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== Changes between 4.0-beta1 and 4.0-beta2==
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==Changes between 4.3.4 and 4.3.5==
 
(unreleased)
 
(unreleased)
 +
; dnsmasq : updated to new upstream version 2.66
  
'''general:'''
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==Changes between 4.3.3 and 4.3.4==
 +
(released 27 Mar 2013)
 +
; kernel : add more SUN ethernet drivers to modules.tgz
 +
; openvpn/z : updated to new upstream version 2.3.0
 +
; easyrsa : new source (earlier part of openvpn)
 +
; quagga : updated to new upstream version 0.9.22
 +
; tor : updated to upstream version 0.2.2.39
  
updated syslinux to version 4.03
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==Changes between 4.3.2 and 4.3.3==
 +
(released 29 Dec 2012)
 +
; dnsmasq : new upstream version 2.65
 +
; webconf : ping.cgi pings ipv4 and, if available, ipv6 address of a given host
  
'''initrd:'''
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==Changes between 4.3.1 and 4.3.2==
 +
(released 9 Dec 2012)
 +
; apkg : fixing bugs for loading dependencies
 +
; webconf : Sort ethernet (ethxx) interfaces for webconf
 +
; lrcfg.backup : Add sourcing of /var/lib/lrpkg/backup
 +
: Fix regression bug in lrcfg.backup which would not respect the settings in /var/lib/lrpkg/backup
 +
; openswan : add openswan-2.6.38-android-ics-natoa.patch
 +
: fix a bug in the makefile depending on parameters in the environment which are not passed in the srcclean implementation
 +
; lmsensors : new upstream verson 3.3.3
 +
; dnsmasq : update to new upstream version 2.64
 +
; privoxy : add dependency for libz (fixes Trac ticket #81)
 +
; kernel : Add regulatory database file for wireless drivers.
  
moved busybox ntpd configuration files to a seperate package (bbntpd.lrp)
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==Changes between 4.3.1-rc1 and 4.3.1==
 +
(released 9 Oct 2012)
 +
; squid: fix autoloading of packages, squid depends on openssl
 +
; busybox : add nameif applet
 +
; bbnameif : new package with configuration files for nameif
  
'''images:'''
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==Changes between 4.3 and 4.3.1-rc1==
 +
(released 21 Sept 2012)
  
add mawk.lrp to leaf.cfg LRP list (required by iptables)
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; iproute: add iproute-get.patch (fixes Trac ticket #80)
 +
; tor: update to new upstream version 0.2.2.38
 +
; dnsmasq: update to new upstream version 2.63
 +
; ulogd: get it working again, including mysql support with Package ulogd-mysl.lrp
  
'''buildtool:'''
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==Changes between 4.3-rc2 and 4.3==
 +
(released 28 July 2012)
  
fixed kernel version
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; initrd : improve package installation during boot by avoiding re-install of packages by dependencies
 +
; config : add verbose warning about missing dependencies on upgrade
  
'''kernel:'''
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==Changes between 4.3-rc1 and 4.3-rc2==
 +
(released 18 July 2012)
  
enabled kernel panic (& reboot if specified in sysctl.conf) on softlockup;<br>
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; busybox : update to new upstream version 1.20.2
added warnings about hunged tasks;<br>
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; initrd : add information about wrong root device
added ESFQ support.
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; webconf : add mawk as dependency
  
'''shorewall:'''
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==Changes between 4.3-beta1 and 4.3-rc1==
 +
(released 7 July 2012)
  
new upstream version 4.4.15<br>
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; modutils : added delay after touching device events to ensure that modules are initialized
change macro syntax in LEAF default settings to current shorewall layout<br>
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; radius : add dependency on libtool.lrp
added '''new packages shorewall-lite and shorewall6-lite''' for review and testing<br>
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; tor : update to new upstream version 0.2.2.37 (fixes LEAF Trac ticket #77)
 +
; initrd : fixed 'usb_wait' kernel param parsing error (closes LEAF Trac ticket #78)
 +
: Allow specification of LEAFCFG or PKGPATH by disk UUID or LABEL rather than device file (closes Trac ticket #71)
 +
; bird : update to new upstream version 1.3.7
 +
: fix to run on ipv4 as well as ipv6
 +
; moddb : Added missing dca module to moddb (required by igb)
 +
: removed crc32.ko, now builtin into kernel
 +
; buildenv : updated gcc to 4.4.7
 +
; kernel : Enabled kmemleak for memory leakage detection
 +
: switched to SLUB allocator for i686
 +
: build crc32 into kernel
 +
; quagga : update to new upstream version 0.99.21
 +
; radvd : update to new upstream version 1.9.1
 +
; pmacctd : update to new upstream version 0.14.0
  
'''openssl:'''
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==Changes between 4.2.1 and 4.3-beta1==
 +
(released 13 June 2012)
  
new upstream version 0.9.8q
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; openssl : new upstream version 1.0.0j
 +
; config : add Package Dependency Auto-Loading (fixes TRAC ticket #2) - see the [[Bering-uClibc 4.3]] page for more information
 +
; libdb : add new Package libdb.lrp containing the Berkeley DB library, required for development of "netatalk" Package. Also dbutils.lrp.
 +
; wget : disable IDN/IRI, removes the dependency for libiconv
 +
; util-linux-ng : update to new upstream version 2.18 (fixes TRAC ticket #72)
 +
; libdbus : add new Package libdbus.lrp containing the D-Bus message bus API, required for avahi-client library
 +
; libavahi : add avahi-client library, required for Zeroconf support in "netatalk"
 +
; netatalk : add new Package netatalk.lrp containing the Appletalk AFP file and print daemon (fixes TRAC ticket #54) - see the [[Bering-uClibc 4.3]] page for more information
 +
; libnfnetlink : add new package libnfnetlink.lrp required for conntrack-tools
 +
; libnetfilter-conntrack : add new package libnetfilter-conntrack.lrp required for conntrack-tools
 +
; conntrack-tools : new package (fixes Trac ticket #74)
 +
; curl : new upstream version 7.26.0
 +
; dnsmasq : update to new upstream version 2.62 - see the [[Bering-uClibc 4.3]] page for more information on the new IPv6 capabilities
 +
; zlib : update to new upstgream version 1.2.7
 +
; ndppd : new package NDP Proxy Daemon version 0.2.2
 +
; shorewall : correct routing commands in proxy NDP
  
'''quagga,zebra,ripd, ospfd, etc.:'''
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==Changes between 4.2.1-rc1 and 4.2.1==
 +
(released 13 May 2012)
  
remove requirement of librt.lrp (lib's already included in initrd)
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; webconf : add connection6-info.cgi to show Active IPv6 Connections (fixes TRAC ticket #69)
 +
; hdsupp : add /sbin/blkid and /sbin/findfs from util-linux-ng to hdsupp.lrp (related to TRAC ticket #71)
 +
; images : change the settings for the ISOLINUX images to support loading and saving configuration to <tt>/dev/sda1</tt> in addition to <tt>/dev/fd0</tt>
 +
; etc : enable weekly logrotate of kern.log
 +
; kernel : build netconsole and dummy network drivers as modules instead of kernel parts
 +
; hostapd : allow to save /etc/init.d/hostapd
 +
; asterisk : upgraded to latest upstream version (1.8.7.1 -> 1.8.12.0)
  
'''ipset:'''
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==Changes between 4.2.1-beta1 and 4.2.1-rc1==
 +
(released 1 May 2012)
 +
; config : clean-up, should remove confusing 'terminated' message while saving configs
 +
; openssl : updated to new upstream version 1.0.0i
 +
; lmsensors : updated to new upstream version 3.3.2
 +
; curl : updated to new upstream version 7.25.0; disable C code generation (saves 11k)
 +
; vsftpd : updated to new upstream version 3.0.0
 +
; radvd : updated to new upstream version 1.8.5
 +
; libiconv : add new package - GNU iconv string conversion library; version 1.14
  
fix requires and help section
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==Changes between 4.2 and 4.2.1-beta1==
 +
(released 19 April 2012)
  
'''iptables:'''
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; tor : updated to new upstream version 0.2.2.35
 +
; openssl : updated to new upstream version 1.0.0h
 +
; dnsmasq : updated to new upstream version 2.60
 +
; privoxy : updated to new upstream version 3.0.19
 +
; ebtables : updated to new upstream version 2.0.10-4
 +
; modules : add /etc/modprobe.d to list of local files (to save its content in configdb.lrp)
 +
; samba : updated to new upstream version 3.6.4 (was previously 2.0.10 !)
 +
; modutils: simplify hardware auto-detection in modules.lrp (use new routine like in initrd/hwdetect)
 +
; modules: Add /etc/modprobe.d to list of local files (to save it's content into configdb.lrp)
  
add mawk.lrp as requirement
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==Changes between 4.2-rc1 and 4.2==
 +
(released 9 Mar 2012)
  
'''hdsupp:'''
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; avahi : Fix init script (bad pid file)
 +
: Add support for configuration files located in /etc/avahi/services
  
fix /sbin/fdisk
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==Changes between 4.2-beta2 and 4.2-rc1==
 +
(released 26 Feb 2012)
  
'''ppp-hsh:'''
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; ethtool: updated to new upstream version 3.2
 +
; libdaemon : new package (upstream version 0.14)
 +
; libexpat : new package (expat XML parser upstream version 2.0.1)
 +
; avahi : new package (upstream version 0.6.31)
 +
; iperf : new package (upstream version 2.0.5)
 +
; dropbear : updated to new upstream version 2012.55
  
modified to work with 2 upstream interfaces (for ex., one - for Internet and one - for local traffic-exchange point or LAN), now incoming traffic is sorted by iptables and then classified by fwmarks (mark 1 - high-priority, mark 2 - IX traffic); outgoing traffic is redirected to IFB (if there is no need of speed differentiation) or shaped on 2 outgoing interfaces separately.
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==Changes between 4.2-beta1 and 4.2-beta2==
 +
(released 4 Feb 2012)
  
'''libevent:'''
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; kernel : added Intel I/OATDMA support for i686 kernel
 +
: added via-velocity NIC driver for i486 images
 +
; igb : update Intel Gigabit driver to version 3.3.6
 +
; etc : change activation of tun.ko for openvpn/aiccu in mdev.conf
 +
: change multicron-d to sent mail with or without user authentification (fixes Trac ticket #67)
 +
; xtables-addons : new package with xtables addons
 +
; openvpn : updated to new upstream version 2.2.2; improves support for openssl 1.0.0 in easyrsa package
 +
: add missing build-ca script to easyrsa.lrp
 +
; openssl : updated to new upstream version 1.0.0g
 +
; mawk : updated to new upstream version  mawk-1.3.4-20100625
 +
; shorewall : updated to new upstream version 4.4.27.3
 +
; openswan : updated to new upstream version 2.6.37
  
upgraded to latest stable upstream version (1.1a -> 1.4.14b) for development of nfs server code (<tt>libevent</tt> is currently only used by <tt>tor</tt> package)
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==Changes between 4.1.1 and 4.2-beta1==
 +
(released 20 Dec 2011)
  
'''devtools:'''
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; shorewall : updated to version 4.4.26.1
 +
; kernel (all flavours) : added  IPV6 Privacy Extension (RFC 3041)
 +
: added IPv6 Router Preference (RFC 4191
 +
: IPv6 support multiple routing tables with source based address routing
 +
: build IPSEC modules (IPCOMP transformation, IPSEC transport mode,IPSEC tunnel mode, IPSEC BEET mode) also for IPv4
 +
: change preemption model from "Desktop" oriented to "Server/traditional" (from kernel help: "Select this option if you are building a kernel for a server or scientific/computation system, or if you want to maximize the raw processing power")
 +
: added more modules for powersaving and moved others from "builtin" to "modules", removed debugging support
 +
: added physdev and xt_policy match in netfilter modules
 +
: remove igb from kernel build (built separately)
 +
; kernel (i686) : build optimized for speed
 +
: used slub memory allocator instead of generic slab (it has better scalability)
 +
; kernel (geode): remove AMD, Intel and Cyrix microcode support (unavailable for geode cpu's, reduces kernel size)
 +
: enable and package all geode hardware modules (geode watchdog, cs55* chipset, geode-aes)
 +
: remove advantechwdt from kernel and build as module
 +
: remove unneccesary drivers (reduces size of initrd-geode approx. 60kb)
 +
: used slob memory allocator instead of generic slab (it is simplier and has smaller memory consumption; also it has worse scalability on SMP - but we are building non-SMP kernel)
 +
; kernel (i486) : used slob memory allocator instead of generic slab
 +
; privoxy : updated to new upstream version 3.0.18
 +
; initrd : update busybox to 1.19.3
 +
: fixed hwdetect
  
new Package <code class="filename">devtools.lrp</code> containing <code class="filename">/bin/ldd</code> and <code class="filename">/usr/bin/strace</code> (probably only of interest to LEAF developers)
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==Changes between 4.1.1-rc1 and 4.1.1==
 +
(released 7 Dec 2011)
  
 +
; busybox : add watch applet
  
== Changes between 3.1 and 4.0-beta1==  
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==Changes between 4.1.1-beta1 and 4.1.1-rc1==
(released 28 November 2010)
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(released 26 Nov 2011)
  
'''general:'''
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; openswan : fix version and revision number
 +
; asterisk : reinstate <code class="filename">asterisk.lrp</code> and related Packages (closes TRAC ticket #5)
 +
; curl : updated to version 7.22.0
 +
; shorewall : updated to version 4.4.25.3
 +
; sshblack : new Package to blacklist source IP address based on repeated login failures (closes TRAC ticket #65)<br>Initially configured to check for dropbear login failures but can be modified to run any "block" script based on any regex pattern in any logfile
 +
; dropbear : updated to new upstream version 2011.54
 +
; radvd : updated to new upstream version 1.8.3
 +
; dmidecode : updated to new upstream version 2.11
 +
; busybox : added nohup applet
 +
; etc : fixed mdev.conf syntax and added /dev/vcs entries
 +
: run procps after iptables has been started
 +
; initrd : load modules by wrapper script, speeds up boot-time
  
updated kernel to 2.6.35.8
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==Changes between 4.1 and 4.1.1-beta1==
 +
(released 1 Nov 2011)
 +
; initrd : updated busybox to 1.19.2
 +
; openssl : updated to 1.0.0e (closes TRAC ticket #61)
 +
; radvd : updated to 1.8.2 with a lot of security fixes, (also closes TRAC ticket #62)
 +
; shorewall : updated to new upstream version 4.4.24.1
 +
; radius : updated to new upstream version 2.1.12 and other changes to close TRAC ticket #63
 +
; dsnmasq : updated to new upstream version 2.59
 +
; lm-sensors : updated to version 3.3.1
 +
; rsync : updated to new upstream version 3.0.9
 +
; ebtables : updated to new upstream version 2.0.10-2
 +
; tor : updated to new upstream version 0.2.2.33
 +
; squid : updated to new upstream version 3.20.12 with ipv6 support
 +
; lzo : updated to new upstream version 2.06
 +
; wget : updated to new upstream version 1.13.4
 +
; dropbear : updated to new upstream version 0.53.1
 +
; clamav : new package, version 0.9.73 of the virus scanner
 +
: Based on the buildtool setup contributed by Alejandro Dguez for the Bering-uClibc 3.
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; havp : new package, version 0.92a of the http anti virus proxy
 +
: Based on the buildtool setup contributed by Alejandro Dguez for the Bering-uClibc 3.
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: See also the new chapter [https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/index.php?title=Bering-uClibc_4.x_-_User_Guide_-_Advanced_Topics_-_Setting_Up_a_HTTP_Anti_Virus_Proxy Setting up a HTTP Anti Virus Proxy] of the Bering-uClibc 4.x User Guide.
 +
; quagga : new upstream version 0.99.20
  
updated uClibc to 0.9.30.3
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==Changes between 4.1-rc1 and 4.1==
 +
(released 8 Oct 2011)
 +
; initrd : update version
 +
: add hotplug.sh (script for auto-probing modules for hotplugged device - mdev hasn't this function) to package, missing in 4.1-rc1
  
updated busybox to 1.17.1  
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==Changes between 4.1-beta2 and 4.1-rc1==
 +
(released 1 Oct 2011)
 +
; general : open source license text (Package license.lrp) added to all disk images
 +
; tor : updated to new upstream version 0.2.2.32
 +
; shorewall : updated to new upstream version 4.4.23.3
 +
; etc : start procps.sh after the network is up
 +
; initrd : added mdev wrapper for module auto-loading on hotplug
 +
; wpa_supplicant : updated to new upstream version 0.7.3
 +
; dhcpd : updated from 2.0pl5-19.1 to latest upstream version 4.2.2, adding DHCPv6 support
  
added busybox patch to change default modprobe behavior if there are two or
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==Changes between 4.1-beta1 and 4.1-beta2==
more modules that corresponds to one modalias (it'll load module that have
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(released 1 Sept 2011)
longest 'prefix' before first asterisk in it's modalias)
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; kernel : updated to 2.6.35.14
 +
; systat : create log directory at start
 +
; mbusd : update to 0.1.3 plus patches to make it finally working
 +
; webconf : fix leafcfg.cgi and path to syslog-ng in lrcfg.cgi
 +
; busybox : updated to new upstream version 1.19.0
 +
: increased history size from 15 to 500; enabled history_save and reverse search in history
 +
; tinyproxy : updated to to new upstream version 1.8.3
 +
: fixed tinyproxy.conf, which was still an older version
 +
; dnsmasq : updated to new upstream version 2.58
 +
; nut : fixes for nut environment and scripts
 +
: added user/group nut to passwd/group
 +
: run nut with user "nut"
 +
: add powercom patch
 +
; ppp-hsh : small improvements to ppp-mod script
 +
: fix-up for working with IXSPEED filter on NAS w/o IX iface
 +
; buildenv : update binutils to 2.21.1a (2.21 is no longer available at ftp.gnu.org)
  
updated iproute2 to 2.6.35
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==Changes between 4.0 and 4.1-beta1==
 +
(released 30 July 2011)
  
used syslog-ng as logger
+
; general : replace old mail script with busybox sendmail. It allows user authentication, provding a FQDN and connecting via SSL/TLS (untested)and is a lot smaller. (fixes Trac ticket #53)
 +
: moved arc4 and ecb kernel modules from geode-only list to common list, added sha1_generic to common list, added modprobing of modules that listed in /etc/modules during hwdetect (to pull all dependencies)
 +
; kernel : updated to version 2.6.35.13
 +
: including a kernel review to remove useless options/modules from different kernels/images (still under construction)
 +
: Fixed link state flood in syslog for r6040 (kernel bug #29122)
 +
; shorewall : updated to version 4.4.20.3, closes also Trac ticket #44
 +
; openssh : updated to version 5.8p1
 +
; openvpn : updated to version 2.2.0
 +
; zlib : updated to version 1.2.5
 +
; binutils : updated to version 2.21 for gcc 4.6.0 (e.g. on Fedora 15), closes also Trac ticket #49
 +
; keepalived : updated to version 1.2.2
 +
; nttcp : the binary has been long around for tcp performance tests - now packaged. Closes Trac ticket #28
 +
; at : compiles without the need of (/usr/bin/)sendmail on build host.
 +
; igb : updated Intel Gigabit drivers to 3.0.22
 +
; bind : add new package ''bind''
 +
; openswan: updated to version 2.6.33
 +
; haserl : updated to version 0.9.29
 +
; uclibc : enabled WCHAR (wide character) support
 +
; mysql : added _r (reeentrant) library to libmysql.lrp
 +
; openldap : added OpenLDAP 2.4.25 client library, libldap.lrp
 +
; radius : replaced Cistron RADIUS 1.6.8 with FreeRADIUS 2.1.10. Closes Trac ticket #43
 +
; dibbler-server : new Package dibbler-server.lrp which implements a DHCPv6 server
 +
; webconf : updated webconf to version 1.2, which accommodates changes for haserl-0.9.x, a GUI for ping, traceroute and reboot and a javascript framework for tooltips.
 +
; netsnmp : add support for lmsensors
 +
; busybox : enabled 'nice' command (required for Asterisk) and also 'cpio' command (fixes Trac ticket #26)
 +
; radvd : updated to latest upstream version 1.8
 +
; etc : fix inetd start/stop
 +
; mbusd : new package for Modbus/TCP to Modbus/RTU proxy see[http://mbus.sourceforge.net/ MODBUS/TCP to MODBUS/RTU gateway server]
 +
; sysstat : new package - The sysstat package contains the sar, sadf, iostat, nfsiostat, cifsiostat, mpstat, and pidstat commands for Linux. See [http://freshmeat.net/projects/sysstat/ sysstat]
  
updated gcc in build environement to 4.4.5
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==Changes between 4.0 and 4.0.1==
 +
(released 9 July 2011)
 +
; general : added auto-loading of ata_legacy.ko if no other ATA drivers are loaded. That supports some (more) legacy boards out-of-the-box. (Can be disabled by adding "NOLEGACY" on the kernel command line.)
 +
: avoid loading packages twice.
 +
; webconf : fixing various issues - thanks to ijabott, closes Trac tickets #50, #51 and #52
 +
; hdsupp : added file /usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin
 +
; tor : updated to version 0.2.1.30
 +
; hash shaper : fixed bug crash on initialization more than 9 networks up to /24 width
 +
; kernel : added modules for some USB-to-Ethernet adaptors: asix.ko, kaweth.ko, pegasus.ko, rtl8150.ko
 +
; isolinux : now forcibly loads floppy & i2c-core Modules in case floppy drive is not auto-detected (fixes Trac ticket #48)
  
updated automake to 1.9.6
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==Changes between 4.0-rc1 and 4.0==
 +
(released 15 May 2011)
  
updated autoconf to 2.68
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; buildimage : remove verbose=1 from kernel commandline - while it is useful during testing, it shouldn't be necesssary in a stable version. Removing debug output is another (small) step to minimize the boot time of a LEAF box. Fixes Trac ticket #12
 +
; openswan : added RCDLINKS to /etc/init.d/ipsec - fixes Trac ticket #42
 +
; kernel : added <tt>lp</tt> and <tt>ppdev</tt> Modules to restore 3.x functionality for p9100 print server - fixes Trac ticket #45
 +
: Fixed booting i486 kernel on Advantech ARK-1310 (+ possible other EVA-X4150 based) boards.
 +
: Changed config for the i486 platform to cover the SCx200 architecture.
  
provides different images optimised for i486, geode and i686
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==Changes between 4.0-beta3 and 4.0-rc1==
 +
(released 4 April 2011)
  
provides images with vga or seriell support
+
; initrd : added <tt>usbhid</tt> Module to all initrd variants for USB keyboard support at first boot
 +
; kernel : (re)add parallel port support
 +
; kernel-i486 : add support for ISA bus
 +
; busybox : add route applet, adds -r option to netstat, fixes Trac ticket #40
 +
; dnsmasq : updated to version 2.57
 +
; vsftpd : updated to version 2.3.4
 +
; pmacctd : updated to version 0.12.5
 +
; moddb : add bitrev.ko, prerequisite for via-rhine.ko, fixes Trac ticket #38
 +
; devtools : add missing libraries, fixes Trac ticket #37
 +
; openswan : fix ipsec.ko for geode and i486 architecture
 +
; yate : updated to version 3.2.0-1, fixes Trac ticket #35
 +
; dhcpcd : updated to version 5.2.11 and added <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf.head</code> & <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf.tail</code> files to lrcfg menu
 +
; p9100 : updated to version 0.95
 +
; shorewall-lite, shorewall6-lite, shorewall, shorewall6 : change Options -f to Options -q in /etc/default/shorewall*. Fixes the problem, that changes are not detected by /etc/init.d/shorewall restart. "-q" reduces verbosity to warnings only. You may change it by setting Options="" in /etc/default/shorewall*
 +
; lmsensors : updated to version 3.3.0
 +
; config : enhanced hwdetect script (lrcfg menu "f"), fixes Trac ticket #13
 +
; beep : updated to version 1.3, fixes Trac ticket #39.
 +
; disk images : added ip6tables to default LRP list in leaf.cfg for all disk images, fixes Trac ticket #41
  
'''core scripts/kernel options changes:'''
+
==Changes between 4.0-beta2 and 4.0-beta3==
 +
(released 9 March 2011)
  
removed support of paging file
+
; kernel : updated to version 2.6.35.11
 +
; busybox : enabled ifconfig applet as workaround for openswan et al
 +
; libpcap, tcpdump : patch to the makefile for libpcap to fix a tcpdump bug (Trac ticket #25)
 +
; hdparm (part of hdsupp) : updated to latest upstream version (6.9 -> 9.37)
 +
; pcre : updated to the latest upstream version ( 6.7 -> 8.12)
 +
; ebtables : updated to the latest upstream version 2.0.9-2
 +
; lzo : updated to the latest upstream version 2.04
 +
; irqbalance : fix description and homepage
 +
; shorewall, shorewall6, shorewall-lite, shorewall6-lite : fix date format in logs
 +
; config : fix apkg.mergefile (Trac ticket #29)
 +
; libssh2 : new Package, required by '''curl'''
 +
; curl : new Package which is expected to be used by '''asterisk''' and might help with PXE booting
 +
; kmodules : fix wrong permission of /lib/modules in moddb-geode.lrp
 +
; dropbear : updated to latest upstream version 0.53
 +
; openssl : updated to latest upstream version 0.9.8r
 +
; daemontools : fix svscan error (Trac ticket #18)
  
disk subsystem moved from old ATA/MFM/RLL drivers to new ATA/SATA
+
== Changes between 4.0-beta1 and 4.0-beta2==
(SCSI-like)
+
(released 23 January 2011)
  
root FS migrated from initrd to initramfs; so syst_size option becomes
+
; general : update syslinux to version 4.03
obsolete (initramfs uses up to half of physical memory)
+
: new image Bering-uClibc_i486_syslinux_ser (e.g for WRAP boards)
 +
: add UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC and UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC in uClibc config (for NFS server)
 +
: changed syslog-ng.conf to reduce the appearance of log messages in various log files
 +
: bootstrapping into tmpfs for rootfs - enables df -h and spacecheck for rootfs and prevents out-of-memory errors for rootfs (like in Bering-uClibc 3.x)
  
included automatic module loading by modaliases in init script and
+
; busybox : enable mktemp
in boot-time modprobe script
+
: enable less
 +
: new upstream version 1.18.2
  
added kernel variable KMODULES that specify modules from initrd that
+
; initrd : move busybox ntpd configuration files to a seperate package (bbntpd.lrp)
must be loaded before autoprobing for modaliases
+
  
added mdev for automatic creation of device nodes in /dev
+
; images : add mawk.lrp to leaf.cfg LRP list (required by iptables)
 +
: add the lwp files for webconf to the images
  
added firmware for NICs in firmware.tgz
+
; buildtool : fix kernel version
  
save firmware in moddb.lrp
+
; kernel : kernel updated to 2.6.35.10
 +
: enabled kernel panic (& reboot if specified in sysctl.conf) on soft-lockup
 +
: added warnings about hung tasks
 +
: added ESFQ support
 +
: added <tt>pata_sc1200</tt> Module for PC Engines WRAP IDE controller
  
 +
; shorewall : new upstream version 4.4.15.3
 +
: add missing tcrules config skeleton
 +
: change macro syntax in LEAF default settings to current shorewall layout
 +
: added '''new packages shorewall-lite and shorewall6-lite''' for review and testing
  
'''other packages changes:'''
+
; openssl : new upstream version 0.9.8q
  
included full-weight perl 5.12.1
+
; quagga,zebra,ripd, ospfd, etc. : remove requirement of librt.lrp (lib's already included in initrd)
  
included accel-pptpd 0.8.5 (kernel-mode PPTP client/server)
+
; ipset : fix requires and help section
  
included packages for automatically backup system partition and update
+
; iptables : add mawk.lrp as requirement
.lrp packages if fresh ones are present on update server
+
  
replaced 6wall with (perl-based) shorewall6
+
; hdsupp : fix /sbin/fdisk
 +
: fix segfault in mke2fs
 +
: new upstream version 1.41.14
 +
 
 +
; ppp-hsh : modified to work with 2  upstream interfaces (for ex., one - for Internet and one - for local traffic-exchange point or LAN), now incoming traffic is sorted by iptables and then classified by fwmarks (mark 1 - high-priority, mark 2 - IX traffic); outgoing traffic is redirected to IFB (if there is no need of speed differentiation) or shaped on 2 outgoing interfaces separately.
 +
 
 +
; libevent : upgrade to latest stable upstream version (1.1a -> 1.4.14b) for development of nfs server code (<tt>libevent</tt> is currently only used by <tt>tor</tt> package)
 +
 
 +
; devtools : new Package <code class="filename">devtools.lrp</code> containing <code class="filename">/bin/ldd</code> and <code class="filename">/usr/bin/strace</code> (probably only of interest to LEAF developers)
 +
 
 +
; moddb : add libraries for xt_string.ko
 +
: add act_police.ko, cls_flow.ko and sch_tbf.ko required for shorewall traffic shaping
 +
 
 +
; iproute : add ESFQ support
 +
 
 +
; pppoesrv : update to new upstream version rp-pppoe 3.10
 +
: add new package for pppoe relay daemon
 +
 
 +
; portmap : new Package <code class="filename">portmap.lrp</code> containing an ONCRPC Port Mapper daemon required for an NFS Server
 +
 
 +
; libnfsidmap : new Package <code class="filename">libnfsidmap.lrp</code> containing ID mapping code required for rpc.idmapd (part of NFS Server)
 +
 
 +
; nfs-utils : new Package <code class="filename">nfs-utils.lrp</code> containing the user-space utilities for the kernel's NFS Server capability. In conjunction with <tt>portmap</tt>, <tt>libnfsidmap</tt> and the relevant kernel Modules (included in <tt>modules.tgz</tt>) this enables Bering-uClibc to act as an NFS v2, v3 or v4 file server
 +
 
 +
; ethtool : update to new upstream version 2.6.37
 +
 
 +
; rsync : update to new upstream version 3.0.7
 +
 
 +
; tor : update to new upstream version 0.2.1.29
 +
 
 +
; privoxy : update to new upstream version 3.0.17 (adds ipv6 support)
 +
 
 +
; radvd : update to new upstream version 1.7
 +
 
 +
; module-init-tools : update to new upstream version 3.12 for compatibility with make 3.82
 +
 
 +
; dmidecode : update to new upstream version 2.10
 +
 
 +
; drivers : Linux driver for Intel® 82575/6 and 82580-based network connections using kernel version 2.4.21 through 2.6.x.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
== Changes between 3.1 and 4.0-beta1==
 +
(released 28 November 2010)
  
added igmpproxy.lrp, libnl.lrp
+
; general : updated kernel to 2.6.35.8
 +
: updated uClibc to 0.9.30.3
 +
: updated busybox to 1.17.1
 +
: added busybox patch to change default modprobe behavior if there are two or more modules that corresponds to one modalias (it'll load module that have longest 'prefix' before first asterisk in it's modalias)
 +
: updated iproute2 to 2.6.35
 +
: used syslog-ng as logger
 +
: updated gcc in build environement to 4.4.5
 +
: updated automake to 1.9.6
 +
: updated autoconf to 2.68
 +
: provides different images optimised for i486, geode and i686
 +
: provides images with vga or serial support
  
'''ppp:'''
+
; core scripts/kernel options changes : removed support of paging file
 +
: disk subsystem moved from old ATA/MFM/RLL drivers to new ATA/SATA (SCSI-like)
 +
: root FS migrated from initrd to initramfs; so syst_size option becomes obsolete (initramfs uses up to half of physical memory)
 +
: included automatic module loading by modaliases in init script and in boot-time modprobe script
 +
: added kernel variable KMODULES that specify modules from initrd that must be loaded before autoprobing for modaliases
 +
: added mdev for automatic creation of device nodes in /dev
 +
: added firmware for NICs in <code class="filename">firmware.tgz</code>
 +
: save firmware in <code class="filename">moddb.lrp</code>
  
included ifb-based shaper for PPP connections (for outgoing traffic)
+
; other packages changes : included full-weight perl 5.12.1
 +
: included accel-pptpd 0.8.5 (kernel-mode PPTP client/server)
 +
: included packages for automatically backup system partition and update .lrp packages if fresh ones are present on update server
 +
: replaced 6wall with (perl-based) Shorewall6
 +
: added igmpproxy.lrp, libnl.lrp
  
added patch for pppd for enabling mppe-128 encryption (allow-mppe-128  
+
; ppp : included ifb-based shaper for PPP connections (for outgoing traffic)
instead of require-mppe-128) - that will help to accept moth
+
: added patch for pppd for enabling mppe-128 encryption (allow-mppe-128 instead of require-mppe-128) - that will help to accept both pap/chap/mschap and mschapv2 authentication
pap/chap/mschap and mschapv2 authentication
+
: pppoe-discovery added
  
pppoe-discovery added
+
; busybox : added ntpd and traceroute applet, replacing openntpd.lrp and traceroute.lrp
  
'''busybox:'''
+
; package updates : iptables to 1.4.9.1
 +
: quagga to 0.99.17
 +
: hostapd to 0.7.3
 +
: net-snmp to 5.4.3
 +
: shorewall to (perl-based) 4.4.14
 +
: ipvsadmin to 1.25
 +
: kismet to 2010-07-R1
 +
: mysql to 5.0.91
 +
: elvis to 1.4-22
 +
: bash to 3.2.48
 +
: tcpdump to 4.1.1
 +
: libpcap to 1.1.1
 +
: keepalived to 1.1.20
 +
: dhcpcd to 4.0.15
 +
: linux-atm to 2.5.1
 +
: vsftpd to 2.2.2
 +
: wpa_supplicant to 0.5.11
 +
: e2fsprogs to 1.41.12
 +
: openvpn to 2.1.3
 +
: lmsensors to 3.2.0 (plus improved auto-detection)
 +
: tinyproxy to 1.8.2
 +
: libtool to 2.4
 +
: e3 to 2.8
  
added ntpd and traceroute applet; replacing openntpd.lrp and traceroute.lrp
 
  
'''package updates:'''<br>
+
----
iptables to 1.4.9.1<br>
+
{| summary="Navigation footer" width="100%"
quagga to 0.99.17<br>
+
| width="40%" align="left"  |
hostapd to 0.7.3<br>
+
| width="20%" align="center" | [[Bering-uClibc 4.x|Up]]
net-snmp to 5.4.3<br>
+
| width="40%" align="right"  |
shorewall to (perl-based) 4.4.14<br>
+
|}
ipvsadmin to 1.25<br>
+
kismet to 2010-07-R1<br>
+
mysql to 5.0.91<br>
+
elvis to 1.4-22<br>
+
bash to 3.2.48<br>
+
tcpdump to 4.1.1<br>
+
libpcap to 1.1.1<br>
+
keepalived to 1.1.20<br>
+
dhcpcd to 4.0.15<br>
+
linux-atm to 2.5.1<br>
+
vsftpd to 2.2.2<br>
+
wpa_supplicant to 0.5.11<br>
+
e2fsprogs to 1.41.12<br>
+
openvpn to 2.1.3<br>
+
lmsensors to 3.2.0 (plus improved autodetection)<br>
+
tinyproxy to 1.8.2<br>
+
libtool to 2.4<br>
+
e3 to 2.8<br>
+
  
 
[[Category:Bering-uClibc 4.x]]
 
[[Category:Bering-uClibc 4.x]]

Latest revision as of 08:52, 20 April 2013

Changelog
Bering-uClibc 4.x - Overview

Changes between 4.3.4 and 4.3.5

(unreleased)

dnsmasq 
updated to new upstream version 2.66

Changes between 4.3.3 and 4.3.4

(released 27 Mar 2013)

kernel 
add more SUN ethernet drivers to modules.tgz
openvpn/z 
updated to new upstream version 2.3.0
easyrsa 
new source (earlier part of openvpn)
quagga 
updated to new upstream version 0.9.22
tor 
updated to upstream version 0.2.2.39

Changes between 4.3.2 and 4.3.3

(released 29 Dec 2012)

dnsmasq 
new upstream version 2.65
webconf 
ping.cgi pings ipv4 and, if available, ipv6 address of a given host

Changes between 4.3.1 and 4.3.2

(released 9 Dec 2012)

apkg 
fixing bugs for loading dependencies
webconf 
Sort ethernet (ethxx) interfaces for webconf
lrcfg.backup 
Add sourcing of /var/lib/lrpkg/backup
Fix regression bug in lrcfg.backup which would not respect the settings in /var/lib/lrpkg/backup
openswan 
add openswan-2.6.38-android-ics-natoa.patch
fix a bug in the makefile depending on parameters in the environment which are not passed in the srcclean implementation
lmsensors 
new upstream verson 3.3.3
dnsmasq 
update to new upstream version 2.64
privoxy 
add dependency for libz (fixes Trac ticket #81)
kernel 
Add regulatory database file for wireless drivers.

Changes between 4.3.1-rc1 and 4.3.1

(released 9 Oct 2012)

squid
fix autoloading of packages, squid depends on openssl
busybox 
add nameif applet
bbnameif 
new package with configuration files for nameif

Changes between 4.3 and 4.3.1-rc1

(released 21 Sept 2012)

iproute
add iproute-get.patch (fixes Trac ticket #80)
tor
update to new upstream version 0.2.2.38
dnsmasq
update to new upstream version 2.63
ulogd
get it working again, including mysql support with Package ulogd-mysl.lrp

Changes between 4.3-rc2 and 4.3

(released 28 July 2012)

initrd 
improve package installation during boot by avoiding re-install of packages by dependencies
config 
add verbose warning about missing dependencies on upgrade

Changes between 4.3-rc1 and 4.3-rc2

(released 18 July 2012)

busybox 
update to new upstream version 1.20.2
initrd 
add information about wrong root device
webconf 
add mawk as dependency

Changes between 4.3-beta1 and 4.3-rc1

(released 7 July 2012)

modutils 
added delay after touching device events to ensure that modules are initialized
radius 
add dependency on libtool.lrp
tor 
update to new upstream version 0.2.2.37 (fixes LEAF Trac ticket #77)
initrd 
fixed 'usb_wait' kernel param parsing error (closes LEAF Trac ticket #78)
Allow specification of LEAFCFG or PKGPATH by disk UUID or LABEL rather than device file (closes Trac ticket #71)
bird 
update to new upstream version 1.3.7
fix to run on ipv4 as well as ipv6
moddb 
Added missing dca module to moddb (required by igb)
removed crc32.ko, now builtin into kernel
buildenv 
updated gcc to 4.4.7
kernel 
Enabled kmemleak for memory leakage detection
switched to SLUB allocator for i686
build crc32 into kernel
quagga 
update to new upstream version 0.99.21
radvd 
update to new upstream version 1.9.1
pmacctd 
update to new upstream version 0.14.0

Changes between 4.2.1 and 4.3-beta1

(released 13 June 2012)

openssl 
new upstream version 1.0.0j
config 
add Package Dependency Auto-Loading (fixes TRAC ticket #2) - see the Bering-uClibc 4.3 page for more information
libdb 
add new Package libdb.lrp containing the Berkeley DB library, required for development of "netatalk" Package. Also dbutils.lrp.
wget 
disable IDN/IRI, removes the dependency for libiconv
util-linux-ng 
update to new upstream version 2.18 (fixes TRAC ticket #72)
libdbus 
add new Package libdbus.lrp containing the D-Bus message bus API, required for avahi-client library
libavahi 
add avahi-client library, required for Zeroconf support in "netatalk"
netatalk 
add new Package netatalk.lrp containing the Appletalk AFP file and print daemon (fixes TRAC ticket #54) - see the Bering-uClibc 4.3 page for more information
libnfnetlink 
add new package libnfnetlink.lrp required for conntrack-tools
libnetfilter-conntrack 
add new package libnetfilter-conntrack.lrp required for conntrack-tools
conntrack-tools 
new package (fixes Trac ticket #74)
curl 
new upstream version 7.26.0
dnsmasq 
update to new upstream version 2.62 - see the Bering-uClibc 4.3 page for more information on the new IPv6 capabilities
zlib 
update to new upstgream version 1.2.7
ndppd 
new package NDP Proxy Daemon version 0.2.2
shorewall 
correct routing commands in proxy NDP

Changes between 4.2.1-rc1 and 4.2.1

(released 13 May 2012)

webconf 
add connection6-info.cgi to show Active IPv6 Connections (fixes TRAC ticket #69)
hdsupp 
add /sbin/blkid and /sbin/findfs from util-linux-ng to hdsupp.lrp (related to TRAC ticket #71)
images 
change the settings for the ISOLINUX images to support loading and saving configuration to /dev/sda1 in addition to /dev/fd0
etc 
enable weekly logrotate of kern.log
kernel 
build netconsole and dummy network drivers as modules instead of kernel parts
hostapd 
allow to save /etc/init.d/hostapd
asterisk 
upgraded to latest upstream version (1.8.7.1 -> 1.8.12.0)

Changes between 4.2.1-beta1 and 4.2.1-rc1

(released 1 May 2012)

config 
clean-up, should remove confusing 'terminated' message while saving configs
openssl 
updated to new upstream version 1.0.0i
lmsensors 
updated to new upstream version 3.3.2
curl 
updated to new upstream version 7.25.0; disable C code generation (saves 11k)
vsftpd 
updated to new upstream version 3.0.0
radvd 
updated to new upstream version 1.8.5
libiconv 
add new package - GNU iconv string conversion library; version 1.14

Changes between 4.2 and 4.2.1-beta1

(released 19 April 2012)

tor 
updated to new upstream version 0.2.2.35
openssl 
updated to new upstream version 1.0.0h
dnsmasq 
updated to new upstream version 2.60
privoxy 
updated to new upstream version 3.0.19
ebtables 
updated to new upstream version 2.0.10-4
modules 
add /etc/modprobe.d to list of local files (to save its content in configdb.lrp)
samba 
updated to new upstream version 3.6.4 (was previously 2.0.10 !)
modutils
simplify hardware auto-detection in modules.lrp (use new routine like in initrd/hwdetect)
modules
Add /etc/modprobe.d to list of local files (to save it's content into configdb.lrp)

Changes between 4.2-rc1 and 4.2

(released 9 Mar 2012)

avahi 
Fix init script (bad pid file)
Add support for configuration files located in /etc/avahi/services

Changes between 4.2-beta2 and 4.2-rc1

(released 26 Feb 2012)

ethtool
updated to new upstream version 3.2
libdaemon 
new package (upstream version 0.14)
libexpat 
new package (expat XML parser upstream version 2.0.1)
avahi 
new package (upstream version 0.6.31)
iperf 
new package (upstream version 2.0.5)
dropbear 
updated to new upstream version 2012.55

Changes between 4.2-beta1 and 4.2-beta2

(released 4 Feb 2012)

kernel 
added Intel I/OATDMA support for i686 kernel
added via-velocity NIC driver for i486 images
igb 
update Intel Gigabit driver to version 3.3.6
etc 
change activation of tun.ko for openvpn/aiccu in mdev.conf
change multicron-d to sent mail with or without user authentification (fixes Trac ticket #67)
xtables-addons 
new package with xtables addons
openvpn 
updated to new upstream version 2.2.2; improves support for openssl 1.0.0 in easyrsa package
add missing build-ca script to easyrsa.lrp
openssl 
updated to new upstream version 1.0.0g
mawk 
updated to new upstream version mawk-1.3.4-20100625
shorewall 
updated to new upstream version 4.4.27.3
openswan 
updated to new upstream version 2.6.37

Changes between 4.1.1 and 4.2-beta1

(released 20 Dec 2011)

shorewall 
updated to version 4.4.26.1
kernel (all flavours) 
added IPV6 Privacy Extension (RFC 3041)
added IPv6 Router Preference (RFC 4191
IPv6 support multiple routing tables with source based address routing
build IPSEC modules (IPCOMP transformation, IPSEC transport mode,IPSEC tunnel mode, IPSEC BEET mode) also for IPv4
change preemption model from "Desktop" oriented to "Server/traditional" (from kernel help: "Select this option if you are building a kernel for a server or scientific/computation system, or if you want to maximize the raw processing power")
added more modules for powersaving and moved others from "builtin" to "modules", removed debugging support
added physdev and xt_policy match in netfilter modules
remove igb from kernel build (built separately)
kernel (i686) 
build optimized for speed
used slub memory allocator instead of generic slab (it has better scalability)
kernel (geode)
remove AMD, Intel and Cyrix microcode support (unavailable for geode cpu's, reduces kernel size)
enable and package all geode hardware modules (geode watchdog, cs55* chipset, geode-aes)
remove advantechwdt from kernel and build as module
remove unneccesary drivers (reduces size of initrd-geode approx. 60kb)
used slob memory allocator instead of generic slab (it is simplier and has smaller memory consumption; also it has worse scalability on SMP - but we are building non-SMP kernel)
kernel (i486) 
used slob memory allocator instead of generic slab
privoxy 
updated to new upstream version 3.0.18
initrd 
update busybox to 1.19.3
fixed hwdetect

Changes between 4.1.1-rc1 and 4.1.1

(released 7 Dec 2011)

busybox 
add watch applet

Changes between 4.1.1-beta1 and 4.1.1-rc1

(released 26 Nov 2011)

openswan 
fix version and revision number
asterisk 
reinstate asterisk.lrp and related Packages (closes TRAC ticket #5)
curl 
updated to version 7.22.0
shorewall 
updated to version 4.4.25.3
sshblack 
new Package to blacklist source IP address based on repeated login failures (closes TRAC ticket #65)
Initially configured to check for dropbear login failures but can be modified to run any "block" script based on any regex pattern in any logfile
dropbear 
updated to new upstream version 2011.54
radvd 
updated to new upstream version 1.8.3
dmidecode 
updated to new upstream version 2.11
busybox 
added nohup applet
etc 
fixed mdev.conf syntax and added /dev/vcs entries
run procps after iptables has been started
initrd 
load modules by wrapper script, speeds up boot-time

Changes between 4.1 and 4.1.1-beta1

(released 1 Nov 2011)

initrd 
updated busybox to 1.19.2
openssl 
updated to 1.0.0e (closes TRAC ticket #61)
radvd 
updated to 1.8.2 with a lot of security fixes, (also closes TRAC ticket #62)
shorewall 
updated to new upstream version 4.4.24.1
radius 
updated to new upstream version 2.1.12 and other changes to close TRAC ticket #63
dsnmasq 
updated to new upstream version 2.59
lm-sensors 
updated to version 3.3.1
rsync 
updated to new upstream version 3.0.9
ebtables 
updated to new upstream version 2.0.10-2
tor 
updated to new upstream version 0.2.2.33
squid 
updated to new upstream version 3.20.12 with ipv6 support
lzo 
updated to new upstream version 2.06
wget 
updated to new upstream version 1.13.4
dropbear 
updated to new upstream version 0.53.1
clamav 
new package, version 0.9.73 of the virus scanner
Based on the buildtool setup contributed by Alejandro Dguez for the Bering-uClibc 3.
havp 
new package, version 0.92a of the http anti virus proxy
Based on the buildtool setup contributed by Alejandro Dguez for the Bering-uClibc 3.
See also the new chapter Setting up a HTTP Anti Virus Proxy of the Bering-uClibc 4.x User Guide.
quagga 
new upstream version 0.99.20

Changes between 4.1-rc1 and 4.1

(released 8 Oct 2011)

initrd 
update version
add hotplug.sh (script for auto-probing modules for hotplugged device - mdev hasn't this function) to package, missing in 4.1-rc1

Changes between 4.1-beta2 and 4.1-rc1

(released 1 Oct 2011)

general 
open source license text (Package license.lrp) added to all disk images
tor 
updated to new upstream version 0.2.2.32
shorewall 
updated to new upstream version 4.4.23.3
etc 
start procps.sh after the network is up
initrd 
added mdev wrapper for module auto-loading on hotplug
wpa_supplicant 
updated to new upstream version 0.7.3
dhcpd 
updated from 2.0pl5-19.1 to latest upstream version 4.2.2, adding DHCPv6 support

Changes between 4.1-beta1 and 4.1-beta2

(released 1 Sept 2011)

kernel 
updated to 2.6.35.14
systat 
create log directory at start
mbusd 
update to 0.1.3 plus patches to make it finally working
webconf 
fix leafcfg.cgi and path to syslog-ng in lrcfg.cgi
busybox 
updated to new upstream version 1.19.0
increased history size from 15 to 500; enabled history_save and reverse search in history
tinyproxy 
updated to to new upstream version 1.8.3
fixed tinyproxy.conf, which was still an older version
dnsmasq 
updated to new upstream version 2.58
nut 
fixes for nut environment and scripts
added user/group nut to passwd/group
run nut with user "nut"
add powercom patch
ppp-hsh 
small improvements to ppp-mod script
fix-up for working with IXSPEED filter on NAS w/o IX iface
buildenv 
update binutils to 2.21.1a (2.21 is no longer available at ftp.gnu.org)

Changes between 4.0 and 4.1-beta1

(released 30 July 2011)

general 
replace old mail script with busybox sendmail. It allows user authentication, provding a FQDN and connecting via SSL/TLS (untested)and is a lot smaller. (fixes Trac ticket #53)
moved arc4 and ecb kernel modules from geode-only list to common list, added sha1_generic to common list, added modprobing of modules that listed in /etc/modules during hwdetect (to pull all dependencies)
kernel 
updated to version 2.6.35.13
including a kernel review to remove useless options/modules from different kernels/images (still under construction)
Fixed link state flood in syslog for r6040 (kernel bug #29122)
shorewall 
updated to version 4.4.20.3, closes also Trac ticket #44
openssh 
updated to version 5.8p1
openvpn 
updated to version 2.2.0
zlib 
updated to version 1.2.5
binutils 
updated to version 2.21 for gcc 4.6.0 (e.g. on Fedora 15), closes also Trac ticket #49
keepalived 
updated to version 1.2.2
nttcp 
the binary has been long around for tcp performance tests - now packaged. Closes Trac ticket #28
at 
compiles without the need of (/usr/bin/)sendmail on build host.
igb 
updated Intel Gigabit drivers to 3.0.22
bind 
add new package bind
openswan
updated to version 2.6.33
haserl 
updated to version 0.9.29
uclibc 
enabled WCHAR (wide character) support
mysql 
added _r (reeentrant) library to libmysql.lrp
openldap 
added OpenLDAP 2.4.25 client library, libldap.lrp
radius 
replaced Cistron RADIUS 1.6.8 with FreeRADIUS 2.1.10. Closes Trac ticket #43
dibbler-server 
new Package dibbler-server.lrp which implements a DHCPv6 server
webconf 
updated webconf to version 1.2, which accommodates changes for haserl-0.9.x, a GUI for ping, traceroute and reboot and a javascript framework for tooltips.
netsnmp 
add support for lmsensors
busybox 
enabled 'nice' command (required for Asterisk) and also 'cpio' command (fixes Trac ticket #26)
radvd 
updated to latest upstream version 1.8
etc 
fix inetd start/stop
mbusd 
new package for Modbus/TCP to Modbus/RTU proxy seeMODBUS/TCP to MODBUS/RTU gateway server
sysstat 
new package - The sysstat package contains the sar, sadf, iostat, nfsiostat, cifsiostat, mpstat, and pidstat commands for Linux. See sysstat

Changes between 4.0 and 4.0.1

(released 9 July 2011)

general 
added auto-loading of ata_legacy.ko if no other ATA drivers are loaded. That supports some (more) legacy boards out-of-the-box. (Can be disabled by adding "NOLEGACY" on the kernel command line.)
avoid loading packages twice.
webconf 
fixing various issues - thanks to ijabott, closes Trac tickets #50, #51 and #52
hdsupp 
added file /usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin
tor 
updated to version 0.2.1.30
hash shaper 
fixed bug crash on initialization more than 9 networks up to /24 width
kernel 
added modules for some USB-to-Ethernet adaptors: asix.ko, kaweth.ko, pegasus.ko, rtl8150.ko
isolinux 
now forcibly loads floppy & i2c-core Modules in case floppy drive is not auto-detected (fixes Trac ticket #48)

Changes between 4.0-rc1 and 4.0

(released 15 May 2011)

buildimage 
remove verbose=1 from kernel commandline - while it is useful during testing, it shouldn't be necesssary in a stable version. Removing debug output is another (small) step to minimize the boot time of a LEAF box. Fixes Trac ticket #12
openswan 
added RCDLINKS to /etc/init.d/ipsec - fixes Trac ticket #42
kernel 
added lp and ppdev Modules to restore 3.x functionality for p9100 print server - fixes Trac ticket #45
Fixed booting i486 kernel on Advantech ARK-1310 (+ possible other EVA-X4150 based) boards.
Changed config for the i486 platform to cover the SCx200 architecture.

Changes between 4.0-beta3 and 4.0-rc1

(released 4 April 2011)

initrd 
added usbhid Module to all initrd variants for USB keyboard support at first boot
kernel 
(re)add parallel port support
kernel-i486 
add support for ISA bus
busybox 
add route applet, adds -r option to netstat, fixes Trac ticket #40
dnsmasq 
updated to version 2.57
vsftpd 
updated to version 2.3.4
pmacctd 
updated to version 0.12.5
moddb 
add bitrev.ko, prerequisite for via-rhine.ko, fixes Trac ticket #38
devtools 
add missing libraries, fixes Trac ticket #37
openswan 
fix ipsec.ko for geode and i486 architecture
yate 
updated to version 3.2.0-1, fixes Trac ticket #35
dhcpcd 
updated to version 5.2.11 and added /etc/resolv.conf.head & /etc/resolv.conf.tail files to lrcfg menu
p9100 
updated to version 0.95
shorewall-lite, shorewall6-lite, shorewall, shorewall6 
change Options -f to Options -q in /etc/default/shorewall*. Fixes the problem, that changes are not detected by /etc/init.d/shorewall restart. "-q" reduces verbosity to warnings only. You may change it by setting Options="" in /etc/default/shorewall*
lmsensors 
updated to version 3.3.0
config 
enhanced hwdetect script (lrcfg menu "f"), fixes Trac ticket #13
beep 
updated to version 1.3, fixes Trac ticket #39.
disk images 
added ip6tables to default LRP list in leaf.cfg for all disk images, fixes Trac ticket #41

Changes between 4.0-beta2 and 4.0-beta3

(released 9 March 2011)

kernel 
updated to version 2.6.35.11
busybox 
enabled ifconfig applet as workaround for openswan et al
libpcap, tcpdump 
patch to the makefile for libpcap to fix a tcpdump bug (Trac ticket #25)
hdparm (part of hdsupp) 
updated to latest upstream version (6.9 -> 9.37)
pcre 
updated to the latest upstream version ( 6.7 -> 8.12)
ebtables 
updated to the latest upstream version 2.0.9-2
lzo 
updated to the latest upstream version 2.04
irqbalance 
fix description and homepage
shorewall, shorewall6, shorewall-lite, shorewall6-lite 
fix date format in logs
config 
fix apkg.mergefile (Trac ticket #29)
libssh2 
new Package, required by curl
curl 
new Package which is expected to be used by asterisk and might help with PXE booting
kmodules 
fix wrong permission of /lib/modules in moddb-geode.lrp
dropbear 
updated to latest upstream version 0.53
openssl 
updated to latest upstream version 0.9.8r
daemontools 
fix svscan error (Trac ticket #18)

Changes between 4.0-beta1 and 4.0-beta2

(released 23 January 2011)

general 
update syslinux to version 4.03
new image Bering-uClibc_i486_syslinux_ser (e.g for WRAP boards)
add UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC and UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC in uClibc config (for NFS server)
changed syslog-ng.conf to reduce the appearance of log messages in various log files
bootstrapping into tmpfs for rootfs - enables df -h and spacecheck for rootfs and prevents out-of-memory errors for rootfs (like in Bering-uClibc 3.x)
busybox 
enable mktemp
enable less
new upstream version 1.18.2
initrd 
move busybox ntpd configuration files to a seperate package (bbntpd.lrp)
images 
add mawk.lrp to leaf.cfg LRP list (required by iptables)
add the lwp files for webconf to the images
buildtool 
fix kernel version
kernel 
kernel updated to 2.6.35.10
enabled kernel panic (& reboot if specified in sysctl.conf) on soft-lockup
added warnings about hung tasks
added ESFQ support
added pata_sc1200 Module for PC Engines WRAP IDE controller
shorewall 
new upstream version 4.4.15.3
add missing tcrules config skeleton
change macro syntax in LEAF default settings to current shorewall layout
added new packages shorewall-lite and shorewall6-lite for review and testing
openssl 
new upstream version 0.9.8q
quagga,zebra,ripd, ospfd, etc. 
remove requirement of librt.lrp (lib's already included in initrd)
ipset 
fix requires and help section
iptables 
add mawk.lrp as requirement
hdsupp 
fix /sbin/fdisk
fix segfault in mke2fs
new upstream version 1.41.14
ppp-hsh 
modified to work with 2 upstream interfaces (for ex., one - for Internet and one - for local traffic-exchange point or LAN), now incoming traffic is sorted by iptables and then classified by fwmarks (mark 1 - high-priority, mark 2 - IX traffic); outgoing traffic is redirected to IFB (if there is no need of speed differentiation) or shaped on 2 outgoing interfaces separately.
libevent 
upgrade to latest stable upstream version (1.1a -> 1.4.14b) for development of nfs server code (libevent is currently only used by tor package)
devtools 
new Package devtools.lrp containing /bin/ldd and /usr/bin/strace (probably only of interest to LEAF developers)
moddb 
add libraries for xt_string.ko
add act_police.ko, cls_flow.ko and sch_tbf.ko required for shorewall traffic shaping
iproute 
add ESFQ support
pppoesrv 
update to new upstream version rp-pppoe 3.10
add new package for pppoe relay daemon
portmap 
new Package portmap.lrp containing an ONCRPC Port Mapper daemon required for an NFS Server
libnfsidmap 
new Package libnfsidmap.lrp containing ID mapping code required for rpc.idmapd (part of NFS Server)
nfs-utils 
new Package nfs-utils.lrp containing the user-space utilities for the kernel's NFS Server capability. In conjunction with portmap, libnfsidmap and the relevant kernel Modules (included in modules.tgz) this enables Bering-uClibc to act as an NFS v2, v3 or v4 file server
ethtool 
update to new upstream version 2.6.37
rsync 
update to new upstream version 3.0.7
tor 
update to new upstream version 0.2.1.29
privoxy 
update to new upstream version 3.0.17 (adds ipv6 support)
radvd 
update to new upstream version 1.7
module-init-tools 
update to new upstream version 3.12 for compatibility with make 3.82
dmidecode 
update to new upstream version 2.10
drivers 
Linux driver for Intel® 82575/6 and 82580-based network connections using kernel version 2.4.21 through 2.6.x.


Changes between 3.1 and 4.0-beta1

(released 28 November 2010)

general 
updated kernel to 2.6.35.8
updated uClibc to 0.9.30.3
updated busybox to 1.17.1
added busybox patch to change default modprobe behavior if there are two or more modules that corresponds to one modalias (it'll load module that have longest 'prefix' before first asterisk in it's modalias)
updated iproute2 to 2.6.35
used syslog-ng as logger
updated gcc in build environement to 4.4.5
updated automake to 1.9.6
updated autoconf to 2.68
provides different images optimised for i486, geode and i686
provides images with vga or serial support
core scripts/kernel options changes 
removed support of paging file
disk subsystem moved from old ATA/MFM/RLL drivers to new ATA/SATA (SCSI-like)
root FS migrated from initrd to initramfs; so syst_size option becomes obsolete (initramfs uses up to half of physical memory)
included automatic module loading by modaliases in init script and in boot-time modprobe script
added kernel variable KMODULES that specify modules from initrd that must be loaded before autoprobing for modaliases
added mdev for automatic creation of device nodes in /dev
added firmware for NICs in firmware.tgz
save firmware in moddb.lrp
other packages changes 
included full-weight perl 5.12.1
included accel-pptpd 0.8.5 (kernel-mode PPTP client/server)
included packages for automatically backup system partition and update .lrp packages if fresh ones are present on update server
replaced 6wall with (perl-based) Shorewall6
added igmpproxy.lrp, libnl.lrp
ppp 
included ifb-based shaper for PPP connections (for outgoing traffic)
added patch for pppd for enabling mppe-128 encryption (allow-mppe-128 instead of require-mppe-128) - that will help to accept both pap/chap/mschap and mschapv2 authentication
pppoe-discovery added
busybox 
added ntpd and traceroute applet, replacing openntpd.lrp and traceroute.lrp
package updates 
iptables to 1.4.9.1
quagga to 0.99.17
hostapd to 0.7.3
net-snmp to 5.4.3
shorewall to (perl-based) 4.4.14
ipvsadmin to 1.25
kismet to 2010-07-R1
mysql to 5.0.91
elvis to 1.4-22
bash to 3.2.48
tcpdump to 4.1.1
libpcap to 1.1.1
keepalived to 1.1.20
dhcpcd to 4.0.15
linux-atm to 2.5.1
vsftpd to 2.2.2
wpa_supplicant to 0.5.11
e2fsprogs to 1.41.12
openvpn to 2.1.3
lmsensors to 3.2.0 (plus improved auto-detection)
tinyproxy to 1.8.2
libtool to 2.4
e3 to 2.8



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