source
913 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
914 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
915 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
916 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
917 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
918 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
919 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
920 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
921 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
922 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
923 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
924 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
925 add more warnings
926 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
927 (closes: #312128)
928 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
929 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
930 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
931 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
932 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
933 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
934 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
935 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
936 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
937 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
938 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
939 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
940 return with error code (closes: #342120)
941 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
942 file name when action is softupdate
943 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
944 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
945 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
946 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
947 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
948 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
949 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
950 (closes: #305783)
951 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
952 udev behaviour
953 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
954 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
955 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
956 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
957 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
958 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
959 running udev
960 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
961 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
962 * add support for unsigned repositories
963 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
964 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
965
966 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
967
968 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
969
970 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
971 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
972 examples (closes: #310705)
973
974 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
975
976 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
977
978 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
979 support may be included again after sarge
980 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
981 * control: remove dependency on debconf
982 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
983 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
984 * remove debian/config, debian/template
985 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
986 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
987 set it any more
988 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
989 instead of debconf's default values
990 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
991 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
992 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
993 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
994
995 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
996
997 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
998
999 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
1000 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
1001 security bug (closes: #307838)
1002 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
1003 (closes: #307632)
1004 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
1005 important bug (closes: #307631)
1006
1007 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
1008
1009 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1010
1011 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
1012 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
1013 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
1014 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
1015 verbose from fai-mirror
1016 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
1017 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
1018 when $addpackages is empty
1019 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
1020 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
1021 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
1022 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
1023 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
1024 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
1025 needed gcc, change comment
1026 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
1027 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
1028 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
1029 (closes: #305861)
1030 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
1031 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
1032 * control: add grub to suggests
1033 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
1034 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
1035 hang the system
1036 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
1037 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
1038 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
1039 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
1040 not support -i
1041 * fai-setup: change informational message
1042 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
1043 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
1044 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
1045
1046 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
1047
1048 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
1049
1050 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
1051 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
1052 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
1053 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
1054 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
1055 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
1056 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
1057 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
1058 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
1059 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
1060 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
1061 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
1062 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
1063 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
1064 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
1065 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
1066 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
1067 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
1068 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
1069 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
1070 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
1071 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
1072 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
1073 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
1074 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
1075 output also to console
1076 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
1077 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
1078 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
1079 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
1080 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
1081 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
1082 also supported for backwards compatibility
1083 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
1084 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
1085 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
1086 * fai-chboot: change message
1087 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
1088 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
1089 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
1090 unset
1091 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
1092 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
1093 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
1094 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
1095 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
1096 * postinst: use debconf
1097 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
1098 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
1099
1100 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
1101
1102 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
1103
1104 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
1105 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
1106 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
1107 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
1108 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
1109 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
1110 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
1111 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
1112 name with 2.6.8
1113 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
1114 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
1115 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
1116 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
1117 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
1118 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
1119 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
1120 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
1121 * install_packages.8: add option -d
1122 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
1123 * add fai-cd.8 man page
1124 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
1125 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
1126 debhelper greater version 3
1127 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
1128 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
1129 to it
1130
1131 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
1132
1133 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1134
1135 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
1136 * new script fai-debconf
1137 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
1138 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
1139 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
1140 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
1141 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
1142 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
1143 * replace backticks with $()
1144 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
1145 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
1146 install_packages config
1147
1148 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
1149
1150 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
1151
1152 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
1153 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
1154 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
1155 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
1156 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
1157 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
1158 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
1159 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
1160 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
1161 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
1162 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
1163 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
1164 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
1165 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
1166 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
1167 allow space before primary and logical keyword
1168 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
1169 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
1170 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
1171 FAICLIENTS
1172 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
1173 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
1174 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
1175 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
1176 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
1177 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
1178 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
1179 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
1180 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
1181 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
1182 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
1183 install_packages.conf
1184 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
1185 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
1186 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
1187 cleanup
1188 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
1189 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
1190 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
1191 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
1192 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
1193 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
1194 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
1195 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
1196 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
1197 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
1198 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
1199 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
1200 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
1201
1202 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
1203
1204 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
1205
1206 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
1207 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
1208 it exists
1209 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
1210 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
1211 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
1212 * fcopy.8: add option -I
1213
1214 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
1215
1216 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
1217
1218 * add missing Beowulf examples
1219 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
1220 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
1221 scripts use them
1222 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
1223 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
1224 package for alpha architecture
1225 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
1226 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
1227 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
1228 messages, add aptitude support
1229 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
1230 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
1231 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
1232 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
1233 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
1234 mode (closes: #264727)
1235
1236 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
1237
1238 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
1239
1240 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
1241 * update to kernel 2.4.27
1242 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
1243 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
1244 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
1245 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
1246 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
1247 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
1248 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
1249 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
1250 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
1251 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
1252 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
1253 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
1254 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
1255 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
1256 may hang some production systems for a while
1257 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
1258 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
1259
1260 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
1261
1262 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
1263
1264 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
1265 tasksel behaviour
1266 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
1267 are in the nfsroot
1268 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
1269
1270 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
1271
1272 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
1273
1274 * catnc() greps through more than one file
1275 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
1276 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
1277 as ignorepatterns
1278 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
1279 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
1280 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
1281 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
1282 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
1283 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
1284 normal finishing script
1285 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
1286 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
1287 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
1288 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
1289 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
1290 subroutines, send message to faimond
1291 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
1292 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
1293 of packages from 4711 to 99
1294 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
1295 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
1296 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
1297 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
1298 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
1299 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
1300 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
1301 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
1302 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
1303 * remove doc/README.package_problems
1304 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
1305 typos
1306
1307 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
1308
1309 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
1310
1311 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
1312 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
1313 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
1314 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
1315 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
1316 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
1317 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
1318 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
1319 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
1320 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
1321 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
1322 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
1323 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
1324 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
1325 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
1326 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
1327 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1328 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
1329 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
1330 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
1331 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
1332 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
1333 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
1334 logo and let scroll region unchanged
1335 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
1336 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
1337 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
1338 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
1339 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
1340 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
1341 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
1342 table with parted
1343 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
1344 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
1345 add -xdev to find
1346 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
1347 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
1348 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
1349 hook
1350 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
1351 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
1352 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
1353 * faimond: always flush output
1354 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
1355 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
1356 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
1357 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
1358 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
1359 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
1360 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
1361 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
1362 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
1363 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
1364 remove beowulf example
1365 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
1366 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
1367 replace backtics with $()
1368 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
1369 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
1370 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
1371 bigger, /usr smaller
1372 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
1373 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
1374 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
1375 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
1376 * new FAQ
1377 * THANKS: juergen added
1378
1379 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
1380
1381 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
1382
1383 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
1384 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
1385 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
1386 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
1387 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
1388 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
1389 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
1390 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
1391 cdrom image
1392 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
1393 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
1394 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
1395 * THANKS: added holger
1396
1397 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
1398
1399 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
1400
1401 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
1402 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
1403 more verbose
1404 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
1405 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
1406 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
1407 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
1408 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
1409 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
1410 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
1411 important files if option -v is set
1412 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
1413 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
1414 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
1415 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
1416 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
1417 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
1418 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
1419 remove detect call
1420 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
1421 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
1422 does not complain
1423 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
1424 option -r
1425 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
1426 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
1427 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
1428 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
1429 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
1430 put important variables to the top
1431 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
1432 access method to the Debian mirror
1433 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
1434 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
1435 without DNS
1436 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
1437 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
1438 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
1439 when one parameter is missing
1440 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
1441 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
1442 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
1443 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
1444 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
1445 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
1446 nfs mount options to root-path
1447 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
1448 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
1449 * setup_harddisks: typos
1450
1451 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
1452
1453 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
1454
1455 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
1456 actimeo for nfs mounts
1457 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
1458 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
1459 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
1460 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
1461 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
1462 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
1463 * faimond, faimond.8 added
1464 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
1465 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
1466 script, show nc output only when debugging
1467 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
1468 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
1469 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
1470 (closes: #218541)
1471 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
1472 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
1473 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
1474 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
1475 comment
1476 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
1477 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
1478 debug code in ifclass
1479 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
1480 package name, usage() points to the man page
1481 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
1482 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
1483 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
1484 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
1485 to login messages
1486 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
1487 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
1488 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
1489 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
1490 call
1491
1492 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
1493
1494 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
1495
1496 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
1497 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
1498 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
1499 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
1500 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
1501 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
1502 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
1503 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
1504 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
1505 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
1506 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
1507 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
1508 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
1509 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
1510 grub executable from nfsroot
1511 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
1512 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
1513 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
1514 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
1515
1516 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
1517
1518 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
1519
1520 * add script fai-chboot
1521 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
1522 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
1523 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
1524 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
1525 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
1526 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
1527 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
1528 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
1529 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
1530 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
1531 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
1532 $MAXPACKAGES
1533 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
1534 command line
1535 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
1536 make symlink for syslogd
1537 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
1538 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
1539 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
1540 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
1541 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
1542 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
1543 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
1544 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
1545 reboot for SunOS
1546 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
1547 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
1548 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
1549 variable
1550 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
1551 sunos version of xargs
1552 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
1553 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
1554 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
1555 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
1556 fixed IP address
1557 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
1558 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
1559 is not defined
1560 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
1561 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
1562 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
1563 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
1564 password protection to grub menu
1565 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
1566 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
1567 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
1568 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
1569 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
1570 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
1571 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
1572 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
1573 for examples
1574 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
1575 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
1576
1577 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
1578
1579 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1580
1581 * set correct year in fai guide
1582 * dhcp3 support
1583 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
1584 sector
1585 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
1586 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
1587 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
1588 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
1589 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
1590 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
1591 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
1592 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
1593 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
1594 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
1595 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
1596 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
1597 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
1598 task_configure code
1599 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
1600
1601 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
1602
1603 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
1604
1605 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
1606 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
1607 every script to status.log
1608 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
1609 definitions after use
1610 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
1611 * many changes in the package_config files
1612 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
1613 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
1614 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
1615 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
1616 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
1617 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
1618 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
1619 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
1620 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
1621 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
1622 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
1623 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
1624 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
1625 device nodes (closes: #174844)
1626 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
1627 determine classes which depend on partitions
1628 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
1629 if only a few lines has to be changed
1630 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
1631 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
1632 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
1633 option when using grub
1634 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
1635 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
1636 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
1637 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
1638 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
1639 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
1640 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
1641 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
1642 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
1643 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
1644 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
1645 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
1646 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1647 rcS_fai
1648 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1649 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1650 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1651 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1652 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1653 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1654 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1655 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1656 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1657 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1658 copy sources.list
1659 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1660 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1661 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1662 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1663 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1664 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1665 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1666 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1667 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1668 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1669 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1670 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1671 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1672 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1673 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1674 $LOGDIR
1675 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1676 fai-divert
1677 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1678 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1679 fai-mount-disk
1680 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1681 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1682 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1683 nfsserver is set
1684 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1685 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1686 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1687 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1688 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1689 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1690 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1691 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1692 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1693 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1694 * remove debian/undocumented
1695 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1696 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1697 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1698 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1699 flexible values for partitions sizes
1700 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1701 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1702 script fai-savelog
1703 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1704 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1705 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1706 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1707 and debug flags
1708 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1709 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1710 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1711 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1712 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1713 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1714 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1715
1716 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1717
1718 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1719
1720 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1721
1722 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1723
1724 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1725
1726 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1727 * remove some potato specific code
1728 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1729 * add some packages to SERVER
1730 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1731 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1732 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1733 * potato specific code removed
1734 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1735 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1736 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1737 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1738
1739 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1740
1741 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1742
1743 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1744 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1745 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1746 * minor changes in package_config files
1747 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1748 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1749 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1750 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1751 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1752
1753 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1754
1755 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1756
1757 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1758 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1759 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1760 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1761 * add many comments to shell scripts
1762 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1763 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1764 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1765 * minor changes in package_config files
1766 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1767 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1768 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1769 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1770 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1771 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1772 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1773 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1774 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1775 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1776
1777 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1778
1779 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1780
1781 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1782 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1783 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1784 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1785 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1786 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1787 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1788 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1789 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1790 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1791 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1792 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1793 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1794 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1795 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1796 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1797 a file
1798 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1799 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1800 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1801 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1802 continue. Changes include:
1803 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1804 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1805 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1806 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1807 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1808 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1809 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1810 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1811 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1812 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1813 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1814 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1815 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1816 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1817 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1818 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1819 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1820 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1821 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1822 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1823 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1824 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1825 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1826 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1827 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1828 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1829 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1830 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1831 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1832 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1833 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1834 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1835 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1836 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1837 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1838 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1839 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1840 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1841 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1842 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1843 option -s
1844 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1845 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1846 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1847 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1848 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1849 make-fai-* scripts
1850 * FAI_FILES removed
1851 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1852 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1853 make-fai-nfroot
1854 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1855 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1856 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1857 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1858 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1859 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1860 * new standards version 3.5.6
1861
1862 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1863
1864 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1865
1866 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1867 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1868 available
1869 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1870 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1871 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1872 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1873 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1874 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1875 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1876 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1877 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1878 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1879 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1880 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1881 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1882 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1883 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1884 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1885 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1886 * added class NOGETTY
1887 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1888
1889 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1890
1891 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1892
1893 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1894 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1895
1896 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1897
1898 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1899
1900 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1901 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1902 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1903 * echo device before BOOTP request
1904 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1905
1906 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1907
1908 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1909
1910 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1911 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1912 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1913 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1914 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1915 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1916 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1917 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1918 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1919 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1920 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1921 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1922 via variable $netdevices
1923 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1924 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1925 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1926 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1927 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1928 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1929 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1930 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1931 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1932 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1933 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1934 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1935 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1936 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1937 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1938
1939 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1940
1941 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1942
1943 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1944 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1945 check if it's a primary partition
1946 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1947 defined (closes: #100914)
1948 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1949 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1950 not change the output
1951 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1952 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1953 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1954 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1955 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1956 classes in reversed order
1957 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1958 if two additional terminals will be available
1959 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1960 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1961 * added class DISKLESS
1962 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1963 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1964 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1965 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1966 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1967 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1968 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1969
1970 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1971
1972 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1973
1974 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1975 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1976
1977 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1978
1979 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1980
1981 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1982 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1983 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1984 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1985 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1986 (closes: #101899)
1987 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1988 (closes: #101820)
1989 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1990
1991 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1992
1993 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1994
1995 * first upload to Debian archive
1996 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1997 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1998 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1999 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
2000 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
2001 * new description of all classes
2002 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
2003 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
2004 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
2005 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
2006 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
2007 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
2008 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
2009 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
2010 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
2011 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
2012 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
2013 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
2014 supports multiple network interface cards
2015 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
2016 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
2017 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
2018 boot sector
2019 * make many variables local
2020 * better debugging of shell scripts
2021 * remote login has all subroutines available
2022 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
2023 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
2024 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
2025 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
2026 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
2027 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
2028 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
2029 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
2030 only at the beginning of a line
2031 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
2032 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
2033 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
2034 * modprobe displays less errors
2035 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
2036 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
2037 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
2038 these are the correct release dates:
2039 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
2040 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
2041 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
2042 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
2043 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
2044 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
2045 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
2046
2047 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
2048
2049 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
2050
2051 * add wget to suggests list
2052 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
2053 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
2054 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
2055 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
2056 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
2057 keymap now called correctly
2058 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
2059 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
2060
2061 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
2062
2063 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
2064
2065 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
2066 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
2067 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
2068 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
2069 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
2070 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
2071 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
2072 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
2073 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
2074 mostly segfaults dpkg
2075 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
2076 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
2077 point is not in root directory
2078 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
2079
2080 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
2081
2082 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
2083
2084 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
2085 * package depends on nfs-server
2086 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
2087 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
2088 * first version of the FAI Guide included
2089 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
2090 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
2091 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
2092 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
2093 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
2094 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
2095 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
2096 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
2097 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
2098
2099 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
2100
2101 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
2102
2103 * loopback device is set up during installation
2104 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
2105 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
2106 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
2107 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
2108
2109 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
2110
2111 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
2112
2113 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
2114 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
2115 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
2116 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
2117 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
2118 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
2119 * add support for expect scripts
2120 * add nfs-kernel-server support
2121 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
2122 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
2123
2124 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
2125
2126 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2127
2128 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
2129
2130 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
2131 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
2132 flag verbose controls output level
2133 nfsroot is created without any interaction
2134 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
2135
2136 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
2137
2138 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
2139
2140 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
2141 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
2142 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
2143
2144 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
2145
2146 * cvs repository available
2147
2148 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
2149
2150 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
2151
2152 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
2153
2154 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
2155
2156 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
2157
2158 * Initial Release.
2159
2160 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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