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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:15:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:15:36 +0000 |
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Adding debian version 10.3+deb10u13.debian/10.3+deb10u13debian
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e44474d --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -0,0 +1,1538 @@ +base-files (10.3+deb10u13) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.13, for Debian 10.13 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 03 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0200 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u12) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.12, for Debian 10.12 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:44:00 +0100 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u11) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.11, for Debian 10.11 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u10) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.10, for Debian 10.10 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:30:00 +0200 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u9) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.9, for Debian 10.9 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:44:00 +0100 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u8) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.8, for Debian 10.8 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:37:00 +0100 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u7) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.7, for Debian 10.7 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 22 Nov 2020 13:37:00 +0100 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u6) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.6, for Debian 10.6 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 19 Sep 2020 23:39:00 +0200 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u5) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.5, for Debian 10.5 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 10 Jul 2020 23:04:00 +0200 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u4) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.4, for Debian 10.4 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 02 May 2020 18:39:00 +0200 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u3) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.3, for Debian 10.3 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 01 Feb 2020 18:09:26 +0100 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u2) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.2, for Debian 10.2 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 10 Nov 2019 13:17:26 +0100 + +base-files (10.3+deb10u1) buster; urgency=medium + + * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.1, for Debian 10.1 point release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:31:26 +0200 + +base-files (10.3) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Add Breaks: debian-security-support (<< 2019.04.25). Closes: #928172. + This is the first version of debian-security-support which does not break + when /etc/debian_version contains a string in the form "10.x". + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 13 May 2019 22:25:32 +0200 + +base-files (10.2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Release candidate for buster as stable: + - Use "10" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. + (never expected to change after buster is released) + - Use 10.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. + (expected to change at every point release) + - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 10 as version number + and "(buster)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. + (never expected to change) + - Add VERSION_CODENAME to os-release. Closes: #829245. This is optional + according to the specs but some people find it useful. Please note that + for now this is only expected to be present on stable releases. + - Update README (buster -> bullseye). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:05:00 +0200 + +base-files (10.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Add CC0-1.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #859649, #882628. + Source: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt. + * Simplify debian/rules a little bit by dropping install target + and using override_dh_auto_install instead. Closes: #886901. + Package should now build from source again in every supported way. + Thanks to Daniel Schepler for the report and to Niels Thykier for + clarifying the true nature of this bug. + * Do not create /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local on new installs anymore. + Do not create it on upgrades either, as we don't support upgrades + skipping stable releases, and even less skipping several releases. + * Standards-Version: 4.1.3. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:36:34 +0100 + +base-files (10) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Change issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read + "buster/sid", and drop VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release. + * Fix typo in changelog for version 9. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:19:42 +0200 + +base-files (9.9) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Add MPL-1.1 and MPL-2.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #849835. + License texts taken from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/. + * Add a default /etc/update-motd.d/10-uname script to + recover the traditional motd behaviour. Closes: #859124. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:00:30 +0200 + +base-files (9.8) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Release candidate for stretch as stable: + - Use "9" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. + (never expected to change after stretch is released) + - Use 9.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. + (expected to change at every point release) + - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 9 as version number + and "(stretch)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. + (never expected to change) + - Update README (stretch -> buster). + * Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no special changes for this). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:00:02 +0100 + +base-files (9.7) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Do not care about /etc/nsswitch.conf anymore, as the file has been + moved to libc-bin. Closes: #827095. + [ Guillem Jover ] + * Do not use gzip compression anymore to build .deb and use the default. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:29:38 +0100 + +base-files (9.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Add lintian override for /etc/os-release. + * Add lintian overrides for /usr/share/common-licenses. + * Standards-Version: 3.9.7 (no special changes for this). + * Switch to dh. Hopefully this should make the package easier + to fork. Closes: #693423. + * Change default /etc/profile to not warn about possibly undefined + variables PS1 and BASH. Closes: #776154. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:33:40 +0100 + +base-files (9.5) unstable; urgency=medium + + * os-release: Drop trailing slash in SUPPORT_URL variable, as the URL + is not supposed to have it. Closes: #781809, #800791. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:29:08 +0100 + +base-files (9.4) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Fix two install_from_default() calls in postinst that were still + using the old calling convention, making debootstrap to fail. + Thanks to Steven Shiau for the report. Closes: #795952 + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:06:00 +0200 + +base-files (9.3) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Change /usr/share/base-files/dot.profile (the default /root/.profile) + to not fail with new mesg behaviour in stretch. Closes: #794727. + * Add extra code in postinst so that people who never modified + their /root/.profile from jessie get the fixed version. This is + done by the update_to_current_default() function, which is now + more general and allows updating files not in /etc. + * While we are at it, modify install_from_default() function so that + it's called in the same simplified way as update_to_current_default(). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:50:38 +0200 + +base-files (9.2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Create md5sums in a reproducible way. + * Use "dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date" to get the date. + * Allow building with umasks other than 022, as far as + they make a minimum of sense. Closes: #774498. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 17 May 2015 14:44:10 +0200 + +base-files (9.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Use gzip -n to stop recording current time in gzip headers. + * Fix mtimes before building the binary package. + * The package should now build reproducibly. Closes: #774498. + Thanks to Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org>. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 15 May 2015 12:45:34 +0200 + +base-files (9) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Changed issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read + "stretch/sid", and dropped VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release. + * Changed HOME_URL and SUPPORT_URL in os-release from http to https, + as those are the preferred URLs now. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:00:50 +0200 + +base-files (8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Release for jessie as stable: + - Use "8" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. As usual, this + is never expected to change once that jessie is released as Debian 8. + - Use 8.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. As usual, this is expected + to change at every point release. + - Changed PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 8 as version number + and "(jessie)" as codename. Added also VERSION_ID and VERSION. + This file, /usr/lib/os-release, is not expected to change either. + - Updated README (jessie -> stretch). + * Packages are not expected to rely on the contents of any of these + files, but if they do, they might better break now while we can still + fix them. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:36:12 +0100 + +base-files (7.10) unstable; urgency=low + + * Dropped "chown root:root" lines in postinst, as they are + completely redundant. The postinst script is run by root. + This might also help as a workaround for Bug#766459. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:35:32 +0100 + +base-files (7.9) unstable; urgency=low + + * The change introduced in version 7.7 regarding /mnt seems to break + the ability of debootstrap currently in wheezy to create a sid chroot. + The case of initial install of /mnt is already handled by postinst line + "install_directory mnt 755 root" inside the big "if" block that + creates a bunch of other things, so we can restrict re-creating the /mnt + directory on upgrades to the case when we are really upgrading. + Therefore, the code is moved to the same "if" block where /etc/profile + and /etc/nsswitch.conf are upgraded to their new defaults when unchanged. + This might help as a workaround for Bug#766459. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:33:22 +0100 + +base-files (7.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * The /etc/profile.d mechanism may be used to override PS1 setting + in /etc/bash.bashrc, which is particularly nice because there is + no need to modify /etc/profile or /etc/bash.bashrc for that, + but this is no longer possible if /etc/profile.d is sourced + before /etc/bash.bashrc. Therefore, /etc/profile.d is sourced + after /etc/bash.bashrc again. Closes: #766351. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:10:30 +0200 + +base-files (7.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * Updated FAQ to explain that only /etc/debian_version is updated at + every point release, using Debian 8.x as an example, to be read by + users of jessie during its lifetime as stable. Closes: #621757. + * Changed default /etc/profile to source /etc/bash.bashrc after + processing profile.d stuff, not before. Closes: #698479. + * Drop comment lines about umask in /etc/profile, as it has been + there for enough time for everybody to take note. + * The directory /mnt is not included inside base-files.deb anymore. + Instead, it is created by postinst the very first time base-files + is installed (by debootstrap), or when upgrading from an earlier + base-files version. This should make the usual upgrade at every point + release to work even if /mnt is a stale mount point. Closes: #763405. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:20:14 +0200 + +base-files (7.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * By default, when the computer is booting, green and red colors are used + to signal that a service started successfully, or that it did not. + In this context, trying to use colors for something else might be + misleading or even confusing. For this reason, I'm dropping + ANSI_COLOR from /usr/lib/os-release. Closes: #758246. + * Clarified in the copyright file that the Artistic License currently + in common-licenses is actually the one coming from Perl. Closes: #764553. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0200 + +base-files (7.5) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Made /etc/os-release symlink to be relative, as an absolute symlink + seems to break boot when using a dracut initrd. Thanks to Daniel Schaal + for the report. Closes: #755394. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:10:26 +0200 + +base-files (7.4) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Updated FAQ to match current policy wording about common-licenses. + Thanks to Gioele Barabucci for the report. Closes: #723195. + * Moved /etc/os-release to /usr/lib/os-release. Put a symlink pointing to + the new place. Thanks to Marco d'Itri for the report. Closes: #753658. + * Changed BUG_REPORT_URL in os-release to https, as the BTS has moved. + Thanks to Martin Zobel-Helas for the report. Closes: #754455. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:00:08 +0200 + +base-files (7.3) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Added gshadow entry to default /etc/nsswitch.conf. Closes: #699090. + * Update /etc/nsswitch.conf if not modified by the user. Closes: #716786. + * Added nsswitch.conf.md5sums which works exactly like profile.md5sums. + * Changed debian/check-etc-profile-md5sum to debian/check-md5sum-etc. + This is now used twice in debian/rules, for profile and nsswitch.conf. + * Build package with -Zgzip to ease bootstrapping. Closes: #740278. + * Reformat paragraph in previous changelog to avoid too long lines. + * Added build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules. + * Standards-Version: 3.9.5 (no special changes for this). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 04 May 2014 14:39:06 +0200 + +base-files (7.2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Changed issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read + "jessie/sid", and dropped VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 05 May 2013 18:19:00 +0200 + +base-files (7.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added Multi-Arch: foreign. This is needed even if base-files is + "Essential: yes" because there are quite a number of packages + having versioned dependencies on it. Closes: #695863. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:55:36 +0100 + +base-files (7.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Oops. Even if the Breaks on sendfile does not help APT to decide about + the configuration order, removing the breaks is wrong, because then it is + possible to upgrade base-files and not sendfile, which would effectively + break sendfile. Readded Breaks on sendfile. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:05:12 +0100 + +base-files (7) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added 89126d8bba3325594e1539bcc97847f3 to the list of /etc/profile + md5sums which are ok to be replaced by the current default version to + help sendfile to fix its /etc/profile modification bug in a single + upgrade (instead of waiting for the next point release). Closes: #689835. + Drop "unmodified" word in postinst, as it may not always be true. + * Dropped versioned Breaks on sendfile, as it had no effect. + * Changed debian_version, issue, issue.net and os-release to read "7.0". + Added also "(wheezy)" in VERSION and PRETTY_NAME. + * Added VERSION and VERSION_ID to /etc/os-release, for release as stable. + Please remember: Applications should not rely on these fields to be set. + * Updated README (wheezy -> jessie). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:55:00 +0100 + +base-files (6.12) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added HOME_URL, SUPPORT_URL and BUG_REPORT_URL to /etc/os-release. + Reported by Raphaël Hertzog. Closes: #681480. + * Added Breaks: sendfile (<< version in squeeze) to help sendfile bug + regarding improper modification of /etc/profile to be fixed faster. + Reported by Andreas Beckmann. Closes: #689835. + * Make /var/run and /var/lock absolute again. + Reported by Roger Leigh. Closes: #690345. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:41:00 +0200 + +base-files (6.11) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Create /etc/motd instead of /etc/motd.tail, with same default contents, + as initscripts is now using /etc/motd again as a real file. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:14:44 +0200 + +base-files (6.10) unstable; urgency=low + + * Record md5sums of unmodified /etc/profile versions so that we can + upgrade it automatically, as it's done in Ubuntu. + * In the initial install, create /etc/motd.tail instead of /etc/motd, + as /etc/motd is converted to a symlink by initscripts and /etc/motd.tail + is since a long time the master copy to which the output of uname is added. + Remove postinst code which tries to update /etc/motd, as it does no longer + work and the file has not changed in a lot of time. Will add code to + update /etc/motd.tail based on md5sum if it ever changes in a future. + * Implement proposed transition plan for group staff in /usr/local. + The file /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local is now created on upgrades + from releases before 6.10 and (for now) also on initial install. + * Removed reference to /etc/nsswitch.conf in extended description, as + the file is being moved to libc-bin. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:41:30 +0200 + +base-files (6.9) unstable; urgency=low + + * We can't make /etc/profile a conffile without triggering a piuparts + check which is considered to be serious. Sorry, /etc/profile + will be handled as before for now. Closes: #673767. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 21 May 2012 15:12:06 +0200 + +base-files (6.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /etc/os-release. Closes: #659853. Note: for stable releases + this file will look like it's suggested in the bug report above. + Also, like /etc/debian_version, this file should only be considered + meaningful for stable releases, which testing and unstable are not. + * By popular demand, make /etc/profile a conffile. Closes: #668871. + * Added /sys for all systems but the Hurd. Closes: #670091. + * Added /proc for the Hurd, as it's already being used. + * Added a lintian override for /root being 700. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 17 May 2012 00:08:42 +0200 + +base-files (6.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * Switch to "compat" again in default /etc/nsswitch.conf. It is not + obsolete and it should not go away. Closes: #651356. + Thanks a lot to Petter Reinholdtsen. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:02:00 +0100 + +base-files (6.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Switch to "files" instead of "compat" in default /etc/nsswitch.conf. + That was only useful for libc5. The new default will only take + effect for new installs. Thanks to Roger Leigh. Closes: #651356. + * Reword the very first question in base-files FAQ. Closes: #622200. + * When migrating /var/run and /var/lock, create relative symlinks + instead of absolute ones. Useful for chroots. Closes: #652301. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:35:22 +0100 + +base-files (6.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * Modified default /etc/profile to not read /etc/bash.bashrc if bash + is invoked as /bin/sh. Closes: #632887. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:03:02 +0200 + +base-files (6.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /run. Closes: #620157. + * On new installs: + - Create /run/lock (debian-installer will remove it but this will + ensure that it exists even on chroot environments). + - Symlink /var/run to /run. + - Symlink /var/lock to /run/lock. + * On upgraded systems, initscripts will handle the transition to /run. + * Added "Breaks: initscripts << (2.88dsf-13.3)" to ensure that initscripts + is upgraded first, as otherwise udev would break. + * Thanks a lot to Roger Leigh. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 27 May 2011 14:25:42 +0200 + +base-files (6.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Dropped /run until everything else is ready for it. In particular, + udev should not blindly assume that it works just because it exists. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:33:02 +0200 + +base-files (6.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /run. Requested by Roger Leigh. Closes: #620157. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:03:36 +0200 + +base-files (6.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "wheezy/sid". + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:24:00 +0100 + +base-files (6.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "6.0". + * Updated README accordingly. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:20:38 +0100 + +base-files (5.10) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Changed postinst to not reset /var/run/utmp permissions on every upgrade. + It is definitely not base-files business to change the permissions of + an already existing /var/run/utmp, as the system admin might have + changed them on purpose after the file was created. Closes: #601746. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:01:12 +0100 + +base-files (5.9) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Changed /etc/profile so that it defines PATH again. Closes: #571086. + We will have plenty of time to discuss about this after the release + of squeeze, but for now, this is the safe thing to do. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:37:40 +0200 + +base-files (5.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added GPL version 1 from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/ as there + are a lot of packages still using it. Bug #436105. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:10:54 +0200 + +base-files (5.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * Drop umask setting from /etc/profile, will be handled by pam_umask. + Closes: #583967. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:57:52 +0200 + +base-files (5.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Ordinary user accounts start at UID 1000 by default, but they also + end at 29999 by default. Modified default /etc/profile accordingly. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 20 May 2010 11:34:34 +0200 + +base-files (5.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed default /etc/profile so that the new umask of 002 is only + used for ordinary user accounts, which, according to policy, start + at uid 1000 by default. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 19 May 2010 18:57:10 +0200 + +base-files (5.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed umask in default /etc/profile to 002, which has a little bit + more sense than 022 on systems like Debian having User Private Groups. + As usual for /etc/profile, only new installs will have the new default, + so nobody will be surprised by this on upgrades. Hopefully, this change + will be documented in the release notes for squeeze as well, for users + who install squeeze from scratch. Closes: #248140, #581434. + * Refresh GNU licenses from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/, as they + have expanded the embedded tabs. Closes: #572245. + * Switch to "3.0 (native)" format. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 13 May 2010 18:35:42 +0200 + +base-files (5.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed default /etc/profile so that it sources /etc/profile.d/*.sh + as mandated by the LSB section 16.2. Closes: #545756. + Package maintainers: Please don't use profile.d if you can avoid it, + as policy says "A program must not depend on environment variables + to get reasonable defaults". + * Removed questions about profile.d from FAQ. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:07:20 +0200 + +base-files (5.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added question in FAQ to document the fact that some configuration + files in /etc are never updated on upgrades. Closes: #571083. + * Changed default /usr/src to be root:root and 755. Closes: #573701. + The old permissions were of little benefit, and the user can still + change this after installing a new system anyway. + * Renamed FAQ to README and added a compatibility symlink. + * Removed obsolete Depends on base-passwd, as version 2.0.3.4 is more + than 10 years old and we don't support upgrades which skip releases. + * Dropped preinst completely, as it was there just to support upgrades + from very old releases (that we don't support anymore). + * Removed postinst code that supports upgrades from very old releases. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:22:04 +0200 + +base-files (5.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed default permissions for /root to 700, as many admins consider + it should be more private than other home directories. Closes: #514794. + * Changed default permissions for /var/log/btmp to 660, to be in sync + with permissions set by logrotate. Closes: #547407. + * Do not export PS1 in /root/.bashrc, as it has bash escapes and it's + inherited to subshells that do not have to be bash. Closes: #567733. + * Added debian_chroot variable to default PS1 in /root/.bashrc. + * Comment out PS1 in /root/.bashrc anyway, as /etc/profile and + /etc/bash.bashrc already care about it. Closes: #443245. + * Comment out umask as well, as it's already in /etc/profile. + * Added /usr/local/games to default PATH in /etc/profile. Closes: #487105. + * While we are at it, comment out everything about PATH, as /etc/login.defs + should already care about this. + * Changed default /etc/profile so that it sources /etc/bash.bashrc + if the shell is bash. Closes: #275622. + * Drop \u part from default PS1 in /etc/profile, as it's only useful + for people with several non-root accounts. Most people are either root + or an ordinary user, so $ and # are enough to differentiate between them. + * Comment out PS1 setting in /etc/profile anyway, as we have bash.bashrc. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:16:14 +0100 + +base-files (5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Drop README.base, remove-base, and the lines in postinst which checked + for the old base package being present. + * Do not fiddle with /etc/adjtime anymore, as it does not belong here. + * Added file /etc/dpkg/origins/debian from dpkg package, for the benefit + of Debian-derived distributions, as base-files is trivial to fork. + Hopefully, this will be one less reason to fork dpkg. Closes: #487437. + * Added dpkg (<= 1.15.0) to Replaces, because of the above. + * On initial install and also on upgrades, create /etc/dpkg/origins/default + as a symlink to /etc/dpkg/origins/debian, if it does not exist. + * Updated copyright year in copyright file. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:02:42 +0200 + +base-files (5.0) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "squeeze/sid". + * Added GFDL-1.3 from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.txt as new + packages in unstable are starting to use it. Closes: #517196. + * Updated generic GFDL symlink accordingly, as it is always supposed + to point to the latest version. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:09:38 +0100 + +base-files (5) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "5.0". + * Changed FAQ so that users of lenny as stable will know what happens + when they upgrade to the new testing. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:04:04 +0100 + +base-files (4.0.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed the way wtmp, btmp and lastlog are handled. They are no longer + recreated at every base-files upgrade. Instead, they are only created + once, when base-files is installed by debootstrap. It is really not + base-files business to fiddle with those files, as it is documented + that removing them is the standard way to disable logging to them. + Closes: #488376. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:34:12 +0100 + +base-files (4.0.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed awk from Depends to Pre-Depends. Closes: #314571, #469552. + This is required to make the awk virtual package to be truly essential, + as only essential packages, their predependencies, and the dependencies + of their predependencies are guaranteed to be "working at all times". + Previously, the packaging system was allowed to remove an awk flavour + and install another one in the middle of an upgrade, which may break + packages using awk in their preinsts (and in fact, it happened). + Tkanks a lot to Steve Langasek for clarifying this issue. + * It's still soon to change /etc/debian_version. Please be patient. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:06:06 +0200 + +base-files (4.0.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added Apache-2.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #471736. + Retrieved from http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt. + * Fixed typo in README.base. Closes: #475201. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 18 May 2008 16:26:00 +0200 + +base-files (4.0.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added md5sums. Closes: #464479. + * Do not create /initrd at install time anymore. Closes: #467429. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:04:00 +0100 + +base-files (4.0.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed default /root/.profile so that it sources /root/.bashrc only + if the shell is bash. Closes: #364326. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:04:10 +0100 + +base-files (4.0.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added GPL-3 and LGPL-3 to common-licenses, as they are expected to + become common licenses. Closes: #431176. Please note that GPL and LGPL + will now point to GPL-3 and LGPL-3, as they are the most recent ones. + Packages under GPLv2 without "or any later version" must definitely + refer to the versioned file, not to the GPL symlink anymore. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:15:30 +0200 + +base-files (4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added GFDL-1.2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/COPYING.DOC-1.2 + to common-licenses, following policy (Closes: #420599). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:39:36 +0200 + +base-files (4.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "lenny/sid". + * Changed FAQ accordingly. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:45:30 +0200 + +base-files (4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "4.0". + * Changed PATHs in default /etc/profile to not contain /usr/bin/X11, + as this is no longer needed by the X packages in etch (Closes: #388586). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:44:00 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.16) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed comment in default /etc/nsswitch.conf so that it refers to + glibc-doc-reference, not glibc-doc (Closes: #384722). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:32:42 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.15) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /usr/local/etc, required by FHS (Closes: #383493). + [ As usual, please note that this will only affect new installs ]. + This directory is also allowed to be a symlink to /etc/local, but that's + a decision to be made by the end user after installing the system. + * Standards-Version: 3.7.2. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:44:00 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.14) unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed (obsolete) order line from default host.conf (Closes: #354115). + * Updated GPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #380067). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:21:54 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.13) unstable; urgency=low + + * Updated LGPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #332390). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 5 May 2006 18:08:14 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.12) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed default /usr/share/info/dir so that it does not refer to + documentation not available in etch/main (Closes: #362597). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:41:36 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.11) unstable; urgency=low + + * The file /etc/nsswitch.conf is now created by postinst in the first + install (made by debootstrap), and it's no longer a conffile. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:26:14 +0100 + +base-files (3.1.10) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Removed mdns item from hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf, since + it does not make everybody happy (Bugs #348578, #348580 and #351990). + * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current year. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:41:22 +0100 + +base-files (3.1.9) unstable; urgency=low + + * The file /etc/inputrc is now handled by readline-common. + * Changed to section admin to match override file. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:51:54 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added mdns to hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf to support + mDNS when available (Closes: #324954). Suggested by Joey Hess. + * Dropped %h from issue.net, as it's not supported by all telnetd + daemons and it's not even supported by ssh (Closes: #329682). + Thanks to Dave Love for the report. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:40:08 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Removed trailing spaces from default inputrc (Closes: #325007). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:16:08 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed /usr/doc and /usr/info. + * Modified postinst to create /usr/share/info/dir, not /usr/info/dir. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:29:48 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses again. + There should be no references to the old address anymore (Bug #312586). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:36:32 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses, + as FSF has moved again (Closes: #312586). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:12:06 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_release to "testing/unstable". + Not that this is a lot useful, but at least is what people expect. + * Made /home to be 755 and root:root by default, since nobody finds + the sgid bit in such directory useful for anything. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:32:20 +0200 + +base-files (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed example line in default /root/.bashrc from eval `dircolors` to + eval "`dircolors`" as the old form may be dangerous (Closes: #285836). + Thanks a lot to Paul Eggert for the report. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:51:58 +0100 + +base-files (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * The file /etc/profile is not a conffile anymore. Instead, it is created + by postinst in the very first base-files install, made by debootstrap. + * Accordingly, removed bash from Replaces field. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:06:00 +0100 + +base-files (3.1.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Moved PATH definition for root from the default /root/.profile to the + default /etc/profile, by popular demand (Closes: #278865). + * The file /etc/inputrc is now created by postinst in the first install. + Removed libreadline incarnations from Replaces field accordingly. + This file will probably be managed by libreadline-common some day. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:32:00 +0100 + +base-files (3.1) unstable; urgency=high + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.1". + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:25:32 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.16) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed -a to && in postinst (Closes #254781). + * Updated copyright year. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:41:54 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.15) unstable; urgency=low + + * FAQ: Documented the fact that some FHS "mandatory" directories are + only created in the initial install (Closes: #242192). + * Do not create /cdrom and /floppy anymore (Closes: #245188). + * Use "ln -sf" to create /usr/local/man symlink (Closes: #245687). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:44:44 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.14) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /var/log/btmp, following /etc/login.defs (Closes: #239587). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:40:46 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.13) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /srv, /media and /usr/local/share/man (Closes: #230909). + * Added /usr/local/man as a symlink to /usr/local/share/man, + since FHS says both directories should be "synonymous". + * I'm not populating /media because subdirectories are optional. + They only must exist "if the corresponding subsystem is installed". + Detecting such things is not really base-files business. I would + expect debian-installer to create those subdirectories instead. + * /cdrom and /floppy will still be created in the first install until + debian-installer and/or apt stop using them for new installs. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:47:34 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.12) unstable; urgency=low + + * Made issue and issue.net generated files, to prevent a double "GNU/" + prefix on GNU/K*BSD systems (Closes: #217383). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:38:44 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.11) unstable; urgency=low + + * Updated /etc/inputrc (from readline maintainer). Closes: #213666. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:42:58 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.10) unstable; urgency=low + + * Use `:' for chown, not `.' (Closes: #204860). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:42:22 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.9) unstable; urgency=low + + * Prevent OSNAME from having the GNU/ prefix twice (Closes: #200741). + * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org. Instead of form feeds, the old + version was using `^' followed by `L' (Closes: #201867). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:25:12 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Fixed the way /etc/motd is updated so that it still works when md5sum + prints a `-' after the md5sum value (Closes: #180920). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:30:04 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added "Why isn't license `foo' included in common-licenses?" to the FAQ. + Thanks to Colin Watson for the suggestion. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:32:16 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Changed /etc/profile so that PS1 isn't set for non-interactive shells. + This should make the usual way of testing for interactive shells + (checking for PS1) to always work (Closes: #164846). + * Changed /etc/motd to better reflect the truth about Debian: s/Most of// + and s/freely redistributable/free software/ (Closes: #169543). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:06:12 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added a small FAQ. The current topics are: + - Why Debian does not have a profile.d directory? + - I upgraded to testing, why /etc/issue does not read "testing"? + * Standards-Version: 3.5.7 (do not create or remove doc symlinks). + Note: In theory, packages still creating doc symlinks are allowed + to blindly assume /usr/doc exists, so /usr/doc will still be part of + base-files for some time. + * Removed prerm, since it's not required anymore. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:21:52 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * /etc/profile does no longer export PS1. This should prevent + strange prompts to be shown when switching from bash to a shell which + does not understand bash escapes (Closes: #141193). + * Set distribution to "testing/unstable". + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:01:02 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Fixed wrong group ownerships under GNU/Hurd. This may also happen under + Linux when using the `bsdgroups' mount option, but even in this case + it will not happen if the package is built using fakeroot. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 27 Apr 2002 14:18:44 +0200 + +base-files (3.0.2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Made /usr/share/doc/base-files/remove-base more robust (Closes: #132969). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:36:54 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Modified postinst to use awk only on upgrades, not in the first install. + This should help debootstrap (Closes: #130056, #130087). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:52:34 +0100 + +base-files (3.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Restored /usr/doc since it's still required by the system according + to the doc transition plan. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:18:12 +0100 + +base-files (3.0) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.0". + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:22:42 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.15) unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed /usr/doc. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:23:32 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.14) unstable; urgency=low + + * Created /opt, /etc/opt and /var/opt in the first install. + They are mentioned in FHS 2.1 and required in FHS 2.2 (Closes: #118505). + * The copyright file now refers to GNU/Linux or GNU/Hurd as appropriate. + * Updated README.base and postinst to refer to /usr/share/doc. + * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current millenium. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:02:50 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.13) unstable; urgency=low + + * GPL is now a symlink to GPL-2, which is the real file. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 2 Sep 2001 13:26:34 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.12) unstable; urgency=low + + * s/info readline/info rluserman/ in /etc/inputrc (Closes: #109110). + * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org to fix line breaks (Closes: #109319). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:29:10 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.11) unstable; urgency=low + + * In the first install, populate /usr/local even if it exists. + Allows /usr/local to be mounted in a separate partition during the + install process (Closes: #107662). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:09:16 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.10) unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed /var/state and /var/state/misc, added /usr/local/games. + Reported by Sebastian Riedel. + * Made /boot mode 755 and owned by root group, since no part of the system + seems to require special permissions here (Closes: #102080). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:45:46 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.9) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Creates /etc/motd in the initial install (now made by debootstrap). + Forgot to do this in 2.2.7. Reported by Matt Kraai (Closes: #101342). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:38:33 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Made /etc/debian_version a `conffile' (Closes: #81249). To prevent + unneeded dpkg prompting, this file is overwritten in the preinst + if upgrading from a base-files release previous to 2.2.6 + (thanks to Joey Hess for suggesting this solution). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2001 19:33:22 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * The file /etc/motd is no longer a conffile. Instead, it will be updated + if its md5sum (minus its first two lines) matches the one in a list of + md5sums of previous Debian releases. This will reduce dpkg prompting + on upgrades (Closes: #71083). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:23:06 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Use "testing/unstable" instead of "2.2" for the distribution number. + It seems everybody prefers to see something else other than "2.2". + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:41:55 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * Modified debian_version, issue and issue.net in /etc so that they + read "2.2" again, since this is the last Debian *stable* release so far. + Since packages in `unstable' are now automatically moved to `testing', + a codename in /etc/debian_version will never be "right" for everybody, so + the only sensible thing to do here is to wait until a new release number + has been officially decided (Closes: #80784). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:40:05 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Restored LGPL -> LGPL-2.1 symlink, which was mistakenly removed + in base-files_2.2.1 (Bug #75949). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Tue, 7 Nov 2000 11:21:54 +0100 + +base-files (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /var/lib/misc, since it's required by FHS (Closes: Bug #74317). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:09:48 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Reduced verbosity, as suggested by Sean Perry (Closes: #70686). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:05:12 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Release for woody (debian_version, issue and issue.net). + * /etc/motd now refers to /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. + * Removed /usr/doc/copyright and /usr/man. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:20:17 +0200 + +base-files (2.2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=high + + * The recipe in README.base does not work properly because dpkg + removes the conffiles listed in the status file (Bug #64734). + So, getting rid of base involves editing the status file. + To avoid mistakes, a shell script is now provided for that. + Thanks to Kevin Dalley <kevind@alacosta.org> for the report. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sat, 27 May 2000 20:27:13 +0200 + +base-files (2.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * preinst and postinst: Do not deal with /dev/pts anymore. + * issue and issue.net: Removed the `frozen' word. + * Final release for potato (hopefully). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:02:44 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.20) frozen unstable; urgency=high + + * Made /var/log mode 755 and root.root (Bug #35504). + * Made /cdrom and /floppy mode 755 and root.root (Bug #25847). + * Removed /dev/pts. It made the package impossible to upgrade when + using devfs with Linux 2.4. libc6 is already supposed to deal + with /dev/pts (Bug #61408). + * postinst removes base.conffiles as well (otherwise, some files + like /etc/motd or /root/.bash_profile may disappear). + Thanks a lot to Mikko Oilinki for the report. + * Slightly improved README.base. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:31:01 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed /usr/dict (Bug #60118). + * Minimal handling of the old base package (Bug #32888). + * Removed redundant directive in /etc/inputrc (Bug #59689). + * Do not reference /usr/share/doc in /etc/motd yet (Bug #61116). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:51:46 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * Handle better the /var/spool/mail-being-a-symlink case. + * Added /dev/pts for UNIX98-style pty handling under Linux. + * Added a README.FHS. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:29:00 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.17) frozen unstable; urgency=high + + * Some people has /var/spool/mail symlinked to somewhere else. + For this case, preinst now saves the symlink target before dpkg + removes it and postinst restores it. + * Do not fiddle with /usr/local on upgrades. From now on, users + will be free to remove it if they wish. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:10:17 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.16) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * Generate default info dir file from /usr/share/base-files/info.dir. + * Do not generate an info dir file if one exists at /usr/share/info. + * Updated LGPL version 2 from ftp.gnu.org to fix a typo. + * Mail spool is /var/mail as per FHS (only in new installs). + * Acknowledge in the copyright file that the GNU Public Licenses are + copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:26:21 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.15) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed misleading copyright notice in /etc/motd. + * Distribution set to "2.2" (adding `frozen' in issue and issue.net). + * Use DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM for the architecture stuff wherever possible. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:03:25 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.14) unstable; urgency=high + + * Swap binary-arch and binary-indep targets in debian/rules, since this + is now Architecture: any. Thanks to Roman Hodek for the report. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:48:24 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.13) unstable; urgency=low + + * Made "Architecture: any" for /etc/motd to be os-dependant. + [ A binary-all-<os> scheme would simplify this ]. + * Exclude /proc from the .deb under GNU/Hurd (reported by Marcus Brinkmann). + * Added `set -e' to postinst. + * Standards-Version: 3.1.1 (doc symlinks). + * Removed obsolete README. If someone still asks about /usr/spool or + /var/adm then a paragraph could be added to the Debian FAQ. + * Follow changes suggested by Branden Robinson: + * Removed remaining bashisms in default /root/.profile and use + /usr/bin/X11 for X11 binaries. + * Improved package description. + * Removed unused bin/edit in the source. + * Changed root test in /etc/profile to use id -u. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:53:35 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.12) unstable; urgency=high + + * Fixed Replaces field (reported a zillion times). + * Updated /etc/profile to use '$ ' as the shell prompt for normal + users and '# ' for the superuser if $BASH is not set. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:56:18 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.11) unstable; urgency=low + + * Include /etc/inputrc and /etc/profile from readline and bash, + as suggested by Matthias Klose. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:36:23 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.10) unstable; urgency=low + + * Create /var/log/lastlog as root.utmp, mode 664. + * Removed Linuxisms from /etc/motd. + * Updated GPL from ftp.gnu.org to be Y2K-compliant. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:18:57 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.9) unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed the advertising clause from BSD license (Bug #43347). + Reason: ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change + Thanks to J.H.M. Dassen for the report. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:04:51 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4) to the Depends field. + * utmp and wtmp are now root.utmp and mode 664 (Bug #41569). + * Updated extended description regarding the common licenses. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:03:23 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * LGPL is now the Lesser Gnu Public License (Bug #40759). + For now, the old version is renamed to "LGPL-2". + * Changed compatibility symlink /usr/doc/copyright/LGPL so that it + points to the old version. + * Moved docs to /usr/share/doc/base-files. + * Changed default /etc/motd so that it refers both to /usr/doc/*/copyright + and /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:45:09 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * preinst: Do not fiddle with /etc/issue.net anymore. + * Changed the way /cdrom, /floppy and /initrd are handled. + These directories will now be created by postinst in the initial install. + This is a compromise after discussing in debian-policy about Bug #35928. + It will save people who like them the work of creating them after + installing a new system, and it will save people who dislike them the + work of removing them every time base-files is upgraded. + Since these directories are only a convenience for the user, who + is free to use them or not, the spirit of FHS is preserved. + * preinst and postinst: Following the principle of least surprise, + added code so that existing directories are not removed when upgrading + this package from previous releases. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:39:36 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * When /usr/local does not exist, create also /usr/local/src. + * Added /var/cache, /var/state and /var/state/misc. + * Added /usr/share/info and /usr/share/man. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:34:13 +0200 + +base-files (2.1.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed the utmpx/wtmpx stuff from postinst. + * Updated the Artistic License (Bug #34685). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:14:51 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Use `nis' for the `netgroup:' entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf (Bug #33091). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:50:22 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.2) unstable; urgency=high + + * Fixed a typo in postinst (Bug #34094). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:57:24 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * postinst: touch /var/log/wtmpx and /var/run/utmpx to support + the utmpd in glibc 2.1 (reported by Joel Klecker). + * Replaced "Debian Linux" by just "Debian" in the default info dir file. + * Updated for potato. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:47:23 +0100 + +base-files (2.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium + + * Updated copyright date in /etc/motd (Bug #32646). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:40:07 +0100 + +base-files (2.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * debian_version, issue and issue.net: `slink' replaced by `2.1'. + * Added /usr/share/dict, since there are already some packages + using it. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:40:56 +0100 + +base-files (2.0.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Moved common licenses to /usr/share/common-licenses. + * Default dotfiles for root are now installed only the first time. + * /usr/local and subdirectories are now created mode 2775 + and root.staff, according to policy. + * Added /usr/local/share. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:05:04 +0100 + +base-files (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * If it does not exist, now a default /root/.profile file is installed, + not a /root/.bash_profile file, for slightly better POSIX compliance. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:29:52 +0200 + +base-files (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added (commented out) some more alias for root's default .bashrc. + * issue, issue.net and debian_version: updated for slink (Bug #26325). + * Changed the way /etc/adjtime is handled (Bug #23255). + * Removed usr/man/man8 from directory-list. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sun, 6 Sep 1998 16:58:50 +0200 + +base-files (2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium + + * Removed the "frozen" word from /etc/debian_version. + * Removed the use of the ROOT variable in preinst and postinst for two + reasons: a) It is no longer needed, since the base system is built + by using dpkg's --root=dir option, which works in a chrooted environment; + and b) Unexpected results would be obtained if user root had actually + defined a variable named ROOT. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sun, 24 May 1998 13:33:25 +0200 + +base-files (1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * Default prompt for root is now '\h:\w\$ '. + * issue and issue.net: Removed the "frozen" word. + * Added a README explaining the /usr/spool symlink removal. + * nsswitch.conf: Use "compat" instead of "db files" for passwd, group + and shadow (Bug #10896). + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:18:43 +0200 + +base-files (1.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added /usr/share/misc. + * Removed /var/local/usr. + * Distribution set to "frozen". + * Moved root's default dotfiles to /usr/share/base-files. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:05:54 +0100 + +base-files (1.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package". + * /root/.bash_profile and /root/.bashrc are not `conffiles' anymore. + Instead, they are created from /root/.bash_profile.dpkg-dist and + /root/.bashrc.dpkg-dist if they do not exist. + * Default /root/.bash_profile sources /root/.bashrc. + * PS1 and umask are now set only once in default /root/.bashrc. + * Replaced /usr/bin/X11 by /usr/X11R6/bin in root's PATH. + * Manpage hierarchy is no longer created under /usr/local/man. + * Added a small comment in /etc/nsswitch.conf saying where + to find documentation about this file (libc6-doc package). + * Added some aliases for colorized `ls' commented out in .bashrc, so + that the user will simply have to uncomment them. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:42:28 +0100 + +base-files (1.6.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Removed "Depends: awk". It has not been discussed yet. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sat, 14 Feb 1998 19:16:29 +0100 + +base-files (1.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Default prompt for root is now PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ', which may not + please everybody and/or generate a flame war, but at least is better + than nothing (previosuly it was PS1='\h\$ '). + * Added two blank lines to /etc/motd to keep Copyright notice from being + overwritten by /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh. + * Removed compatibility symlinks /usr/spool, /usr/tmp, /usr/adm + and /var/adm. Now is when we have to see if something breaks. + * Removed /usr/lib/locale. Added /usr/share and /usr/include. + * Removed the /bin/edit script. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Sat, 7 Feb 1998 13:30:46 +0100 + +base-files (1.5) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Removed "dns" from the "networks:" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:32:52 +0100 + +base-files (1.4) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Uncompressed copyright files. + * debian/rules: package does no longer need to be built by root. + Changed `prototype' directory by an install -d `cat directories`, + and then set special permissions and ownerships directly. + * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package". + * Updated GPL and LGPL. FSF's address changed some time ago to: + 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. + * /bin/edit is now #!/bin/sh. + * /etc/debian_version, /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net now read + "2.0 (unstable)" instead of "1.3". + * /etc/issue now reads "GNU/Linux" (not "GNU Linux"). + * Updated copyright year for /etc/motd. + * Added an extended description. + * Removed debstd dependency. + * New maintainer. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Mon, 2 Feb 1998 21:46:29 +0100 + +base-files (1.3.5) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * Synchronization release to make sure my latest version is in 1.3 . + This is my last release before going on vacation, if anything + needs to be fixed in this package for 1.3, someone else must + fix it. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:36:49 -0700 + +base-files (1.3.4) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * /etc/issue had the wrong escapes. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:50:21 -0700 + +base-files (1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * Add "frozen" to the distribution. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Fri, 18 Apr 1997 22:46:18 -0700 + +base-files (1.3.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Remove /etc/issue.net -> /etc/issue symlink in the preinst if it + exists. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:22:06 -0700 + +base-files (1.3.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Install nsswitch.cnf, required for libc 6 name service . + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:09:31 -0700 + +base-files (1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Edit for Debian 1.3 + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:51:19 -0800 + +base-files (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Add "Provides: base", and "Requires: base-passwd, makedev". + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Sun, 17 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800 + +base-files (1.2.0-4) unstable; urgency=low + + * Symlink /var/run/wtmp -> /var/log/wtmp. Create utmp and wtmp if they + don't exist, but don't clobber them if they do exist. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Sun, 1 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800 + +base-files (1.2.0-3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Wrong modes on /tmp. Set explicit umask 0 before copying files. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:07:05 -0800 + +base-files (1.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Don't clobber utmp and wtmp. Take spurious "Inc." off of SPI name, + California corporations aren't required to say "Inc." at the end of + their names. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:16:28 -0800 + +base-files (1.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Initial Release. + * Removed devices, passwd, and group. Devices are made by the C MAKEDEV at + run-time. /etc/MAKEDEV is installed by the "makedev" package. + /etc/passwd and /etc/group are installed by the "base-passwd" package. + + -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:02:09 -0800 |