Contents of /trunk/doc/dev-changelog

fai (4.0~beta3) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Thomas Lange ]
  * faimond-gui: add option -s
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: set NFSROOT_HOOKS by default
  * updatebase: remove pre-lenny code
  * copy pxelinux.0 to TFTPROOT only if it's not already existing
    remove unneeded else
  * faimond-gui: Tk::Balloon is not used atm.
  * subroutines: show rx and tx bytes for network device at the end
  * subroutines: add commentary how to create variables.log for sourcing
    them later again (thanks to Andreas Schuldei)
  * fai-client.install: remove list_disks
  * make-fai-nfsroot: add test if etc/init is available
  * fai-client.install, copyright, bootexample.txt, fai-guide.txt,
    subroutines, THANKS, setup-storage.8, Makefile, FAIBASE.var: remove
    setup_harddisks and variable USE_SETUP_STORAGE
  * NEWS: add info about setup_harddisks removal
  * fai-mirror, control: replace apt-move by reprepro
  * 99-discover-bug: remove unused script
  * 30-demo: replace script with shell code in 10-misc
  * 40-misc: replace cfengine script with shell script
  * subroutines: df output also shows type of file system
  * mkramdisk,task_sysinfo,updatebase,fai-do-scripts,fai-debconf,
    faimond-gui,setup-storage,Commands.pm,Exec.pm,Fstab.pm,Init.pm,
    Parser.pm,Sizes.pm,Volumes.pm: add $Id$
  * control: fix duplicate Depends on iproute
  * fai-savelog: add messages, if some variables are not defined,
    minor code cleanup
  * fai-debconf: exit 0 all the time, change comment
  * make-fai-nfsroot: remove variable $FAI_BOOT
  * Makefile: add support for small pixmaps in faimond-gui
  * fai-chboot, fai-chboot.8: support for MAC address, same as host name
    (thanks to Torge Gipp for the initial patch)
  * THANKS: add Torge
  * fai-vol_id: cleanup code
  * fai: cleanup code
  * device2grub: fix indentation, minor code fix
  * fai-start-stop-daemon: remove it, because not needed any more,
    policy-rc.d is sufficient; remove man page as well [r6261]
  * fai-server.install, updatebase, make-fai-nfsroot, Makefile: remove
    fai-start-stop-daemon
  * make-fai-nfsroot: minor cleanup
  * make-fai-nfsroot: remove diversion of discover-modprobe
  * make-fai-nfsroot: die() subroutine now takes exit code, remove several
    else branches
  * savelog.LAST: add ignore pattern [?] [r6619] [r6621] [r6631]
  * ftar: die() subroutine now takes exit code, code cleanup
  * fai-mirror: code cleanup
  * updatebase, subroutines: move code for loading apt keys to updatebase
  * subroutines: new code for prepareapt(). First, try to copy important
    files (hosts, resolv.conf, sources.list, preferences) from the config
    space, if not found use version from the nfsroot. Also try whole
    directory tree /etc/apt from config space
  * simple examples: move all Debian specific parts into new class DEBIAN
    (Thanks to Michael Goetze for the patch)
  * THANKS: add Michael
  * remove apt-proxy
  * use 192.168.33.0/24 subnet for class FAISERVER
  * S99fai-setup: do not call fai-setup
  * add approx support in class FAISERVER
  * mkdebmirror: use cdn.debian.net
  * 10-conffiles, 50-host-classes: add support for hosts named client01,...
  * install_packages:
    - add cupt support
    - create aptpkg cache only if $hasdebian is also set [r6579]
    - year++ [r6580]
    - if -l is given, do not write $FAI_ROOT/var/log/install_packages.list
      [r6634]
  * fai-guide.txt:
    - minor URL fix [r6168]
    - adjust to new task name [r6693]
    - improve explanation of flag "reboot" [r6627]
    - minor improvement [r6676]
  * get-boot-info: do only list NICs which also have a link (means cable
    connected) [r6234]
  * control:
    - change Uploaders: remove Holger, add Mika [r6176]
    - new URL for browsable svn repository [r6547]
    - remove Replaces and Conflicts to fai and fai-kernels [r6606]
    - syslinux-common is not needed on the host, pxelinux.0 is copied from the
      nfsroot [r6677]
  * simple example:
    - do not use fcopy for /etc/modules [r6196]
    - do not copy file if target is a symlink [r6197]
    - apply patch from experimental, install grub into all raid devices
      [r6203]
    - new code for trap ERR, it now saves the maximum value of all errors
      [r6291]
    - use pcimodules command to load kernel driver [r6294]
    - remove option -s -k from modprobe, they do not exist [r6297]
    - $FAI_ROOT -> $target [r6298]
    - replace console-common by console-setup and kbd [r6299]
    - remove usbkbd, year++ [r6325]
    - use newer code for error trap [r6353]
    - use ext4 in Debian examples [r6417]
    - package_config/DEBIAN: use same linux-image package names as in NFSROOT,
      add initramfs-tools [r6478]
    - package_config/FAISERVER: replace transitional package name [r6479]
    - package_config/XFCE: new example [r6484]
    - grub.cfg: grub2 (for fai-cd) now asks for user and password  [r6486]
    - class/50-host-classes: add xfcehost [r6491]
    - grub.cfg,menu.lst: do not use ip= kernel parameter, dhcp is now the
      default [r6495]
    - grub.cfg: set default boot to boot from local disk (same as in grub1
      menu.lst) [r6496]
    - class/CENTOS.var: new font does not destroy red text on console [r6504]
    - hooks/prepareapt.CENTOS: add a hint how to disable the fastestmirror
      plugin [r6508]
    - scripts/CENTOS/40-install-grub: print boot and grub config to stdout
      [r6509]
    - scripts/CENTOS/40-install-grub: use /dev from nfsroot, define device in
      grub [r6510]
    - scripts/CENTOS/20-makedev: not needed any more, since we use /dev from
      the nfsroot [r6511]
    - scripts/CENTOS/50-misc,scripts/CENTOS/50-sysconfig: use a more
      descriptive name [r6512]
    - scripts/CENTOS/80-misc: add user demo [r6513]
    - scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: add -c to chmod, chown [r6514]
    - class/50-host-classes: a host named slchost will be installed using
      Scientific Linux Cern [r6516]
    - basefiles/Makefile,basefiles/mk-basefile: replace Makefile
      implementation with shell script [r6524] [r6556] [r6593] [r6656]
      [r6750]; add optiopn -d for target directory, set default to /var/tmp
      [r6751]
    - hooks/instsoft.DEBIAN: set executable flag [r6545]
    - scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc: if not IP was set, add special host entry
      [r6546]
    - class/CENTOS.var: addcomment [r6557]
    - disk_config/CENTOS: increase max size of /var [r6558]
    - package_config/XORG: use these packages only for DEBIAN [r6559]
    - package_config/CENTOS: add packages for XORG [r6560], SLC6 [r6578],
      authconfig [r6582], remove redhat-lsb [r6583], make packages for
      CentOS/slc 6 the default [r6596]
    - scripts/CENTOS/30-mkinitrd: safer generation of initrd, add drivers only
      if available [r6561]
    - scripts/CENTOS/80-misc: if gdm is installed, start graphical login
      [r6562]
    - scripts/CENTOS/30-mkinitrd,scripts/CENTOS/40-install-grub: add support
      for CentOD6/SLC6 [r6564]
    - scripts/CENTOS/30-mkinitrd: whitespace fix [r6565], fix syntax error
      [r6566]
    - disk_config/CENTOS: use ext4 except for /, add comments about ext3
      issues [r6567]
    - scripts/CENTOS/60-network-scripts: fix typo [r6577], add check if kudzu
      exists [r6581]
    - class/50-host-classes: use CentOS 6 and SLC6 instead of version 5
      [r6594] [r6595]
    - scripts/DEBIAN/40-misc: add FAI_CONFIG_SRC to fai.conf [r6620]
    - debconf/DEBIAN: remove non-existing debconf data [r6632]
    - hooks/prepareapt.CENTOS: copy resolv.conf to target [r6662]
    - package_config/fai-project.asc: add gpg key from fai-project.org
      repository [r6672]
    - package_config/DEBIAN.asc,simple/package_config/fai-project.asc: rename
      key file [r6674] [r6675]
    - hooks/prepareapt.CENTOS,hooks/repository.CENTOS: rename file, because
      task was renamed [r6739]
    - scripts/LAST/50-misc: hwclock should not be called with ROOTCMD [r6745]
  * fai: unset variable after use [r6195]
  * fai-do-scripts.1: more precise description of matching file names [r6264]
  * make-fai-nfsroot:
    - mdadm.conf should not contain info from the install server [r6232]
    - add patterns, that indicate an error [r6292]
    - use xz compression for creating the base.tar file if available [r6499]
    - remove old nfsroot with background process [r6500]
    - print message if xz is still running [r6505]
    - add info about different base files [r6599]
    - use ramdisk for speeding up package installation [r6600]
    - year++ [r6602]
    - several minor fixes [r6604]
    - stop mdadm from calling mkconf [r6605]
    - remove obsolete call. It's the default behaviour [r6612]
    - remove rsize [r6613]
    - remove message about size of nfsroot [r6614]
    - change comment [r6615]
    - remove unused code [r6616]
    - add check for fai packages inside the nfsroot [r6624]
    - minor code cleanup [r6635]
    - remove recover function and option -r [r6636]
    - remove option -U [r6678]
    - remove unused variable [r6680]
    - code cleanup [r6681]
    - add variable $exitcode [r6682]
    - add comments, code cleanup [r6683]
    - add warning about -U [r6684]
    - do not copy fai files into the nfsroot [r6692]
    - code restructuring for getting generic nfsroot easier [r6695]
    - ignore error [r6696]
    - add options -a and -g [r6698]
  * make-fai-nfsroot,control: use pxelinux.0 from inside the nfsroot, add
    depends on syslinux-common [r6409]
  * task_sysinfo:
    - start software raid when doing sysinfo [r6233]
    - print disk devices and their mapping to device names [r6284]
    - add pcimodules command [r6293]
    - print info about audio device [r6301]
  * mkramdisk: fix umount when directory is a mount point [r6235]
  * fai-mount-disk: fix for mounting of partitions based on fstab [r6274]
  * Makefile:
    - remove bin/setup_harddisks from list [r6305]
    - remove temporary directory in clean target [r6313]
    - remove fai-guide.chunked directory in clean target [r6492]
    - remove unused script [r6597]
    - remove non-existing script [r6630]
    - remove -f from checkbashism [r6648]
    - use more verbose filenames (like
      _anchor_id_advanced_xreflabel_advanced_advanced_fai.html) [r6671]
  * control,Makefile: remove build dependencies that were only needed for
    lenny, use -L with a2x [r6327]
  * THANKS,rshall: convert to UTF-8 [r6307]
  * NFSROOT:
    - remove unneeded aufs packages [r6311]
    - remove unused classes [r6413]
    - add firmware packages to the nfsroot [r6601]
  * FAQ: remove very old FAQ [r6489]
  * docs: remove FAQ [r6490]
  * subroutines:
    - add options -a, -o to ifclass(), check multiple classes (logical AND,
      OR) [r6603]
    - use ftar for extracting base file (add support for xz compression)
      [r6501]
    - add BASHOPTS to pattern [r6611]
    - remove unused code. Writing to /tmp/l seems to be for debugging [r6623]
    - cleanup code when to reboot or when to wait for keystroke [r6628]
    - improve matching of cmdline (closes: #607285, #632350) [r6633]
    - add short descriptions [r6687]
    - add comment, move code [r6688]
    - add missing suffix .asc in file name, minor change in message [r6742]
    - ignore no matching class when using ftar for basefiles/ [r6766]
  * subroutines,fai-class.1: use bash regex matching instead of associative
    array [r6668] [r6669] [r6728]
  * subroutines,updatebase: move code for loading apt keys into
    task_prepareapt [r6690]
  * ftar: print only one / in path names, year++ [r6503]
  * fai-cd: call genisoimage with -R instead of -r [r6522]
  * prcopyleft: year++ [r6544]
  * updatebase:
    - load apt keys by class names [r6625]
    - print a warning if some *.asc file are not used [r6629]
    - fix wrong test [r6647]
    - remove comments [r6686]
    - prettify code [r6689]
  * faireboot: fix wrong message [r6591]
  * fai,fai-cd,make-fai-nfsroot,fai.conf: remove variable $FAI from fai.conf,
    set default value in programs [r6607]
  * fai,fai-mirror,make-fai-nfsroot,fai.conf: remove $MNTPOINT from fai.conf,
    set default value where needed [r6608]
  * fai-chboot: first, check if any hosts are specified [r6609]
  * fai-chboot.8: add -u to more examples [r6610]
  * fai-chboot.8: add -P to some examples, remove stupid example [r6622]
  * fai: do not exit if /etc/fai does not exist. [r6617]
  * get-config-dir: check if $FAI is defined [r6618]
  * fai-do-scripts: add python support Closes: #635880 [r6637]
  * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: move important variables to top, no other changes
    [r6670]
  * sources.list: enable fai-project.org repository by default [r6673]
  * setup-storage: the disklist can now also be space separated [r6679]
  * faimond-gui,subroutines: rename task prepareapt to repository, add
    warnings for hooks using the old name [r6691]
  * fai.conf: do not set LOGUSER by default [r6736]
  * fai,fai-setup,fai.conf: use default value for FAI_LOGPROTO [r6737]
  * faimond-gui.1: add option -s [r6749]
  * mkdebmirror: option pdiff was renamed [r6753]
  * fai-chboot: check if configuration directory exists [r6755]
  * get-config-dir-*,subroutines: raise error values from 70x to 88x. [r6758]
  * make-fai-nfsroot,simple/files/etc/kernel-img.conf/DEBIAN: kernel-img.conf
    is not needed any more [r6760]
  * Makefile,all_hosts,prtnetgr,rshall: remove obsolete utils which are not
    closely connected to fai. Closes: #618521 [r6763]
  * ftar,ftar.8: add option -i.  Ignore "no matching class" and exit with 0
    [r6765]
  * fai-kvm: add utility for starting kvm hosts for testing FAI software
    [r6773] [r6774]
  * get-boot-info: copy live.log to LOGDIR [r6775]
  * Makefile,fai-nfsroot2image,fai-server.install,fai-server.manpages,
    fai-nfsroot2image.8: add fai-nfsroot2image script and man page [r6776]
  * make-fai-nfsroot,Makefile,fai-server.install,fai-server.links:
    make-fai-nfsroot -> fai-make-nfsroot transition [r6777] [r6778] [r6779]
  * fai-chboot.8: add example [r6781]

  [ Michael Goetze ]
  * simple examples:
    - Add missing svn:executable property to example scripts. [r6275] [r6348]
    - Add to simple-examples a Makefile for creating basefiles. [r6276]
    - Use mktemp, s/-/_/ in class names. [r6277]
    - Deduplicate scripts/{DEBIAN,FAIBASE}/40-misc in simple-examples [r6280]
    - Add some CentOS-related ignore patterns to savelog.LAST.source [r6287]
    - Initial checkin of CentOS support for simple examples. [r6288]
    - Copy fai.conf and a small fix, so that fai softupdate runs without error
      on a fresh installation with simple-examples [r6290]
    - rename TMPDIR to BASEFILEDIR to avoid accidental setting [r6336]
    - hooks/updatebase.CENTOS: =~ s/yum/yum -y/ [r6342]
    - package_config/CENTOS: install sendmail [r6343]
    - split up some variables into DEBIAN and CENTOS and implement them on
      CENTOS [r6345]
    - CENTOS/30-mkinitrd: --with is enough, we don't need --preload [r6346]
    - Install redhat-lsb on CentOS, thanks to Stephan Adig for the idea
      [r6347]
    - Replace CENTOS/20-mknod by CENTOS/20-makedev, thanks to Stephan Adig for
      the patch [r6349]
    - Cleanup move of variables from FAIBASE to DEBIAN [r6395]
    - CENTOS/40-install-grub: fix typo [r6397]
    - Move some things from scripts/FAIBASE/10-misc to scripts/DEBIAN/40-misc
      [r6398]
    - Make static network configuration work on CentOS [r6454]
  * NFSROOT, NEWS, simple example: Remove cfengine2 from default NFSROOT, as
    it is no longer needed for the simple-examples. Only do cfengine cleanup
    if it is installed. [r6283] [r6289]
  * setup-storage.8: Update AUTHORS in setup-storage(8) [r6312]
  * get-config-dir-git: Add support for git+ssh config dir [r6339] [r6354]
  * get-config-dir-git,get-config-dir-hg,get-config-dir-svn:
    get-config-dir-{svn,git}: check whether source is correct before update
    [r6340]
  * get-boot-info: Assume localdomain if no domain name received by DHCP
    [r6341]

  [ Michael Prokop ]
  * Makefile,control:
    - Add syntax checks to catch possible syntax problems (perl/bashism/bash).
      Make perlcheck work without perl-tk and liblinux-lvm-perl.
      Closes: #610509 [r6272] [r6260] [r6262] [r6263] [r6267] [r6270]
    - Drop cfengine2 from recommends of fai-client [r6701]
    - Use syslinux as alternative for syslinux-common in depends of
      fai-nfsroot [r6718]
  * developer-policy.txt: Add initial developer policy instructions (WIP).
    [r6460]
  * release-management.txt: Add document regarding release management of FAI
    stable using git-svn. [r6461] [r6541]
  * NFSROOT:
    - Drop duplicate firmware-bnx2x entry and use firmware-bnx2 instead.
      Thanks Jens Abromeit <j.abromeit@jpberlin.de> [r6720]
    - Install xz-utils in nfsroot by default [r6721]
  * fai-quickstart.postinst: make sure FAI_CONFIGDIR is set, otherwise inform
    user [r6685]
  * make-fai-nfsroot:
    - Make sure we exit with actual return code of subshell [r6697]
    - Divert /sbin/initctl if the executable is present [r6723]
  * simple/package_config/DEMO: drop rusers + rusersd packages [r6729]
  * simple/package_config/UBUNTU: add UBUNTU class file to package_config
    [r6740]
  * etc/sources.list: remove deprecated examples/etc/sources.list config file
    [r6741]
  * conf/NFSROOT: provide commented package selection examples for Ubuntu
    [r6743]
  * simple/package_config/FAIBASE: drop jove, nscd + tcsh from package_config,
    replace exim4 with nullmailer [r6746]
  * NFSROOT,simple/package_config/DEBIAN: software selection: use
    linux-image-686 as default for I386 [r6747]
  * conf/NFSROOT: drop jove, discover, liblinux-lvm-perl, libapt-pkg-perl and
    add git [r6748]
  * make-fai-nfsroot,make-fai-nfsroot.8: do not overwrite existing nfsroot by
    default, use option -f to force overwriting [r6752]
  * fai-mirror.1: fix typo in usage example (debmirrir->debmirror) [r6762]
  * make-fai-nfsroot: do not error out if getent hosts fails [r6770]
  * make-fai-nfsroot: do not error out if grep on mount output fails in
    umount_dirs() [r6771]
  * make-fai-nfsroot: provide proper return code in fdivert() [r6772]
  * fai-make-nfsroot,fai-make-nfsrot: rename fix: fai-make-nfsrot should be
    fai-make-nfsroot of course. Thanks Jan-Marek Glogowski for reporting on
    IRC [r6782]
  * fai-server.links: fix fai-make-nfsroot symlinks in Debian package. Thanks
    Jan-Marek Glogowski for bugreport and patch. [r6783]

  [ Michael Tautschnig ]
  * fcopy.8: describe behaviour if preinst has nonzero exit code
  * examples/simple/package_config/GNOME: Remove gnome-apt, ice*-gnome-support
    as these don't exist in squeeze anymore (thanks Karl Wallner for reporting
    this)
  * setup-storage:
    - Added support for using raw disk devices, without partitioning. Thanks
      Jordi Funollet. Closes: #589649 [r6169]
    - Generate conditional definitions for disk_var.sh such that variables
      will only be set if not previously defined by users. [r6240]
    - Partition pseudo-type luks:"<pass>" for LUKS device with user-defined
      passphrase. Thanks Patrick Schoenfeld for suggesting this and extensive
      testing. [r6405]
    - If $disklist or $LOGDIR are not provided, find sane default values.
      [r6406]
    - Added "all" as valid value for preserve*, resize, always_format. Thanks
      Toomas Tamm for suggesting this. [r6408]
    - Man page: Move examples section to the front, several clarifications,
      additional (simple) RAID example. [r6410] Added Holger's example for SW
      RAID+LVM. Thanks Holger Levsen. Closes: #645167 [r6769]
    - Add comment to generated fstab denoting actual device in case of UUID or
      LABEL being used as identifier. [r6411]
    - Distinct treatment of MiB vs. MB and friends. [r6412]
    - Don't keep redundant number field in config data structure. [r6416]
    - preserve_* now supported for each partition in place. Thanks Edgar Fuß
      [r6703]
    - Virtual disks don't have partition types. [r6704]
    - Keep current_config consistent [r6705]
    - Better error message for invalid string X in disklabel:X. [r6706]
    - Start first partition at 1M [r6707]
    - Support for /dev/loop*, parse floating point output of parted [r6708]
    - Added new option -s to perform syntax check only. Closes: #627913
      [r6709]
    - Stop RAID arrays before re-assembling. Thanks David Dreezer [r6710]
    - Properly handle alignment and preserving first partition. [r6711]
    - Bugfixes to properly read volume id [r6712]
    - Fix 100%-on-gpt configuration issue. Closes: #619136 [r6713]
    - Use wipefs to purge (RAID) signatures [r6714] [r6722]
    - Retain partition flags of preserved partitions. [r6715]
    - Added options -D <disks>, -L <logdir> [r6716]
    - Test mdadm-startall for existence before running it [r6724]
    - Try to write disklabel in -X mode, regardless of exact error message
      [r6754]
    - Ignore warning about read-only device for reading partition table
      [r6756]
    - Initialize boot_mnt_point [r6757]
    - Add gpt-bios partition with size 1MB initially [r6759]
    - Set bootable flag on gpt-bios disk [r6761]
  * dev-utils: New directory for scripts which are helpful for development of
    FAI [r6239] [r6302]
  * Makefile: Make sure that all example scripts are executable, fix syntax
    check [r6268] [r6650] [r6652]
  * examples/more-tests: Tests moved to test-suite [r6359-r6366] [r6372]
  * Makefile,fai-client.lintian-overrides,subroutines: Using shopt -s extglob
    won't work because bash fails with syntax error before [r6654] [r6658]
  * subroutines: Require nonempty variable name as suggested by Thomas [r6660]
  * control: Remove fai-server's recommends of fai-setup-storage. Closes:
    #644516 [r6738]
  * get-config-dir-hg: Added get-config pattern for hg+https. Closes: #631495
    [r6744]
  * fai.conf,fai.conf.5: Added man page for fai.conf [r6767]
  * fai-vol_id: merged Jan's/Limux changes [r6768]

 -- Michael Tautschnig <mt@debian.org>  Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:16:51 +0100
