Contents of /draklive/branches/1/NEWS

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