From b252b79926f6e06ef0118dbdd9a650b5d3a4173c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: freesource Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 07:02:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Decided to move Changes out of gbootroot into its own file, getting to large, and takes to long to format. --- Changes | 301 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 301 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Changes diff --git a/Changes b/Changes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7dad467 --- /dev/null +++ b/Changes @@ -0,0 +1,301 @@ +1.3.0 - 12/07/2001 +------------------ + +Improved the sizing of the UML box. + +Added New Template (Alt-N) capability to the Yard Box. + +Added several new FAQ questions, added a lot more information on +"How do I use gBootRoot?" Updated the graphics for the documentation. + +Updated to version 2.4.14 of user-mode-linux. Note: 2.4.15 was buggy +in respect to rebooting, and produced an address number at login, it appears +to be a bad compile. + +The Yard Box has new check buttons which allows the parsing behavior of +the nss and pam configuration files to be turned off and on (default). + +Pam.conf and pam.d/{service names or *} can now be checked for their +specified service modules. The service modules are located either in +/lib/security or /usr/lib/security and included with the file set if they +are found on the host system. The modules are then checked for their +dependencies which are included if they haven't previously been specified. +Therefore, the user no longer needs to specify pam modules and dependencies +in the template if the pam parsing option in turned on. + +Nsswitch.conf can now be checked for the service modules it specifies. The +service modules pertaining to the host systems libc6 are located and +automatically included. The modules are then checked for their +dependencies which are included if they haven't previously been specified. +Therefore, the user no longer needs to specify nss modules and dependencies +in the template if the pam parsing option in turned on. + +$ENV{RELEASE} is now initialized every time a check is run on the template. +Information can come from three sources, the kernel version returned from +a selected kernel in the main section, the user defined kernel version +in the ABS, or `uname -r`. User defined kernel version overrides the kernel. +The root_fs needs to be built in relation to the actual kernel modules +it will run on. Previously the $RELEASE value wasn't returned properly +because of some bugs in kernel_version_check. This has been fixed. + +The proper ldd check is now used if a dynamically linked binary is detected +to require uClibc rather than libc6. The ldd from the default location of +/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin is used for uClibc. The old behavior of +automatically including the default loader for the host system has +been removed. + +Fixed pam test so that the 3rd field rather than the 4th field is being +checked in the service-name files found in /etc/pam.d/. The 4th field is +acceptable for pam.conf. If a path is specified in either conf format, +that path will be checked, otherwise, either the pam default path of +/usr/lib/security or the FSSTD location /lib/security will be checked +for a match. + +Fixed nss test so that it checks for the right libnss_(service).so.$version +if glibc 2.2 is used. Glibc 2.0 and 2.1 used 1 and 2 respectively, but 2.2 +uses 2. + +Experimental busybox and uClibc functionality included for boot_fs. + +Many improvements to the verbosity output. + +Replacements path is set just once. + +The Path Box only allowed extra paths to be added before the first generation +of a root_fs creation, this was because the values weren't allowed to be +changed after they were defined. This has been fixed. + +Symlinks have been vastly improved. Fictional or real links can now be +specified, and links always follow the link -> (file | directory ) format +where either side can be existing dirs/files or fictional dirs/files on the +system. + +All of Tom's templates have been replaced with new templates clearly +marked as Examples. + +Example.yard takes advantage of the automated NSS and PAM feature, and can +create a devfs or nondevfs root filesystem, and has many new replacements. +The inittabs reflect modern versions of dpkg, rpm, and slackware based +distributions. + +Example-Mini.yard demonstrates the bare minimum required to create a +working root_fs. + +The documentation in the new templates has been improved +to respect the way gbootroot's Yard now works, since it has been greatly +modified from the original, and some old features deemed unnecessary have +been removed. + +The Debian.yard example has had a name change to Example-Debian.yard, +and has additional documentation so the user understands its prerequisites. +The FAQ covers make_debian usage. + +Chrooted tests in the Yard Box are disabled and removed when a non-root +user runs the box. + +ARS and YardBox error handling is much better because $error has been made +private, before it was mostly global in YardBox.pm which meant an error +value remained ERROR even when the problem was fixed which caused the +YardBox to fail to work properly after certain errors. + +When the ARS hadn't been opened yet, the program reported that the root +device hadn't been umounted yet, this was observed with genext2fs but was +certainly a global bug. This has been fixed. + +The majority of add-on replacements except for passwd*, shadow, and +ld.so.conf have $Id$ and "make_debian replacement". + +Original CVS information is now preserved so +that non-root users and root can't edit global replacements, the basic idea +is that root will usually be using an editor like Emacs in +$HOME/.gbootroot/yard/Replacements which respects that CVS versioned files +outside of the repository are read-only (essentially because the date has +changed). Users should make copies of versioned replacements which they +want to edit, for instance: fstab.debian-1000 Also, they shouldn't defeat +the mechanism by removing the CVS directories, although, only root has +write permissions. + +All replacements are now symlinks which is helpful to maintain static +information for add-ons, anotherwards, this allows the author to know that +all his replacements are updated in user workspaces when he releases a new +add-on. Because of this change symlinks will now be respected in the +Replacements directory since the file being pointed to will be used instead +of the actual link when constructing the root filesystem. + +Non-root users may now create boot disks. Boot Loaders may required root +permissions for some methods, and the fstab may need to be edited, see FAQ. +And some /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules may need to be given world read +permissions. + +Non-root users may now create root filesystems up to 8192k in size using +genext2fs. FAQ explains how to exceed this limit as a normal user. + +Added sources.list replacement. + +Added /swapfile to fstab.debian. + +1.2.14 - 10/24/2001 +------------------- + +Append field in the ABS now saves state for non-root users. Before it only +remembered state if lilo.conf could actually be read, ofcourse, this wasn't +an option for non-root users. The beginnings of non-root boot and root_fs +creation capabilities have been put into place, but haven't been fully +implemented. The end result of this is that directories created in +$tmp are now static for non-root users and now use the userid number to +keep track of different non-root users. + +The author of swim came out with a new version he now calls dswim. This +means Debian System Wide Information Manager, but the "d" could also stand +for different. Changes have been made to make_debian to facilitate this +much more stable version of swim, and better non-installed package checks +have been implemented in make_debian. + +The control dependencies have been vastly improved, and reflect the change +from swim to dswim. Yard_chrooted_tests is now put in a gbootroot specific +directory since it is unique to gbootroot. + +The lastest user-mode-linux is included: 2.4.12 + +Updated the documentation, and it includes a better explanation in step 7 +for "How can I test gBootRoot?" + +Added checks for the existence of ash, lilo, bzip2, and file for the 2 +disk compression method. + +1.2.13 - 09/28/2001 +------------------- + +Renamed "lilo" Boot method to "2 disk compression." + +Added three new entry fields and one radio button to manage + kernel modules, and made important changes to the 2 disk + compression code. + +Advanced Section is now Advanced Boot Section (ABS). + +Properly handles two different block devices with two + different sizes. Tested on /dev/fd?. + +Advanced Root Section (ARS) added. Includes root device and +size, root filesystem name with Save or Save As, filesystem +size, gzip/bzip2/none compression, user-mode-linux kernel +selection, Root Method and optional associated Template. + +Yard Incorporation Tasks closed: 19556, 22668, 22496. + +Yard Method added to ARS which generates the new well +featured Yard Box. + +Yard Box includes alterable staging behavior for root +filesystem creation, template text search, adjustable +stripping behavior, editable filesystem and replacements, +$PATH appending, testing choices, Save and Save As. + +Seamlessly integrated Verbosity Box and slider bar +to control the verbosity level added to the main box. + +Several bug fixes and enhancements to the original Yard +scripts, including a choice of stripping features for +libraries, binaries, modules with corresponding sizing +checks, link -> file is now literal, unneccessary situations +for ../ x path_length removed, testing improvements. + +Localized directories provided for users under +$HOME/.gbootroot + +Wrote make_debian to automate the creation of a Debian +template for the Yard Method. This spawned the +make-debian-x11 add-on which is simply the make_debian +script with easily made user modifications. + +UML button added to ARS. UML (user-mode-linux) Box +provides a testing bed for root filesystems. Previous +Options are remembered to save typing, Abort button +provides excellent process clean-up. + +Wrote an automated package creation script which can +be modified for other packages. This script can be found +in CVS. + +Added user definable resources file "gbootrootrc" for Gtk. + +Bugs closed: 422436, 225252 + + +1.2.2 - 09/03/2000 +------------------ + +Development is now at sourceforge.net/projects/gbootroot. + +Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn 'cretzu' added as developer +08/13/2000. + +Advanced Section GUI added. + +Stripping (new) is now the default behavior. Stripping +options are in AS. + +Cretzu's gdkbirdaao() " Guess Default Kernel Boot Image +Root Device And Append Options" is incorporated both in +beginner section and AS. + +Cameron Caffee sends +detailed reports and helps with testing. This leads to +the discovery of the need for stripping, as well as a +version check being incorporated into the program. + +Option for additional devices in boot disk added to AS. + +'Changed' signal replaces 'activate' in entry widgets. + +Hard wired coding changes in initrd_heredoc(); +development drive can be different than boot drive; +added as an option to AS. + +Step increment changed for device size spinner button. + +New documentation and grammar corrections. + +Bugs closed: 111579, 112555, 112949, 111580, 11636, 12073, +12215, 13385, 13453, 13455. + + +1.0.3 - 08.09.2000 +------------------ + +Tmp and mnt are now created on the fly, +along with a new error function for mkdir(), +Gtk clean-up for this, and clean-up by signal handler +which should please Perlish and helpful Cristian. + + +1.0.2 - 08.06.2000 +------------------ + +Changed logic slightly in submit() with returns rather +than a scalar to resolve a minor bug caused by some +changes in the previous version. + + +1.0.1 - 08.05.2000 +------------------ + +Zas provided a correction for a Perl 5.6 error complaint. + +Zas found some unecessary GDK lines causing some Gtk +warnings; these were commented out. + +Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn found a bug caused by putting +the Kernel or RootImage below the mount point. An error +check and error dialog were added. + + +1.0.0 - 08.02.2000 +------------------ + +First public release + + + +