http://www.phys.ethz.ch/~franklin/Projects/dphys-admin/Logfile - done and to do
author Neil Franklin, last modification see last entry near bottom
copyright ETH Zuerich Physics Departement
  use under either modified/non-advertising BSD or GPL license

background is the dphys2 project, read its Logfile at:
  http://www.phys.ethz.ch/~franklin/Projects/dphys2/Logfile
as part of that wrote this tool to do auto-install/update/remove of packages
  here only log of the events pertaining to making this tool

2002.06.20 Thu
quickly showed heeb ideas with dphys-host-* packages and dphys-task-*

2003.01.09 Thu
dphys2 milestone 1 is reached, make archive copy to ../dphys2-20021218
discussion with Elmar about what the package management should do
  grouping of machines, base processor dependant, above place dependant
    with ability to define machine specific extensions
discussion with dsbg, today a central package list and host local lists
  all fed into apt-get, to be resolved inclusive dependant packages
  he thinks that tasksel-like packages are the way to go
    this fits my ideas about site/group/host package lists, using dependances

2003.01.16 Thu
Conference how we will be continuing development
  top priority is as fast as possible until first installs are possible
  today all have the same packages, for the beginning leave away hierarchical
    only phys-site and all host-specific (fetch specific kernels)
  do an apt-get update/upgrade by cron every night and on every boot
    after base install register above scripts and do an reboot
  I have got to investigate getting in debconf and config before questions
    for testing this use system with just less (user) and ssh (server) packages
  Beat will for next Thursday set up an reference box
look at more links I got from Beat, from Debian Weekly News
  from the infrastructure.org people looking for .deb and config packager

2003.01.23 Thu
start making automatic package install on hagrid, first without config stuff
  made an site-ethz-phys package, ./packages/site-ethz-phys_20030123-1_all.deb
  copied package over to hagrid, deinstalled tcsh and less
  tried to install, complains about tcsh and less dependancy, ssh OK
    so the automatic fetching of dependant packages seems to not work
  Answer from Arthur Korn, dpkg does not auto-load, only tests, need apt-get

2003.02.21 Fri
discussion about package installs and upgrades, Beat asks why site package
  is because of using apt-get update/upgrade and automatic hierarchy
    needs for each host a package, but that can be automated
  problem that kernel 2.4 needs to be in and running (reboot) before
    some other package can even be loaded/installed
  sent links to the infrastructures.org bootstrapping and turing texts to all
    while there read some more of their texts

2003.04.11 Fri
discussion with dsbg about daily/boot updates/upgrades by cronjob/init
  install these by the site package, makes them admin updatable
    so do not make these as part of dphys2, just comments in endfirstrun
  he had problem with some packages aborting  apt-get install
    doing annother  apt-get install  by hand solved this
    solved them by dirty fix of putting  apt-get  inside an while loop

2003.04.17 Thu
dphys2 milestone 2 is reached, make archive copy to ../dphys2-20030417
heeb discussion what needs doing in host/site packages
  need cron job and init.d script for apt-get update/upgrade cycle

2003.05.15 Thu
dsbg is working on an setup.pl, run from init.d, that takes an package list
  and then does multiple apt-get to load all stuff, no massive Depends:
    run only kernel/ext3/devfs from base-config, then reboot, init.d apt-get
  store it on web server, get with wget, use /var/lib/dphys for such files
  dsbg is making cron job and init script to update/upgrade as part of this

2003.05.22 Thu
heeb discussion on site management, dsbg install.pl will first-install OK
  but large upgrades will still be in random order by apt-get, bigger problem
    so all config changing code need to be out of postinst, only install files
    run all config stuff from an /etc/*.d directory, with own number scheme
  list better by dphys-admin package, not by direct http get
    even better only install dphys-admin, then have that do all, incl kernel
    no use of the broken Depends: stuff, all controlled by our scripts

2003.05.23 Fri
heeb further discussion, have init.d+cron do dphys-admin script
  do everything from that, controlled install, incl kernel and "pre" img file
    this eliminates site package, with host->kernel list also host packages
      and with that also kernel meta packages, so only dphys-admin package
  also cron do controlled update, install dphys-admin, install rest, upgrade
  initial install endfirstrun just load dphys-admin and then reboot into init.d

2003.06.06 Fri
at lunch dsbg and heeb discussion about distributing secret files (host keys)
  best per host tar with gpg, all in database in site package or dphys-admin
  have these decrypted by self-killing password entered while resc/root install
    need to have host key gen script ask password and encrypt
    also use same mechanism for setting real lilo and root passwords, preencryt
  further thoughts on replacing site/host pack with dphys-admin with DB files

2003.06.13 Fri
dsbg found massive bug, cp -a of 700 /usr/lib/dphys-site sets / to 700, fail
  need to get rid of 700, /usr/lib/dphys-site must be like / 755
  inside /usr/lib/dphys-site set all security relevant files, as in /
discussion dsbg, what to do about deamon restarts when updating configs
  today we restart postfix on any site package update, leave nis/ldap untouched
started tidy up of dphys-admin, postinst/postrm, merged the 2 init.d scripts
  heeb discussion cron updates, after 06:00, as to about 04:30 Debian mirroring
    do them scattered, take 06:00..06:59, IRC joker use $((RAMDOM%60))
  dsbg intro to his pkglist file, block of lines is one apt-get call

2003.06.19 Thu
dphys-admin init.d script holt pkglist per wget dann dphys-setup.pl
  cron.d macht nur dphys-setup.pl, ohne zuerst wget zu machen
    ist ein bug, muss addiert werden, im init.d ein cron) addieren
  wenn ${REBOOT_FILE} Mail an root, dass er reboot planen soll
  in postinst randomize the cron job minute when it runs updates

2003.06.20 Fri
analysed dphys-admin /usr/sbin/dphys-setup.pl
  seems to be only doing apt-get install on packages that are not loaded
    hagrid 0.3s per package, at 500 packages that saves 2.5min, not worth it
  discussion heeb, we also need an remove/purge ability, not just install
    and we also need to do an apt-get upgrade, and apt-get update at beginning
    if apdate/upgrade in perl, then also wget and reboot/mail here, all in one
      init/cron call with option, or do it all in init.d shell script
/usr/sbin/dphys-setup.pl massive tidy up, no test for already installed
  added  apt-get update/upgrade  here, added  wget $pkgfile  here
  added reboot reactions here, so that direct call from cron and minimal init.d
    changed cron to direct call this, init.d no cron part, start part small

2003.06.26 Thu
init.d missing restart and force-reload, added them, duplicated ;;, deleted it
dphys-setup.pl, mult missing ";", twice = instead of eq, rm instead of unlink
  match for finding empty or comment line, strip leading and trailing spaces

2003.06.27 Fri
dphys-setup.pl added support for removing or even purging packages
  with "+ - *" commands, also only "+ - *" output and user output with ?
  voluminous apt-get output goes to an logfile /var/log/dphys-admin.log
  analog to * for  --purge remove  also ! for  --reinstall install
  speed up reboot, get rid of 3-10min looping through null apr-get's

2003.07.03 Thu
dphys-setup.pl reboot possible after any package, not at end
  added command | to run random command with system()
  fixed various bugs, perl coding traps such as $1 disappearing
  updated pkgfile in the package, but this is a redundant data problem
    discussed with dsbg, no pkglist in package, only the one with wget

2003.07.14 Mon
dphys-admin package dphys-setup.pl send logfile per mail to root@
  but only when running from cron, not at random reboots from init.d
  for this have cron called dphys-setup.pl do an logrotate, with one older copy

2003.07.15 Tue
dphys-setup.pl change from parameter reboot/mail (policy) to init/cron (caller)
  this allows all logic and comments to be in one place, in dphys-setup.pl
  improved commenting standards, added sections like in dbootstrap
  dry run in shell (as non-root) shows , instead of . and 3 strings missing ""
    these have been in for long time, no error message up to now, damn perl
  test run, apt-get asks questions, because replacing modified cron.d/...

2003.07.24 Thu
fix dphys-admin update cron conflict, /etc/cron.d/dphys-admin as template
  postinst sed it with random number from /usr/lib/dphys-admin to /etc/cron.d
dphys-admin added empty /var/lib/dphys-admin dir
translated dphys-setup.pl comments to english (were german), for on website
  added mail to root, if bailing out because of missing package list

2003.07.25 Fri
dphys-setup.pl copied to website, Makefile ci/tar, README, index.html.en
  general improvements to index.html.en
cvs killed empty /var/lib/dphys-admin dir, produce it out of dphys-setup.pl
dphys-setup.pl unlink $reboot_file only if actual reboot, if mail leave, repeat
  while at it, eliminated redundant $reboot_policy var, direct use $called_by
  allways delete /root/NEED-REBOOT when running  /etc/init.d/dpyhs-admin start
moved dphys-admin package from  non-free i386 misc  to  main all admin
  also converted postinst/postrm/init.d/cron.d comments to english
dphys-admin added missing wget dependancy, removed wget from dphys-site

2003.07.31 Thu
dsbg notice cron dphys-setup.pl logs also "reboot" Subject:, changed "has run"
dsbg notice dphys-setup.pl wget on screen, not in log, added >>$logpath
  same time added also to apt-get update and upgrade
    existing apt-get s have 2>>, added that to new ones and wget
  also sh error with  echo ... reboot (mail) ...  changed to  reboot *mail*
dsbg notice that multiple reboot *mail* messages, is after every package test
  only test and real reboot after each, test for mail at end, only test file

2003.08.01 Fri
remote fixed small syntax error in dphys-setup.pl, missing an "if"
  looks like file got damaged while editing, also missing newlines

2003.08.04 Mon
dphys2 milestone 3 is reached, make archive copy to ../dphys2-20030804

2003.08.15 Fri
looking at host berlin, only 1.9G free from 10G disk, is 1.8G apt cache
  add an apt-get clean to dphys-admin, as unlikely to reinstall, have LAN

2003.10.03 Fri
convert existing binary packages to using makesourcepackage
  dsbg leave old hosts arizona,bludger,dudley (will be deleted later)
    do as last with him site (he is actively working on it)
  every package that is converted and on server, remove from CVS
  do all other dphys-build/*/DEBIAN: admin, host-hagrid, ide-dma, reboot,
    site-franklin-experimental, swapfile, user-info

2003.10.23 Thu
dsbg|heeb new features for endfirstrun and dphys-admin dphys-setup.pl
endfirstrun change from loading host package to direct load site package
  generate config files with base URL for dphys-setup-* finding host configs
    with ssh-setup and x-setup wgetting http://.../hostconfig/`hostname`/files
dphys-admin dphys-setup.pl change to same base URL usage and variable name
instead of having endfirstrun load kernel/etx3/devfs, then site package rest
  dphys-setup.pl add to pkglist also fetch host dependant [pre|post].pkglist

2003.10.24 Fri
dphys-setup.pl rename pkglist to main.pkglist, then merge to merged.pkglist
  for old dphys-admin users symlink pkglist->main.pkglist
  after merge , also bail out if empty, not just if no file
dphys-setup.pl NEEDS-SCRIPT to analog NEED-REBOOT
  unlike  touch NEED-REBOOT  packages do  echo command >> NEEDS-SCRIPT
    as Depends: may have fetched multiple packages, use >> and loop lines
dphys-setup.pl option for  nice "$INPUT" | apt-get install
endfirstrun->/u/l/b/99sitepackage->dphys-site->dphys-admin does not start inst
  is because reboot into dphys-admin was by kernel install from endfirstrun
  so instead have endfirstrun allways do an reboot, to start this
  dsbg test only 2 reboots, missing 3rd from kernel install, was config error
dphys-setup.pl works, but leaves unused /var/lib/dphys-admin/pkglist
  have dphys-admin postinst delete this old file on upgrade

2003.10.30 Thu
dsbg bug reports in dphys-setup.pl, apt-get upgrade -> dist-upgrade
  else new packages fetched by dphys-site do not get installed
  also no NEED-[REBOOT|SCRIPT] test after (dist-)upgrade
    put in this test/action twice, and move test for mail to root after upgrade
  makepackage forgot -p, no action, no damage, but also no error message
    improve makesourcepackage with test for non-action and error message
heeb improvements for dphys-setup.pl
  after every line test NEED-[REBOOT|SCRIPT], in case | needs it
  nedd an install even if package here, for possibly early upgrade
    change ! from useless --reinstall (only symmetry to --puge) to doing this

2003.11.21 Fri
dpkg /v/l/d/available File is missing new packages, not being updated
  endfirstrun and dphys-setup.pl add apt-cache/dpkg code from debconf-preload
dphys-setup.pl for - and * use dpkg --remove and --purge instead of apt-get
  apt-get [--purge] remove  doesn't find depends, we know what we want to kill
dphys-setup.pl for - and * test if package is there, so no error message

2003.12.04 Thu
dsbg dphys-setup.pl continues installing after package with NEED-REBOOT
  resulting in partially installed package when actual reboot takes place
  is because /sbin/reboot only sends signal, then returns, added  exit 0

2003.12.12 Fri
rubi configuring bb to evaluate dphys-setup.pl Mails, change requests
  setable email address for sending error/warning/status mails to
  and of program status report allways, not just when from cron
    so change also message (and reboot) to include $called_by for full info
  found bug, "no pkgfile" Error test should allways mail, not just on cron
  messages dphys-admin then cron/init.d, added ERROR, WARNING, INFO after that

2004.01.08 Thu
heeb Problem with dphys-setup.pl, is dependant on path containing /sbin
  should be independant of broken settings in init vs cron vs interactive
  all system() added full paths to all commands in there, dual for pipes
  dphys-setup.pl make code more perl style, reduce system() usage
    all system("/bin/echo ... >> $logpath\n") -> print LOGPATH "...\n";
    all system("/bin/echo ... | /usr/bin/mail ...\n") -> print MAIL "...\n";
    all system("/usr/bin/mail ... < $logpath\n") -> print MAIL while <LOGPATH>;
  test need script before test need reboot, so can still be run before reboot
  test reboot each package log "ignore", rename to need reboot mail
    then end test mail log and send "mail", rename back to need reboot
  testing dphys-setup.pl error because print to not open file
    is opening of LOGFILE (/var/log/dphys-admin.log) that failled
      is generated new with >>, but that is not problem, was access rights
    repace with /tmp/dphys-admin.log for test run and it works again
  testing dphys-setup.pl error `` not evaluated in "", so take them out, use .
  testing dphys-setup.pl error is not fetching pre and post, instead directory!
    is because `hostname` is now adding an \n, use an chomp;
  testing dphys-setup.pl hanging in all "nice yes", ctrl-c goes further

2004.01.09 Fri
dphys-setup.pl hanging, look at ps, executing "nice" as user script ~/bin/nice
  instead of using shell builtin (as claimed by "which")
    but that is tcsh "which", the bash "which" sees this different
  and nice script does ssh nice.ethz.ch, which is not pingable host any more
  nice schould be actually /usr/bin/nice, is not sh internal, so use full path
dphys-admin init.d and dphys-setup.pl set environment PATH to safe value

2004.02.12 Thu
dsbg dphys-setup.pl Bug, test for | edit missed, has ?, fixed

2004.02.19 Thu
dphys2 release 4th milestone, copy to ../dphys2-20040219, make tar file of it
  started new RCS archive with revision 4.0 (unchanged milestone 4)

2004.02.20 Fri
dphys-setup.pl change to session log for mailing, and add to collected log

2004.02.26 Thu
dphys-setup.pl tested and debugged
packaged version 20040226.104009-1, changelog:
  "auto-generated release from versionless (=current) upstream"

2004.03.11 Thu
present state archived as RCS revision 4.1

2004.03.12 Fri
convert dphys-admin from old makepackage to new makesourcepackage
  order/plan work, sync with cvs, copy to project dir, remove old CVS stuff
  mv conffiles, merge control, update /etc/init.d/dphys-admin

2004.03.18 Thu
convert dphys-admin, postinst/postrm from dphys-admin/debian/makesourcepackage
  is few details (runlevel) embedded in lots of boilerplate code, split
    just file init.d -> init.d.2.25, then have standard script test/use name
       add it to debian/conffiles, then modify postinst, generate/modify postrm
    also copy defaults file if one is there, and add it to debian/conffiles
  needs expansion of makesourcepackage-made debian/rules to automatically do it
    test/copy defaults and add it to defailts, same init.d.*RUN.*SEQ

2004.03.19 Fri
continue convert dphys-admin, expansion of makesourcepackage-made debian/rules
  so that it does the init.d modifications to postinst and postrm
    sh->make->sh quoting for an sed with modifies 3rd sh looks hairy
perhaps better to try with dh_*, can hide user-must-delete mess with ifs
  started rewriting makesourcepackage debian/rules section with dh_*

2004.03.26 Fri
continue convert dphys-admin, generate rules file, add @rc.d@ to init script
  init.d moved test for stray reboot files into perl, added also reboot_mail
    missing that was an typical bug of stuff split over 2 files
  old DEBIAN/postrm is standard, debian/rules generates it, delete it
  old DEBIAN/postinst moved possible remaining old pkgfile delete into perl
    changed back using old pkgfile name, filename/varnames/errormsg consistency
      also put old backup logfile deletion into perl, up to now littered
  moved man page into main dir, where dh_installman will find it
    updated it, as is still documented old reboot|mail syntax, not init|cron
  moved program into main dir, inconsistency Makefile for prog vs dh_* for man
    makesourcepackage debian/rules eliminate dh_installman, allways in Makefile
    makesourcepackage Makefile added vars for bin, sbin, man1 and man8 dirs
  rename dphys-setup.pl to dphys-admin (like package), dito its man page
  deleted old copyright and upstream changelog, changelog.Debian to debian/*
  cron script directly in /etc/cron.d, via debian/dphys-admin.cron.d
    else it will not appear in the autogenerated debian/conffiles
    postinst cron randomizer fragment converted to perl sleep int(rand(3600));

2004.04.01 Thu
dphys-admin test runs, makesourcepackage syntax bugs and typos
dsbg tested makerescue, setup-dphys2 comments for upload process insufficient
  also wants to be able to generate multiple disksets, and download proper one
  move SYS_VERSION to CONF_DISKSVERSION, with NFS upload stuff, better comments

2004.04.15 Thu
heeb dphys-admin should default to cron, not crash with unset variable
  added test, emit warning, and then set $called_by to cron
    but this gives random up to 1 hour wait, so better third "none" state
      works as cron, but without the delay, for manual or test
  changed all print() strings dphys-admin to $0, so that it changes with rename
    found one old phys-setup.pl string, was missing "d", so was not converted
dphys-admin "upstream" Makefile proper "compile" w  gzip -c  then install .gz
  added Build-Depends-Indep: to control file, -Indep because arch independant
  found "/bin/sh: [: too many arguments" bug when msp -p, fixed syntax error

2004.04.16 Fri
dphys-admin configurability, decided just set conf_baseurl and conf_mailaddress
  changed pkgpathdir (->pkglistdir) and logdir to use $name, set to dphys-admin
  include an /etc/default/dphys-admin script fragment, with require;
    does not want to set the variables, was because of "my" making them local
dphys-admin extended man page, about package lists and config file

2004.04.22 Thu
dphys-admin man page continued, and finished, packaged 20040422.143354-1
uploading dphys-admin with makesourcepackage -u faills, copies loads of stuff
  is because I already have an upload/ directory, links in that dereferenced
    would have also been killed if allowed to run to end
  switch to using /tmp/makesourcepackage.$$.upload, UPLOAD -> TO_UPLOAD
dphys-admin package tested on aragog, seems to work
  but wants to know if it is allowed to upgrade cron.d file
  will take default "NO", but we want it, after !dphys-admin put | test && mv
packaged version 20040422.143354-1, changelog:
  "conversion to source package, tidy up"

2004.04.23 Fri
updated index.html.en with changes since milestone 4, added dphys-admin
present state archived as RCS revision 4.2

2004.05.13 Thu
heeb bug report 20dphys-admin comes before 20oidentd, and so can't get nonfree
  should have been installed as 24dphys-admin, for exactly that reason
    #@rc.d@ line in debian/dphys-admin.init is set, debian/rulez looks correct
    when run, LINE= not set, no PARAMS= setting, dh_installinit does default
      so /var/lib/dpkg/info/dphys-admin.postinst is broken, defaults, not start
    grep '^#@rc.d@ ' debian/dphys-admin.init  produces correct line
    PARAMS="defaults"; echo +++ 1 ${PARAMS};  is also empty, ${} seems to fail
      make -n shows them all removed without anything inserted

2004.05.14 Fri
20dphys-admin bug, debian/rules needs $${VAR} to fix, done, new vers, uploaded
  altered makesourcepackage to generate debian/rules like this
packaged version 20040514.103135-1, changelog:
  "bugfix debian/rules missing $$ escapes"

2004.05.27 Thu
heeb 20dphys-admin still 20, package wants 24dphys-admin but leaves conffile
dphys-admin separate project, as only managing, not installing
  dito also later for dphys(2)-swapfile (replacing swappartit, not installing)
    and dphys-idedma (setting up disk driver, not installing)
    and makesourcepackage (making packages, not installing)
made FAQ, INSTALL, (this) Logfile, Makefile add tar stuff, new own README
  old dphys-setup.pl and RCS of it, new dphys-admin and dphys-admin.8
  debian dir, index.html.en, linked from projects and startup page
present state archived as RCS revision 4.3
make tar, generating standard .tar.gz file
packaged version 20040527.181729-1, changelog:
  "new "upstream" version, from dphys2 subpart to own project"

2004.05.28 Fri
updated file paths in FAQ and INSTALL, while making files for dphys-swapfile
  same also fixed index.html.en, while making one for dphys-swapfile

2004.06.03 Thu
/etc/init.d/dphys-admin *) only mention start, as only one that does anything

2004.06.04 Thu
fixed init script missing " " in *) section
heeb bug report progress display - and * give undefined var error
  also + and ! and < all display as +, is from $1 being overwritten/deleted
    store operation in a separate variable $operation and use that
    rename existing $operation variable in - and * to $dpkg_opt
    change + and ! and < eliminating existing to use $operation, no $onlynew
CVS remove dphys-admin, commit, update, this time it really is gone
packaged version 20040604.155148-1, changelog:
  "bugfix init script missing " " and dphys-admin progress display"

2004.07.21 Wed
index.html.en added man page

2004.07.29 Thu
analog to dphys-pkgtools and dphys-swapfile allow both config files to be used
  /etc/default/dphys-admin simply overrides /etc/dphys-admin
/usr/sbin/dphys-admin show site independant config better, needs user setting
  and /etc/default/dphys-admin presently add our site configs
    this should use an sote specific config outside of package, setup package
improved docs, INSTALL show what steps need to be done, i.e. are important
created debian/dphys-swapfile.docs, with README, FAQ, index.html.en

2004.07.30 Fri
improved docs, INSTALL add details of setting up package list server
dphys-admin script test for invalid website $conf_baseurl, abort if none
  while at it also add test for unknown userinput for operation mode
  repeated code for adding log to collected log moved to subroutine collect_log
    while at it subroutines of repeated code for need_script and need_reboot
  fixed init need_reboot/need_(reboot_)mail cut&paste bug
    generally improve handling of the need_* flag files, no leaving stale ones

2004.08.05 Thu
release 5th milestone, copy to ../dphys-admin-20040805, make tar file of it
  delete old dphys-setup.pl from current, temporary link to milestone
  modify index.html and FAQ and INSTALL to show the milestone release
  start new RCS archive with revision 5.0 (unchanged milestone 5)
  redo ../dphys-admin.tar.gz tar archive of current state
packaged version 20040805.123131-1, changelog:
  "added docs and error handling, new upstream milestone"


2004.08.06 Fri
wenk new version produced error mail while updating
  dpkg (from apt-get) complains about /var/lib/dpkg being already locked
    it also did so on the 2 last times we updated it, nothing visible in code
  has also done this on the 2 last updates
  wenk noticed that it is being called with init, not cron
    that is it, update is running postinst, which from dh_installinit got that
    dh_installinit is trying to (re-)start what it thinks is a daemon
  doing an run in init mode on an possibly cron run update is dangerous anyway
  dh_installinit has an -r option for not running on update
    but that would require an special debian/rules, logic in makesourcepackage
    so better put an recursion detector in debian/dphys-admin.init

2004.08.13 Fri
dphys-admin changed to restore reboot flag file after sendig reboot mail
  shall stay and issue mails on each run, until reboot is actually done
    so when sending mail restore need_mail to need_reboot
    and when running non-init modes convert it to need_mail before installs
debian/dphys-admin.init recursive call detector to stop updates lock trouble
  abort call by init.d from postinst from apt-get upgrade from dphys-admin
want dphys-admin with only standard values in /e/d/dphys-admin
  else this may cause user trouble if they use our package list unedited
    leave unconfigured (will then abort), for our settings preload config file
  separate small package with postinst making /e/d/dphys-admin as used by us
    looked at what is difference of dphys-local-* vs dphys-setup-*
      seems to be software package config vs hardware/driver config

2004.08.19 Thu
dphys-local-admin with postinst making /e/d/dphys-admin config
  re-package dphys-admin with only standard values in /e/d/dphys-admin
debian/dphys-admin.init recursive call still happens
fab /etc/init.d/dphys-admin error [ too many arguments
  is because multiple lines, concatenated with " " by `` after cut has run
  stricter test /usr/sbin/dphys-admin eliminating /etc/init.d/dphys-admin lines
fab /usr/sbin/dphys-admin fails to read /etc/default/dphys-admin
  is because upgrade with /usr/bin/yes overwrites dphys-local-admin version
    and perl screams when it sees an  require  file with only comment lines
  using dphys-admin < option to get N loses us the ! option for force
    for today go back to dphys-admin with built in defaults, fix tomorrow
packaged version 20040819.160516-1, changelog:
  "split our config out into dphys-local-admin, stop update recursive call"

2004.08.20 Fri
dphys-admin don't kill dphys-local-admin preload
  dphys-admin needs reload with !, to get new version before waiting upgrade
    so we can not use < to set "N", but not needed, should be ""/return, for N
  apt-get by hand with return/N works, but by dphys-admin failed
    dphys-admin has  $input = "";  but then uses  '$input'  , bug
    remove the '' around $input so that it gets properly substituted
  as update of this bug only next cron, leave config in package
    after update then remove config for later cron run
packaged version 20040820.110447-1, changelog:
  "bugfix  yes | apt-get '$input', removing ''"
dphys-local-admin added also setup of /e/d/dphys for dphys-local-* packages
  centralises generation of config files with same base url in them

2004.08.26 Thu
/e/d/dphys-admin removed our config, as without bug dphys-local-admin usable
packaged version 20040826.122732-1, changelog:
  "remove our config from example /etc/defaults file"

2004.08.27 Fri
man pages expand explanation, more "why" and "what we do, good practise"
  style information from config files an INSTALL file
  added examples of use section, showing typical usage
change copyright remarks to mention modified/non-advertising BSD
packaged version 20040827.172237-1, changelog:
  "strongly expanded man page"

2004.09.01 Wed
dphys-admin  yes | apt-get  still fails to make return, sendig y instead
  defaults to y when $input="", needs to see actual "", so use  \"$input\"
better test to avoid locking recursion, directly test if is locked with fuser
packaged version 20040901.135613-1, changelog:
  "bugfix $input 2nd time, better stopping recursive call lock errors"
make no mails if $conf_mailaddress is '', doc in man page and defaults file
packaged version 20040901.151935-1, changelog:
  "bugfix perl != vs ne, in new facultative mail feature"

2004.09.09 Thu
Heeb bug report: packages removed with - are not reinstalled with +
  purged can be reinstalled, is the "already installed" test missreporting
    sees dpkg --get-selections "deinstall" (or anything else) as "install"
  changed to only set $installed{$package} if $state eq "install"
packaged version 20040909.131247-1, changelog:
  "bugfix so removed (not purged) can be reinstalled"

2004.12.17 Fr
dphys-admin bug, re-running kills NEED_REBOOT file, even without boot
  after sending mail file is left, but re-run tidy up deletes "stray" file
  change to robuster handling, if mail do standard "at end" mail handling
    if reboot (possibly from above mail) delete if rebooted, else flag mail
packaged version 20041217.143820-1, changelog:
  "bugfix rerun deletes any not yet handled reboot flag files"

2005.01.21 Fr
changed console output to list packages being installed, not just +
  allows user of first install, going hours, to see how far system is
  also same for removing and commands, not just the comments
packaged version 20050121.150835-1, changelog:
  "progress output, what packages are being installed/removed"

2005.04.28 Thu
moved config from /etc/default to /usr/share/doc/example as not used by init.d
  no test/use /etc/default/$pname, config commenting up to sh scripts standard
  eliminated mentioning /etc/default from man page
  moved debian/dphys-admin.default -> dphys-admin.example, updated Makefile
looking at example config and dphys-local-admin generated config
  changed dphys-local-admin postinst so that /etc/default/dphys-admin
    is now at /etc/dphys-admin
    existing /usr/sbin/dphys-admin already knows how to use this
  note that dphys-local-admin also sets /etc/default/dphys, also needs change
    only contains url-path for accessing config files on config server
    heeb discussion about /etc/default/dphys and what packages use it
      according to new policy all dphys-setup-* use local files, no net access
    only dphys-local-* fetches stuff from server, used by older packages
      has led to proliferation of dphys-local-* packages, work, duplicate code
    heeb uses dphys-common-tools lib now, common code, has url-path hardcoded
  bring up suggestion of single downloader, dphys-config, with url-path in it
    on server then file with list file-on-server:path-on-target:script-to-run
  will require per-package config files, no splitting/processing
    is cleaner, but means that keyboard needs setting twice (X and console)
  split out /etc/default/dphys to separate dphys-local-etc-default-dphys
    to be left there, so long still old-style packages use it
    add that to top of /pub/debian-local/share/main.pkglist to be safe
senguen suggestion, split update/dist-upgrade and install/remove, heeb discuss
  but install will need update anyway, and needs to run before dist-upgrade
    so just more work to have them split, and conflicts
  and people who just want update/dist-upgrade can do so with simple cron entry
checked through for code that will not work under sarge
  poss /var/cache/apt/available changes, use /var/tmp/dphys-admin-$$-available
  appart from this the entire code seems to be sarge-capable
    so just need to adapt to our new site policies and config file layout
senguen discuss paths for config files
  we will use http://server/configs/sarge/<hostname>/<conffile>
    which will then be /pub/debian-local/configs/sarge/<hostname>/<conffile>

2005.04.29 Fri
split out wget package list files from main script, to be done by dphys-config
  don't bother putting this into dphys-local-admin, as that will disappear
    so implement dphys-config first, then use it to make reduced stuff here
forked dphys-config project off from dphys-admin
  while starting up that removed 3.0 remark from README

2005.06.02 Thu
change WARNING to NOTE or INFO; where it is only possibly error indication
  and not an definitive but recoverable error, done for all stray file stuff

2005.06.03 Fri
now that dphys-config is running, remove wget stuff from here
  directly give $conf_listfile (defauts to /etc/dphys-admin.list)
better dphys-config like comment handling, also chop from end of lines
better dphys-config like empty line handling, also with spaces in them
replaced buggy regexp for blanks at beginning and end of line handling
  and updated operation|parameter and input|packages regexp-es
updated man page to new methods, no HTTP and multifile stuff
  same INSTALL and index.html.en
check if no cron/init
  cron needed because of variable timing for server load
    and also because of update even if package list unchanged
  init needed because also at boot even if package list unchanged
add in debian/control an Suggests: for dphys-config
tests, fixed a few regexp troubles, OK
packaged version 20050603.163024-1, changelog:
  "checked for sarge, switched to local config + dphys-config, bugfixes"

2005.06.09 Thu
converted share/main.pkgkist -> configs/woody/SITE/dphys-admin.list
  same share/hostconfig/*/[pre|post].pkgkist -> dphys-admin.list.host[pre|post]
  added markings, so begin/end common is visible, and implicit what host added
  dphys-config run on all hosts, to load dphys-admin.list
dropped wget Depends:, as that is now done by dphys-config or user
makesourcepackage -ui, dphys-admin run on all hosts
dphys-config.list also dphys-admin (without .list), let it run auto this night
no dphys-local-admin package any more, delete it
delete old /var/lib/dphys-admin/* stuff (no purge/install :-))

2005.08.04 Thu
senguen is using | to call scripts that determine name, then do own apt-get
  better use all the internal logic, just compute names, use new `` syntax
  updated man page for `` usage
while at it tidied up a few stray "my" commands with separate assignments

2005.08.05 Fri
when a package has - or * drop from list of installed, so + and ! can reinstall
  same time also + and ! add to list, so later - or * can remove it
    classical problem of 2 sets of paralell data, cache not updated
  switched to using "defined" instead of "exists", so can do "undef"
packaged version 20050805.132431-1, changelog:
  "added `` command substitution, bugfix update internal install list"

2005.09.28 Thu
run apt-get install -V (print versions) and apt-get upgrade -u (print names) -V
  as result of this the new version will only run on sarge, no more woody
problems with `` lines, keeps on redoing +, shows with visible `` on screen
  expansion at wrong time? or non-expanded being used in some places
    sarge still running old 20050603.163024 version, not newer 20050805.132431

2005.09.29 Fri
packaged version 20050929.152608-1, changelog:
  "added -u and -V in apt-get calls"

2006.05.17 Wed
apt-get dist-upgrade also output stdout to screen, for manual runs
packaged version 20060517.160119-1, changelog:
  "apt-get dist-upgrade also output stdout to screen, for manual runs"

2006.05.18 Thu
bugfix moved \n in above change to end of proper line
packaged version 20060518.113134-1, changelog:
  "bugfix moved \n to end of proper line"

2006.08.11 Fri
added all "packaged version ????????.??????-?, changelog:" lines

2006.11.17
rework for separate upstream and Debian maintainer, only .tar.gz release
  reworked and updated documentation, FAQ, INSTALL, README, index.html.en
    remove FAQ and INSTALL and index.html.en references to my old packages
  remove old debian/ so that senguen can make proper debianisation
    debian/changelog is all info duplicated in this Logfile, deleted it
    debian/control is just outdated docu text, deleted it
    debian/copyright is same as in README, deleted it
    debian/dphys-config.cron.d is simple example, move to main dir
      add to Makefile installation into examples directory
    debian/dphys-config.docs is nothing, deleted it
    debian/dphys-config.init is simple example, move to main dir
      and removed debian/rules stuff  #@rc.d@ start 24 2 .
      add to Makefile installation into examples directory
      while at it also added index.html.en into docs directory
    debian/rules has nothing specific, deleted it
  updated man pages, reworked text
set new systematic PATH=, removed all absolute paths in commands
no ./dphys-admin called, so no danger from that
not a shell script, so many dangers there simply do not apply
  instead test for perl specific possible problems
  print check for all with \n at end (exept print while <>), OK
    input check for all using chomp (exept direct output, and system()), OK
  system() without \n at end, system($blah) without \n also without ""
  no "" . `date` . "\n" mess, can not do "``\n", so use $date=``; "$date\n"
    while at it changed all open/print>>`date`/close to log_line()
    and all $mail_subject="".`hostname` to $host=``; $mail_subject="$host"
  open() with new 3 parameter form, separate mode spec, safer
    while doing it dropped "" from "$var" if filename only simple var
    and in all open() die added  : $!  at end, for more error message
  empty line test from  if ($line =~ /^$/)  to simpler  if ($line eq "")
    while doing it changed  $var ne ''  to  $var ne ""  for consistency
  input = "$2"  no "" needed, and also not present in  $packages = $3  either
  checked that PATH reliable, all `` and system() and pipe open() no *bin/

2006.11.23 Thu
foreach $package (...)  -> foreach my $package (...)
  also  my $line; while ($line ...)  ->  while (my $line ...)
moved  sub * {  to before where first used, only use stuff already defined
  no separate subroutines "appendix" section, better locate where used
all open( , "|-", $command) put full shell escaping in command, use \"$var\"
  still possible to exploit it, if $0 contains "`sploit`", by symlink
    but nothing to gain from this, as no privilege escalation possible
  while at it bugfix all open() after 2nd parameter use , before text
checked up what output is parsed by bigbrother, ensured it stayed the same
  fould one output that as already changed earlier, corrected it back
test run showed nothing odd

2006.11.24 Fri
fixed init.d spurious output, and better recursion INFO: message
after all bugfixes and changes new release
  updated FAQ, INSTALL, index.html.en
  copy to ../dphys-kernel-packages-20061027, made tar file of that
  remade ../dphys-kernel-packages.tar.gz archive for current state

------ project status

doing:

todo:

possible extensions:
add an options parser, like in dphys-* shell scripts
  add an  -f filter  option like in dphys-config
get rid of mailing log, instead use normal syslog and filtering
deborphan-like delete based on our package lists, package garbage collector