We have just tagged and uploaded to the Yum repositories Quattor 13.12. Special changes include:
New features
ncm-ncd
- Pre-deployment hooks receive now the list of components scheduled for execution.
Configuration modules
ncm-metaconfig
now can generate Java properties files. Use theproperties
module for that.
Improvements to the automatic installer
- The kickstart generator now supports the enable_service option.
Miscellaneous bug fixes
Packaging fixes
All packages ship now their man pages under /usr/share/man
, which is
part of the standard MANPATH.
This fixes issues with users not finding the correct man pages.
No more spurious lock errors on EL5
Under some circumstances, the CAF framework would display lots of lock-related errors in EL5 systems. This is fixed now.
Hooks in ncm-ncd
Pre and post-deployment hooks in ncm-ncd work now.
Fixes in configuration modules
- The package manager now runs when the repository definitions change.
- Minor fixes in ncm-openldap and ncm-ofed
- We have fixed some perl warnings in ncm-named.
Upgrading
You can get the RPMs from the Yum repositories. Templates are provided, as usual, in the core template library repository in Github.
Out of this release
Solaris support is improving! We have received a pkgtree
utility
for handling packages with Solaris IPS. We are also merging an ips
submodule for SPMA.