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Updated to 2.4.19-50um and the latest uml tools 20030202.
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Fixed a @INC problem with rpm packages. The fhs checks usually insert
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the module path (Debian std. path) into @INC via a BEGIN {}, but the
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new BootRoot::Options was trying to be loaded before the fact because
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it had been placed within the BEGIN{} and there was even a reminder in
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the code documentation from prior releases explaining not to do this.
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Added a new if/elsif control structure. \ if ( condition ) \n
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statement(s) \n elsif ( condition ) \n statements elsif .. \ Nice
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functionality to have.
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Made the Example.yard and Helper.yard templates portable with the new
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if/elsif control structure, and added pam.d/system-auth if it exists
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on the system.
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Added format rules found in Example* to the main documentation.
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Compiled for >= glibc 2.2.5. Previous version was compiled >= 2.3.1
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which caused some things not to work on old distributions using 2.2*
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Removed the -q from expect_uml because this caused the newer version
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of mkreiserfs to fail because Namesys decided that unsolicited
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advertising was in order so everybody knows that there are actually
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some organizations and companies paying for its development. Wouldn't
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this be nice in a perfect world for all Free Software projects?
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Tested on Debian stable (2.2.5), RedHat 7.3 (2.2.5 ? and Mandrake ?,
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and known to work on Redhat 7.2 (2.2.4) and Mandrake 8.1 (2.2.4).
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Added /usr/info/dir and info to make_debian which makes things much
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nicer.
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Added libexpect-perl to Build-Depends for debs; in general, there were
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may fixes for both debs and rpms and their respective source packages.
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Improved documentation.
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Added stop and go to the uml_mconsole interface for the UML Box.
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* make a new public root_fs_dev from the uml gbootroot was made on?
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update make-debian-x11
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1.4.0 - 01/06/2003
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Updated to 2.4.19-46um and the latest uml tools 20021103.
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Added nesting level 1 to the uml to allow gbootroot to have full
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functionality under another uml running on the host kernel. This
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means the uml will use more memory, but its negligible.
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Wrote and added a C program skas-or-tt to automatically add the proper
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mode={skas,tt} to the commandline. This means compilation will be
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optimized, and things won't lock up when using gbootroot within a
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uml running on top of a host kernel without the skas patch.
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The MTD Emulator doesn't work as nicely as before. Blkmtd seems
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mostly broken, and mtdram needs more careful tweaking for total size,
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though mtdram definitely still works. This is due to changes in uml
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which will have to be addressed since the code for the mtd modules
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didn't change.
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Had to add user-mode-linux/usr/lib/uml to the PATH to allow --home to
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find port-helper, or otherwise root_fs complain. Have no idea why
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this change exists with the new port-helper because that wasn't the
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case before. Also, added path for user-mode-linux/usr/bin to find the
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other tools.
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The Makefile has been altered quite a bit, and wgets necessary
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sources, unconventional but very nice in keeping up with jdike's
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latest patch. You can now live quite happily out of the source
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directory.
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Added the templates for Initrd and root_fs_helper and the
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corresponding replacements that are also used by the source package.
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Updated the documentation, and the README found in the source packages
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is now available in the normal packages.
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The biggest change is the command-line interface with the yard root
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method. Now distribute your template and let others easily recreate
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your root_fs without entering the gui by running "gbootroot --template
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your_template" and this is a nice way to manage a distribution you are
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developing. This also means that source packages are completely
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automated now, and vastly improved, which is quite awesome.
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When root_fs_helper was running with the newer Expect.pm, and
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consequentially the newer uml kernel it became necessary to get out
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when the kernel shuts down with a last function right when it says
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"Power down" or "bd.*module cleaned up."
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Checks for the proper version for newer libc6 linkers. Hopefully,
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should work properly with libc6 > 2.3.1, too.
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1.3.6 - 03/10/2002
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Updated to 2.4.18-2um and the latest uml tools 20020212, including tunctl from
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CVS, because it was missing from the uml_utilities tar.bz2. This is a nice
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patch, and an earlier compilier issue has disappeared.
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Added the MTD Emulation section to the UML Box. This allows filesystems to
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be run on a simulated Memory Technology Device via mtdram or blkmtd. This
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is most useful for running jffs2 fs (compressed journaling fs designed for
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flash memory). This is handy for shipping and running jffs2 images, and to
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test this and other fs ultimately designated for a MTD device. With a little
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tweaking they should run well on an x86 MTD.
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If a fs is being made with mkcramfs, genromfs, mkfs.jffs or mkfs.jffs2 and
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the directories /dev or /initrd don't exist, they are automatically are
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created during the create stage. Initrd dir is needed for mtd emulation
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testing, and dev is also required.
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Added cad "Ctrl-Alt-Del" to mconsole interface, and documented it.
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Added EmptyFS.yard template with instructions, and which does what you think
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it does.
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Now looks for mconsole at both Locations /tmp/uml/$umid/mconsole and
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new location $ENV{HOME}/.uml/$umid/mconsole by not specifying a direct
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path. Some older mconsoles seemed to require this, but 10um onwards
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respects this.
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Now files for uml_exclusively are made in create_expect_uml which is
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effectively known as the create stage. This avoids the unecessary previous
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requirement of having to select the copy stage again just to create a file
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for /dev/ubd/0. The file created is sparse, got this idea from a discussion
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Jeff had with a user on uml-user.
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Added jffs/jffs2 image construction.
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1.3.5 - 02/13/2002
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Now the template called Helper.yard used to create the root_fs_helper is
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included with root_fs_helper.
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1.3.4 was awarded Editor's pick by SoftLandMark, but I recommend upgrading
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to 1.3.5 because of my oversight with the root_fs_helper issue, as well as
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the improved initrd testing capability of the specially patched
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2.4.17-10um kernel. I also recommend running gbootroot as a normal user, at
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least that's what I usually do. :)
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Root_fs_helper was working fine, but because I hadn't committed, let alone
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copied the new changes to CVS I didn't notice any aberrations until I
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installed the new released version of gbootroot. This is related to the new
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securretty requirements of uml. Problem fixed.
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Initrd was not working with any fs other than ext2. After
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contacting the trinux-uml project, Matthew Franz <mfranz@cisco.com> confirmed
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that he was having problems creating a working uml for the initrd created
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by Bill Burdick <bill@appliedreasoning.com>. I talked Bill into sending
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me his uml .config, and narrowed down the problem to cramfs. Cramfs has
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known bugs as documented in the kernel sources. Because cramfs was placed
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before just about every fs in the VFS check order, and trinux-uml's initrd
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was minix, the kernel failed, but an ext2 initrd didn't. Changing the order
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in which filesystems are checked during the VFS stage by editing fs/Makefile
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solves the problem. Thanks to Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasystems.com> for
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pointing out how to do this at user-mode-linux-devel. I am hoping the patch
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found in user-mode-linux/usr/lib/uml/cramfs-vfs-oder.patch becomes part of
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uml. This should have been corrected ages ago in the standard Linux kernel.
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Removed unecessary warning which warned that left-hand side replacements
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couldn't be a directory if it happened to find that directory on the hostfs.
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Directories can be replacements.
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1.3.4 - 02/08/2002
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Updated to 2.4.17-10um and added Jeff's initrd fix.
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Updated to 20020125 uml tools.
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The rpmized gbootroot package requires perl-Expect which in turn requires
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perl-IO-Tty and perl-IO-Stty. A search on the Net revealed that the existing
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rpms out there are either outdated, don't have their dependencies set-up
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properly, or require a particular version of the perl5 series.
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I made these rpms so they work on any i386 architecture which is using the
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perl5 series. This includes 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 which are in common use on most
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major distributions as of the year 2002. If you have a problem with the
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automated Linux virtual machine which appears related to these modules, please
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don't hesitate to contact me. They are available at
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prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gbootroot.
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Created rpms for Mandrake type dists, and Red Hat type dists.
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Added vc/? and vcs? to the etc/securetty files because the new uml kernel uses
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these now.
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Fixed the fhs situation again. This time it will definitely work. As I wrote
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in the code: "I always thought the BEGIN statements were executed before
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everything else, but I have discovered that in this case it has to be placed
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before the use statements if exec /usr/bin/gbootroot is done via $PATH ..
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I guess that makes sense because $PATH is established in this particular
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BEGIN." Other executables have been fixed including expect_uml and
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yard_chrooted_tests.
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Improved Replacements Box GUI.
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Added a button to open up the Filesystem Box from the ARS, this is on the same
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line as Filesystem Size.
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1.3.3 - 01/15/2002
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During the boot stage the filsystem type was used to determine whether
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to use the genext2fs (non-root) method or the normal method used by root.
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Now the user type is used, this is better because it prevents conflicts
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if a different filesystem type is chosen, or if a non-root user changes to a
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different filesystem type in the filesystem box and forgets to change back
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to genext2fs; however, it prevents root from using the genext2fs method,
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which isn't a problem. The sudo requirement for lilo is too much of a
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requirement, and will be changed in future versions.
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Fixed another non-root boot/root bug. The info had it correct, but the actual
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copy with genext2fs was being done from the wrong location. This has been
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fixed. This method may be ditched for a far better one in the near future.
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Had some testing code which was providing the wrong value for $compress, this
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made non-root booting fail for bzip2 because bunzip2 didn't exist in the
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initrd.
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Added another technique in the FAQ to show how space can be saved on the
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root_fs by using the libraries from the initrd. Liav instigated this by
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asking a question related to FAQ question 14, "So if I understand correctly,
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it is not possible to copy libc from /dev/ram0 to /dev/ram1 before mounting
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/dev/ram1 as / ?
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Liav pointed out how Yard can make boot/root floppies with a compressed root
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filesystem. Edited FAQ question 13 to correctly reflect how gz compressed
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root filesystems may be booted without an initrd.
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State is saved for the Compression off check box and the Root Filename save
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check box.
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The UML Kernel entry box in the ARS remembers state now.
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Changed the behavior of save_as so that when compression is chosen, the
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entry won't be the same as that found in Root Filename, but instead reflects
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the newly compressed file. This change was precipitated by the previous
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change to the Accept behavior.
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1.3.2 - 01/11/2002
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Updated linux and modules to 2.4.17-4um. Made jffs and jffs2 part of the
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kernel, and had to comment out the get_mtd_device function call in jffs_fm.c
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and super.c to accomplish this. Looking forward to more support from the uml
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project for mtd devices.
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Updated to the 20020104 uml tools, this includes port-helper which is the new
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helper for allowing uml devices to be attached to a specified host port.
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Changed the behavior of the Accept button so that when compression is chosen
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(gzip or bz2) the Root Filename remains the same as before. This is nice
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because the fs can be remade with the same name and re-compressed, rather then
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appending gz or bz2 to the name. Before if the user forget to
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delete the ending this would happen: root_fs.bz2.bz2.bz2
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Changed shells for root and user to /bin/sh in passwd-debian, passwd.debian
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and passwd.example. This is a better idea, and assumes sh links to a user
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defined shell, so if the shell is changed the password files don't have to be.
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Added several new questions to the FAQ, thanks to Liav.
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Liav Asseraf <liav_a@yahoo.com> points out a problem in 1.3.1. I reply to
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him with this answer: "Indeed, you have found a bug. Bootroot adheres to the
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most recent Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (2.1); in previous bootroot versions
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a big chunk of the source code was included in /usr/bin/gbootroot, but I
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decided to reorganize and move most of that code to BootRoot/BootRoot.pm, in
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the process I also moved a statement which executes before the rest of the
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program does to set up a proper @INC. What this all means is that
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gbootroot couldn't find the required modules." This bug has been fixed.
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Altered tooltip text for the Options entry to recognize that the umid needs
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to be switched in the mconsole box in order for the new Linux virtual machine
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to be controlled via the buttons and the mconsole. The behavior could be
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changed to accomplish this automatically, but that wouldn't be consistent
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with the behavior one would expect from the mconsole; anyways the documentation
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already explains to use switch in the mconsole.
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1.3.1 - 12/25/2001
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Added a complete interface to the mconsole in the UML Box. Multiple options
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can be entered at one time. Options include: switch so that the umid can be
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changed to control a different Linux virtual machine, sysrq as in
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Documentation/sysrq.txt, config and remove for devices (ubd?,eth?), reboot
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and halt, version to find the version of the running uml kernel, and help.
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Added both a Reboot and Halt button to the UML Box. Both of these buttons
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have an interface to mconsole, and provide clean control of rebooting or
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halting a Linux virtual machine. When they fail, Abort does all the clean-up,
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but this should be used as a last resort. Both of these buttons initially
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parse the Options entry for the first instance of umid
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Added a new stage button in the Yard Box called Copy. Create is now Copy, and
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the uml_exclusively and genext2fs behavior are handled by Create, this is
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much nicer because a new filsystem type can be created without having to wait
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for everything to be copied again to the sources directory.
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Updated the documentation and graphics to reflect the new changes, and provide
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a new exercise.
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If the sources created from the template had a symlink in them from a previous
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creation, you couldn't just press create again without symlink() complaining
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(for instance, for genext2f and the new uml_exclusively). This has been fixed.
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Compiled 2.4.16-2um linux and modules to specification for root_fs_helper.
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Makefile properly edited to copy over the config used. Ext2, cramfs, minix,
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reiserfs, and romfs are built-in to the kernel.
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Got rid of the complete lock-up when large files are compressed, ofcourse,
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users won't want to try to compress more than one format at the same time,
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because the logic will get skewed. In the future may make this OO. Added
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some verbosity to tell when the process has begun and finished.
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Established logic for Filesystem Box based on ownership. Defaults need to
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be different dependending on the user. Normal users probably never will
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want to preserve permissions, but they may want to toggle off UML
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Exclusively to create different filesystem types when <= 8192 fs_size.
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Root users may want to turn off Preserve Permissions to create a root only
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filesystem, and the may want to toggle between creating root filesytems
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via loop devices or UML to allow different filesystem types.
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Added UML Exclusively and Preserve Permissions check boxes to the Filesystem
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Box. Esc closes, changed table size, and layout, responds to return, and
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submit button defaults.
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Put Jeff Dikes UML.pm in BootRoot, and changed it to BootRoot::UML, added
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one change to allow no password.
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The auto-magic test for uClibc was only testing for busybox, this has been
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fixed.
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1.3.0 - 12/12/2001
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Added a README for users installing from the source package.
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Removed the enforcement of the yard suffix rule for templates, because it
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was never really documented; however, it is still a nice rule to follow
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despite that it is not enforced anymore.
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Added an archictecture-dependent replacements repository directory.
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Fixed the freezing behavior for particularly large templates, like the ones
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produced by make_debian, and make_debian-X11. However, overly large buffers
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in the verbosity box still hog cpu in a big way. The best procedure for
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now is to open and close the box between stages.
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Made the termcap check just a warning if terminfo or termcap don't exist,
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If a terminfo directory is found, linux will need to exist or the test will
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return error. This is better because the root filesystem can still work
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if this information doesn't exist. A minority of gettys will fail if they
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use termcap or terminfo, but this check was removed from the chrooted tests
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several months ago for the reason just cited. Note: check_getty_type_call
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was removed from Yard.pm, but exists in chrooted tests without the termcap
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check. Also, added a close which was missing.
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Removed an unnecessary check from the fstab test, and improved a regexp
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which was failing if tabs were used in the fstab.
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State is saved for all check buttons when the yard box is opened and
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closed. Deciding whether to save state between invocations of gbootroot
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via a file.
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Moved the Changelog from within gbootroot to a Changes file in
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/usr/share/doc/gbootroot, because it is getting quite large.
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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 2.4.16 of user-mode-linux.
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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
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kernel. The root_fs needs to be built in relation to the actual kernel
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modules it will run on. Previously the $RELEASE value wasn't returned
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properly because of some bugs in kernel_version_check. This has been fixed.
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The proper ldd check is now used if a dynamically linked binary is detected
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to require uClibc rather than libc6. The ldd from the default location of
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/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin is used for uClibc. The old behavior of
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automatically including the default loader for the host system has
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been removed.
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Fixed pam test so that the 3rd field rather than the 4th field is being
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checked in the service-name files found in /etc/pam.d/. The 4th field is
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acceptable for pam.conf. If a path is specified in either conf format,
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that path will be checked, otherwise, either the pam default path of
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/usr/lib/security or the FSSTD location /lib/security will be checked
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for a match.
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Fixed nss test so that it checks for the right libnss_(service).so.$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 $error has been made
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private, before it was mostly global in YardBox.pm which meant an error
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value remained ERROR even when the problem was fixed which caused the
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YardBox to fail to work properly after certain errors.
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When the ARS hadn't been opened yet, the program reported that the root
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device hadn't been umounted yet, this was observed with genext2fs but was
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certainly a global bug. This has been fixed.
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The majority of add-on replacements except for passwd*, shadow, and
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ld.so.conf have a CVS Id and "make_debian replacement".
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Original CVS information is now preserved so
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that non-root users and root can't edit global replacements, the basic idea
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is that root will usually be using an editor like Emacs in
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$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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A dialog box has been added which will pop up when the lilo stage has been
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|
reached for a normal user, explaining the requirements, and what the user
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|
can do next which is explained in detail in the FAQ.
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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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-------------------
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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
|
|
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.
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|
|
|
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.
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|
|
|
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.
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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
|
|
for "How can I test gBootRoot?"
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|
Added checks for the existence of ash, lilo, bzip2, and file for the 2
|
|
disk compression method.
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|
1.2.13 - 09/28/2001
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-------------------
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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
|
|
kernel modules, and made important changes to the 2 disk
|
|
compression code.
|
|
|
|
Advanced Section is now Advanced Boot Section (ABS).
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|
|
|
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 <Cameron_C_Caffee@AtlanticMutual.com> 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
|
|
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