X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=84caa2e654816a9924810ac2b96a76e879c74ec3;hb=a741f6faf2baae1e823d334012f6a09e6a1bda51;hp=e1226c35091e66c981b51fda2ccef1cd1632478a;hpb=06e1018272502e1d15d6d8f32b80fa96420785b8;p=util-vserver.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e1226c3..84caa2e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,129 +1,115 @@ -Version 0.29 -============ +version 0.30.214 +================ + - patches for yum-3.2. - - further compilation fixes + - various fixes to allow for *SuSE guests. - - adapted the 'vserver ... build' command to the new barrier - mechanism + - added Fedora 7. - + - replace file with h2ext for build -m template. -Version 0.28 -============ - - - BUGFIX: fixed context creation when both fakeinit-flag and a - static context is wanted; previous versions ignored the fakeinit - flag in this situation + - add exclude list support for vclone. - - BUGFIX: vserver-copy: autodetect mktemp/tempfile (reported by - DUCLOS Andre) + - include debootstrap scripts for a lot of distributions. - - FEATURE: allow to override start/stop commands of vservers - (patch by Erik Smit) + - fixes to allow the Gentoo initscripts to be used with baselayout 2. - - BUGFIX: call 'chkconfig' to fix initscripts *after* generating - the configuration (reported by DUCLOS Andre) + - remove disk limit caches on vserver ... delete. - - call programs with 'exec' on vserver's 'suexec' command (patch - by Alec Thomas) + - added support for the new APIs in 2.2 and 2.3, in particular the + netv2 API, allowing native IPv6 support. - - improved e2fsprogs header detection + - added support for a separate filesystem tag. - - API-CHANGE: removed argument from vc_get_version() since the - only supported category is VC_CAT_COMPAT +version 0.30.213 +================ + - added support for the device mapping feature present in development + kernels. - -Version 0.27 -============ + - further improved Gentoo support, again thanks to Benedikt Böhm. - - added new 'vkill' implementation which uses the syscall from - vserver 1.1.6+. - - - BUGFIX: fixed typo in vc_get_version() wrapper which caused an - infinite recursive call of this function; this should not have - affected any userspace program + - support persistent contexts. - - BUGFIX: 'vps' accepts multiple arguments now (from Debian patch) + - add another initscript that creates directories, configures vshelper + as well as kills all contexts. - - vc_ctx_kill() was added - - - chrootsafe() code was removed since such a functionality seems - to be impossible + - new vserver-stat implementation, which uses the accounting APIs + available in Linux-VServer 2.2. - - use 'vserver' instead of 'virtual_context' as the syscall name; - this will fix problems with architectures where the syscall is not - at #273. + - added support for setting sysctl values in the guest configuration. - - BUGFIX: fixed '--enable-apis' ./configure option; formerly, only - 'ALL' or none were possible + - added a clone build method, which simply links already unified files. - - moved some old, unused programs/scripts into a seperate 'legacy'/ - directory + - implement dynamic contexts in userspace, generating a static one + during vserver ... build. - - BUGFIX: /dev/pts will be mounted with correct options now + - fix the endless loop in vlogin. - - added support for Slackware's init-method (thanks to Stephen - Pearce for the patch) + - fix Ubuntu builds. - - API-CHANGE: followed kernel patches and renamed 'ctx_t' datatype - to 'xid_t'. + - improved support for Debian Etch, thanks to Benedikt Böhm. + - added CentOS 5. -Version 0.26 -============ + - use the state change helper to try to cleanup after us if the guest + exited on its own. - - BUGFIX: uninitialized variables in 'ifspec' were fixed and - error-messages will be given out when ioctl() on the requested - interface fails (thanks to Herbert Poetzl) - - - BUGFIX: fixed vc_get_rlimit_mask() to return the queried - values. This step was missing in 0.25 which returned the - error-code only. - - - use the shipped 'virtual.h' header on default instead of the - kernel version. The old Behavior can be restored with the - '--disable-internal-headers' ./configure option - +version 0.30.212 +================ + - support for the Linux-VServer 2.1 API has been implemented. -Version 0.25 -============ + - the scheduler configuration has been split up into multiple files. - - BUGFIX: this version fixes handling of ctx >= 32768 + - namespace cleanup is enabled by default. This can be disabled by + touch ${sysconfdir}/vservers/.defaults/nonamespace-cleanup - - experimental support for new resource-limit syscall was add - (vserver >= 1.1.3); the new 'vlimit' tool replaces 'setctxlimit' + - all unset ulimits are now reset to infinity, so limits are no longer + inherited from the host. - - some man-pages were added and init-scripts improved (taken from - Debian patches provided by Sam Vilain) + - much improved Gentoo support, thanks to Benedikt Böhm. - - basic Gentoo support was added to the 'vserver' script (thanks to - "Allen D. Parker II") +version 0.30.211 +================ - - compilation fixes for kernel 2.6 headers + - novlandev is now the default. To reenable the old behaviour of + creating VLAN interfaces where used, touch + ${sysconfdir}/vservers/.defaults/interfaces/vlandev. - - set mode/owner of /var/run/utmp (owner is customizable through - $UTMP_GROUP) + - vshelper now works correctly with the kernel legacy support turned + off. - -Version 0.24 -============ + - vlogin provides a terminal proxy which allocates a new psuedo-tty + on the inside when you enter a guest. - - updated to new syscall API (patch c17h and later) - - - revived copy-all-mode for 'vserver ... build' (can be disabled - with $UTIL_VSERVER_AVOID_COPY) + - and lots of other features/fixes, see ChangeLog. + + +version 0.30.210 +================ + + - LEGACY BREAKAGE: by default, only recent kernel APIs will be + supported so you have to make sure to use at least the vs2.0.1 + kernel patch. With older kernels, you have to call 'configure' + with '--enable-apis=NOLEGACY'. Some programs will not work anymore + with the default settings; these ones are: + + + capchroot + * chcontext-context + * reducecap + + - dlimit support was integrated into the standard vserver + operations. Thanks to Daniel Hokka Zakrisson for his patch. - - use '-HS' ulimit switch for newly created vservers + - recent kernel API is now used for setting up the network + contexts. So it should be now possible to use a kernel compiled + without CONFIG_VSERVER_LEGACYNET. Thanks to Daniel Hokka Zakrisson + for his patch. . - - added QUOTACTL capability, removed OPENDEV capability - - location of vservers-rootdir can now be configured through a - '--with-vrootdir' configure switch; it defaults still to - '/vservers' +version 0.30.209 +================ - - build of 'newvserver' linuxconf-module is conditionalized since - it is unsupported and will be dropped in future versions. To - enable it. call './configure' with '--enable-linuxconf'. + - large revamping... version 0.23.6