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Latest release - serel 0.3.4 (2002-08-06)
new property 'late', for scripts that run after any scripts with a dependency
toggle serel boot on/off by typing "serel" on the boot loader command line
new redhat dependencies: dhcpd, wine
serel 0.3.3 (2002-07-10)
new RDF property serel:parse, avoids buggy dependencies in script comments
new config key manglename, controls mangling of boot script service names
bug fix: clients now retry when pipe to server is temporarily unavailable
new dependencies for xfstt, cups
draft man pages for serelc, serelhistory, rdf2dot
serel 0.3.2 (2002-05-02)
security fix - by default, network now depends on ipchains and iptables
new regression test for security-related dependencies
minor bug fixes
serel 0.3.1 (2002-04-25)
services and their relationships can now be expressed via xml/rdf
daemon caches service definitions from previous boot ==> 2nd boot is faster
graceful handling of services for which no dependency information is available
support for 'last' attribute - used with (for example): S99local
clients can test dependency graph (directed+acyclic) before committing to boot
pre-startup configuration via /etc/sysconfig/serel
new configuration file
serel 0.2.1 released (2002-04-01)
visualisation of boot-time services and relationships, with timings
serel 0.1.1 released (2002-01-18)
bug fixes and documentation
serel 0.1 released (2001-12-31)
explicit management of boot-time dependencies
support for dependency-creation during script-execution
Redhat 7.1 layer comes with:
support for Linux Standards Base declarations
sample dependency table for all /etc/rc.d/init.d services
support for dependency table creation+sharing
support for low-risk upgrades of existing systems
Copyright (c) 2002 by Leni Mayo