Changelog
fai (5.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Thomas Lange ]
* major rewrite of the FAI guide
* extrbase.IMAGE: new hook that installs from a file system image
this is tested with Ubuntu 14.04 and CentOS 7
* fcopy: use xattrs, acl and selinux options if available
* use httpredir.debian.org instead of http.debian.net
* fai: fix test, Closes: #780733
* fai-mount-disk: now support lvm and RAID: Closes: #769229
* fai-mount-disk: add option -w, add btrfs support
* use .sh instead of .source suffix for file being sourced
* do not add machine-id into base file, create a new one Closes: #787235
* fai-monitor: add reply function which is used for autodiscover
* fai-monitor.8: add info about the new protocol extensions
* install_packages, get-config-dir-http: use curl instead of wget
* fai-make-nfsroot: remove option -l, add otion -z, use xz as default
compression,
use os-release to define more classes for install_packages,
use fcopy for sources.list if it's not a file
remove more files if building generic nfsroot
add test if sysvinit-core was installed
setup ssh environment when using -a
use apt-get instead of aptitude
do not install recommends inside nfsroot
install dracut-* packages early, they are now hardcoded here
add dracut.conf.d files to make initrd smaller
check if some essential packages are installed
use environment variable APTPROXY
add the key of the fai-project package repository
make sure to install fai-nfsroot before other packages
add livenet module, which is needed for getting the nfsroot via http
* fai-setup: also add config space dir to exports, new home dir for
LOGUSER, exit with correct error code
* fai-cd: add -A, -J, -e, fix xorriso options to USB sticks bootable
do only copy dists and pool dirs from mirror, do not put
resolv.conf onto the CD, add more dirs to hide list
do not add memtest menu entry on bootonly CD
* grub.cfg: add --unrestricted to some menu entries, handle boot from
local disk via chainloader more advanced
add entry for FAI server with fixed IP
do not enable networking for the rescue boot entry
* install_packages: add dnf support
* subroutines: print execution time for each task if $duration is set
do not print hash of ROOTPW
new subroutine read_fai_monitor_vars, called by task_confdir
check if kernel modules dir matches the kernel version
check only for network or CD installation, Closes: #788230
print disk_config if an error occurs within setup-storage
put apt keys into separate files
* control: add mksquashfs-tools
* fai-mirror: take arch into account in base-pkgs.lis, do not remove
reprepro dirs in mirror, fix order of getting packages,
preserve reprepro config files,
also use files in /etc/fai/apt/sources.list.d
add option -P, Thanks to Andreas Heinlein for the patch
save and restore sources.list, use xz instead of bz2
* dhcp-edit: make restart_dhcpd more quiet, allow non-root if using -d
* fai.conf: add detailed info about FAI_CONFIG_SRC format
* fai-kvm: add option -D, -V, -U, -N, -t, disable floppy disk
increase default dis size, improve help
* add fai-kvm to package fai-client
* new script fai-mk-network for creating test networks
* NFSROOT: use class DEBIAN_8, do not install systemd-sysv into the
nfsroot, add dracut-config-generic, use curl instead of wget
* increase MAXPACKAGES
* 10-setup: call update-grub later, disable os-prober because of #788062
* package_config: add desktop-base for nicer grub and desktop background
* 20-capabilities: add fping executables, print message on success
* get-config-dir-http: add ram disk before extracting, remove md5sum
checking
* simple examples: fix SELinux problems with CentOS 7, fix gnome package
name, use apt-get instead of aptitude for linux-image packages,
xfcehost now uses lvm partitions,
add templates for sources.list for UBUNTU and GNOME, generate Ubuntu
sources.list dynamically via netselect
* add Ubuntu profile
* major improve of FAISERVER example, setup of FAI server done by
rc.local
* 20-hwdetect.source: fix setting $disklist, calling set_disk_info is
insufficient
50-host-classes: set class DHCP depending on the content of the ip=
parameter of the kernel command line
* 40-parse-profiles.sh: new script for creating a curses based menu
* Commands.pm: use parted instead of sfdisk for setting boot flag
Closes: #798390
* Fstab.pm: put comments on a seperate line, Closes: #784842
Thanks to Raphael Geissert for the patch
* task_sysinfo: start lvm, Closes: #769229, print also btrfs infos
* fai-chboot: add support for writing .tmpl files, new default (-1) for
localboot, search nfsroot for kernel suffix, several fixes
* fai-chboot.8: improve -d, -e description, Closes: #800475
* create_resolv_conf: use dracut's resolv.conf if available
* fai-nfsroot2image removed, this can now be done using fai-cd
* fai-savelog: return error code if scp fails
* subroutines: call task_error after fai-savelog -r
* get-boot-info: do not use DHCP hostname if already set
* drop support for old script names which were changed in 4.0
* add dracut module for fai autodiscover, add grub.cfg.autodiscover
* instsoft.DEBIAN: add ucf example, Closes: #313397, #502394
* mk-basefile: update Ubuntu support
* fai: if no hostname was set, use IP for setting the hostname
* 40-misc: create mtab symlink
[ Kerim Güney ]
* fai-cd: use dracut instead of live-boot, remove option -n, -k,
add option -S, -A
* grub.cfg: adjust option for booting with dracut
* Exec.pm: print original error message if no predefined message is
detected
* Commands.pm: Allow single device/partition btrfs configurations using
the same simple disk_config syntax as for ext4 etc.
Prevent setup-storage from attempting to run mkfs twice for single
device btrfs filesystems
Remove hardcoded fstabkey and enables using label and uuid for btrfs
Don't disable volume groups that need to be preserved, Closes: #787843
implement test for btrfs/lvm create options, Closes: #750212
* setup-storage: support parted's old "resize" command and also the new
"resizepart", add support for parted >=2.4, Closes: #785804
enable installation of LVM volume groups directly onto an
unpartitioned disk.
* Fstab.pm: list all btrfs devices in comment line
* Parser.pm: Catch disk config that dictates preserving a partition that
doesn't exist
* setup-storage: test if we need a reload or restart of the nfs server
* fai-guide: review and update
[ Thomas Neumann ]
* Fstab.pm: use local variable instead of global, remove &FAI:: from
local function
[ Moritz 'Morty' Strübe ]
* fetch-basefile: create basefiles-folder if it does not exist
* fai-make-nfsroot: fix check for /sbin/init
-- Thomas Lange <email address hidden> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:09:12 +0100
