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do not install recommended package by default,
add aptitude-r in download only mode
1 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
4 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
5 * adjust some paths
6 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
7 * increase compat level to 4
8 * delete sunos code from source
9 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
10 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
11 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
12 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
13 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
14 or amd64 (closes: #339098)
15 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
16 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
17 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode
18 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
19 (closes: #312128)
20 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
21 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
22 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
23 (closes: #328139)
24 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
25 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
26 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
27 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
28 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
29 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
30 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759)
31 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
32 file name when action is softupdate
33 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
34 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
35 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
36 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
37 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
38 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
39 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
40 (closes: #305783)
41 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797)
42 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
43 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
44 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
45
46 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:17:15 +0100
47
48 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
49
50 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
51 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
52 examples (closes: #310705)
53
54 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
55
56 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
57
58 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
59 support may be included again after sarge
60 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
61 * control: remove dependency on debconf
62 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
63 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
64 * remove debian/config, debian/template
65 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
66 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
67 set it any more
68 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
69 instead of debconf's default values
70 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
71 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
72 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
73 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
74
75 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
76
77 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
78
79 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
80 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
81 security bug (closes: #307838)
82 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
83 (closes: #307632)
84 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
85 important bug (closes: #307631)
86
87 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
88
89 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
90
91 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
92 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
93 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
94 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
95 verbose from fai-mirror
96 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
97 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
98 when $addpackages is empty
99 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
100 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
101 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
102 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
103 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
104 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
105 needed gcc, change comment
106 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
107 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
108 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
109 (closes: 305861)
110 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
111 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
112 * control: add grub to suggests
113 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
114 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
115 hang the system
116 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
117 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
118 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
119 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
120 not support -i
121 * fai-setup: change informational message
122 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
123 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
124 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
125
126 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
127
128 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
129
130 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
131 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
132 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
133 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
134 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
135 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
136 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
137 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
138 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASK, add code for
139 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
140 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
141 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
142 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
143 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
144 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
145 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
146 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
147 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
148 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
149 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
150 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASK always with -eq, use
151 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
152 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
153 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
154 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
155 output also to console
156 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
157 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
158 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
159 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
160 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
161 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
162 also supported for backwards compatibility
163 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
164 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
165 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
166 * fai-chboot: change message
167 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
168 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
169 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
170 unset
171 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
172 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
173 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
174 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
175 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
176 * postinst: use debconf
177 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
178 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
179
180 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
181
182 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
183
184 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
185 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
186 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
187 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
188 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
189 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
190 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
191 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
192 name with 2.6.8
193 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
194 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
195 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
196 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
197 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
198 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
199 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
200 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
201 * install_packages.8: add option -d
202 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
203 * add fai-cd.8 man page
204 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
205 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
206 debhelper greater version 3
207 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
208 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
209 to it
210
211 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
212
213 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
214
215 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
216 * new script fai-debconf
217 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
218 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
219 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
220 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
221 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
222 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
223 * replace backticks with $()
224 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
225 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
226 install_packages config
227
228 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
229
230 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
231
232 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
233 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
234 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
235 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
236 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
237 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
238 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
239 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
240 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
241 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
242 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
243 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
244 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
245 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
246 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
247 allow space before primary and logical keyword
248 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
249 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
250 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
251 FAICLIENTS
252 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
253 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
254 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
255 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
256 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
257 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
258 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
259 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
260 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
261 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
262 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
263 install_packages.conf
264 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
265 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
266 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
267 cleanup
268 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
269 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
270 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
271 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
272 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
273 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
274 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
275 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
276 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
277 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
278 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
279 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
280 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
281
282 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
283
284 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
285
286 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
287 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
288 it exists
289 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
290 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
291 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
292 * fcopy.8: add option -I
293
294 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
295
296 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
297
298 * add missing Beowulf examples
299 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
300 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
301 scripts use them
302 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
303 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
304 package for alpha architecture
305 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
306 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
307 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
308 messages, add aptitude support
309 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
310 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
311 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
312 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
313 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
314 mode (closes: #264727)
315
316 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
317
318 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
319
320 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
321 * update to kernel 2.4.27
322 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
323 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
324 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
325 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
326 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
327 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
328 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
329 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
330 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
331 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
332 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
333 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
334 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
335 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
336 may hang some production systems for a while
337 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
338 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
339
340 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
341
342 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
343
344 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
345 tasksel behaviour
346 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
347 are in the nfsroot
348 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
349
350 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
351
352 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
353
354 * catnc() greps through more than one file
355 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
356 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
357 as ignorepatterns
358 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
359 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
360 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
361 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
362 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
363 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
364 normal finishing script
365 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
366 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
367 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
368 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
369 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
370 subroutines, send message to faimond
371 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
372 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
373 of packages from 4711 to 99
374 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
375 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
376 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
377 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
378 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
379 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
380 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
381 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
382 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
383 * remove doc/README.package_problems
384 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
385 typos
386
387 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
388
389 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
390
391 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
392 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
393 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
394 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
395 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
396 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
397 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
398 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
399 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
400 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
401 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
402 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
403 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
404 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
405 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
406 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
407 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
408 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
409 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
410 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
411 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
412 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
413 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
414 logo and let scroll region unchanged
415 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
416 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
417 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
418 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
419 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
420 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
421 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
422 table with parted
423 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
424 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
425 add -xdev to find
426 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
427 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
428 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
429 hook
430 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
431 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
432 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
433 * faimond: always flush output
434 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
435 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
436 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
437 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
438 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
439 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
440 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
441 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
442 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
443 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
444 remove beowulf example
445 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
446 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
447 replace backtics with $()
448 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
449 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
450 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
451 bigger, /usr smaller
452 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
453 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
454 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
455 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
456 * new FAQ
457 * THANKS: juergen added
458
459 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
460
461 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
462
463 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
464 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
465 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
466 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
467 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
468 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
469 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
470 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
471 cdrom image
472 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
473 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
474 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
475 * THANKS: added holger
476
477 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
478
479 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
480
481 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
482 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
483 more verbose
484 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: 219824)
485 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
486 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
487 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
488 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
489 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
490 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
491 important files if option -v is set
492 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
493 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
494 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
495 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
496 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
497 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
498 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
499 remove detect call
500 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
501 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
502 does not complain
503 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
504 option -r
505 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
506 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
507 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
508 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
509 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
510 put important variables to the top
511 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
512 access method to the Debian mirror
513 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
514 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
515 without DNS
516 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
517 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
518 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
519 when one parameter is missing
520 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
521 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
522 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
523 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
524 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
525 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
526 nfs mount options to root-path
527 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
528 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
529 * setup_harddisks: typos
530
531 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
532
533 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
534
535 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
536 actimeo for nfs mounts
537 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
538 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
539 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
540 (closes: 219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
541 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
542 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
543 * faimond, faimond.8 added
544 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
545 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
546 script, show nc output only when debugging
547 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
548 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
549 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
550 (closes: #218541)
551 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
552 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
553 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
554 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
555 comment
556 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
557 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
558 debug code in ifclass
559 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
560 package name, usage() points to the man page
561 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
562 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
563 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
564 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
565 to login messages
566 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
567 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
568 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
569 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
570 call
571
572 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
573
574 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
575
576 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
577 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
578 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
579 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
580 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
581 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
582 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
583 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
584 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
585 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
586 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
587 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
588 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
589 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
590 grub executable from nfsroot
591 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
592 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
593 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
594 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
595
596 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
597
598 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
599
600 * add script fai-chboot
601 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
602 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
603 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
604 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
605 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
606 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
607 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
608 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
609 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
610 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
611 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
612 $MAXPACKAGES
613 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
614 command line
615 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
616 make symlink for syslogd
617 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
618 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
619 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
620 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
621 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
622 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
623 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
624 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
625 reboot for SunOS
626 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
627 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
628 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
629 variable
630 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
631 sunos version of xargs
632 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
633 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
634 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
635 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
636 fixed IP address
637 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
638 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
639 is not defined
640 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
641 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
642 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
643 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
644 password protection to grub menu
645 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
646 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
647 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
648 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
649 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
650 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
651 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
652 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
653 for examples
654 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
655 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
656
657 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
658
659 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
660
661 * set correct year in fai guide
662 * dhcp3 support
663 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
664 sector
665 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
666 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
667 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
668 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
669 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
670 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
671 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
672 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
673 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
674 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
675 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
676 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
677 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
678 task_configure code
679 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
680
681 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
682
683 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
684
685 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
686 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
687 every script to status.log
688 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
689 definitions after use
690 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
691 * many changes in the package_config files
692 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
693 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
694 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
695 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
696 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
697 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
698 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
699 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
700 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
701 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
702 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
703 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
704 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
705 device nodes (closes: #174844)
706 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
707 determine classes which depend on partitions
708 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
709 if only a few lines has to be changed
710 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
711 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
712 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
713 option when using grub
714 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
715 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
716 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
717 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
718 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
719 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
720 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
721 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
722 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
723 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
724 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
725 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
726 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
727 rcS_fai
728 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
729 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
730 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
731 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
732 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
733 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
734 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
735 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
736 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
737 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
738 copy sources.list
739 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
740 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
741 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
742 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
743 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
744 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
745 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
746 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
747 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
748 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
749 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
750 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
751 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
752 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
753 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
754 $LOGDIR
755 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
756 fai-divert
757 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
758 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
759 fai-mount-disk
760 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
761 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
762 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
763 nfsserver is set
764 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
765 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
766 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
767 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
768 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
769 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
770 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
771 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
772 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
773 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
774 * remove debian/undocumented
775 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
776 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
777 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
778 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
779 flexible values for partitions sizes
780 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
781 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
782 script fai-savelog
783 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
784 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
785 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
786 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
787 and debug flags
788 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
789 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
790 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
791 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
792 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
793 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
794 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
795
796 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
797
798 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
799
800 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
801
802 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
803
804 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
805
806 * enable use strict in perl scripts
807 * remove some potato specific code
808 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
809 * add some packages to SERVER
810 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
811 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
812 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
813 * potato specific code removed
814 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
815 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
816 * print warning before removing nfsroot
817 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
818
819 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
820
821 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
822
823 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
824 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
825 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
826 * minor changes in package_config files
827 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
828 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
829 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
830 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
831 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
832
833 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
834
835 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
836
837 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
838 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
839 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
840 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
841 * add many comments to shell scripts
842 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
843 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
844 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
845 * minor changes in package_config files
846 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
847 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
848 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
849 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
850 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
851 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
852 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
853 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
854 * rcS_fai: add $osname
855 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
856
857 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
858
859 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
860
861 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
862 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
863 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
864 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
865 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
866 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
867 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
868 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
869 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
870 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
871 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
872 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
873 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
874 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
875 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
876 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
877 a file
878 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
879 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
880 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
881 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
882 continue. Changes include:
883 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
884 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
885 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
886 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
887 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
888 umount $NFSROOT/proc
889 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
890 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
891 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
892 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
893 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
894 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
895 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
896 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
897 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
898 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
899 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
900 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
901 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
902 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
903 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
904 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
905 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
906 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
907 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
908 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
909 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
910 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
911 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
912 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
913 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
914 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
915 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
916 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
917 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
918 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
919 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
920 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
921 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
922 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
923 option -s
924 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
925 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
926 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
927 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
928 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
929 make-fai-* scripts
930 * FAI_FILES removed
931 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
932 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
933 make-fai-nfroot
934 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
935 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
936 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
937 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
938 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
939 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
940 * new standards version 3.5.6
941
942 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
943
944 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
945
946 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
947 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
948 available
949 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
950 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
951 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
952 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
953 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
954 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
955 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
956 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
957 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
958 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
959 * nfs-user-server support for woody
960 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
961 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
962 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
963 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
964 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
965 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
966 * added class NOGETTY
967 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
968
969 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
970
971 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
972
973 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
974 * added jmon to BEOWULF
975
976 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
977
978 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
979
980 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
981 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
982 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
983 * echo device before BOOTP request
984 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
985
986 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
987
988 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
989
990 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
991 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
992 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
993 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
994 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
995 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
996 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
997 * unused subroutine myyes removed
998 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
999 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1000 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1001 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1002 via variable $netdevices
1003 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1004 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1005 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1006 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1007 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1008 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1009 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1010 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1011 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1012 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1013 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1014 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1015 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1016 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1017 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1018
1019 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1020
1021 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1022
1023 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1024 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1025 check if it's a primary partition
1026 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1027 defined (closes: #100914)
1028 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1029 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1030 not change the output
1031 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1032 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1033 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1034 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1035 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1036 classes in reversed order
1037 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1038 if two additional terminals will be available
1039 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1040 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1041 * added class DISKLESS
1042 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1043 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1044 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1045 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1046 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1047 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1048 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1049
1050 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1051
1052 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1053
1054 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1055 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1056
1057 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1058
1059 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1060
1061 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1062 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1063 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1064 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1065 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1066 (closes: #101899)
1067 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1068 (closes: #101820)
1069 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1070
1071 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1072
1073 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1074
1075 * first upload to Debian archive
1076 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1077 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1078 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1079 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1080 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1081 * new description of all classes
1082 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1083 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1084 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1085 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1086 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1087 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1088 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1089 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1090 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1091 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1092 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1093 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1094 supports multiple network interface cards
1095 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1096 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1097 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1098 boot sector
1099 * make many variables local
1100 * better debugging of shell scripts
1101 * remote login has all subroutines available
1102 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1103 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1104 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1105 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1106 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1107 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1108 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1109 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1110 only at the beginning of a line
1111 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1112 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1113 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1114 * modprobe displays less errors
1115 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1116 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1117 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1118 these are the correct release dates:
1119 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1120 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1121 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1122 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1123 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1124 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1125 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1126
1127 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1128
1129 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1130
1131 * add wget to suggests list
1132 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1133 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1134 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1135 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1136 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1137 keymap now called correctly
1138 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1139 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1140
1141 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1142
1143 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1144
1145 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1146 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1147 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1148 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1149 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1150 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1151 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1152 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1153 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1154 mostly segfaults dpkg
1155 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1156 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1157 point is not in root directory
1158 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1159
1160 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1161
1162 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1163
1164 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1165 * package depends on nfs-server
1166 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1167 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1168 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1169 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1170 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1171 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1172 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1173 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1174 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1175 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1176 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1177 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1178
1179 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1180
1181 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1182
1183 * loopback device is set up during installation
1184 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1185 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1186 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1187 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1188
1189 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1190
1191 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1192
1193 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1194 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1195 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1196 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1197 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1198 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1199 * add support for expect scripts
1200 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1201 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1202 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1203
1204 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1205
1206 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1207
1208 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1209
1210 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1211 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1212 flag verbose controls output level
1213 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1214 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1215
1216 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1217
1218 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1219
1220 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1221 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1222 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1223
1224 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1225
1226 * cvs repository available
1227
1228 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1229
1230 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1231
1232 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1233
1234 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1235
1236 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1237
1238 * Initial Release.
1239
1240 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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