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1.3.0 - 12/07/2001
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Improved the sizing of the UML box.
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Added New Template (Alt-N) capability to the Yard Box.
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Added several new FAQ questions, added a lot more information on
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"How do I use gBootRoot?" Updated the graphics for the documentation.
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Updated to version 2.4.14 of user-mode-linux. Note: 2.4.15 was buggy
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in respect to rebooting, and produced an address number at login, it appears
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to be a bad compile.
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The Yard Box has new check buttons which allows the parsing behavior of
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the nss and pam configuration files to be turned off and on (default).
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Pam.conf and pam.d/{service names or *} can now be checked for their
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specified service modules. The service modules are located either in
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/lib/security or /usr/lib/security and included with the file set if they
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are found on the host system. The modules are then checked for their
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dependencies which are included if they haven't previously been specified.
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Therefore, the user no longer needs to specify pam modules and dependencies
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in the template if the pam parsing option in turned on.
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Nsswitch.conf can now be checked for the service modules it specifies. The
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service modules pertaining to the host systems libc6 are located and
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automatically included. The modules are then checked for their
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dependencies which are included if they haven't previously been specified.
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Therefore, the user no longer needs to specify nss modules and dependencies
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in the template if the pam parsing option in turned on.
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$ENV{RELEASE} is now initialized every time a check is run on the template.
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Information can come from three sources, the kernel version returned from
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a selected kernel in the main section, the user defined kernel version
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in the ABS, or `uname -r`. User defined kernel version overrides the kernel.
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The root_fs needs to be built in relation to the actual kernel modules
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it will run on. Previously the $RELEASE value wasn't returned properly
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because of some bugs in kernel_version_check. This has been fixed.
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The proper ldd check is now used if a dynamically linked binary is detected
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to require uClibc rather than libc6. The ldd from the default location of
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/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin is used for uClibc. The old behavior of
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automatically including the default loader for the host system has
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been removed.
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Fixed pam test so that the 3rd field rather than the 4th field is being
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checked in the service-name files found in /etc/pam.d/. The 4th field is
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acceptable for pam.conf. If a path is specified in either conf format,
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that path will be checked, otherwise, either the pam default path of
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/usr/lib/security or the FSSTD location /lib/security will be checked
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for a match.
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Fixed nss test so that it checks for the right libnss_(service).so.$version
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if glibc 2.2 is used. Glibc 2.0 and 2.1 used 1 and 2 respectively, but 2.2
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uses 2.
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Experimental busybox and uClibc functionality included for boot_fs.
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Many improvements to the verbosity output.
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Replacements path is set just once.
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The Path Box only allowed extra paths to be added before the first generation
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of a root_fs creation, this was because the values weren't allowed to be
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changed after they were defined. This has been fixed.
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Symlinks have been vastly improved. Fictional or real links can now be
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specified, and links always follow the link -> (file | directory ) format
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where either side can be existing dirs/files or fictional dirs/files on the
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system.
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All of Tom's templates have been replaced with new templates clearly
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marked as Examples.
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Example.yard takes advantage of the automated NSS and PAM feature, and can
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create a devfs or nondevfs root filesystem, and has many new replacements.
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The inittabs reflect modern versions of dpkg, rpm, and slackware based
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distributions.
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Example-Mini.yard demonstrates the bare minimum required to create a
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working root_fs.
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The documentation in the new templates has been improved
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to respect the way gbootroot's Yard now works, since it has been greatly
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modified from the original, and some old features deemed unnecessary have
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been removed.
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The Debian.yard example has had a name change to Example-Debian.yard,
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and has additional documentation so the user understands its prerequisites.
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The FAQ covers make_debian usage.
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Chrooted tests in the Yard Box are disabled and removed when a non-root
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user runs the box.
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ARS and YardBox error handling is much better because $error has been made
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private, before it was mostly global in YardBox.pm which meant an error
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value remained ERROR even when the problem was fixed which caused the
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YardBox to fail to work properly after certain errors.
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When the ARS hadn't been opened yet, the program reported that the root
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device hadn't been umounted yet, this was observed with genext2fs but was
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certainly a global bug. This has been fixed.
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The majority of add-on replacements except for passwd*, shadow, and
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ld.so.conf have $Id$ and "make_debian replacement".
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Original CVS information is now preserved so
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that non-root users and root can't edit global replacements, the basic idea
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is that root will usually be using an editor like Emacs in
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$HOME/.gbootroot/yard/Replacements which respects that CVS versioned files
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outside of the repository are read-only (essentially because the date has
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changed). Users should make copies of versioned replacements which they
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want to edit, for instance: fstab.debian-1000 Also, they shouldn't defeat
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the mechanism by removing the CVS directories, although, only root has
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write permissions.
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All replacements are now symlinks which is helpful to maintain static
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information for add-ons, anotherwards, this allows the author to know that
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all his replacements are updated in user workspaces when he releases a new
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add-on. Because of this change symlinks will now be respected in the
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Replacements directory since the file being pointed to will be used instead
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of the actual link when constructing the root filesystem.
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Non-root users may now create boot disks. Boot Loaders may required root
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permissions for some methods, and the fstab may need to be edited, see FAQ.
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And some /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules may need to be given world read
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permissions.
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Non-root users may now create root filesystems up to 8192k in size using
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genext2fs. FAQ explains how to exceed this limit as a normal user.
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Added sources.list replacement.
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Added /swapfile to fstab.debian.
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1.2.14 - 10/24/2001
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Append field in the ABS now saves state for non-root users. Before it only
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remembered state if lilo.conf could actually be read, ofcourse, this wasn't
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an option for non-root users. The beginnings of non-root boot and root_fs
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creation capabilities have been put into place, but haven't been fully
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implemented. The end result of this is that directories created in
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$tmp are now static for non-root users and now use the userid number to
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keep track of different non-root users.
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The author of swim came out with a new version he now calls dswim. This
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means Debian System Wide Information Manager, but the "d" could also stand
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for different. Changes have been made to make_debian to facilitate this
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much more stable version of swim, and better non-installed package checks
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have been implemented in make_debian.
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The control dependencies have been vastly improved, and reflect the change
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from swim to dswim. Yard_chrooted_tests is now put in a gbootroot specific
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directory since it is unique to gbootroot.
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The lastest user-mode-linux is included: 2.4.12
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Updated the documentation, and it includes a better explanation in step 7
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for "How can I test gBootRoot?"
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Added checks for the existence of ash, lilo, bzip2, and file for the 2
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disk compression method.
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1.2.13 - 09/28/2001
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Renamed "lilo" Boot method to "2 disk compression."
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Added three new entry fields and one radio button to manage
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kernel modules, and made important changes to the 2 disk
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compression code.
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Advanced Section is now Advanced Boot Section (ABS).
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Properly handles two different block devices with two
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different sizes. Tested on /dev/fd?.
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Advanced Root Section (ARS) added. Includes root device and
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size, root filesystem name with Save or Save As, filesystem
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size, gzip/bzip2/none compression, user-mode-linux kernel
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selection, Root Method and optional associated Template.
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Yard Incorporation Tasks closed: 19556, 22668, 22496.
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Yard Method added to ARS which generates the new well
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featured Yard Box.
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Yard Box includes alterable staging behavior for root
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filesystem creation, template text search, adjustable
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stripping behavior, editable filesystem and replacements,
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$PATH appending, testing choices, Save and Save As.
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Seamlessly integrated Verbosity Box and slider bar
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to control the verbosity level added to the main box.
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Several bug fixes and enhancements to the original Yard
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scripts, including a choice of stripping features for
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libraries, binaries, modules with corresponding sizing
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checks, link -> file is now literal, unneccessary situations
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for ../ x path_length removed, testing improvements.
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Localized directories provided for users under
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$HOME/.gbootroot
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Wrote make_debian to automate the creation of a Debian
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template for the Yard Method. This spawned the
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make-debian-x11 add-on which is simply the make_debian
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script with easily made user modifications.
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UML button added to ARS. UML (user-mode-linux) Box
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provides a testing bed for root filesystems. Previous
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Options are remembered to save typing, Abort button
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provides excellent process clean-up.
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Wrote an automated package creation script which can
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be modified for other packages. This script can be found
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in CVS.
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Added user definable resources file "gbootrootrc" for Gtk.
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Bugs closed: 422436, 225252
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1.2.2 - 09/03/2000
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Development is now at sourceforge.net/projects/gbootroot.
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Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn 'cretzu' added as developer
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08/13/2000.
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Advanced Section GUI added.
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Stripping (new) is now the default behavior. Stripping
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options are in AS.
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Cretzu's gdkbirdaao() " Guess Default Kernel Boot Image
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Root Device And Append Options" is incorporated both in
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beginner section and AS.
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Cameron Caffee <Cameron_C_Caffee@AtlanticMutual.com> sends
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detailed reports and helps with testing. This leads to
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the discovery of the need for stripping, as well as a
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version check being incorporated into the program.
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Option for additional devices in boot disk added to AS.
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'Changed' signal replaces 'activate' in entry widgets.
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Hard wired coding changes in initrd_heredoc();
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development drive can be different than boot drive;
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added as an option to AS.
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Step increment changed for device size spinner button.
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New documentation and grammar corrections.
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Bugs closed: 111579, 112555, 112949, 111580, 11636, 12073,
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12215, 13385, 13453, 13455.
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1.0.3 - 08.09.2000
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Tmp and mnt are now created on the fly,
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along with a new error function for mkdir(),
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Gtk clean-up for this, and clean-up by signal handler
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which should please Perlish and helpful Cristian.
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1.0.2 - 08.06.2000
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Changed logic slightly in submit() with returns rather
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than a scalar to resolve a minor bug caused by some
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changes in the previous version.
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1.0.1 - 08.05.2000
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Zas provided a correction for a Perl 5.6 error complaint.
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Zas found some unecessary GDK lines causing some Gtk
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warnings; these were commented out.
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Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn found a bug caused by putting
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the Kernel or RootImage below the mount point. An error
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check and error dialog were added.
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1.0.0 - 08.02.2000
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First public release
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