snapd 2.23 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

snapd (2.23) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, LP: #1665608
    - overlord: phase 2 with 2nd setup-profiles and hook done after
      restart for core installation
    - data: re-add snapd.refresh.{timer,service} with weekly schedule
    - interfaces: allow 'getent' by default with some missing dbs to
      various interfaces
    - overlord/snapstate: drop forced devmode
    - snapstate: disable running the configure hook on classic for the
      core snap
    - ifacestate: re-generate apparmor in InterfaceManager.initialize()
    - daemon: DevModeDistro does not imply snapstate.Flags{DevMode:true}
    - interfaces/bluez,network-manager: implement ConnectedSlot policy
    - cmd: add helpers for mounting / unmounting
    - snapstate: error in LinkSnap() if revision is unset
    - release: add linuxmint 18 to the non-devmode distros
    - cmd: fixes to run correctly on opensuse
    - interfaces: consistently use 'const' instead of 'var' for security
      policy
    - interfaces: miscellaneous policy updates for unity7, udisks2 and
      browser-support
    - interfaces/apparmor: compensate for kernel behavior change
    - many: only tweak core config if hook exists
    - overlord/hookstate: don't report a run hook output error without
      any context
    - cmd/snap-update-ns: move test data and helpers to new module
    - vet: fix vet error on mount test.
    - tests: empty init (systemd) failover test
    - cmd: add .indent.pro file to the tree
    - interfaces: specs for apparmor, seccomp, udev
    - wrappers/services: RemainAfterExit=yes for oneshot daemons w/ stop
      cmds
    - tests: several improvements to the nested suite
    - tests: do not use core for "All snaps up to date" check
    - cmd/snap-update-ns: add function for sorting mount entries
    - httputil: copy some headers over redirects
    - data/selinux: merge SELinux policy module
    - kmod: added Specification for kmod security backend
    - tests: failover test for rc.local crash
    - debian/tests: map snapd deb pockets to core snap channels for
      autopkgtest
    - many: switch channels on refresh if needed
    - interfaces/builtin: add /boot/uboot/config.txt access to core-
      support
    - release: assume higher version of supported distros will still
      work
    - cmd/snap-update-ns: add compare function for mount entries
    - tests: enable docker test
    - tests: bail out if core snap is not installed
    - interfaces: use mount.Entry instead of string snippets.
    - osutil: trivial tweaks to build ID support
    - many: display kernel version in 'snap version'
    - osutil: add package for reading Build-ID
    - snap: error when `snap list foo` is run and no snap is installed
    - cmd/snap-confine: don't crash if nvidia module is loaded but
      drivers are not available
    - tests: update listing test for latest core snap version update
    - overlord/hookstate/ctlcmd: helper function for creating a deep
      copy of interface attributes
    - interfaces: add a linux framebuffer interface
    - cmd/snap, store: change error messages to reflect latest UX doc
    - interfaces: initial unity8 interface
    - asserts: improved information about assertions format in the
      Decode doc comment
    - snapstate: ensure snapstate.CanAutoRefresh is nil in tests
    - mkversion.sh: Add support for taking the version as a parameter
    - interfaces: add an interface for use by thumbnailer
    - cmd/snap-confine: ensure that hostfs is root owned.
    - screen-inhibit-control: add methods for delaying screensavers
    - overlord: optional device registration and gadget support on
      classic
    - overlord: make seeding work also on classic, optionally
    - image,cmd/snap: refactoring and initial envvar support to use
      stores needing auth
    - tests: add libvirt interface spread test
    - cmd/libsnap: add helper for dropping permissions
    - interfaces: misc updates for network-control, firewall-control,
      unity7 and default policy
    - interfaces: allow recv* and send* by default, accept4 with accept
      and other cleanups
    - interfaces/builtin: add classic-support interface
    - store: use xdelta3 from core if available and not on the regular
      system
    - snap: add contact: line in `snap info`
    - interfaces/builtin: add network-setup-control which allows rw
      access to netplan
    - unity7: support missing signals and methods for status icons
    - cmd: autoconf for RHEL
    - cmd/snap-confine: look for PROCFS_SUPER_MAGIC
    - dirs: use the right snap mount dir for the distribution
    - many: differentiate between "distro" and "core" libexecdir
    - cmd: don't reexec on RHEL family
    - config: make helpers reusable
    - snap-exec: support nested environment variables in environment
    - release: add galliumos support
    - interfaces/builtin: more path options for serial
    - i18n: look into core snaps when checking for translations
    - tests: nested image testing
    - tests: add basic test for docker
    - hookstate,ifacestate: support snapctl set/get slot and plug attrs
      (step 3)
    - cmd/snap: add shell completion to connect
    - cmd: add functions to load/save fstab-like files
    - snap run: create "current" symlink in user data dir
    - cmd: autoconf for centos
    - tests: add more debug if ubuntu-core-upgrade fails
    - tests: increase service retries
    - packaging/ubuntu-14.04: inform user how to extend PATH with
      /snap/bin.
    - cmd: add helpers for working with mount/umount commands
    - overlord/snapstate: prepare for using snap-update-ns
    - cmd: use per-snap mount profile to populate the mount namespace
    - overlord/ifacestate: setup seccomp security on startup
    - interface/seccomp: sort combined snippets
    - release: don't force devmode on LinuxMint "serena"
    - tests: filter ubuntu-core systems for authenticated find-private
      test
    - interfaces/builtin/core-support: Allow modifying logind
      configuration from the core snap
    - tests: fix "snap managed" output check and supress output from
      expect in the authenticated login tests
    - interfaces: shutdown: also allow shutdown/reboot/suspend via
      logind
    - cmd/snap-confine-tests: reformat test to pass shellcheck
    - cmd: add sc_is_debug_enabled
    - interfaces/mount: add dedicated mount entry type
    - interfaces/core-support: allow modifying systemd-timesyncd and
      sysctl configuration
    - snap: improve message after `snap refresh pkg1 pkg2`
    - tests: improve snap-env test
    - interfaces/io-ports-control: use /dev/port, not /dev/ports
    - interfaces/mount-observe: add quotactl with arg filtering (LP:
      #1626359)
    - interfaces/mount: generate per-snap mount profile
    - tests: add spread test for delta downloads
    - daemon: show "$snapname (delta)" in progress when downloading
      deltas
    - cmd: use safer functions in sc_mount_opt2str
    - asserts: introduce a variant of model assertions for classic
      systems
    - interfaces/core-support: allow modifying snap rsyslog
      configuration
    - interfaces: remove some syscalls already in the default policy
      plus comment cleanups
    - interfaces: miscellaneous updates for hardware-observe, kernel-
      module-control, unity7 and default
    - snap-confine: add the key for which hsearch_r fails
    - snap: improve the error message for `snap try`
    - tests: fix pattern and use MATCH in find-private
    - tests: stop tying setting up staging store access to the setup of
      the state tarball
    - tests: add regression spread test for #1660941
    - interfaces/default: don't allow TIOCSTI ioctl
    - interfaces: allow nice/setpriority to 0-19 values for calling
      process by default
    - tests: improve debug when the core transition test hangs
    - tests: disable ubuntu-core->core transition on ppc64el (its just
      too slow)
    - snapstate: move refresh from a systemd timer to the internal
      snapstate Ensure()
    - tests/lib/fakestore/refresh: some more info when we fail to copy
      asserts
    - overlord/devicestate: backoff between retries if the server seems
      to have refused the serial-request
    - image: check kernel/gadget publisher vs model brand, warn on store
      disconnected snaps
    - vendor: move gettext.go back to github.com/ojii/gettext.go
    - store: retry on 502 http response as well
    - tests: increase snap-service kill-timeout
    - store,osutil: use new osutil.ExecutableExists(exe) check to only
      use deltas if xdelta3 is present
    - cmd: fix autogen.sh on fedora
    - overlord/devicemgr: fix test: setup account-key before using the
      key for signing
    - cmd: add /usr/local/* to PATH
    - cmd: add sc_string_append
    - asserts: support for correctly suggesting format 2 for snap-
      declaration
    - interfaces: port mount backend to new APIs, unify content of per
      app/hook profiles
    - overlord/devicestate: implement policy about gadget and kernel
      matching the model
    - interfaces: allow sched_setscheduler again by default
    - debian: update breaks/replaces for snap-confine->snapd
    - debian: move the snap-confine packaging into snapd
    - 14.04/integrationtests: rely on upstart to restart ssh.
    - store: enable download deltas on classic by default
    - spread: add unit suite
    - snapctl: add config in client to disable auth and use it in
      snapctl
    - overlord/ifacestate: register all security backends with the
      repository
    - overlord,tests: have enable/disable affect security profiles
    - tests: install ubuntu-core from the same channel as core
    - overlord: move configstate.Transaction into config package
    - seccomp-support.c: add PF_* domains which can be used instead of
      AF_*
    - store: always log retry summary when SNAPD_DEBUG is set
    - tests: parameterize kernel snap channel
    - snapenv: do not append ":" to the SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH
    - interfaces/builtin: refine the content interface rules using $SLOT
    - asserts,interfaces/policy: add support for
      $SLOT()/$PLUG()/$MISSING in *-attributes constraintsThis adds
      support for $SLOT(arg), $PLUG(arg) and $MISSING attribute
      constraints in plugs and slots rules in snap-declarations:
    - cmd/snap-confine: add snap-confine command line parser module
    - tests: remove (some) garbage files found by restore cleanup
      analysis
    - cmd: fix issues uncovered by valgrind
    - tests: fix typo in systems name
    - cmd: collect string utilities in one module, add missing tests
    - cmd: rename mountinfo to sc_mountinfo
    - tests: allow to install snapd debs from a ppa instead of building
      them
    - spread: remove state tar on project restore

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden>  Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:21:42 +0100