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- fai (2.4beta) unstable; urgency=low
+ fai (3.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
+   [ Thomas Lange ]
+   * fai-server.manpages: faimond-gui.1 was not included into the package
+   * fix typos in mkdebmirror, NEWS, classes_description.txt, fai-mirror,
+     fai-cd.8, fai-guide.sgml
+   * lib/subroutines: check *.var files if they are readable
+   * bootexample.sgml: fix typo
+   * dhcpd.conf/FAISERVER: fix wrong path in example
+   * links.html: fix typo (closes: #508598)
+   [ Colin Tuckley ]
+   * fixed spelling mistakes in fai-do-scripts.1, fai-mirror.1
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:36:57 +0100
+ fai (3.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
+   * fai-guide.sgml: document behaviour of LOGSERVER (closes: #361524)
+   * install_packages: fix usage of option -n (closes: #489546)
+   * setup-storage, Commands.pm, Exec.pm: Call udevsettle before doing any
+     of the commands to avoid all the possible pitfalls, simplyfies the
+     code quite a bit. (closes: #503729)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:32:20 +0100
+ fai (3.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
+   * lib/setup-storage/Commands.pm: fixed dependency error in vgcreate
+     commands (closes: #502462)
+   * fcopy: fix ordering of classes (closes: #502975)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:14:51 +0200
+ fai (3.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
+   * setup-storage/Parser.pm, setup-storage/Sizes.pm: Warn, if a
+     preserved partition does not match the size specified in the
+     disk_config; fail, if an extended partition is to be created in place
+     of a to-be-preserved partition (closes: #501772)
+   * setup-storage/Exec.pm: recent versions of parted log errors to
+     stdout instead of stderr + adaption of error messages to current ones
+     (closes: #500823)
+   * setup-storage/Volumes.pm: Handle new error message in case of
+     missing disk label (closes: #500823)
+   * setup-storage: extended debug output of sorted commands
+     (closes: #500822)
+   * setup-storage/Commands.pm: Properly sort commands, fixed dependency
+     errors, use start_byte for new config instead of begin_byte
+     (closes: #500822)
+   * setup-storage: increase version number
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: print version of debootstrap (closes: #500046)
+   * fai-guide.sgml: minor update in example
+   * fai-chboot.8: fix warning from man
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:25:39 +0200
+ fai (3.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
+   * control: depend on syslinux-common instead of syslinux (closes: #494417)
+     use same intro for description for all packages,
+     add dependeny and recommends on openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver as
+     workaround for #404760
+   * fai-chboot.8, fai-cd.8, ainsl.1, fai.8, fai-class.8: apply patches
+     from Colin Tuckley
+   * THANKS: add Colin
+   * fai-chboot.8: add example for using templates, add link to pxelinux
+     documentation
+   * fai-cd.8: remove unused info
+   * fai-mirror.1: add information about files used by this script
+   * faimond.8: minor fixes
+   * install_packages.8: minor fixes
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.8: minor fixes
+   * fai-debconf.1: minor fixes
+   * setup-storage.8: replace mdoc macro version with man macro version,
+     reformat examples using tab stops, make groff happy
+   * fai-guide.sgml: remove info about make-fai-bootfloppy, add info about
+     kernel parameters
+   * faisetup.sgml: update messages
+   * bootexample.sgml: update example messages
+   * mkdebmirror: remove obsolete code for fetching boot floppy images
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:20:45 +0200
+ fai (3.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
+   * add texlive-latex-recommended and texlive-fonts-recommended to
+     build-depends-indep which fixes FTBFS (closes: #497683),
+     add cfengine2 as recommends to fai-client (closes: #442843),
+     remove mknbi from fai-docs recommends
+   * Init.pm: really add important bugfix (494784) that was only fixed in svn
+     but not in 3.2.9 upload (closes: #494784), fix typo in variable name
+   * Volume.pm: ignore output line of parted containing "Model:"
+     (closes: #497066)
+   * disk-info: fix bashism (closes: #498023),
+     add pattern for KVM devices like /dev/vd[abcd]X (closes: #494426)
+   * Makefile,VERSION: remove variable KERNELVERSION, because it's unused since
+.2 (closes: #494699)
+   * fai-cd: do not redirect stderr to /dev/null when calling find_fai_data,
+     otherwise we do not get any errors when the grub call fails
+   * subroutines: use proper path to RUNNING_FROM_FAICD to make eject work
+     (closes: #439101),
+     do not access /proc/uptime if /proc is not mounted (closes: #496234),
+     check if list of cdrom devices is empty (closes: #498052)
+   * fai-client.postrm: use rm -rf, we do so in other maintainer scripts as
+     well and /var/run/fai is probably the least critical place
+     (closes: #494423)
+   * remove old, unsupported and broken script make-fai-bootfloppy and its man
+     page (it only works with fai-kernels which were removed from lenny)
+     (closes: #452375, #400373, #305363)
+   * remove old and unused util/tlink and the information about it from the
+     documentation
+   * fai-guide.sgml: major review, remove boot floppy info, remove BOOTP
+     info, update location of RUNNING_FROM_FAICD
+   * fai-guide.sgml: minor documentation fix (closes: #473106),
+     do not propose make-fai-nfsroot -r (closes: #481111),
+     do reference NEWS.Debian (closes: #452760)
+   * ftar.8: minor fix (closes: #481528), update example used
+   * fcopy.8: minor fix (closes: #419787)
+   * fai-statoverride.8: add man page for fai-statoverride.8 (closes: #358967)
+   * setup-storage.8: document usage of USE_SETUP_STORAGE; some typo fixes
+   * fai-cd.8: add usage example, add warning that all data on USB stick
+     may be destroyed
+   * setup-storage.8: Properly escape \ in literal environments (thanks lintian)
+   * changes to the example classes:
+     - use new partition tool in simple examples
+     - remove class SETUPSTORAGE
+     - package_config/*: remove non-existing packages, change some package
+     - names
+     - package_config/GNOME: make gnome example smaller
+     - 10-misc: remove tune2fs call, now done by new partition tool
+     - use lenny in FAISERVER class
+     - remove empty directory /etc/X11 to make lintian happy
+     - 20-copy-mirror: set correct symlink, add comment
+   * update to standards version 3.8.0, no changes needed
+   * update the package description (closes: #496113)
+   * rules: Don't ignore errors from make clean
+   * Many thanks to Sebastian Harl, Holger Levsen, Michael Prokop and
+     Michael Tautschnig for all the discussions and for the help to create
+     this release
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:08:20 +0200
+ fai (3.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
+   * apply patch that fixes the RC-bug license issue (closes: #487866)
+   * debian/copyright: add people and reformat text
+   * ftar: exit with warning if unsupported suffix .tgz is found
+   * ainsl: add options -Q and -q (closes: #484722)
+   * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #488404)
+   * setup-storage.8: add migration section, add info for createopts, move
+     comments in example to bottom, fixed and improved documentation for
+     preserve_{always,reinstall} syntax
+   * Sizes.pm: never scale logical volume sizes beyond the specified
+     maximum (closes: #494519)
+   * Init.pm: fix bug in return values of phys_dev() (closes: #494784)
+   * conf/NFSROOT, control: drop use of liblinux-lvm-perl
+     (closes: #494357), replace unionfs with aufs (closes: #487080),
+     ext2resize is now obsolete, replace it with e2fsprogs,
+     replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo,
+     add packages for powerpc arch (closes: #494440)
+   * control: use official control-fields Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Svn instead
+     of old XS-* friends (closes: #451013),
+     remove Homepage from Description field, use Homepage field instead
+   * Volumes.pm: reverted the code to handle existing LVMs to an earlier
+     version that does not use Linux::LVM, because this is severly broken
+     (closes: #494357)
+   * setup-storage: increase version number to 1.0.1 because of LVM change
+   * Commands.pm: bugfix in RAID volume handling in case of devices marked
+     missing: mdadm command requires device names to be replaced by
+     "missing" (closes: #494520)
+   * package_config/FAIBASE: replace obsolete sysutils with procinfo
+   * subroutines-linux: replace klogd and syslogd with rsyslog
+     (closes: #494387)
+   * conf/sources.list: replace etch with lenny, make koeln repository
+     optional (closes: #474326)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace etch with lenny, mount /dev/pts to
+     avoid warnings "Can not write log, openpty() failed",
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: umount /proc and /dev/pts inside nfsroot on exit
+     (closes: #494518, #494523),
+     move trap definitions outside of { } block (closes: #494518, #494523),
+     use arch independent name for linux kernel (closes: #494440)
+   * updatebase: mount /dev/pts into /target to avoid openpty() warning
+   * fai-do-scripts: use -b in call of file command, this makes the pattern
+     matching more robust, make file adjust regex to new output of file
+     command (closes: #490111)
+   * savelog.LAST.source: add error pattern
+   * fai-cd: add option "--iso-level 4" to mkisofs call (closes: #494443)
+   * rules: do not copy file for linda
+   * fai-quickstart.dirs:  linda directory not needed any more
+   * fai-quickstart.lintian: fix pattern
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:49:51 +0200
+ fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
+   * Merge setup-storage, the new partitioning tool
+     (closes: #380629, #330915, #277045, #356862, #416633, #484788)
+   * add variable $USE_SETUP_STORAGE
+   * setup-storage: move loading of kernel modules into 20hwdetect.source,
+     print which disk_config setup-storage is using
+   * Commands.pm: print also mountpoint when debugging tuneopts and
+     createopts, fix and document problem when only tuneopts are defined,
+     prevent warnings about uninitialized variables
+   * 20-hwdetect.source: load modules needed for setup-storage
+   * add class SETUPSTORAGE for easy testing
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200
+ fai (3.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
+   * update some messages to 2008
+   * fai-cd: check if list of Packages files is non-empty, change syntax of
+     ${...:=...}, use rsync for coping to USB stick if available
+   * fai-cd.8: add info for MAXPACKAGES
+   * fai-guide.sgml: fix order of tasks
+   * fai-setup: check if file exists
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: exclude files in var/lib/apt/lists from base.tgz
+     check if NFSROOT directory is mounted with bad options
+   * get-boot-info: parse live.log for detecting boot method
+   * disk-info: use group info for detecting disks, extend pattern for
+     detecting scsi disks
+   * subroutines: fix regex so softupdate will; now umount the config space
+   * add internal variable printk, for setting the console log level
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat, 31 May 2008 16:47:25 +0200
+ fai (3.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * fai: remove local, fix regex (closes: #480685)
+   * fai-cd: fix syntax error (closes: #480830)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:37 +0200
+ fai (3.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
+   * GRUB/10-setup: use absolute path
+   * fai: mount /proc if not already mounted (closes: #453017, #444156),
+     check if target directory for dirinstall is mounted with nosuid,nodev
+   * fai-mirror: set MAXPACKAGES=1 if undefined before
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: exit with error if software installation has errors
+     (closes: #442261)
+   * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to specify a certain release or version
+     of a package
+   * fai-cd: add prefix $cfdir to -g parameter if no path was specified,
+     fix setting of cfdir (closes: #475250)
+   * fai-cd.8: extend info for -g
+   * subroutines: remove local from variable (closes: #449236)
+   * install_packages: fix in detecting Debian specific actions
+   * fai-chboot: add check if kernelsuffix is defined
+   * fai-abort: add LSB formatted dependency info (closes: #469716)
+   * XF86Config-4/DEMO: remove obsolete example (closes: #474327)
+   * disk-info: add regex for Adaptec i2o controller (closes: #466670)
+   * ainsl: substitue \s+ afterwards (closes: #470799)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  5 May 2008 18:27:02 +0200
+ fai (3.2.4) unstable; urgency=high
+   * fai-cd.8: add missing -C option
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: remove code for creating BOOTP environment
+   * faimond-gui: show different icons depending on error code
+   * fai-setup: fix syntax error (closes: #453442)
+   * subroutines-linux: do not print hostname and kernel compile time
+   * fai: update date, remove mkdir
+   * savelog.LAST.source: remove duplicate messages which appear in fai.log
+     and software.log
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:17:56 +0100
+ fai (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * fix wrong logic in updatebase (closes: #452516)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0100
+ fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
+   * conf/NFSROOT: reomve duplicate package, use aptitude for installing,
+     add nfs-common (closes: #444079), remove live-initramfs from NFSROOT
+   * doc/fai-guide.sgml: add information for softupdate (closes: #439016)
+   * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern, remove dot after filename
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: check if $TFTPROOT is defined, add badupdateto32(),
+     which prints more info about update without checking variable names,
+     remove whole /srv/fai/nfsroot, add check_nfsroot(), make stamp only on
+     success (closes: #370780), write output also into /var/log/fai,
+     return and print exit code from install_packages, create or copy
+     live.conf, try to umount /proc inside the nfsroot before removing an
+     old nfsroot, abort if this fails
+   * subroutines: add task_error(), which stores the maximum error code in
+     $task_error, do nothing if error=0, print traceback,
+     add stop_fai_installation(), write pid to stamp file, print PID in
+     case of error, add task_test stub, save function name that causes
+     fatal error, set $fai_rundate only if not yet defined
+   * subroutines-linux: add check if $monserver is defined, print kernel
+     version currently running, catch exit code from install_packages
+   * mount2dir: add support for UUID and LABEL
+   * fai: export $romountopt, get error codes from all commands in a pipe,
+     add $STOP_ON_ERROR, fix variable name (closes: #447080),
+     do not use /var/log/fai/current (closes: #445276), cleanup definition
+     of $LOGDIR, change permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276),
+     add symlinks for last and last-$action in the very beginning
+   * control: fai-nfsroot and fai-client conflicts to fai-kernels, add
+     recommends to debconf-utils (closes: #445109), improve package
+     description (closes: #419071), add Homepage field, add live-initramfs
+     to depends of fai-nfsroot
+     replace ssh with openssh-server and openssh-client (closes: #434356)
+   * fai-cd: copy grub config always to menu.lst
+   * get-config-dir-nfs: add -n to mount
+   * get-config-dir-svn: error if svn call fails (closes: #447602, #441761)
+   * update FSF address (closes: #444154)
+   * fai-chboot: pxedir should also use $TFTPROOT, (closes: #443837)
+   * menu.lst/postinst: check if variables are defined (closes: #445978)
+   * ftar: make it a bash script
+   * fai-setup: add option -C (closes: #388157), fix mode of
+     authorized_keys
+   * fai-setup.8: add option -C
+   * fai-mirror: mkdir mountpoint before mounting (closes: #365004)
+   * updatebase: use aptitude when doing dist-upgrade (closes: #448426),
+     use safe-upgrade when available
+   * fai-divert: make it a bash script
+   * 30-interfaces: resolv.conf is now in /, not in /tmp
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: script currently does not work, always die with
+     error message
+   * FAIBASE.var: add STOP_ON_ERROR
+   * fai-savelog: do not save log to local directory, if this directory
+     already exists (should only happen during softupdate), change
+     permissions of LOGDIR (closes: #445276)
+   * get-config-dir-*: call task_error after trying to access config space
+   * sources.list: add koeln repository
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0100
+ fai (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+   * mount swap partitions with identical priorities
+   * fai-mirror: also match lowercase class names (for hostsnames),
+     use $cfdir instead of fixed path /etc/fai
+   * subroutines-linux: add timeout to nc call
+   * subroutines: change message for faimond in task_faiend()
+   * control: readd libapt-pkg-perl to depends, nfs-server (user space)
+     does not support locking, so FAI cannot use it, remove wget, add arch
+     to mknbi
+   * get-config-dir-svn: add svn+ssh support
+   * QUESTIONNAIRE: add USB stick, split bootb and dhcp
+   * faimond, faimond.8: use Proc::Daemon, add options tTldP
+   * faimond: do not allow ; in message (security), do not print ip and
+     port number
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -U, do not divert update-initramfs (added
+     because of a Ubuntu bug), activate -U if Ubuntu is detected
+     determine the arch inside the nfsroot for defining a class, this help
+     building amd64 nfsroots on i386 and vice versa,
+     add support for running hooks, (closes: #342467)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable NFSROOT_HOOKS
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.9: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
+   * fai-mirror.8, make-fai-nfsroot.8: enhance/add info of -C, add info
+     about variable FAI_ETC_DIR
+   * packages_config/DEFAULT: fix typos in linux-image-amd64
+   * fai-chboot,fai-chboot.8: add option -C and support for $FAI_ETC_DIR
+   * savelog.LAST.source: add ignore pattern
+   * packages_config/FAIBASE: add fai-client
+   * fai-do-scripts: exit with maximum error code of all child scripts that
+     had an error
+   * fai: change message when stamp file already exists (closes: #441437)
+   * fai-cd: remove arch specific path
+   * fai-cd.8: add info about USB stick (closes: #441988),
+     improve man page (closes: #441991)
+   * new get-config-dir-git: add method git for access (closes: #441992)
+   * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: fix path
+   * faimond-gui: new tool that produces graphical output of faimond
+   * faimond-gui.8: new man page
+   * get-config-dir-svn: fix svn+ssh with username (Closes: #442021)
+   * fai-guide.sgml: add info about NFSROOT_HOOKS
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:30:34 +0200
+ fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
+   * subroutines-linux: fix extra slash in path (closes: #428860),
+     jobsrunning(): ignore rcS process (closes: #425725)
+     during dirinstall call debootstrap if no base.tgz is found
+   * setup_harddisks: fix file system type of /proc
+   * fai.conf: make ssh and scp the default (closes: #309678, #380085)
+   * fai-guide.sgml:
+     major update to reflect FAI 3.X changes (closes: #390508),
+     fix description of classes used (closes: #329984),
+     change /usr/share/doc/fai to /usr/share/doc/fai-doc (closes: #387541),
+     fix an url, add documentation for dirinstall (closes: #390508),
+     document usage of basefiles/ (closes: #391660),
+     document the order hooks are called (closes: #380337)
+   * get-config-dir-svn: add support for svn url's without username
+     (closes: #415875)
+   * subroutines: copy disk_var.sh only if available (closes: #415880),
+     fix wrong path for FAI_CLASSES
+   * savelog.LAST.source: add more patterns
+   * faimond: add options -p, -h, -b,
+     it can now call fai-boot (closes: #342477, #424608)
+   * faimond.1: update man pages to reflect the new options
+   * fai-savelog: use $LOGREMOTEDIR when saving to remote
+     (closes: #290371), do not set $HOSTNAME, should be set all the time
+     (closes: #429553, #429733)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -p (closes: #359323), move from
+     fai-kernels to plain Debian kernel using initrd (closes: #410940),
+     remove unused things since we have now write access to the nfsroot,
+     use mkdir -p, live-initramfs needs NFSROOT in .../live/filesystem.dir,
+     move creating of subdirs from make-fai-nfsroot to fai (from server to
+     client), do not create shell script in make-fai-nfsroot,
+     remove -V, use aptitude to remove the kernels from the nfsroot, -k now
+     reinstalls all packages from /etc/fai/NFSROOT (closes: #431613),
+     update-initramfs symlinks to /bin/true during diversion
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf:
+     remove the variable KERNELPACKAGE (closes: #416531, #435098)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove -V, new description for -K and -k
+   * fcopy: set mode on file even no file was copied (closes: #360184),
+     check error code of preinst and postinst scripts (closes: #432681),
+     add quotes to variable (closes: #430127), skip comment lines in
+     file-modes
+   * fai-chboot: $NFSROOT is defined in new location (closes: #408247),
+     add initrd support, add option -s (closes: #356380), remove nfs
+     options from append line
+   * fai-chboot.8: ROOTFS parameter is not needed any more, add option -s
+   * device2grub: fix pattern to support /dev/cciss and /dev/ida devices
+     (closes: #416381)
+   * conf/NFSROOT: add packages needed for new fai-cd technique, add plain
+     debian kernel package, add ext2resize, hwinfo and change arch specific
+     packages,
+     move packages cfengine2 and libapt-pkg-perl from control to NFSROOT
+   * control: change dependencies from tetex to tetex or texlive, replace
+     Recommends of rsh-server with ssh (closes: #426093), add aptitude for
+     fai-server as Suggests, remove fai-kernels, add field XS-Vcs-Browser,
+     syslinux is only available on two architectures, do not depend on
+     cfengine (v1), since it does not exists any more
+   * fai: do not remount / read only, do not call create_ramdisk, now we
+     use unionfs, remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now, use mkdir
+     -p, export $action for 20hwdetect.source, call save_dmesg only during
+     initial installation, during dirinstall set
+     LOGDIR=/var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME (closes: #429553)
+     define FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for dirinstall
+     create syslog.conf before starting the syslog daemon
+     when doing dirinstall -c or -N must be specified (closes: #429554)
+     the local hard disks are now mounted to /target instead of /tmp/target
+   * move from mkinitrd-cd to live-initramfs to create a CD, use plain
+     Debian kernel
+   * menu.lst: remove unneeded options, add boot=live for new initrd,
+     remove root (cd), fix setting of hostname, instead of using ip=, we
+     now use hostname=
+   * create_resolv_conf: fix path, since we can now write on the whole
+     filesystem
+   * fai-cd: use plain Debian kernel with initrd and live-initramfs for
+     booting (closes: #401041),
+     add option -f, force removal of an existing ISO image
+     add option -k, this is for debugging
+     add option -n, do not create ISO image
+     add option -u, copy fai-cd data to a directory (USB support)
+     use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
+   * disk-info: do not include removable devices into list of disks
+   * fai-class: remove HOST variable, only use HOSTNAME now
+     do not set HOSTNAME from uname (closes: #431283)
+   * multiple files: add some patches fixing english text
+     (closes: #428857, #428858)
+   * 20-removable_media: fix path for floppy mount point (closes: #428859)
+   * fai.8: add option -u, --hostname (closes: #361559)
+   * add variable TFTPROOT (closes: #408271, #431431)
+   * fai-mirror:
+     use $NFSROOT/live/filesystem.dir
+     do not ask questions, add unauthenticated packages to the mirror
+   * 20hwdetect.source: do not execute 20hwdetect.source during dirinstall
+   * debconf/FAIBASE: autodetect most xorg parameters, (but not resolution)
+   * install_packages: add option -N, change option -t to -n,
+     add patch that AptPkg module is only used when
+     available and target system is Debian (closes: #422225), move code to
+     check_aptpkg(), add smart package manager support (closes: #430798)
+     do execute Debian specific commands only when needed (closes: #392038),
+     grab error codes when executing commands,
+     exit with 3 when errors occured, add option -H (closes: #391659),
+     put suffix -internal to all internal commands,
+     remove -n from tasksel calls
+     print path once, then only config file names, not always full path
+   * install_packages.8: add option -N and -H, change option -t to -n,
+     add option -p (closes: #424848)
+   * create_ramdisk: replaced by unionfs
+   * fai-do-scripts: remove -k from cfagent call (closes: #425699),
+     add new strings for shell scripts (closes: #416616)
+   * fai-server.post*: do not manage $TFTPROOT (closes: #430000)
+   * package_config: move linux-image package from FAIBASE to DEFAULT, add
+     kernel name for architecture
+   * ainsl: escape + in pattern
+   * make S01fai-abort an init.d script
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:11:28 +0200
+ fai (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * conf/NFSROOT: remove unknow package name (closes: 407950)
+   * setup_harddisks: use C locale when calling mkreiserfs (closes: 413504)
+   * fai-mirror: add /usr/sbin to $PATH so a normal user can also call
+     this command (closes: 413466)
+   * simple/package_config/GERMAN: fix wrong package name
+   * lib/subroutines: replace >>/dev/stderr with >&2
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:56 +0100
+ fai (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * subroutines: ifclass() should append to stderr (closes: #409059)
+   * examples/simple/, lib/fai-mount-disk, lib/mount2dir: use bash for
+     shell scripts (closes: #410084)
+   * fix typo in bug number of older changelog entry
+   * install_packages.8: add info for variable MAXPACKAGES
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:29 +0100
+ fai (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=high
+   * fix important and grave bugs
+   * fai-setup: do not fail (and exit) if $loguserhome is not writeable for
+     root (closes: #407947)
+   * fai-class: fix syntax error (closes: #408153)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
+ fai (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: remove copying of *.pub files (closes: #406334)
+   * fai-debconf: add template when create tmp file, remove also old
+     tmp files (closes: #406336)
+   * fai: add missing parameter to --long options (closes: #406125)
+   * fai-classs: set hostname from -u as intended (closes: #406125)
+   * scripts/FAISERVER/10-conffiles: fix wrong path (closes: #406500)
+   * README: update year from 2006 to 2007
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:57:12 +0100
+ fai (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * these are only document changes and a one liner for setup_harddisks
+   * fix default examples. A change in the xorg package dependencies broke
+     the default FAI example installation (closes: #405435)
+   * remove xlockmore package from example (closes: #405433)
+   * setup_harddisks: add support for mountig existing NTFS partitions
+     (closes: #404187)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu,  4 Jan 2007 15:30:42 +0100
+ fai (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * fai-savelog: fix a security tagged bug, make local copy of LOGDIR only
+     readable for root and group adm (closes: #402644)
+   * fai: add missing shift command (closes: #402588)
+   * fai.8: improve dirinstall info (closes: #402294)
+   * package_config/FAIBASE: add packages, this is only a documentation
+     change
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:40:54 +0100
+ fai (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
+   * use new fai kernel version 2.6.18
+   * control: add Vcs-Svn control field (closes: #399561)
+   * conf/NFSROOT: remove package hwtools, which do not exists any more
+   * fai-chboot: exit if file cannot be written, tmpfile was not always
+     removed
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove sit interfaces from list of network
+     devices (closes: #400521), print error if it can't write to floppy
+     device (closes: #400522)
+   * fcopy: tmpfile was not always removed
+   * mount2dir: use noatime when mounting local file systems
+   * lib/subroutines-linux: change comment
+   * fix typo in changelog
+   * fai-server.postinst: change message (closes: #400324)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0100
+ fai (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+   * control: remove mkinitrd-cd from Recemmends: and Suggests:
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add missing option h to getopt, fix typo, test if
+     $cfdir is already set (closes: #394884), no code change, reorder code
+     so a normal user gets help whem using -h,--help
+   * faireboot: fix file name to variables.log
+   * fai-chboot: fix several bugs for listing options, option -p expects an
+     argument, fix for -c behaviour (closes: #389905)
+   * fai-chboot.8: minor document fixes
+   * fai-mirror.1: fix example (closes: #390520)
+   * fcopy: remove temporary file after use
+   * fai: start udev before creating /dev/shm/network, remove set +a for
+     dirinstall, so $fai_rundate will be exported (closes: #390373)
+   * subroutines: umount config dir at the end of softupdate action,
+     cd back to old directory, convert FAI_ROOT to absolute path if doing
+     dirinstall (closes: #390346), die() only calls bash when
+     FAI_ACTION=install, add -i to bash call (closes: #362252)
+   * subroutines-linux: check exit status of get-config-dir
+   * get-config-dir: replace die call with echo and exit statement, add
+     error message
+   * get-config-dir-cvs: fixed regular expression as 'expr' automatically
+     anchors to the beginning
+   * LAST/50-misc: /sbin/unconfigured.sh is not used any more
+   * ainsl.8: explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail
+   * FAIBASE/10-misc: add anchors to ainsl pattern
+   * class/20hwdetect.source: change discover call
+   * aisnl,fcopy,fai-chboot: print help and exit if unknow option was given
+   * lib/task_sysinfo: remove call of kudzu since it's not available any
+     more in etch
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Nov 2006 15:57:01 +0100
+ fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * Makefile: force bash in Makefile, fixes FTBFS in ubuntu
+   * rename action dirinst to dirinstall (closes: #390345)
+   * fai-cd: fix wrong path for sources.list (closes: #391639)
+   * scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: use ainsl instead of echo >> ...
+   * lib/create_ramdisk: make /var/discover writeable
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: create directory var/discover, add option -h and
+     usage() subroutine
+   * subroutines: move find's maxdepth option to the left, prevent multiple
+     fai softupdate running simultaneously (closes: #390680), move
+     disk_var.sh from FAI 2.X installation old to new location
+     rename variable sndhostname to sendhostname
+   * get-config-dir*: replace \s and \S in expr with regex using [:space:],
+     so it also works for sarge's version of expr
+   * subroutines-liux: add test if base.tgz exists (closes: #390343),
+     sources.list must be used from /etc/apt during normal installation
+   * fai: add option -u,--hostname (closes: #390367), create
+     /dev/shm/network if directory not already exists (needed for initrd
+     kernels)
+   * LAST/50-misc: do not fail if hardware clock can't be set
+   * fcopy: swap call of postinst and set_mode
+   * install_packages: add missing package list to yum and rpm calls
+     (closes: #392032)
+   * rename sndmon() to sendmon()
+   * fai-start-stop-daemon: start udevd (needed for ubuntu) and do not fake
+     it, add carriage return
+   * package_config/DEMO: remove rstatd since it buggy atm
+   * 20hwdetect.source: xorg can discover the grpahics driver itself, do
+     not call discover
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:46:32 +0200
+ fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
+   * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
+   * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
+   * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
+   * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount, use NFS v3
+   * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
+   * faireboot: stop udevd
+   * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
+   * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
+   * add debconf data for german environment (closes: #386192)
+   * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
+     environment
+   * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
+     directories under /media
+   * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
+   * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
+   * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
+   * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
+   * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
+   * get-config-dir-svn: svn support for config space (closes: #314991)
+   * fai.8: add info about dirinst, add example
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:44:46 +0200
+ fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * make pathes conform to FHS:
+     (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
+   * use /srv/tftp/fai    instead of /boot/fai
+   * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
+   * use /srv/fai/config  instead of /usr/local/share/fai
+   * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
+   * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
+   * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
+   * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
+   * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
+   * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
+     with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
+     add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
+     -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
+     exist (closes: #373596)
+   * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
+     more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
+     base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
+     $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
+     path for resolv.conf
+   * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
+   * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
+     debhelper
+   * complies with policy 3.7.2
+   * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
+     warning)
+   * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
+   * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
+     $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
+   * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
+   * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
+     instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
+     removed (closes: #332837)
+   * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
+     scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
+     at the end of the installation
+   * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
+     -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
+     before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
+     /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
+     dirinst
+   * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
+     change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
+     for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
+     ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
+     address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
+     install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
+     nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
+     not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
+     readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
+   * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
+     vfstab)
+   * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
+   * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
+   * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
+     tftpd-hpa
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
+     replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
+   * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
+   * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
+   * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
+     prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
+     disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
+   * move fai-divert to fai-client package
+   * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
+   * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
+   * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
+   * install_packages: add option -p
+   * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
+     obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
+   * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
+   * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
+   * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
+   * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
+     fai-cd
+   * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
+   * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
+   * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
+     $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
+     variables is used
+   * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
+   * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
+ fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
+   * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
+   * add package lftp to nfsroot
+   * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
+   * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
+   * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
+ fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
+   * Non-maintainer upload.
+   * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
+     /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
+     Closes: #373955)
+  -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org>  Sun,  9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
+ fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
+   * Non-maintainer upload.
+   * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
+     used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
+     system. (Closes: #373955)
+  -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org>  Sun,  9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
+ fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
+     script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
+     calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
+   * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
+   * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
+   * lib/mkrw: add option -n
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
+     enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
+   * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
+     appending to file (closes: #331258)
+   * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
+   * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
+ fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
+   * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
+   * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
+   * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
+     install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
+     external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
+     /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
+   * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
+     segfault bug
+   * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
+   * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
+   * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
+     debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
+     (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
+     Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
+   * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
+     menu, not fai-cd version
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
+     aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
+   * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
+     flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
+   * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
+   * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
+     console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
+   * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
+   * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
+     be used
+   * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
+   * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
+     task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
+     and the host name lookup fails
+   * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
+   * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
+   * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
+ fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
+   * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
+     wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
+     bootable (closes: #344536)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
+     detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
+     remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
+     update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
+     $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
+   * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
+     function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
+     copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
+   * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
+   * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
+     if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
+     error (closes: #360183)
+   * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
+   * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
+     available (closes: #314613)
+   * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
+     add urpmi, urpme and yum support
+   * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
+   * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
+     subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
+     /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
+     copying them
+   * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
+   * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
+   * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
+     (closes: #341577)
+   * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
+   * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
+ fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
+   * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
+   * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
+   * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
+   * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
+   * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
+     description (closes: #322026)
+   * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
+   * add class FAISERVER
+   * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
+   * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
+   * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
+     exist
+   * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
+   * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
+   * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sun,  5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
+ fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
+   * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
+     fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
+   * adjust some paths
+   * remove beowulf and advanced examples
+   * increase compat level to 4
+   * delete sunos code from source
+   * scripts/ directory is now bin/
+   * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
+     generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
+     partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
+     if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
+     or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
+     remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
+     more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
+     no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
+   * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
+     (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
+     -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
+     add more warnings
+   * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
+     (closes: #312128)
+   * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
+     DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
+     install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
+     (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
+   * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
+   * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
+     chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
+   * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
+     fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
+     new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
+     apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
+     return with error code (closes: #342120)
+   * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
+     file name when action is softupdate
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
+     (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
+     on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
+   * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
+     even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
+   * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
+   * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
+     (closes: #305783)
+   * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
+     udev behaviour
+   * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
+     overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
+   * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
+   * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
+     available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
+   * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
+     running udev
+   * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
+     parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
+   * add support for unsigned repositories
+   * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
+     does not break if more than one kernel is installed
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
+ fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
+   * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
+   * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
+     examples (closes: #310705)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
+ fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
+   * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
+     support may be included again after sarge
+   * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
+   * control: remove dependency on debconf
+   * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
+   * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
+   * remove debian/config, debian/template
+   * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
+   * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
+     set it any more
+   * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
+     instead of debconf's default values
+   * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
+   * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
+     user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
+   * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
+ fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
+   * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
+   * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
+     security bug (closes: #307838)
+   * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
+     (closes: #307632)
+   * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
+     important bug (closes: #307631)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri,  6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
+ fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
+   * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
+   * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
+     add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
+     verbose from fai-mirror
+   * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
+     mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
+     when $addpackages is empty
+   * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
+   * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
+   * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
+   * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
+     dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
+     needed gcc, change comment
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
+     from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
+   * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
+     (closes: #305861)
+   * install_packages.8: remove option -f
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
+   * control: add grub to suggests
+   * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
+   * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
+     hang the system
+   * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
+   * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
+   * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
+   * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
+     not support -i
+   * fai-setup: change informational message
+   * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
+   * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
+   * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
+ fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
+   * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
+   * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
+   * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
+   * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
+     reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
+   * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
+   * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
+     before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
+     softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
+     to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
+   * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
+     off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
+     matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
+     $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
+     local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
+   * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
+     $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
+     disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
+     /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
+   * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
+     for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
+     LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
+     output also to console
+   * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
+     install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
+     listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
+     force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
+     unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
+   * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
+     also supported for backwards compatibility
+   * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
+     dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
+     builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
+   * fai-chboot: change message
+   * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
+   * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
+   * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
+     unset
+   * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
+   * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
+   * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
+     on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
+   * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
+   * postinst: use debconf
+   * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
+   * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Sat,  9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
+ fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
+   * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
+     (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
+   * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
+     server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
+   * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
+     hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
+   * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
+   * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
+     name with 2.6.8
+   * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
+   * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
+   * conf/install_packages.conf removed
+   * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
+     allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
+     add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
+     defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
+   * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
+   * install_packages.8: add option -d
+   * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
+   * add fai-cd.8 man page
+   * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
+   * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
+     debhelper greater version 3
+   * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
+   * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
+     to it
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
+ fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
+   * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
+   * new script fai-debconf
+   * add manual page fai-debconf.1
+   * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
+   * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
+   * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
+   * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
+   * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
+   * replace backticks with $()
+   * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
+   * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
+     install_packages config
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
+ fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
+     used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
+     $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
+     devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
+     discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
+     create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
+     remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
+   * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
+   * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
+     /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
+   * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
+     installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
+   * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
+     allow space before primary and logical keyword
+   * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
+   * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
+     instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
+     FAICLIENTS
+   * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
+     replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
+   * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
+     often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
+     umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
+     disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
+   * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
+     lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
+   * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
+     command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
+   * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
+     install_packages.conf
+   * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
+   * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
+     hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
+     cleanup
+   * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
+   * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
+   * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
+     host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
+   * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
+   * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
+     eject cdrom when running from fai CD
+   * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
+   * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
+   * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
+   * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
+   * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
+ fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
+     search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
+     it exists
+   * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
+   * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
+     $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
+   * fcopy.8: add option -I
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
+ fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * add missing Beowulf examples
+   * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
+   * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
+     scripts use them
+   * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
+     package for alpha architecture
+   * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
+   * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
+   * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
+     messages, add aptitude support
+   * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
+   * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
+   * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
+   * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
+   * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
+     mode (closes: #264727)
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
+ fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
+   * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
+   * update to kernel 2.4.27
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
+     use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
+   * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
+     size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
+   * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
+   * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
+     $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
+     kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
+   * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
+   * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
+     add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
+     (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
+   * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
+     may hang some production systems for a while
+   * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
+   * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
+ fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
+   * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
+     tasksel behaviour
+   * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
+     are in the nfsroot
+   * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
+ fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+   * catnc() greps through more than one file
+   * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
+   * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
+     as ignorepatterns
+   * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
+     nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
+     if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
+     all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
+     when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
+     normal finishing script
+   * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
+     standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
+   * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
+   * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
+   * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
+     subroutines, send message to faimond
+   * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
+   * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
+     of packages from 4711 to 99
+   * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
+   * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
+   * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
+   * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
+   * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
+   * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
+   * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
+   * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
+     sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
+   * remove doc/README.package_problems
+   * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
+     typos
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon,  9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
+ fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
+   * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
+     pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
+   * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
+   * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
+   * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
+   * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
+     check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
+     files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
+     boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
+     module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
+     raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
+     copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
+     new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
+     show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
+     $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
+     used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
+     add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
+     use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
+   * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
+   * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
+   * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
+     logo and let scroll region unchanged
+   * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
+     when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
+     after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
+     different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
+    * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
+   * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
+     discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
+     table with parted
+   * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
+   * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
+     add -xdev to find
+   * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
+     instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
+     report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
+     hook
+   * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
+     copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
+     when defining kernel append parameters as variables
+   * faimond: always flush output
+   * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
+     list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
+     hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
+   * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
+     more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
+     AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
+   * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
+   * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
+   * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
+   * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
+     remove beowulf example
+   * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
+   * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
+     replace backtics with $()
+   * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
+   * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
+   * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
+     bigger, /usr smaller
+   * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
+   * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
+   * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
+   * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
+   * new FAQ
+   * THANKS: juergen added
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
+ fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
+   * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
+   * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
+     sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
+     (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
+     create iso9660 iso image with option -i
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
+     cdrom image
+   * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
+     bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
+   * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
+   * THANKS: added holger
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
+ fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
+     is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
+     more verbose
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
+     add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
+     mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
+     /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
+     a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
+     mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
+     defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
+     important files if option -v is set
+     depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
+   * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
+   * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
+   * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
+   * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
+   * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
+   * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
+     remove detect call
+     most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
+   * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
+     does not complain
+   * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
+     option -r
+   * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
+     new name for KERNELPACKAGE
+     add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
+     remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
+     disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
+     put important variables to the top
+   * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
+     access method to the Debian mirror
+   * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
+     make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
+     without DNS
+   * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
+     remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
+   * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
+     when one parameter is missing
+   * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
+     copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
+   * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
+   * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
+     for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
+   * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
+     nfs mount options to root-path
+   * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
+   * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
+   * setup_harddisks: typos
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed,  4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
+ fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
+   * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
+     actimeo for nfs mounts
+   * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
+     package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
+     (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
+     do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
+   * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
+   * faimond, faimond.8 added
+   * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
+     success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
+     script, show nc output only when debugging
+   * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
+   * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
+   * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
+     (closes: #218541)
+   * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
+     set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
+     NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
+   * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
+     comment
+   * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
+   * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
+     debug code in ifclass
+   * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
+     package name, usage() points to the man page
+   * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
+   * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
+   * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
+   * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
+     to login messages
+   * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
+   * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
+   * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
+   * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
+     call
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Tue,  6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
+ fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
+   * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
+   * fcopy: add usage info for -M
+   * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
+   * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
+   * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
+   * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
+     initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
+     upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
+   * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
+   * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
+   * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
+   * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
+     grub executable from nfsroot
+   * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
+   * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
+   * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
+   * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
+ fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
+   * add script fai-chboot
+   * add script fai-savelog-ftp
+   * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
+     fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
+     resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
+     remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
+   * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
+   * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
+     from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
+     $MAXPACKAGES
+   * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
+     command line
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
+     make symlink for syslogd
+   * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
+     for memtest; add entries for re-installation
+   * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
+     fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
+   * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
+   * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
+     FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
+   * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
+     reboot for SunOS
+   * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
+   * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
+   * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
+     variable
+   * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
+     sunos version of xargs
+   * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
+   * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
+   * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
+     detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
+     fixed IP address
+   * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
+   * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
+     is not defined
+   * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
+   * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
+     using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
+   * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
+     password protection to grub menu
+   * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
+     catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
+   * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
+   * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
+   * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
+   * utils/rshall: add exclude function
+   * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
+   * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
+     for examples
+   * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
+   * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Wed,  6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
+ fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
+   * set correct year in fai guide
+   * dhcp3 support
+   * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
+     sector
+   * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
+     fix ownership of  $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
+   * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
+   * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
+   * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
+   * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
+   * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
+     a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
+   * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
+   * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
+   * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
+   * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
+   * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
+     task_configure code
+   * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu,  3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
+ fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
+   * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
    * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
      every script to status.log
-   * create config files for XFree86 4.1
+   * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
+     definitions after use
+   * add config files for XFree86 4.1
    * many changes in the package_config files
    * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
    * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
-Line 15 
 fai (2.4beta) unstable; urgency=low
+Line 1614 
 fai (2.4beta) unstable; urgency=low
      rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
      option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
      to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
-     from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover
+     from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
+     to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
+     device nodes (closes: #174844)
+   * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
+     determine classes which depend on partitions
    * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
      if only a few lines has to be changed
    * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
-Line 26 
 fai (2.4beta) unstable; urgency=low
+Line 1629 
 fai (2.4beta) unstable; urgency=low
    * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
    * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
    * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
-   * lib/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
+   * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
      task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
      variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
      debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
      to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
-     write exit status of hooks to status.log
+     write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
+     save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
+     of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
+     in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
+     rcS_fai
+   * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
+     set_disk_info() which calls externel script
    * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
      /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
+   * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
    * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
      BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
    * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
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    * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
    * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
      very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
-     before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script
+     before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
+     options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
    * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
-     executables are available is using which
+     executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
+     $LOGDIR
      * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
      fai-divert
    * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
    * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
      fai-mount-disk
    * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
-   * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947)
+   * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
+   * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
+     nfsserver is set
    * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
-     FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror
+     FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
+     architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
+     make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
    * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
      matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
-     info to stdout which is written to a separate file
+     info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
+     table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
+   * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
    * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
    * remove debian/undocumented
    * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
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    * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
      script fai-savelog
    * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
-   * 06hwdetect script loads scsi and ide modules and prints /proc/scsi
+   * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
-     info, less messages in verbose mode
+     info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
    * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
      and debug flags
    * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
-     file for a class is found, do not exit with error
+     file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
+     -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
    * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
    * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
    * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
+   * lots of updates and additions to the manual
-  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:41:48 +0100
+  -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
  fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
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      do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
      not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
      /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
-     task_partition() call setup_harddisk only if no disk_var.sh exists
+     task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
      defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
      add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
      rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
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+Line 1977 
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    * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
    * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
    * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
-     (closes:  #101899)
+     (closes: #101899)
    * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
      (closes: #101820)
-   * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available.
+   * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
   -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
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+Line 2067 
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    * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
      mostly segfaults dpkg
    * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
-   * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
+   * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
      point is not in root directory
    * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot

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