[arch-general] [signoff] mkinitcpio 0.7-1, device-mapper/lvm2 2.02.85-3, dmraid 1.0.0.rc16.3-2, mdadm 3.2.2-2, v86d 0.1.10-2

[Lukáš Jirkovský]

On 30 June 2011 20:15, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> This is a huge release and should stay in testing for a while. I want to
> point out two significant changes:
>
> 1) We now have a build() function instead of an install() function - the
> latter was an unfortunate conflict with the install utility. The hooks
> in the repository have been adjusted, but backward-compatibility code is
> in place (a deprecation warning will be printed). All these packages
> have conflicts=(mkinitcpio<0.7).
>
> 2) We now use bsdcpio instead of gen_init_cpio. This obsoletes the
> gen_init_cpio package and adds a dependency on libarchive. This also
> speeds up the image generation considerably.
>
> Other changes include massive cleanups and fixes, code refactoring, and
> changes that should finally make the -b (basedir) option useful.
>
> Please test and sign off.
>
> Here comes the full shortlog:
>
> Dave Reisner (52):
>      init: don't attempt modprobe if $MODULES is empty
>      mkinitcpio.conf: s/raid/mdadm/
>      mkinitcpio: deprecate install() in install hooks
>      dmesg: remove install/hook
>      functions: cleanup and refactor add_binary
>      functions: refactor add_module
>      functions: remove add_device
>      functions: remove add_symlink2
>      use bsdcpio to create images
>      functions: refactor add_file
>      functions: document hook API
>      mkinitcpio.conf: note implicit support for lzop
>      mkinitcpio: use simple PEs instead of externals
>      mkinitcpio: allow specifying kernel ver as path to image
>      lsinitcpio: new utility to dump contents of images
>      Makefile: refactor and simplify
>      mkinitcpio: bashify preset build loop
>      use consistent vim modelines
>      declare all variables in mkinitcpio
>      mkinitcpio: refactor and bashify early path calculations
>      declare SAVELIST, QUIET, SHOW_AUTOMODS as faux booleans
>      mkinitcpio: remove cruft in getopts loop
>      overhaul output, introducing color
>      functions: refactor add_symlink
>      functions: simplify parse_hook
>      mkinitcpio: bashification, part 1/2
>      mkinitcpio: bashification, part 2/2
>      add -t option to specify alternate build directory
>      install/keymap: refactor and bashify
>      mkinitcpio: declare usage as a heredoc
>      remove support for -m to add a startup message
>      install/base: cleanup and simplify
>      functions: remove get_module_name
>      init: declare PATH, remove absolute paths
>      init: remove unnecessary variable declarations
>      mkinitcpio: allow overriding the compression method
>      mkinitcpio: only show usage on request
>      mkinitcpio.5: alphabetize options for easier nav
>      README: update copyright year, add self as author
>      mkinitcpio: catch errors in parse_hook
>      add a PKGBUILD for easier testing from the repo
>      mkinitcpio: allow absolute paths to preset files
>      install/{sata,pata,scsi}: cleanup and simplify
>      properly support $BASEDIR
>      install/autodetect: refactor and simplify hook
>      functions: support $BASEDIR in modprobe
>      Makefile: the Makefile itself is a dep for the manpage
>      functions: add missing 'command' before install
>      functions: s/basedir/BASEDIR/
>      functions: fix pathing issue with $BASEDIR
>      install/base: use private API call to add config
>      mkinitcpio: fix resolution issues with RTLD
>
> Eric Bélanger (1):
>      Added usbinput to default hooks (implements FS#19328)
>
> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (3):
>      Fix some install hooks due recent change in all_modules()
>      Add missing /etc/bash_completion.d in Makefile
>      Add asciidoc as makedepends in private PKGBUILD.
>
> Sebastien Luttringer (6):
>      Add bash completion to mkinitcpio
>      Fix printing of bash usage when asking for a bad hook
>      Print pretty message if no help is defined in hook
>      Use error function instead of echo
>      Add lsinitcpio bash completion
>      Use _get_comp_words_by_ref in bash completion
>
> Thomas Bächler (7):
>      Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/seblu/arch-mkinitcpio
> into working
>      Remove old '-m' option from bash completion.
>      emove old '-a' option from bash completion and fix '-s' option.
>      Merge branch 'working'
>      Add .gitignore file
>      install/keymap: fix installation ($buildroot -> $BUILDROOT)
>      Release version 0.7
>
>

Sign-off x86_64 mkinitcpio on a pretty simple setup without LVM or
RAID. The speedup is impressive.

Lukas