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: Based on the buildtool setup contributed by Alejandro Dguez for the Bering-uClibc 3.
 
: Based on the buildtool setup contributed by Alejandro Dguez for the Bering-uClibc 3.
: 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
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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.
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==Changes between 4.1-rc1 and 4.1==
 
==Changes between 4.1-rc1 and 4.1==

Revision as of 12:54, 31 October 2011

Changes between 4.1 and 4.1.1-beta1

(unreleased)

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 (please test!)
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