Debian packaging of mdadm, the software RAID manager annotated tag, debian/2.6.3+200709292116+4450e59-1, created. debian/2.6.3+200709292116+4450e59-1

martin f. krafft madduck at debian.org
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Iustin Pop (1):
      Explain the read-balancing algorithm for RAID1 better in md.4

Neil Brown (5):
      Make "--write-mostly" effective when re-adding a device to an array.
      Don't corrupt 'supertype' when speculatively calling load_super1
      Add ANNOUNCE-2.6.1 to git
      Make "--write-mostly" effective when re-adding a device to an array.
      Don't corrupt 'supertype' when speculatively calling load_super1

madduck (309):
      [svn-inject] Installing original source of mdadm
      [svn-inject] Forking mdadm source to Trunk
      Load newtrunk into mdadm/trunk.
      [svn-inject] Setting properties of mdadm/debian/
      setting prebuild hook property
      * Remove the check for the lvm prereq in the initramfs hook, as #369617 is
      changed prebuild hook for tarball url
      * Updated debconf translations:
      adding german language team to po file
      added note about maintenance in svn
      added note about maintenance in svn
      fixed de translation wrt charset
      * Adding mdrun to generated udeb. I will only remove mdrun after etch.
      preparing upload to unstable
      clarified initramfs hook message
      readding rootraiddoc (#378678)
      moving new entries to new version
      * Catching modprobe error in case of absence of the kernel modules, or
      * Check for presence of active RAID arrays and give an appropriate error if
      * checkarray: Check for presence of active RAID arrays and give an
      * checkarray: skip sync for RAID0 devices (closes: #379352).
      beautification
      s/device/array/
      - French by Florentin Duneau, thanks! (closes: #379511)
      * Removed the code writing auto-detected devices to /var, which was silly
      * Add reference to BAARF to README.Debian and included the RAID5 vs RAID10
      name change
      * Copy raid456 kernel module into initramfs, if present (closes: #380152).
      added hint to remove mdadm package
      better check for /proc
      * checkarray: skip sync for RAID0 devices (closes: #379352, #380424).
      * Fixing cron registration for checkarray. crontab(5) is really stupid and
      * Added logcheck rules for kernel messages generated by checkarray, using
      forgot to actually install the logcheck file
      only display dpkg-reconfigure message on debian
      changing message with potential sexual conotation
      improved log message when skipping non-redundant arrays
      added detection for partitionable arrays
      * Added handling of partitionable arrays to root RAID autodetection script
      updating doc about initramfs transition
      * Updated documentation in README.initramfs-transition to include
      better wording wrt non-redundant devices and checkarray
      * Added README.checkarray with some information about the check process.
      * Applied patch by upstream to fix the logic of the --run switch (see
      * Recognise devfs-style device nodes by fixing a regression bug in the root
      cleaning up regexp
      * checkarray: correctly recognise when the kernel is too old for parity
      cleanup
      fixing wrt .svn directory contents
      minor improvements
      * mkconf: now also outputs MAILADDR.
      handle /dev/md/X nodes during boot
      The autodetection code now doesn't care about the actual name of the array
      checks, or when there are no redundant arrays present (closes: #380746).
      * checkarray: now supports -x|--cancel switch to cancel running checks.
      * Add safety net to prevent endless loops in RAID autodetection. Now just
      handle devfs-style names and version-1 devices
      updating debconf templates
      moved initramfs config file from conf/mdadm.conf to conf/raid.conf
      s/parity/redundancy/
      adding some docs
      minor typos
      * Added udev rules file to prevent udev from ever creating md device nodes,
      improvements to udev stuff
      * Added safety net to prevent endless loops in RAID autodetection. Now just
      updated --help output
      do not create /etc/mdadm
      better dealing with partitionable raid arrays
      better dealing with partitionable raid arrays
      added HOMEHOST to mkconf
      preparing release
      correcting HOMEHOST output line
      improved dpatch handling
      building initramfs for all kernels
      preparing 2.5.3-1, but will not release until 2.5.2-10 is in testing
      * Now rebuilds initramfs for all installed kernels.
      typo
      using svn keyword Id
      setting more keywords and licence change
      revision at bottom is better
      fixing shell variable error
      copyright without year
      got rid of revision tags
      no need for bash
      debhelper workarounds
      cannot yet exit from bugscript
      updates
      * Removed udev rules because it was causing unbootable systems when the
      closing bug report on udev issue
      adopting to change in upstream output
      improve hook
      readding udev, this time with a smart script
      attributing to Md
      * Updated debconf translations:
      cleanup
      fix partitionable array in hook and add todo to work around shortcoming
      * Improved udev integration.
      update to upstream url
      * Pushed build dependency to 5.0.32 and DH compatibility level to 5 because
      do not remove hook/md anymore
      initial homehost implementation
      * Don't fail mdadm-raid when /dev is on a read-only filesystem
      adding a document to braindump the upgrade requirements
      added id keyword
      save mdadm v1 -Es output for upgrades
      reorg and some small corrections
      tracking upstream git
      367901 has been fixed
      clarification
      set -eu instead of shebang line
      added unchecked sentinel
      defaulting to dump the -Es output
      Sorry for the large commit, I have been working all day and chaotically, so
      move autogeneration message to end
      more safety
      fixing small error
      completing upgrade notes
      filename change
      reordering udev delete before initramfs call
      fix
      handle partitionable arrays
      fix for when all devices are to be started
      docs update and minor touchups
      preparing release
      added todo
      debconf template updates
      removing udev stuff
      removing /lib/udev dir
      todo item about configuration comparison
      fixing typos
      beautification
      addressing #384222
      * Allow ARRAY lines in configuration file to break across lines
      * Improved initramfs hook; now does not rely on initramfs to provide RAID
      typo
      updated cz translation (384754)
      added faq entry for zeroing superblocks
      typo
      documenting cs.po update
      ah, we need -3
      * Do not override the superblock default version in mdadm.conf to prevent
      * Added a note to alert people that the warning about arrays not listed in
      typo
      - French by Florentin Duneau (closes: #385690).
      note in control
      added LSB headers to init scripts.
      corrections from petter
      * Added bootloader/cmdline info to bugscript so that future bug reports via
      handle situation when mdadm.conf does not specify the level
      make MD array and RAID synonymous, fjp request
      * Reworked the documentation with respect to the use of "MD" and "RAID", and
      * Add patch by Steinar H. Gunderson to ensure mdadm does not interpret
      * Add versioned dependency to debconf (closes: #385994); temporary fix until
      clarified control description
      warn about initramfs transition
      beautification
      * If mdadm is being configured in a chroot, it now defaults to starting all
      russian translation updated
      * Correct error related to an unbound variable in postinst.
      multiple instead of multi
      FAQ updates
      FAQ updates
      FAQ updates
      rewrote Sesse's patch and added debug output for now
      Added stripped implementation of debconf-escape to .config file to cater
      po updates
      correcting function name
      defer configuration when debconf is too old
      removed debugging output; preparing release
      added RAID5 note
      Reworked the parsing of /proc/partitions and spotted a mean segfault
      removed debugging output and cleaned up patch
      added linear to raid0 faq
      date update
      no need for this doc anymore
      docs update
      date update
      debconf update: sv,cs,ru
      do not fail when root cannot be determined
      updated pt_BR debconf
      de and vi translations
      po file updates for vi and nl
      added vcs url to control file
      wrong syntax
      only read defaults if readable
      docs update
      radi5-10 conversion faq
      updates
      french debconf update
      improvements wrt mkconf and MAILADDR handling
      use proper mkconf
      several improvements wrt error handling
      do not remove configuration file after mkconf failed
      check for ARRAY definitions in configuration file, or fall back to emergency procedure
      try to create temporary file when the mdadm.conf defines no ARRAYs
      preparing -8 release
      docs update wrt checkarray -x
      preparing a release
      removing superblock overlap patch
      FAQ update
      tiny beautification
      docs updates
      preparing 2.5.4-1
      * Added FAQ entries about partitionable arrays.
      it is actually wednesday today...
      * chroot detection now also works for 2.6.18 and beyond (c.f. kernel commit
      point to the right repo
      added linux-raid wiki
      start the 2.5.5-1 release
      * Now recommends module-init-tools.
      added dirty degraded to faq
      i am not the upstream maintainer
      * Send udev events for arrays assembled from the initramfs or by the init
      * Added more RAID10 information to the FAQ.
      * Added filters to logcheck for regular events, even by the md driver; also
      further FAQ updates
      more faq work
      faq updates
      new qs 18-20
      updated date
      exit after sending events
      preparing 2.5.5-1 release
      * Hide informational messages unless VERBOSE is set to a true value in
      more cleanup of output messages
      * Send udev events for arrays assembled by the mdadm-raid init.d script.
      small fixes to init script
      more todos
      a bit more information about the uevent hack
      typo
      add DEVICE line to initramfs emergency config
      more todo
      write to stderr instead of stdout
      corrected in-doc ref
      updates for v1 dev names
      updates
      * Merged patch by Dan Pascu to nicely handle situations where a degraded
      added links to svn versions
      * Updated Japanese debconf translation; thanks to Hideki Yamane
      escalate disk failures in logcheck
      more logcheck filtering
      fixes to the logcheck filters; also handles checkarray now
      preparing 2.5.6-1
      this patch has been merged upstream
      * Small fixes to mkconf, now returns 255 instead of -1.
      all arrays when booting from rescue/live media. It overrides AUTOSTART in
      also load md module
      * Fix a syntax error in mdadm-raid script.
      instructions for how to test newer releases
      udpates
      * Actually remove mdadm.conf on purge; previously, the generation of
      don't forget to create the target directory
      * Prevent initramfs hook from exiting prematurely when VERBOSE=false.
      * Moved debconf question about arrays to start by initramfs to high
      more todo items
      add note about etch
      typo
      * Fixed a typo in the debconf control script which would cause failures with
      * Only parse ARRAY lines from configuration file when collecting the array
      * Export DAEMON_OPTIONS to /etc/default/mdadm, which gets passed to the
      * Added Spanish debconf translation by Javier Fernández-Sanguino
      use -y instead of --syslog (see #402457)
      add bug ref
      * Added logcheck filters for new syslog entries by mdadm monitoring daemon.
      preparing inofficial release
      * Incorporate patch by upstream to fix handling of --syslog long option
      use --syslog and small fixes
      * Hard-code path to /sbin/mdadm binary rather than searching the $PATH. This
      resync note
      failure resilient
      keeping track
      date update
      added resync note
      * More logcheck filters to prevent redundant information logged by mdadm
      * Improved mdadm-raid init script to correctly output status information for
      added sync delay note
      date update
      update for etch
      Portuguese debconf translation by Rui Branco; preparation of 2.6.1-1
      - adds --syslog option (closes: #402457)
      preparing 2.6.1-1~exp.1 release
      * Updated debconf translations:
      * Patch by Jørn V. Christensen to properly handle multiple email addresses
      * Incorporate patches by Peter Samuelson fixing several typography as well
      remove rej/orig files
      * Fix mdadm.conf typo; thanks Tim Phipps (closes: #416626).
      * Execute udevtrigger after assembly of arrays during initramfs processing;
      * Release to unstable.
      mkconf now tries to preserve existing values for DEVICE, CREATE and HOMEHOST (in addition to MAILADDR, which it preserved previously already).
      PROGRAM is preserved but only added to mdadm.conf if it occured in the
      * startall is now mdadm-startall and lives in /sbin, thanks to Eduard Bloch.
      takes no more options
      proper command naming
      proper command naming again
      compat link for startall
      updated for etch
      preparing new upload with new upstream version
      patches went upstream
      patch went upstream
      fix compile warning
      replace 99-init-avail-FIX patch with upstream patch
      damned whitespace
      * Fix typos in md(4) manpage; thanks Jeroen (closes: #425576).
      bump copyright year to 2007
      * Make init script not report failure when there are no arrays defined in
      use --portability for df call, thanks frans
      * Add /usr/share/doc/mdadm/examples/newdisk, a script to integrate
      * Does some sanity checking for proper format of level= arguments in
      only ignore clean errors if Makefile is missing
      use proper clean target

martin f. krafft (36):
      Merge branch 'debiandir'
      Merge commit 'upstream'
      starting new upstream release
      obsoleted by commit 66f8bbbe90de9cced56a0c6062ef106503ef04c1
      obsoleted by bf40ab857fa3e4f8e98750f750f520a2e3ecc49f
      obsoleted by a328c097ff8016342ae336af92cabbc32bc8d1fd
      obsolete 80-md.txt.dpatch, download latest md.txt
      import 80-raid5-vs-raid10-doc.dpatch: adds RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt
      import 80-rootraiddoc.dpatch; adds root raid doc and removes dpatch
      import 01-mdadm.conf-location.dpatch: prefers /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf to /etc/mdadm.conf
      remove dpatch obsoleted by de66f09
      remove dpatch obsoleted by 5d8fdfc
      remove dpatch obsoleted by 9dca6f1
      remove dpatch obsoleted by dbadaf6
      Merge branch 'deb-only/alt-conf-loc'
      Merge branch 'deb-only/doc/mdtxt'
      Merge branch 'deb-only/doc/raid5-vs-raid10'
      Merge branch 'deb-only/doc/rootraid'
      Do not call update-initramfs -k all,
      Depend on udev|makedev instead of just makedev and invoke /dev/MAKEDEV, not /sbin/MAKEDEV (closes: #436998).
      De-escalate the initramfs hook warning about an "emergency procedure"
      add --scan to the single-device-assembly-codepath in the initramfs local-top script
      Merge branch 'debiandir'
      ignore built files
      * Use short option in initramfs script mkdir call, so make it klibc-utils
      merge changelog stanza 2.6.3-2 into -1
      Merge branch 'debiandir'
      update x-vcs url
      Merge branch 'debiandir'
      import change from svn; do not fail if PROGRAM is unset
      Merge branch 'debiandir'
      cleanup
      handle module name synonyms in initramfs script (#432585)
      Merge branch 'upstream'
      document merge from upstream
      Merge branch 'debiandir'

maximilian attems (6):
      Add klibc support to mdadm.h
      Create.c s/major/major_num/
      config.c include dirent.h instead sys/dir.h
      Monitor.c include signal.h directly
      mdopen.c don't shadow major() and minor()
      Monitor.c s/MAXINT/INT_MAX/g

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