Changes between SLES10.0 and SLES10 SP1

This is a brief overview of the changes in autoyast between SLES10 and SLES10SP1 There are more fixes and features in other yast modules like the bootloader that affect the autoinstallation but are not listed here. This list only contains the changes of the autoyast itself.

• [doc] Documentation updates
• [compat] Deprecated: <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean"> <is_evms_vg config:type="boolean"> is replaced by <type config:type="symbol"> look here for documentation. Autoyast still understands the old synatx of is_*_vg but that compatibility code might be removed in later versions.
• [func] compatibility code for old profiles is more robust now
• [bug] don't ignore the <report> section during stage2
• [bug] inst-source and autoyast profile can be on the same partition now without using file:/// for the autoyast profile location. So, "install=hd://hdc1/ autoyast=device://hdc1/test.xml" works now.
• [bug] fixed the pattern selection dialog when an add-on product was configured before (#187568)
• [func] signature-handling added to UI
• [bug] don't call the add-on_auto client in 2nd stage (#188665 - add-on listed twice in YaST and Zen)
• [func] harddisk device guessing code enhanced for the case that no <device> is given in the autoyast profile
• [bug] partitions behind the last LVM/EVMS partition were sucked into the LVM/EVMS too - fixed
• [func] reuse partition button in the partitioning dialog added
• [func] clone the packages to remove
• [func] partition size can be configured in percent now ( <size>30%</size> )
• [bug] persistent device names "by-path" in partitioning fixed. You can use <device>/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0001:00:03.0-scsi-0:0:0:0</device> now. "by-id" already worked with SLES10
• [bug] error handling for ftp access fixed (thanx to Anders Johansson for a patch)
• [func] the <ask> feature can store the answer in a file now, to make it available for scripts
• [bug] the <ask> feature can modify the scripts-section now (no pre-scripts)
• [func] an existing partition can have a <resize> element, to resize it to a new size
• [bug] order partitions always by partition_nr
• [bug] reusing all 4 primaries fails (fixed)
• [bug] init-script does not require network now
• [func] switch for the 'halt' option added to UI
• [bug] chrooted scripts from nfs source fixed
• [func] a yast module can turn off the logging of it's profile part
• [bug] Signature checks turned off for the UI now
• [bug] Software selection UI fixes (#231687, #232434)
• [func] The profile can be on a USB device now
  autoyast=floppy://... has that as a fallback
  autoyast=usb://... is possible too
• [bug] PPC cloning fixed (#192342)
• [bug] UI cursor isn't shown over the default module category in "yast autoyast" (#188267)
• [bug] 'close window' was not catched in some dialogs (#240631)
• [bug] packages that are required by yast modules and which are already installed, don't get installed again (#241167)
• [func] popup added when package resolver run fails (#239948)
• [bug] don't clone extended partitions of partition type 5 (#243063)
• [bug] if partition type is primary but not set in the profile, set it now (solves #243505 too)
• [func] accept_non_trusted_gpg_key parameter added to signature handling (#242087)
• [bug] range operator for rules fixed to include the borders of the range (#244959)
• [bug] shrinking code fixed in case one partition is too big and a warning added if shrinking to 0 or less would be needed (#245072)
• [bug] use the partition_id configured in the profile when reusing partitions
• [bug] don't turn off the mount point widget in the UI if create=false
• [bug] the 'ask' feature could not store the answer in a list (#247826)
• [compat] signature-handling is less restrictive in a cloned profile (#248303)
• [compat] don't clone drives that contain no partitions with a mountpoint
• [bug] auto-added boot partition code fixed (#246023). On some architectures a second boot partition was added when / and /boot were on different drives
• [compat] autoyast2-utils dropped (use inst-source-utils.rpm instead)
• [compat] don't clone DELL Utility partition (#247330)
• [func] SCSI boot: boot parameter 'withiscsi=1' does not have any effect with autoyast installation (#253432). Pops up a dialog now.
• [bug] don't try to squeeze every byte out of a partition during cloning (#262535)
• [bug] EVMS installation on only one partition could fail (#266313)