From baa6e0951c75596a39e1416bc74ec5bbfe451d9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: srs5694 Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:52:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 0.9.0 release. --- NEWS.txt | 4 +++- debian/changelog | 6 ++++++ docs/refind/bootmode.html | 2 +- docs/refind/configfile.html | 2 +- docs/refind/drivers.html | 2 +- docs/refind/features.html | 4 +++- docs/refind/getting.html | 18 +++++++++--------- docs/refind/index.html | 16 ++++++++-------- docs/refind/installing.html | 6 +++--- docs/refind/linux.html | 15 +++++++++------ docs/refind/revisions.html | 4 +++- docs/refind/secureboot.html | 2 +- docs/refind/themes.html | 4 ++-- docs/refind/todo.html | 2 +- docs/refind/using.html | 2 +- install.sh | 2 +- mkrlconf.sh | 4 ++-- refind.spec | 4 +++- refind/main.c | 2 +- 19 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index 4986260..a04b68b 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -0.9.0 (6/??/2015): +0.9.0 (7/26/2015): ------------------ +- New icon for Kali Linux, submitted by Francesco D'Eugenio. + - Minor code changes to ensure that rEFInd compiles with GCC 5.1. (Tested with GNU-EFI on a Fedora 22 system; not yet tested with the TianoCore EDK2.) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index f94d6ed..9ed8ea3 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +refind (0.9.0-0ppa1) trusty; urgency=medium + + * Version bump + + -- Roderick Smith Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:36:11 -0400 + refind (0.8.7-0ppa2) trusty; urgency=medium * Fix Debian packaging error affecting IA32 platforms diff --git a/docs/refind/bootmode.html b/docs/refind/bootmode.html index 3d48620..1ab0647 100644 --- a/docs/refind/bootmode.html +++ b/docs/refind/bootmode.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7

+7/26/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

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diff --git a/docs/refind/configfile.html b/docs/refind/configfile.html index 809eafa..0c4cd89 100644 --- a/docs/refind/configfile.html +++ b/docs/refind/configfile.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -7/21/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

+7/26/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

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diff --git a/docs/refind/drivers.html b/docs/refind/drivers.html index 782e170..bbdad5b 100644 --- a/docs/refind/drivers.html +++ b/docs/refind/drivers.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

Originally written: 4/19/2012; last Web page update: -3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7

+7/26/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

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diff --git a/docs/refind/features.html b/docs/refind/features.html index 3af7b06..b0dd134 100644 --- a/docs/refind/features.html +++ b/docs/refind/features.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7

+7/26/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

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@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ such as those with Gigabyte's Hybrid EFI, lack a usable CSM.
  • The ability to auto-detect Linux initial RAM disk files and to read Linux kernel options from a refind_linux.conf file. These features support (nearly) automatic handling of Linux kernels with embedded EFI stub loader support (a new feature with Linux 3.3.0).
    • +
  • The ability to "fold" multiple Linux kernels into a single entry in the main menu. Additional kernels appear as options in the submenu. This feature is enabled by default, but can be disabled by setting fold_linux_kernels false in refind.conf.
    • +
  • In the absence of a refind_linux.conf file, the ability to pass minimal Linux boot options to a kernel based on the contents of /etc/fstab. This is limited to cases in which the kernel resides on the Linux root (/) filesystem, though, and it won't work if the installation requires any unusual options.
  • Fixes to display problems on many UEFI-based PCs.
    • diff --git a/docs/refind/getting.html b/docs/refind/getting.html index ee948b5..a3bfaea 100644 --- a/docs/refind/getting.html +++ b/docs/refind/getting.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7

    +7/26/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

    This Web page is provided free of charge and with no annoying outside ads; however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting does cost money. If you find this Web page useful, please consider making a small donation to help keep this site up and running. Thanks!

    @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    diff --git a/docs/refind/installing.html b/docs/refind/installing.html index fab25df..d56a256 100644 --- a/docs/refind/installing.html +++ b/docs/refind/installing.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7

    +7/26/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

    This Web page is provided free of charge and with no annoying outside ads; however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting does cost money. If you find this Web page useful, please consider making a small donation to help keep this site up and running. Thanks!

    @@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    I provide RPM and Debian package files for rEFInd; and starting with version 0.8.1, I'm maintaining an Ubuntu PPA for rEFInd. If you have a working RPM-based or Debian-based Linux installation that boots in EFI mode, using one of these files is likely to be the easiest way to install rEFInd: You need only download the file and issue an appropriate installation command. In some cases, double-clicking the package in your file manager will install it. If that doesn't work, a command like the following will install the RPM on an RPM-based system:

    -
    # rpm -Uvh refind-0.8.7-1.x86_64.rpm
    +
    # rpm -Uvh refind-0.9.0-1.x86_64.rpm

    On a Debian-based system, the equivalent command is:

    -
    # dpkg -i refind_0.8.7-1_amd64.deb
    +
    # dpkg -i refind_0.9.0-1_amd64.deb

    Either command produces output similar to that described for using the install.sh script, so you can check it for error messages and other signs of trouble. The package file installs rEFInd and registers it with the EFI to be the default boot loader. The script that runs as part of the installation process tries to determine if you're using Secure Boot, and if so it will try to configure rEFInd to launch using shim; however, this won't work correctly on all systems. Ubuntu 12.10 users who are booting with Secure Boot active should be wary, since the resulting installation will probably try to use Ubuntu's version of shim, which won't work correctly with rEFInd. The shim program provided with more recent versions of Ubuntu should work correctly.

    diff --git a/docs/refind/linux.html b/docs/refind/linux.html index 95a8d9f..1db78a6 100644 --- a/docs/refind/linux.html +++ b/docs/refind/linux.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    Originally written: 3/19/2012; last Web page update: -3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7

    +7/26/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.0

    This Web page is provided free of charge and with no annoying outside ads; however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting does cost money. If you find this Web page useful, please consider making a small donation to help keep this site up and running. Thanks!

    @@ -201,9 +201,12 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    href="#efistub">later. Starting with version 0.6.12, rEFInd can create minimal boot options from /etc/fstab, if /boot is not a separate partition, so a refind_linux.conf - file may not be strictly necessary. It remains desirable, though, and - is necessary if /boot is on a separate partition or if you - need unusual kernel options to boot your computer. + file may not be strictly necessary. Version 0.9.0 also adds the ability + to identify the root (/) partition via the Discoverable + Partitions Spec, if your disk uses the appropriate type codes. A + refind_linux.conf file remains desirable, though, and is + necessary in some situations. @@ -481,11 +484,11 @@ total 17943

    rEFInd sorts boot loader entries within each directory by time stamp, so that the most recent entry comes first. Thus, if you specify a directory name (or a volume label, for loaders stored in a volume's root directory) as the default_selection, rEFInd will make the most recent loader in the directory the default. This can obviate the need to adjust this configuration parameter when you add a new kernel; chances are you want the most recently-added kernel to be the default, and rEFInd makes it so when you set the default_selection in this way. If you don't want the latest kernel to become the default, you can use touch to give the desired kernel (or other boot loader) in the directory a more recent time stamp, or you can set default_selection to a value that uniquely identifies your desired default loader. One caveat you should keep in mind is that the EFI and Windows interpret the hardware clock as local time, whereas Mac OS X uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Linux can work either way. Thus, time stamps for boot loaders can be skewed by several hours depending on the environment in which they were created or last modified.

    -

    Prior to rEFInd 0.9.0, each Linux kernel appeared as a separate entry in the main rEFInd menu. This could make for a very crowded menu if you kept many old kernels and/or if you have several Linux distributions installed. rEFInd 0.9.0 adds a "folding" feature, in which multiple kernel entries in a single directory appear as a single entry in the main menu. Selecting that entry launches the kernel with the most recent time stamp. To launch an older kernel, you must press F2 or Insert; older kernels appear in the submenu shown earlier, but with the kernel filename prepended to the description. If you want to see all your kernels separated on the main menu, as in earlier versions of rEFInd, you should edit refind.conf: Uncomment the fold_linux_kernels option and set it to false, off, or 0.

    +

    Prior to rEFInd 0.9.0, each Linux kernel appeared as a separate entry in the main rEFInd menu. This could make for a very crowded menu if you kept many old kernels and/or if you have several Linux distributions installed. rEFInd 0.9.0 adds a "folding" feature, in which multiple kernel entries in a single directory appear as a single entry in the main menu. Selecting that entry launches the kernel with the most recent time stamp. To launch an older kernel, you must press F2 or Insert; older kernels appear in the submenu shown earlier, but with the kernel filename prepended to the description. If you want to launch an older kernel by default, you can touch it in Linux, as in touch /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.0 to make /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.0 the default. (You must type this command as root or using sudo.) If you want to see all your kernels separated on the main menu, as in earlier versions of rEFInd, you should edit refind.conf: Uncomment the fold_linux_kernels option and set it to false, off, or 0.

    Tip for distribution maintainers: If you maintain an EFI/distname directory for your kernels, you can place your version of rEFInd in a directory called EFI/distname/refind. This will avoid collisions with duplicate rEFInd installations from other distributions.

    -

    On the whole, this method of configuration has a lot going for it. For distribution maintainers, if you place your Linux kernel files (with EFI stub support) on the ESP, with suitable filenames, matching initial RAM disk files, and a refind_linux.conf file, then any rEFInd 0.2.3 or later installation should detect your files, even if the user installs another distribution with another rEFInd that takes over from yours. (If the user, or this other rEFInd installation, disables auto-detection, this won't work.)

    +

    On the whole, auto-detecting kernels and passing boot options using refind_linux.conf has a lot going for it. For distribution maintainers, if you place your Linux kernel files (with EFI stub support) on the ESP, with suitable filenames, matching initial RAM disk files, and a refind_linux.conf file, then any rEFInd 0.2.3 or later installation should detect your files, even if the user installs another distribution with another rEFInd that takes over from yours. (If the user, or this other rEFInd installation, disables auto-detection, this won't work.)

    For end users, this method is simpler than maintaining manual configurations in refind.conf (or equivalents for ELILO or GRUB). To install a new kernel, you need only copy it and its initial RAM disk, under suitable names, to a scanned directory on the ESP. There's no need to touch any configuration file, provided you've already set up refind_linux.conf in your kernel's directory. You will, however, have to adjust refind_linux.conf if you make certain changes, such as if your root directory identifier changes.

    diff --git a/docs/refind/revisions.html b/docs/refind/revisions.html index 20d5221..c46888a 100644 --- a/docs/refind/revisions.html +++ b/docs/refind/revisions.html @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@

    by Roderick W. Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    -

    Last Web page update: 3/1/2015

    +

    Last Web page update: 7/26/2015

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    @@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com