[make-initrd] Release make-initrd 2.23.0

Alexey Gladkov gladkov.alexey at gmail.com
Sat Sep 11 02:31:06 MSK 2021


New release 2.23.0 is available.

Important changes
=================

- Runtime:
  + Add fstab dependency to udev service.
  + Add the ability to find out with what features the image was built.
- New feature:
  + Add bootloader feature. The feature adds the ability to create an image that
    can act as a bootloader.
  + Add debug-tools feature. The feature adds a debug tools (gdb, strace) to
    initrd image.
- Feature smart-card:
  + Add udev rules to setup enviroment for fido devices.
  + Fix typos and move guessing GUESS_NET_IFACE to net module.
  + Fix number of retries in the initramfs service.
- Feature ucode:
  + The absence of the firmware file is not an error.
  + Set mtime of files and directories to 01-01-1970.
- Guess subsystem:
  + root: Replace MOUNTPOINTS to GUESS_MOUNTPOINTS inside guess module. The
    MOUNTPOINTS variable continues to work for backward compatibility.
- Utilities:
  + initrd-put: Do not run chmod for symlinks.
- Misc:
  + Add new tool to sort services and switch from sort-lsb to sort-services.
  + Add PUT_FEATURE_OPTIONAL_LIBS to pack optional libraries.
  + Detect terminfo in more portable way.
  + Set mtime of all initramfs files and directories to 01-01-1970. The reproducibility
    of the build image has appeared.
  + Add unit tests for some utilities.

Git repository
==============

https://github.com/osboot/make-initrd.git

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

Changelog
=========

This time the changelog is big enough to fit here. You can see the complete
log in git or by the link:

https://github.com/osboot/make-initrd/compare/2.22.0...2.23.0

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Rgrds, legion



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