Finit v4.14

Minor bug fix release.

Changes

• Add exit status/signal info when a process dies, by Mattias Berthel
• Extend service kill:SEC to support up to 300 sec.
• Extend norespawn debug to cover service_retry()
• Build without libsystemd replacement by default

Fixes

• Fix #449: ALSA plugin fail-to-build-from-source
• Fix sysv stop command process environment, should be same as start
• Fix state machine ordering issue: enter new config generation after
  services disabled in previous generation have been stopped

Finit v4.13

Note

This release introduce a bare bones libsystemd replacement with an
<systemd/sd-daemon.h> include file. Other systemd features are the
reload:script and stop:script, mimicking ExecReload and ExecStop.

Changes

• initctl signal command has been renamed to initctl kill
• Drop xz tarballs from distribution, gzip is good enough
• New tmpfiles stand-alone program, refactored from the existing
  tmpfiles.d support in Finit, by Aaron Andersen, PR #439
  • --remove command runs only the r and R rules
  • --create is used for all other cases (bootstrap)
• All notify:systemd services now log with logit by default. This
  because it supports systemd style log severity, leading "<NUM>"
• Support for quoted arguments to run/task/service options, issue #441
• Clear command line arguments after bootstrap, issue #442
• Support for stop:'script [args]' to stop a sysv/service instead of
  the common foo-stop-start.sh stop, or SIGTERM, issue #412
• Support for reload:'script [args]' to trigger a configuration
  reload in a service, issue #446

Fixes

• Fix #437: buffer overflow in initctl status
• Fix #438: support very long command lines in initctl ps/top
• Fix #440: broken systemd and s6 readiness notification
• Fix #443: build warnings, by Ming Liu, Atlas Copco
• Fix #444: handle loooooong arguments, by Aaron Andersen
• Fix service's redirected stdout/stderr log priority in fallback mode,
  when neither logger or logit is available. This fix also checks
  for systemd style log severity, leading "<NUM>" in log messages
• Ensure API socket used by initctl is non-blocking (event loop)

Finit v4.13-rc1

Note

This release introduce a bare bones libsystemd replacement with an
<systemd/sd-daemon>.h include file. Other systemd features are the
reload:script and stop:script, mimicking ExecReload and ExecStop.

Changes

• Drop xz tarballs from distribution, gzip is good enough
• New tmpfiles stand-alone program, refactored from the existing
  tmpfiles.d support in Finit, by Aaron Andersen, PR #439
  • --remove command runs only the r and R rules
  • --create is used for all other cases (bootstrap)
• All notify:systemd services now log with logit by default. This
  because it supports systemd style log severity, leading "<NUM>"
• Support for quoted arguments to run/task/service options, issue #441
• Clear command line arguments after bootstrap, issue #442
• Support for stop:'script [args]' to stop a sysv/service instead of
  the common foo-stop-start.sh stop, or SIGTERM, issue #412
• Support for reload:'script [args]' to trigger a configuration
  reload in a service, issue #446

Fixes

• Fix #437: buffer overflow in initctl status
• Fix #438: support very long command lines in initctl ps/top
• Fix #440: broken systemd and s6 readiness notification
• Fix #443: build warnings, by Ming Liu, Atlas Copco
• Fix #444: handle loooooong arguments, by Aaron Andersen
• Fix service's redirected stdout/stderr log priority in fallback mode,
  when neither logger or logit is available. This fix also checks
  for systemd style log severity, leading "<NUM>" in log messages
• Ensure API socket used by initctl is non-blocking (event loop)

Finit v4.12

Changes

• Improve notify:s6 readiness compatibility, by Aaron Andersen
• Update runparts usage text

Fixes

• Fix variable overloading in urandom plugin
• Fix buffer overwrite in urandom plugin, reported by Aaron Andersen

Finit v4.11

Changes

• Update documentation regarding transition from runlevel S to 2, how
  run/tasks must "complete" before Finit can move to the next runlevel
• Improve argument handling in bundled getty when launching login

Fixes

• Fix #432: allow services in setup state to be stopped. This fixes
  a serious blocker introduced in 4.10 that prevented systems from
  being rebooted when any service was in this state
• Fix fallback SIGKILL when stopping a service with SIGTERM does
  not work. This fixes a serious issue with services not responding to
  the default SIGTERM
• Fix pre/post/ready/cleanup script execution if service has an
  optional env:file (leading -)
• Fix blocked signals for pre/post/ready/cleanup scripts preventing
  normal shutdown when a service/sysv is stopped in its setup state
• Fix issue where a pre:script creates a PID file in /run cause the
  service to move from setup state to running. Any svc_t in setup,
  teardown, or cleanup state should be ignored in the pidfile plugin

Finit v4.11-rc2

Changes

• Update documentation regarding transition from runlevel S to 2, how
  run/tasks must "complete" before Finit can move to the next runlevel
• Improve argument handling in bundled getty when launching login

Fixes

• Fix #432: allow services in setup state to be stopped. This fixes
  a serious blocker introduced in 4.10 that prevented systems from
  being rebooted when any service was in this state
• Fix fallback SIGKILL when stopping a service with SIGTERM does
  not work. This fixes a serious issue with services not responding to
  the default SIGTERM
• Fix pre/post/ready/cleanup script execution if service has an
  optional env:file (leading -)

Finit v4.11-rc1

Changes

• Update documentation regarding transition from runlevel S to 2, how
  run/tasks must "complete" before Finit can move to the next runlevel
• Improve argument handling in bundled getty when launching login

Fixes

• Fix #432: allow services in setup state to be stopped. This fixes
  a serious blocker introduced in 4.10 that prevented systems from
  being rebooted when any service was in this state
• Fix fallback SIGKILL when stopping a service with SIGTERM does
  not work. This fixes a serious issue with services not responding to
  the default SIGTERM
• Fix pre/post/ready/cleanup script execution if service has an
  optional env:file (leading -)

Finit v4.10

Changes

• Add support for cleanup:[0-3600,]script, runs before service is
  removed, unlike post:script that runs when service is stopped
• Improved entropy gathering in tertiary fallback of urandom plugin
• Reclassify sysv from run/task class to service

Fixes

• Fix #427: using an external getty with custom login program cause
  Finit to use login program as the getty command
• Fix #428: allow sysctl path to be set at build time
• Fix #429: regression in v4.9 causing Finit to segfault at shutdown
• Fix possible memory leak when sourcing a service env:file
• Finit now waits until all post:scripts have run before returning
  OK to initctl <reload|runlevel>. This also applies to the new
  cleanup:scripts introduced in this release
• RFC3154 conformance formatting fix for /dev/kmsg fallback logging

Finit v4.10-rc2

Changes

• Add support for cleanup:[0-3600,]script, runs before service is
  removed, unlike post:script that runs when service is stopped
• Improved entropy gathering in tertiary fallback of urandom plugin
• Reclassify sysv from run/task class to service

Fixes

• Fix #427: using an external getty with custom login program cause
  Finit to use login program as the getty command
• Fix #428: allow sysctl path to be set at build time
• Fix #429: regression in v4.9 causing Finit to segfault at shutdown
• Fix possible memory leak when sourcing a service env:file
• Finit now waits until all post:scripts have run before returning
  OK to initctl <reload|runlevel>. This also applies to the new
  cleanup:scripts introduced in this release

Finit v4.10-rc1

Changes

• Add support for cleanup:[0-3600,]script, runs before service is
  removed, unlike post:script that runs when service is stopped
• Improved entropy gathering in tertiary fallback of urandom plugin
• Reclassify sysv from run/task class to service

Fixes

• Fix #427: using an external getty with custom login program cause
  Finit to use login program as the getty command
• Fix #428: allow sysctl path to be set at build time
• Fix possible memory leak when sourcing a service env:file
• Finit now waits until all post:scripts have run before returning
  OK to initctl <reload|runlevel>. This also applies to the new
  cleanup:scripts introduced in this release