[Voyage-linux] Voyage Linux 0.6.5 released

[Will Tatam]

How do I do upgrade and existing install ? apt-get update && apt-get
dist-upgrade is not pulling a newer voyage-utils or new enough kernel

> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libnl1
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   aufs-modules-2.6.26-486-voyage bind9-host dnsmasq dnsmasq-base
> dnsutils hostapd libbind9-40 libdbus-1-3 libdns45 libisc45 libisccc40
> libisccfg40 libkrb53
>   liblwres40 libssl0.9.8 libxml2 linux-image-2.6.26-486-voyage
> madwifi-modules-2.6.26-486-voyage ntp ntpdate openssl python2.5
> python2.5-minimal
>   squashfs-modules-2.6.26-486-voyage tzdata voyage-util watchdog wget
> wpasupplicant
> 29 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 4 not fully installed or removed.


> ==========================================================
> 0.6.5 (17 Feb 2009)
> - [kernel] linux-image-2.6.30-486-voyage_7.0-1
>    - [general] Debian kernel source 2.6.30-8squeeze1
>    - [general] enable lzma for kernel image compression
>    - [general] enable verbose bootup with timestamp
>    - [wireless] enable rate minstrel control, 80211s mesh
>    - [ide] enable cs5536 block device
>    - [net] enable PPP multi-link
>    - [netdev] enable atl2, atl1 and atl1c
>    - [netdev-wireless] enable ath9k, ar9170, rt2x00
>    - [usb] enable hso, usb gadget amd5536
>    - [i2c] enable gpiolib, gpio for sysfs, pcf857x, pcf9591 and
> scx200_i2C
>    - [v4l] enable GSPCA based devices, philips cameras
>    - [led] enable stock leds driver for alix2 and gpio led trigger
>    - [fs] enable ext4 and built-in squashfs
>    - [crypto] enable most of crypto drivers
>    - [staging] enable et131x, rt2860, rt2870
> - [madwifi] upgrade to madwifi-trunk 0.9.4+r4099trunk.20090929-1
> - [misc]
>    - /etc/network/interfaces add bintval 1000 and disable iwpriv ath0
> mode 3
>    - do not remove /usr/share/zoneinfo
>    - add usb mount udev rules
>    - add back /ro directory to distro and add /var/lib/logrotate to /ro
>    - change kernel package flavour to -voyage instead of -486-voyage
> - [live-cd]
>    - remove all_generic_ide in Live CD boot parameter
>    - set mksquashfs to use -b 1M option
>    - disable memtest, d-i and win32loader for Live CD
> - [voyage-util]
>    - better debhelper support for initscripts
>    - reconfigure resolvconf at installation
>    - fix profile and serial menu items without numbers
>    - add new voyage-rwfile script to support /ro /rw style read-only mode
>    - [voyage-sync] add empty directory checking
>    - [voyage-sync] fix .* hidden files not sync'ing
>    - [voyage-sync] add VOYAGE_RW_DIRS for non-sync read-write directories
>    - [voyage-sync] run sync command after finish synchronization to disk
>    - [voyage-sync] corrected some typos and preserve ownership and
> permissions on copied directories to ramdisk. Killing running
> processes got also some changes. (Hermann Hofer)
>    - [voyage-sync] detect a reboot with data remaining in '/.sync/...'
> from a previously sync and copy this data over to the correct place
> before syncing and mounting to ramdisk. (Hermann Hofer)
>    - PATCH[3/3]: command line processing for voyage.update (Christian
> Recktenwald)
>    - PATCH: command line processing for format-cf.sh (Christian
> Recktenwald)
>    - PATCH: prevent /sys /proc /dev and /tmp/cf from    being copied
> by    copyfiles.sh / alternate network installation procedure
> (Christian Recktenwald)
>    - PATCH: Add -U flag to use flash media as-is (Darshaka Pathirana)
>
> ==========================================================
> Apart from kernel update to 2.6.30, 0.6.5 includes a number of
> enhancements in voyage.update and voyage-sync scripts, as well as the
> return of /ro directory. Perhaps there will be some updates to 0.6
> prior to 0.7.0. 0.7.0 is however scheduled on 2010 summer if Debian
> "squeeze" is not delayed again.
>
> For support or get involved in Voyage Linux, please check at:
> http://linux.voyage.hk/?q=getinvolved
>


-- 
Will Tatam
Systems Architect
Red61

0845 867 2203 ext 103