ChangeLog
BETA WARNING: This is a one-person project. I test all the cases I can
think of, ship the software, and then discover cases I didn't think of.
Treat your files with care. I am using Cheix on my normal installation.
But I treat it like Beta.
---------------- BETA RELEASES ---------------------
Sun 29, Jul 2012, 17:29:34 - beta 22
* fixed a message typo in cheix_admin
* improved admin docs
* corrected an error in the INSTALL file
Wed 25, Jan 2012, 21:39:30 - beta 21
* recompressed msmtp pkg from txz to tgz format
Tue 24, Jan 2012, 12:15:28 - beta 20
* updated rho, clex, msmtp pkgs
Sun 20, Nov 2011, 11:51:52
* refinements to lput and lget
Sat 5, Nov 2011, 09:22:48 - beta 19
* added ap/diffutils to the package list
* added note to mkinitrd use in INSTALL
Wed 2, Nov 2011, 11:26:05
* added Locale note to INSTALL file
2011-10-29
Bash aliases were added for cheix_home (get, put) and cheix_storage
(sget, sput) which mesh with the lput/lget utilities. The user docs
were updated to reflect this addition.
Reworked rc.6|K|M|S. Elements moved to rc.cheix.cheix_restart() are
marked "CHEIX moved" and commented out. Elements not used in basic
Cheix are blocked by a bounding if statement marked "CHEIX blocked".
Other Cheix alterations are marked "CHEIX" and have brief explanatory
comments. Cheix header element added to these files.
Added instructions for changing passwords to the user docs. Briefly
expanded the index page of the docs.
2011-10-28 - beta 18
Fixed some errors in admin.html of the docs.
2011-10-28 - beta 17
The glibc-zoneinfo package was added to the GUST list.
The /storage directory tree is now owned by user.
The /storage/arcs directory was added to install_cheix.sh.
The user and admin docs have been updated and expanded.
2011-10-27
The cheix_home script was made non-interactive. 2skel,
lput and lget were added to /usr/local/bin.
2011-10-27 - beta 16
Added msmtp Slackware package and user's .msmtprc
ca-certificates pkg added to gust list
Added user's .mailrc for mailx using ssl
2011-10-26
The Cheix run-control and admin elements have been completely integrated
into the run-control system. This affects rc.S|M|K|6. Two scripts,
rc.cheix and rc.freememd were introduced. The cheix_admin script was
completely rewritten. The docs, install_cheix.sh, and the INSTALL file
were updated.
In install_iso.sh, a link from rho to emacs was added for emacs users.
2011-10-25 - beta 15
added example lilo.conf to /root/install
improved INSTALL file
removed screen from root's .bash_login
2011-10-24
split freememd into freememd and mem_mon
put freememd into /etc/rc.d/rc.S
added bat_mon
put bat_mon and mem_mon into .screenrc
added doc tree and mailing list to website
2011-10-23
added rho for emacs users, .rhorc for root/user
added /mnt/hd|cdrom|memory|usb to tmpfs's /mnt
added cdrom, sd card, cdrom, and usb (sdc) to /etc/fstab
cheix_admin preserves /var's state
created Slackware packages for boypages, clex, and rho
updated install_iso.sh for packages
updated INSTALL
2011-10-22
commented out final swapon in rc.S
silenced rm calls in cheix_admin
cosmetic changes to boot messages in rc.S
remove store-to-arcs in cheix_storage as redundant
2011-10-21 - beta 14
fixed rm call in cheix_storage
reduced relocations from /etc to /var/etc/resolv.conf|random-seed
altered cheix_admin so that it mounts/remounts /, /boot, and /var
updated admin docs for handling /var and /tmp
added /root/skel to create /storage/skel dir
2011-10-21 - beta 13
Cheix image booting from a USB device using LILO in USB's MBR.
In rc.S, added a remount of / to readonly because the kernel
modules mount the USB readwrite before the fsck check comes in.
Fixed the creation of user's password in install_cheix.sh.
Chowning halt and reboot to 4755 for user convenience.
The cheix_admin script now mounts and remounts both / and /boot.
Updated the INSTALL file. Fixed 'rm vi' in install_cheix.sh.
Improved handling of user's .profile and .bashrc.
2011-10-20
updated INSTALL file and posted to website. Renamed cheix_iso.sh
to install_iso.sh. Cleaned up files in tarball, removing older ones.
2011-10-19 - beta 12
added cheix_iso.sh to the iso image to automate the
post-Slackware setup installation. Updated the INSTALL
file. Fixes made in install_cheix.sh.
2011-10-19 - beta 11
includes ISO for iso install and beta tarball for
installing by hand. Updates on lynx_bookmarks.html
and the cheix_* scripts.
2011-09-20 - beta 10
cheix_secure sets chxhome bookmark in tmpfs so that
the bookmarks do not reside on the USB in skel
2011-08-30 - beta 09
cheix_storage no longer writes to anything but tmpfs
unless requested
2011-08-29 - beta 08
refinements to cheix_home and cheix_storage
2011-08-24 - beta 07
minor changes to INSTALL file
posted INSTALL on web site for google_translate
2011-08-22 - beta 06
fixed two errors in cheix_storage
2011-08-22 - beta 05
fixed handling of final "/" in cheix_home
2011-08-22 - beta 04
improvements in cheix_home and cheix_storage
updated docs for same
2011-08-21 - beta 03
fixed misplaced "exit" in cheix_home
2011-08-21 - beta 02
install_cheix.sh: setting bins 0755
checking for root user in cheix_admin
added cheix_home and cheix_storage to /usr/local/bin
2011-08-20 - beta 01
added install_cheix.sh
rewrote INSTALL
kept INSTALL.alpha as old_alpha_install for reference
updated GUST list file
---------------- ALPHA RELEASES ---------------------
2011-08-16
fixed minimal printer stack
# printer (not for basic cheix)
#
#a2ps
#apsfilter
#file
#font-bitstream-type1
#fontconfig
#ghostscript
#ghostscript-fonts
#lprng
2011-07-29
added cheix_admin script and its docs in docs/admin.html
2011-07-16
created /usr/local/docs and began Cheix USB documentation
former /root/docs divided into /root/rc_scripts and
/root/install
stopped using swap, removed entry in fstab and rc.S
added freememd and screenrc entries to monitor free memory
2011-07-12
doc sync release. Contents of /root/docs now contain all
that is required (except a couple of optional pkgs available
in Downloads) to create the alpha image.
2011-06-27
/etc/fstab: mounting third partition as /storage, not /home
/home mounted in tmpfs, /storage/skel is moved to /home/user
on boot. User has rw access to /storage
/etc/rc.d/rc.[S0/6] make this work
2011-06-13
/etc/fstab
/ and /boot lines change "default" to "default,ro" and end in "0 0"
rc.M
commented out power saving, updating font indexes, ntpd,
hunt, icon and mime update, wicd, gtk, cron, at, quota,
sendmail, mysql, apache
rc.S
commented out clock
Moved the following to /var/etc, linked back in to /etc
slackpkg/
ssh/
ssl/
rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
rc.d/rc.wireless.conf
lynx.cfg (a useful one is in ~/docs)
nail.rc
wpa_supplicant.conf
2011-06-12 NOTE
Building this project without encrytion has turned out to
be impossible. Lynx and wget both require openssl. So really
any modern usable image will have to have encryption.
Cheix USB will simply include it from now on.
2011-06-12 alpha-04
rc.S
commented out motd
added cheix init
rc.M
commented out ldconfig
rc.6
added archiving of /root
Altered rc.[SM6] so that the image is in a simulated state
of readonly root fs. Two biggest dirs in /var moved to
/cheixusb where they will be altered only when the pkgtools
wrapper is used.
2011-06-11 alpha-03
Cheix is now a standard, minimized Slackware 13.37 install
based on sous-marin's sm-13.37-11.gust. The current install
simulates a 500Mb USB with a normal HD installation. Instructions
in dist's INSTALL file. Further ChangeLog entries will refer
to this installation.
2011-06-10
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