As I failed to send an announcement for 0.118, this announcement covers
changes in both 0.118 and 0.119, the "Wait smarter not harder" release.
Version 0.117 introduced mounting of /usr and fscking of both /
and /usr. This resulted in numerous regressions as several other
packages were not prepared for this (most notably sysvinit-core, upstart
and klibc-utils). The worst regressions were fixed in 0.118. I believe
the remainder are fixed in 0.119, or documented in NEWS so users can
reconfigure if necessary.
A short summary of the changes:
- Only mount /usr if the init we're going to run is systemd
- Restore compatibility with klibc-utils, requiring an upgraded version
- Disable the time check in e2fsck
- Fix fsck return code checking
- Fix case where we couldn't work out which fsck to include
- Add a script phase for (re)trying stacked device creation, needed for
configurations such as LVM on USB storage or /usr on a different LVM
VG from / (thanks to Goswin von Brederlow for prototyping this)
- Require upgraded cryptsetup and lvm2 packages
- Many fixes to module dependency generation, including driver types
needed for ARM multiplatform kernels
- lsinitramfs now works with initramfs images that include early
microcode (thanks to Brett Parker and Olivier Berger)
- Remove the special casing of noexec $TMPDIR which added undocumented
restrictions on hook/script naming
- Reduce xz compression level for the benefit of low-memory systems
- Include xhci-pci driver, split from xhci-hcd in Linux 3.18
- Many documentation and message fixes (thanks to Helmut Grohne and
Trent W. Buck for some of these)
Now the git shortlog:
Bastian Blank (1):
hook-functions: Add xhci-pci to module list
Ben Hutchings (65):
manual_add_modules: Set the kernel version when checking module firmware deps
lsinitramfs: Move the decompress | cpio pipeline into a function
lsinitramfs: Parse and list files that include early microcode
lsinitramfs: Include -l option in usage message
Add more sanity checks on root device name in dep_add_modules
Support MODULES=dep usage when root was mounted from hidden /dev/root
Check for root device's module dependencies at all levels of device hierarchy
Revert "scripts/functions: untested without busybox"
Merge branch 'fix-dep-from-nonmod-kernel'
Merge branch 'fix-lsinitramfs'
Merge branch 'fix-firmware-list'
init: Decide what the real init is immediately before mounting /usr
init: Fix validation of the real init program
init: Resolve both absolute and relative symlinks in validate_init
init: Only mount /usr if the real init is systemd
debian/control: Add Breaks: systemd-sysv (<< 186)
debian/control: Conflict with linux-initramfs-tool
hooks/fsck: Add hwclock, related configuration files and udev rules
panic: Do not return if reboot fails
debian/control: Add versioned Depends on util-linux to avoid adjusting clock twice
Merge branch 'fix-system-time'
Merge branch 'fix-panic'
debian/control: Fix minimum version of util-linux
init: Set and export PATH before running any external commands
Require new klibc-utils or busybox, to get 'readlink -f' and 'mount -o defaults'
Merge branch 'fix-klibc-compat'
Merge branch 'mount-usr-for-systemd-only'
Releasing version 0.118.
Always generate ORDER files in mkinitramfs
Move get_source, set_initlist, get_prereq_pairs, call_scripts to hook-functions
Merge branch 'always-cache-order'
hook-functions: Add modules for various important device types
mkinitramfs.8: Update default temporary directory
initramfs-tools.8: Refer to lsinitramfs rather than suggesting gunzip | cpio
Add comment to /usr/share/initramfs-tools/modules that it is not a config file
initramfs-tools.8: Improve documentation of break parameter
update-initramfs: Fix error message in case of excess arguments
initramfs.conf.5: Update configuration directory
update-initramfs: Consistently show which options take arguments
Refer to lsinitramfs(8) from {initramfs-tools,mkinitramfs,update-initramfs}(8)
mkinitramfs: Use default xz compression level rather than -8
mkinitramfs: Improve warning text when missing modules
initramfs-tools.8: Refer to 'phase' rather than 'stage' of initramfs execution
initramfs-tools.8: Briefly document the kernel hooks
hooks/fsck: Remove dependency on hwclock by disabling e2fsck time check
checkfs: Continue unless fsck reports uncorrectable errors
checkfs: Correct error messages and emergency shell in case of failure
hooks/fsck: Fix type lookup for mount by UUID or label with type=auto
dep_add_modules: Add modules needed for /usr device
Merge branch 'bwh/fsck-fixes'
Merge branch 'bwh/usr-dependencies'
NEWS: Begin a NEWS entry for the fsck and /usr-mount changes
NEWS: Document the possible need to update mdadm INITRDSTART
control: Ensure cryptsetup is upgraded to support mounting /usr
Allow passing arguments to hooks and scripts
local: Call local-block boot scripts to prepare additional block devices
control: Add versioned Breaks on lvm2 without a local-block boot script
Merge branch 'bwh/reduce-xz-compression'
Merge branch 'bwh/fsck-without-hwclock'
Merge branch 'bwh/usr-stacked-device-fixes'
local: Invoke local-block scripts from the loop in local_device_setup
local: Use max(30, rootdelay) as timeout for block device to appear
Merge branch 'bwh/block-device-retry'
NEWS: Add an entry about e2fsck behaviour with RTC set to local time
Releasing version 0.119.
maximilian attems (1):
scripts/functions: untested without busybox
nandhp (1):
Fix handling of root filesystem with LABEL=/ (/dev/disk/by-label/\x2f)
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Horngren's Observation:
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