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@@ -1,643 +1,2 @@ -- remove obsolete code for generating old draklive-style initrds - -2.6: - -- use systemctl to disable services and timers -- disable audit logging as it floods the logs - -2.5: - -- remove control characters from boot/help.msg -- remove obsolete 'requires bootsplash' - -2.4: - -- use overlayfs instead of unionfs -- replace placeholder with actual disk label in EFI grub.cfg file -- don't include region in the product name when region is 'all' -- generate sha512 checksum and DATE.txt in ISO master step -- change syslinux 'harddisk' menu entry to use chain loading -- mount /dev in chroot so /dev/null is available -- automatically generate the EFI boot image (efiboot.img) -- replace incomplete syslinux/bootlogo with gfxboot -- create mgagfxbootXXXX temporary directory in cwd - -2.3: - -- generate proper efi isohybrid -- use xorriso for proper efi metadata -- add noiswmd on kernel command line -- add efiboot.img on x86_64 isos -- add missing isolinux menu files - -2.2: - -- umount_system_fs(): unmount /run too - -2.1: - -- adapt for usbfs death, change /proc/bus/usb to /sys/kernel/debug/usb -- drop harcoded /etc/dracut.conf.d/60-live.conf -- unmount /dev when needed - -2.0: - -* adapt for creating Mageia 2 livecds - we now rely on udev, systemd and dracut - -1.4: - -- use gfxboot.c32 as graphical boot loader -- add more space in initrd for plymouth -- adapt for Mageia naming scheme (https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Product_naming) - -1.3: - -* build/chroot -- add a -<set> suffix to chroot/build directories if - live->{settings}{set} is defined - -* master -- link iso image with -<set> prefix if live->{settings}{set} is defined - - -1.2: - -* master -- use mgaiso-addmd5 instead of mkcd --addmd5 - -* misc -- umount /proc and /sys in chroot before cleaning or compressing - - -1.1: - -* boot -- do not harcode default gfxboot theme, - use distribution name from /etc/product.id - -* loopback -- add xz compression support for squashfs - - -1.0: - -* install -- mount /proc and /sys in post-install (to be friendly for packages installation, like Mythware) -- add trailing / not to copy resolv.conf as /etc if chroot is empty -- rename setarch option as targetarch -- do not try to use setarch on ARM - -* initrd -- boost initrd size for Flash -- force initrd re-creation by unlinking old one -- mount /proc and /sys for both classical and media-specific initrd -- mount /proc and /sys for gfxboot files too -- use busybox.static if present in chroot (else use normal busybox) - -* boot -- copy grub files from arched lib dir (reported by boklm) - -* loopbacks -- no need for squashfs_lzma and squashfs3 now that support has been merged in the kernel -- set block size in call to mksquashfs - This improves compressed image size by about 10% and was dropped when - switching to squashfs4 -- add back squashfs3 support (for older distros) -- use our own progress framework again for squashfs compression - -* master -- add -fatfirst option when hybridifying an image -- fix settling for udev when formatting master -- log writing partition table -- handle writing to mmcblk devices (hackish) - -* vm-image -- do not build vm image by default for masters, do it only if vm_type - settings is set (check qemu-img for valid types, like qcow2, vmdk, ...) - -* record -- delete existing files on media when recording, unless --keep-files option is used -- handle recording CD-Rom images on both CD-Rom and disks, since they are hybrid - -* replicator -- do not include whole boot dir in replicator image, boot/vmlinuz would - be duplicate in replicator, which sometimes confuses genisoimage, only - include boot/syslinux for replicator -- add --record-replicator option -- allow to record USB replicator -- allow to record CD-Rom replicator - -* misc -- add tool to dump and check Mandriva Flash keys -- add --tarball to build chroot tarball - - -0.9: - -* config -- automatically export draklive settings to DRAKLIVE_ environment variables for install -- allow to specify mount options in fstab in media->{mount_options} -- make it possible to specify mount options for tmpfs mounts -- allow to skip writing fstab with live->{system}{skip_fstab} -- allow to skip writing bootloader config with live->{system}{skip_bootloader_config} -- allow to skip bootloader install with live->{system}{skip_bootloader_install} -- allow not to create initrd with live->{system}{no_initrd} -- allow to select which settings fields are used to build name, in live->{name_fields} - -* install -- generate lst.names files list -- make sure zh_TW and zh_CN will be included in language list -- clean resolv.conf later (so that network can be used in post) - -* initrd -- dropped splashy support, added plymouth support - (using bootloader::add_boot_splash) -- don't mount /dev/pts since this causes huge slowdowns -- mount tmpfs partitions with 0755 perms (#51565): - When using the obsolete --attach-to-session plymouth option, /dev/pts - has to be mounted. But for some reason, nash interacts badly with - mounted /dev/pts and freezes for dozen of seconds when running a builtin - command. Remote --attach-to-session from plymouth which lets us get rid - of /dev/pts mounting. -- add hack to use modules list from chroot - (to handle different IDE modules name in build and target environments) -- detect some modules as built-in and do not wrongly abort -- do not create initrd symlink or append splash if no initrd has been created -- make sure /proc and /sys are available when building initrd (useful - to see error messages at least, from Paulo Ricardo Zanoni) -- use bootloader module to build initrd and create kernel symlinks - (Gdium friendly) - -* bootloader -- default to grub bootloader for harddisk storage -- fix installing grub to separate /boot partition -- use per-media additional boot_entries -- do not add default boot entry if media->{boot_entries} is specified - (to allow having a custom default entry) -- fix installing grub to hidden /boot in master image -- set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to chroot libraries when running grub -- die in bootloader step if selected kernel does not exist -- do not add initrd in grub menu if it does not exist -- allow to install bootloader on separate /boot partition -- make sure the grub install script is executable -- do not overwrite grub conf for "classical" boot when installing - bootloader -- use same bootloader install code for disks and USB masters -- remove hardcoded splashy code and use back bootloader::add_boot_splash -- run switch-themes -u -- use bootloader module to find kernel (Gdium friendly) -- update gfxboot theme before copying gfxboot files -- fix getting bootsplash theme (fixes gfxboot theme) -- do not add vga mode on kernel command line if forced in append - (for drakx-based replicator) -- fix setting splash for classical bootloader -- create media specific gfxmenu if needed only -- always copy gfxmenu in build boot dir (needed for replicator) -- do not create bootloader files if bootloader install is to be skipped -- fix writing media specific boot for disk masters - -* master -- use -fatfirst option when hybridifying an image -- use DrakX partitioning/formatting code -- run udevsettle, like done in diskdrake::interactive::write_partitions -- allow to set custom media geometry in media->{geom} -- allow to format disk devices -- add ext4 and swap support in mkfs -- use ext4 by default for harddisk -- set label at mkfs time -- fix setting label on fat -- fix setting label for USB devices -- add default label for harddisk storage -- always compute master size from pre-computed partition sizes -- use apparent size when computing loopbacks size (system loopback can be sparse) -- supplement / partition label with default one if needed -- allow to add an OEM rescue partition in the master (quite hackish, using live->{oem_rescue}) -- preset fs_type for OEM_RESCUE partition too -- allow to set inode size in media->{inode_size} for ext2/ext3 file systems -- preserve timestamps when copying files - -* image -- allow to compress master images as gzip instead of bzip2 by setting - compression_method=gzip in settings.cfg (from Paulo Ricardo Zanoni) - -* vm-image -- create vmdk virtual machine images (for VMware, VirtualBox, qemu) - -* replicator -- copy syslinux dir for replicator too -- always create syslinux msg files (useful for cdrom replicator) -- allow drakx-based replicator - (by setting live->{settings}{replicator_type} to "drakx") -- write image size in master list file -- write bootloader config for replicator media - -* record -- use full disk device when recording harddisk/oem_rescue/replicator/USB masters -- allow to mount multiple partitions before recording target master -- do not try to use configured media source when it is not a label, it - could be a device (/dev/sda1) that should not be touched on the - build machine, force it to be passed as an option - - -0.8: - -* loop -- use lzma by default (should be an option) -- use legacy mksquashfs3 instead of the new mksquashfs -- use 1MB squashfs blocks, this gives us about 10% better compression -- fix loopback extension in /etc/sysconfig/draklive-resize - -* bootloader -- remove unneeded locale files from gfxboot bootlogo file (causes boot issues - on some machines) -- add 'harddrive' boot entry to chainload to the harddrive bootloader -- use latest syslinux + gfxboot COM module -- do not crash if there is no gfxmenu file -- use live->{system}{append} -- specify root in bootloader append for harddisk installs -- create "classical" bootloader files (grub menu and gfxmenu) -- upper-case FAT labels again (we switched to blkid in nash) -- fix installing probe-modules for x86_64 (spotted by imr) - -* master -- allow to create harddisk masters (for OEM images) -- hybridify generated ISOs so that they can be dumped on USB keys -- create bigger vfat and disk masters -- setup loop device with its real size (so that mkfs does not make a too large fs) -- write a /boot/grub/install.sh script when installing grub, and run - grub in chroot (requires to bind-mount the image inside its mount point) -- use again du --apparent-size for some sparse files - -* images -- build compressed harddisk image (for now bzipped, could be extracted - through partimage later) - -* replicator -- allow to create replicator images (cdrom and USB) - using stage1 and restore scripts to dump OEM master on final systems -- add --replicator to build replicator image -- allow to customize replicator append in live->{replicator}{append} - -* initrd -- splashy support -- generate "classical" initrd (for harddisk installs) -- handle non-gzipped additional modules -- fix checking missing modules (do it after parsing additional modules) -- mount /dev as tmpfs after pivot_root, so that finit's /dev/initctl - does not get forgotten when start_udev remounts /dev -- remove deprecated mkdevices call -- do not use nash-mount to mount tmpfs (run by busybox when using fallback) -- do not include nls modules for ext2/ext3 filesystems -- add support for external pre-pivot-root command in initrd - (live->{system}{initrd_pre_pivot}) -- skip non-dirs when mount moving to new root (avoid error messages) - -* config -- allow to split version out of name (to follow name-product-version naming) - -* chroot -- use media source instead of /dev/root in fstab, since the later - confuses mkinitrd -- write live->{system}{files} with no_install option in - /etc/draklive-install.d/remove.d/draklive - -* code architecture -- split code and MDV::Draklive submodules -- add initial mkinitrd-draklive prototype - (to allow rebuilding live initrd on installed system) -- add a default mount (for harddisk master) -- extract predefined and custom mounts/fs in MDV::Draklive::Mounts and - MDV::Draklive::CustomMedia modules (breaks config files compatibility) - - -0.7: - -* initrd -- do not copy and load twice additional modules if they were listed in - extra modules -- use nash-mount instead of mount -- create /etc/blkid and use "showlabels --removable" to get CD-Rom - labels in blkid cache -- adapt to new probe-modules syntax for storage bus -- use stage1's probe-modules instead of dropped nash's insmod -- move initrd modules in /lib/modules/`uname -r` -- gzip initrd modules -- use depmod to generate modules.dep -- do not print excluding modules warning if not needed -- check that there is enough space left in initrd -- umount /proc/bus/usb before pivot_root in initrd -- add firewire controllers (bus and disk) in CDROM live (#31356) -- use libraries from /lib instead of /lib/i686 (#38649) and /lib/tls - (#21683) to be able to boot on processors without cmov - -* bootloader -- remove hardcoded fastboot option (new initscripts do not fsck rw /) - -* master -- handle genisoimage progress more nicely -- insert mkcd checksum before computing md5/sha1 checksums -- hide mkcd output - -* dist -- rename "images" directory as "dist" -- create packages lst in dist -- write a .langs file with human-readable langs list -- write full list of rpm packages and list of rpm leaves, sorted by package size - -* misc -- do not try to use consolehelper to display "must be root" message, - it's broken outside of X - - -0.6: - -* config -- use config and additional files from live->{settings}{config_root}, - defaulting to current directory, or to /etc/draklive if no config file - is present in current directory -- allow to configure files root directory with --config-root -- use /var/lib/draklive/build as default build dir and - /var/lib/draklive/chroot as default chroot dir - -* bootloader -- improve gfxboot support by copying files from both Mandriva and - system-chosen theme -- install gfxboot files in /isolinux on CD image -- gfxboot support for grub -- drop unused F1 binding when gfxboot is used -- use livecd mode in gfxboot (thanks Pixel \o/) -- copy gfxmenu instead of moving it (#31879) -- enable gfxboot only if live->{system}{gfxboot} is set -- remove extra media support -- remove optional media support -- allow to specify bootloader timeout in - live->{media}{bootloader_timeout} - -* initrd -- rename debug command line option as initrd_debug not to conflict - with kernel option -- handle module names with underscores, using new module dependencies - functions from list_modules (such as modname2path) -- add and use probe-modules helper from stage1 to load modules -- drop useless ide-generic hack, probe-modules will load it as - fallback only -- drop usb-storage hack, done by probe-modules -- do not explicitely load storage module in linuxrc - (done by probe-modules helper) -- add modules.dep, modules.description, modules.alias, ldetect-lst - tables, pci.ids and fallback-modules.alias for probe-modules -- add .ko.gz symlinks to .ko files (used by probe-modules, gzopen - transparently opens uncompressed files) -- load dependencies of extra modules only -- install modules in /modules instead of /lib in initrd -- add partition "loop" type to be able to mount partitions in initrd -- create empty fstab and mtab for fsck programs not to complain -- run fsck when mounting ext2 partition -- move mount actions in a storage_fs hash -- be less verbose when compressing modules -- be less verbose when printing skipped modules -- allow to exclude modules from initrd in - live->{system}{exclude_modules} -- use busybox's mkdir since nash's "mkdir -p" does not have the - standard behavior -- pre-create devfsd compatibility loop devices (since busybox is still - built with devfsd support) -- pre-create more loop devices -- allow to specify module options in live->{system}{module_options} -- allow to delay mount of specific loopbacks -- do not add disk/raw category for cdrom media -- allow to specify ro unionfs branches -- fix unionfs branches list by removing trailing colon (for unionfs2) -- don't check symlinks when looking for kernels - (fix matching vmlinuz-tmb-desktop586) -- run mkdevices to create nodes for existing devices -- move modules mount point in new root -- do not mess / tree if no live modules are used -- allow to copy per-fs files in initrd -- copy additional modules after plain modules, so that they can overwrite them -- do not uppercase label anymore for vfat partitions, nash with vol_id - seems to handle it fine - -* chroot -- be less verbose when running patch dry runs -- don't hardcode list of files to be removed in chroot, they must be - listed in live->{system}{remove_files} now (dbus/modprobe/udev files - for example) -- allow to use real glob patterns in live->{system}{remove_files} -- copy resolv.conf in chroot for urpmi to work (and clean it at end of - post-install) -- do not run service_harddrake stop anymore, it does not exist in 2008.0 -- run postInstall after copying packages - -* loopbacks -- allow to create loopback modules from live->{loopbacks}{modules} - (to be used for separate i18n loopbacks) -- allow to include loopback modules in master images by defining - modules sets in live->{packs} and selecting them from live->{settings}{pack} -- write a loopbacks/excluded.tar.bz2 tarball containing files that - have been excluded from other loopbacks -- write excluded.tar.bz2 in /tarballs, so that it does not get - included in final ISO image -- remove multi squash union, better replaced with modules -- add "modules" source type, and use it for squash_union and - volatile_squash_union mounts (which are now custom mounts) -- allow to exclude files in loopbacks with live->{system}{exclude_files} -- pass -no-progress option to mksquashfs, draklive handles its own - progress bar -- fix division by zero in progress code /o\ - -* master -- drop some genisoimage verbosity -- do not allow to create USB master, it is not correctly implemented yet -- name images after live name instead of live.iso/live.img -- compute md5sum and sha1sum for ISO images - (in addition to the mkcd checksum) -- do not copy extra media files in boot images -- fix extra files selection in cdrom master -- compute media dirs on the fly instead of hardcoding at start - (to support CD-Rom boot images with non-hidden media directories) - -* record -- make device option used for boot-only as well -- do not set label if boot-only -- use bootloader setting from optional media if specified -- umount usb device if loopback copy fails -- unlink list file if loopbacks copy fails as well -- mark as read-only boot and loopbacks on vfat USB media -- mark as hidden files beginning with a dot, autorun files, boot and - loopbacks read-only on vfat USB media -- only run mattrib for vfat -- run mattrib with MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK (like mlabel) - -* misc -- print usage if no option is specified -- log files copy -- add newlines in die messages, not to trigger the infamous drakbug -- make warn messages less verbose -- use live->{settings}{name/product/media/desktop/region} in - build/chroot names -- write a packages.lst file containing the installed packages list -- add a glob wrapper with dotglob behavior, and expand only if needed -- custom NFS is now in custom{fs} instead of custom{mounts} -- reorder init so that arch is set before calling get_builddir and - get_system_root (#35105) -- chomp arch returned by rpm to fix directory names when arch is not - in settings.cfg (#35105) - - -0.5: - -* chroot -- use glob() instead of glob_() to support again non-wildcarded - filenames in live->{system}{files} and live->{media}{files} - -* loopbacks -- use noappend option in mksquashfs to overwrite previous loopbacks - - -0.4: - -* config -- make loopback fs configurable -- allow to define fallbacks directories - (will be mounted only if the mountpoint is not already mounted) -- XiB are now used instead of XB when specified fs size is expanded -- allow to specify min_size in custom squash_union helper -- introduce "plain" mount type (instead of empty mount type) -- split build/media prefixes -- allow to specify additional mount options for storage media - (such as umask=...) -- add live-{system}{hide_media_dirs} and live->{media}{files} - (see details in "master" section) -- allow to use glob patterns in live->{system}{files} and - live->{media}{files} - -* bootloader -- use grub-install and grub files from chroot, and make it use custom - boot directory - -* chroot -- create draklive-resize configuration file and do not build loopback - fs if min_size is specified - -* loopbacks -- use tmpfs as fallback if the ext2 loopback can not be mounted -- repair loopbacks non-interactively - -* master -- set MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK to 1 when running mlabel (some USB pens are - misdetected by mtools) -- allow to hide media dirs by adding '.' in prefixes when - live-{system}{hide_media_dirs} is set -- use mattrib to hide media dirs from windows -- install grub on both master device and partition (fix boot on buggy - Intel BIOS) -- allow to copy files directly to the final image/media using - live->{media}{files} (implemented for USB only) - - -0.3: - -* interface -- make --boot-only copy only boot files (instead of using boot media) -- add --boot-image option to create a boot image for the selected - method -- make string command line options mandatory -- add --dump-config option -- allow to load settings from command line using --define options -- drop --region option (use --define region=) - -* config -- make the system.loop size configurable -- handle GigaBytes for loopback sizes -- rename live->{post} as live->{system}{initrd_post} -- export region as DRAKLIVE_REGION for auto_install -- allow to provide stage2 updates with live->{system}{stage2_updates} -- allow to make the initrd reread a device partition table using - live->{media}{rereadpt} - (useful if USB partition changes after some PIN input) -- allow to customize bootloader title in live->{media}{title} -- default to config/live.cfg config path -- allow to load live->{settings} from a file and default to - config/settings.cfg -- use region/repository/root/workdir variables from live->{settings} -- rename "workdir" setting as "builddir" -- rename "root" setting as "chroot" -- automatically add arch to specified repository - -* chroot installation -- remove /etc/dbus-1/machine-id -- really don't apply patches if they look already applied -- workaround buggy installation of directories that are not owned by - any packages (using 022 umask) -- do not try to install packages if the additional media is only aimed - at adding extra sources (warly) -- remove urpmi media before starting additional media installation -- install additional media just before they are required -- get drakx-in-chroot from the repository -- run install/rpm commands for targetted architecture - -* bootloader -- unlink grub device map so that grub rechecks the map -- die when grub or rsync fail -- don't install bootloader on non-block device -- partial gfxboot support (#26430) -- build bootloader files for boot methods listed in - media->{extra_boot} -- display help file if not bootlogo is available -- add missing newlines in syslinux/grub configuration files - -* loopbacks -- don't use sort file if it doesn't exist -- adapt mksquashfs output parsing to latest release -- die if mksquashfs fails -- don't pass float to mkfs.vfat -- run fsck on rw loopback files before mounting them -- don't reserv blocks on ext2/3 filesystems, we don't create root fs -- compute an approximative size for USB master images - -* master/record -- don't use a timeout for rsync copy (should fix USB mastering) -- pass -F option to mke2fs only for non-block devices -- use genisoimage -- die if genisoimage can not be run -- use wodim instead of cdrecord - -* copy wizard -- don't create a master for onthefly USB recording -- don't show Previous button in copy wizard (#25868) -- allow to select a master image in the copy wizard -- update progress during live USB recording -- add an end step -- warn if an error occurs during live copy -- use 788 as default vga mode - -* misc: -- don't add splash/vga settings on cmdline if no vga mode is defined -- umount any nfs volume in /mnt (warly) -- use the 'never' timeout value instead of hardcoded values -- automatically select storage type if only one is available -- define directory mounts in their mount order, and reverse the order - when mounting unionfs -- guess arch using rpm _target_cpu macro -- add arch in chroot and builddir paths -- include desktop in builddir/chroot name if specified - - -0.2: - -- remove modprobe.preload.d files -- remove /etc/udev/rules.d/61-*_config.rules files -- use patch batch mode (-t) not to apply already applied patches and die if a patch can't be applied -- run shell in initrd when the "debug" option is on cmdline -- allow to add additionnal boot entries -- umount filesystem which could stay mounted in the chroot before cleaning (warly) -- default splash image is now splash.xpm.gz for grub -- rename draklive.desktop as draklive-copy-wizard.desktop - - -0.1: - -- use system's mount to mount NFS loopbacks -- sort squashfs loopback if a config/distrib.sort file is present +- new tools for creating both classic installer and live ISOs + o based on user/martinw/use-grub2 branch of draklive |