MIC Image Creator 0.27.2 Release Notes ====================================== Released Sep 28 2016 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Enhancements -------------------------- * Add exclude-from-image option to exclude specific images * Add subcommand option parameters(-v, -d, -i) MIC Image Creator 0.27.1 Release Notes ====================================== Released May 25 2016 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Enhancements -------------------------- * new distribution support: Ubuntu 16.04, Fedora 23 * add raw image format support Bug Fixes --------- * Remove BmapCreate and Filemap source code from MIC (#DEVT-151) MIC Image Creator 0.27 Release Notes ====================================== Released Mar 28 2016 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Enhancements -------------------------- * new distribution support: CentOS 7, Debian 8, Fedora 21, Fedora 22, openSUSE 13.2 * generate manifest file to describe image information * refactor archive and compress module * support sparse handle for tar command * replace system V with systemd on locale setting * add qcow2 image format support * add strict mode for package installing * enable ssl_verify option in config file * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum (#DEVT-224) * drop mic-native support (#DEVT-248) * update mount option * revert bind mount config file to instroot * drop liveusb, livecd and raw image formats support (#DEVT-243, #DEVT-263) * use argparse module to parse the cmd line (#DEVT-52) Bug Fixes --------- * fix logfile incomplete in release option * fix config file disappear in bootstrap * fix aarch64 bin_format * fix pylint * fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure * fix qemu arm and arm64 issues * fix AttributeError in zypp backend * fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements * fix xml requirements * fix logfile not in release of '--release' when creation failed * fix copyright missing issue * fix syslinux installation path issue in Arch Linux * fix priority option of ks file not apply (#DEVT-254) * fix need to check loop device after excute 'losetup --find' * fix check scriptlet error file on /tmp/.postscript/error/ * fix broken tar archive MIC Image Creator 0.26 Release Notes ====================================== Released Oct 14 2014 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * add new arch MIPS support * add qcow2 image format support * add strict mode for package installing * enable ssl_verify option in config file * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum * enhance VCS info in yum backend Bug Fixes --------- * fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure * fix qemu arm and arm64 issues * fix AttributeError in zypp backend * fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements MIC Image Creator 0.25.2 Release Notes ====================================== Released Jun 11 2014 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- Bug Fixes --------- * fix AttributeError in zypp backend MIC Image Creator 0.25.1 Release Notes ====================================== Released May 28 2014 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- Bug Fixes --------- * revert bind mount config file to instroot * fix xml requirements MIC Image Creator 0.25 Release Notes ==================================== Released May 23 2014 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * new distribution support: Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 7.0 * generate manifest file to describe image information * refactor archive and compress module * support sparse handle for tar command * replace system V with systemd on locale setting * support lzop compress Bug Fixes --------- * fix logfile incomplete in release option * fix config file disappear in bootstrap * fix aarch64 bin_format * fix pylint MIC Image Creator 0.24.2 Release Notes ==================================== Released June 09 2014 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * enable ssl_verify in config file Bug Fixes --------- * fix logfile incompleted issue * fix md5sum to be compatible with utility md5sum * fix locale issue in systemd service MIC Image Creator 0.24 Release Notes ==================================== Released March 11 2014 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * enhance to handle password with special characters * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen * add --repo comand option for local build * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement * add hostname showing in log Bug Fixes --------- * fix chroot failed by space in image not enough * fix obsolete packages incorrect handling * fix yum backend failed to cache packages * fix bare ip in no_proxy not working * fix repeated log showing with yum backend * fix loop device latency timing * fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir' * fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed MIC Image Creator 0.23.1 Release Notes ==================================== Released January 23 2014 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- Bug Fixes --------- * fix bmap creation failed if using tmpfs MIC Image Creator 0.23 Release Notes ==================================== Released December 18 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode (to know more about arm64 support, check doc/KNOWN_ISSUES) * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1 * split the "native" running mode support to a separated sub-package * reduced the dependencies(packages) of mic main package dramatically * add new options '--interactive' and '--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction * add new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid * export more environment variables related to installer framework for loop format Bug Fixes --------- * fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed * fix 'mapper_device' key error * fix detailed error messages missing in mounting * fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora MIC Image Creator 0.22.3 Release Notes =========================================================== Released Nov 19 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * export mapper device for installer framework * update BmapCreate to 2.0 * enable internal setarch in bootstrap environment Bug Fixes --------- MIC Image Creator 0.22.2 Release Notes =========================================================== Released Nov 18 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * export mapper device for installer framework * update BmapCreate to 2.0 Bug Fixes --------- MIC Image Creator 0.22 Release Notes =========================================================== Released October 24 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module * refine error class module * improve installation in virtualenv * add bash completion support * add zsh completion support * export mapper device related to installer framework * update BmapCreate to the latest version Bug Fixes --------- - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE - fix incorrect number showing during installing - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER - correct project url in setup.py - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear MIC Image Creator 0.21.2 Release Notes =========================================================== Released September 28 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- Bug Fixes --------- * use sync mode in kpartx command MIC Image Creator 0.21.1 Release Notes =========================================================== Released September 18 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * prefer to use 'pbzip2'/'pigz' to compress image if possible * won't fallback to native mode if bootstrap not found Bug Fixes --------- * fix exiting at packaging images on Ubuntu distro MIC Image Creator 0.21 Release Notes =========================================================== Released August 28 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * new distribution support: Fedora 19 * refactor part of chroot modules for better cleanup handling * add an alias "installerfw_plugins" for installerfw * remove unnecessary fuser dependency for "fuser" command * enable proxy with user authentication setting * correct no_proxy handling in openSUSE * kill processes inside chroot after post script running * ulitize 'dmsetup' to avoid possible dm device unaccessible issue Bug Fixes --------- * fix bootloader options omitted * warn failed boot partition flags set * fix wrong file descriptor issue * fix some requires MIC Image Creator 0.20 Release Notes =========================================================== Released Jule 08 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.20 release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * new distribution support: CentOS 6 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration * improve output message of post scripts Bug Fixes --------- * fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback MIC Image Creator 0.19.3 Release Notes =========================================================== Released July 01 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.19.3 release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- Bug Fixes --------- * fix vfat UUID issue in liveusb MIC Image Creator 0.19.2 Release Notes =========================================================== Released July 01 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.19.2 release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart * export several environment to keep image information Bug Fixes --------- MIC Image Creator 0.19.1 Release Notes =========================================================== Released June 21 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.19.1 release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- Bug Fixes --------- * fall back to old arch detecting MIC Image Creator 0.19 Release Notes =========================================================== Released May 16 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.18 release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools * update some depends and fix depends issue Bug Fixes --------- * fix bug autologinuser always set * fix symlink bind mount left issue * fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback MIC Image Creator 0.18 Release Notes =========================================================== Released Apr 03 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.18 release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * put build_id before image name for release option * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up * enable --priority in ks to set priority * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0 Bug Fixes --------- * fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost * fix release option failure with slash * fix man page lost in some distros * fix bmap file packed to tarball Code Cleanup ------------ * unify import statements to absolute import * clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py * clean up some useless try and raise blocks * clean up some bad indentations * improve some error messages MIC Image Creator 0.17 Release Notes =========================================================== Released Feb 28 2013 This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.17 release. And the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New Features & Ehancements -------------------------- * support new distribution Fedora 18 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions * support partition without mount point * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages Bug Fixes --------- * fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk * fix incorrect alignment handling * fix requires squashfs in opensuse * fix unicode error in myurlgrab Code Cleanup ------------ * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py * clean up pylint issue in creator.py Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 =========================================================== * add GPT support for UEFI format - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required - clean up the mess code and improve readability * improve alignment to reduce unused space - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py * append timestamp suffix to image name by default * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism * code clean: - update documentation - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart - clean mic tests and keep only unittest - sepreate the download related as independent module * bug fix: - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir - recalculate package content recording - refactor try except statement in baseimager - fix existing loop images overwritten Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 =========================================================== * urgent bug fix: - fix loop device not cleaned issue - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue - fix mic failed in kvmic issue - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used * other bug fix: - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm - verify if logfile is a file - fix type error when calling mknod - fix the failure if ks under / dir - clean up the mess 'directory not empty' - fix type error when calling mknod Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 =========================================================== * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256" - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions' * update the documentation and man page * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod' * bug fix: - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env - split out username and password in zypp repo file - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 =========================================================== * support dracut for live image * update bmap version to 1.1 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 =========================================================== * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting * bug fix: - fix https proxy issue in yum backend - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 =========================================================== * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI * support label assign for raw image * bug fix: - fix live image create failure when label assigned - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type - fix mic --version ugly output Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 =========================================================== * create logfile as default when --release specifid * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot * record version and os info in build log and logfile * bug fix: - fix popup message in ubuntus - fix unicode issue for logfile - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 =========================================================== * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation * relocate and refactor selinux_check func * remove prefix for make install * bug fix: - fix compres image in raw image - fix src pkgs download failed issue - fix convert failed issue Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 =========================================================== * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy * support packing images together and support compressed file format * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env * centralized interface to check existing images * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber * bug fix: - fix logfile context lost issue - fix attachment package url handling - fix mic ch raw failed issue Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 =========================================================== * container support using '%attachment' section in ks * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage * extra patch: - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd - some fixes to enhance authentication url - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 =========================================================== * support pre-install package with zypp backend * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 =========================================================== * partition alignment support * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw * update dist files in git source * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner * add 40 system test case for help * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 =========================================================== * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs * zypp backend: more friendly output message * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp * enhancement for multiple partition loop format * make msger to accept Unicode string * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1 * new written man page Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 =========================================================== * give hint when converted image existed * conf.py: proxy scheme check * space check before copy image * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues * runner.py refinement * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end' * support more compression formats than only bzip2 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install * bootstrap: - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 =========================================================== * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself * Bug fix: - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 =========================================================== * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap' * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar' * Break dependency between backend and baseimage * Check valid repos in ks file * Space check update and catch no space exception * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 =========================================================== * Unit test support, run 'make test' * Enable proxy support in config file * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr * Support multi instance with different cache dir * Add 47 system test case * Improve md5sum generation * Add repo option --ssl_verify * Add option --name_prefix * Reformatted code according to PEP08 * Backport from mic2: - Add priority and cost option for repos - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 =========================================================== * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot * Append distfiles and Makefile * Check arch type from repo data * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue * Fix chroot issue caused by image size * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5 * Disable ca check for https * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output * untrack mic/__version__.py * Fix some minor issues Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 =========================================================== * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp * Support the following global command line options: - --verbose - --debug * Creator subcommand support the following command line options: - --logfile=LOGFILE - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH - --release=RID - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS - --pkgmgr=PKGMGR - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH Resource -------- * SITE: https://www.tizen.org/ * REPO: https://download.tizen.org/tools/ * DOCS: https://source.tizen.org/documentation/reference/mic-image-creator * CODE: https://review.tizen.org/git/tools/mic * BUGS: https://bugs.tizen.org/jira * HELP: general@lists.tizen.org Report Bugs ----------- when you found a bug, you can file this bug in our official bug tracker: https://bugs.tizen.org/jira Thank you for using MIC and for taking the time to send us your feedback!