This chapter lists content changes for this document.
This manual was updated on the following dates:
SMT Guide is now part of the documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Add-ons provided by SUSE have been renamed to modules and extensions. The manuals have been updated to reflect this change.
Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.
The registration service has been changed from Novell Customer Center to SUSE Customer Center.
In YaST, you will now reach https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867809).
via the group. is gone (
Added a note on installation errors when trying to remove a package that is part of a pattern (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928074).
AutoYaST documentation is missing most tag and attributes description (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883393).
AutoYaST documentation for LVM groups is wrong (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906362).
Removed all KDE documentation and references because KDE is no longer shipped.
Removed all references to SuSEconfig, which is no longer supported (Fate #100011).
Move from System V init to systemd (Fate #310421). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
YaST Runlevel Editor has changed to Services Manager (Fate #312568). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
Removed all references to ISDN support, as ISDN support has been removed (Fate #314594).
Removed all references to the YaST DSL module as it is no longer shipped (Fate #316264).
Removed all references to the YaST Modem module as it is no longer shipped (Fate #316264).
Btrfs has become the default file system for the root partition (Fate #315901). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
The dmesg
now provides human-readable time stamps in
ctime()
-like format (Fate #316056). Updated affected
parts of the documentation.
syslog and syslog-ng have been replaced by rsyslog (Fate #316175). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
MariaDB is now shipped as the relational database instead of MySQL (Fate #313595). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
SUSE-related products are no longer available from http://download.novell.com but from http://download.suse.com. Adjusted links accordingly.
Novell Customer Center has been replaced with SUSE Customer Center. Updated affected parts of the documentation.
/var/run
is mounted as tmpfs (Fate #303793).
Updated affected parts of the documentation.
The following architectures are no longer supported: Itanium and x86. Updated affected parts of the documentation.
The traditional method for setting up the network with
ifconfig
has been replaced by
wicked
. Updated affected parts of the
documentation.
A lot of networking commands are deprecated and have been replaced by
newer commands (usually ip
). Updated affected
parts of the documentation.
arp : ip neighbor
|
ifconfig : ip addr , ip
link
|
iptunnel : ip tunnel
|
iwconfig : iw
|
nameif : ip link ,
ifrename
|
netstat : ss ,
ip route ,
ip -s link ,
ip maddr
|
route : ip route
|
Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.
Added a note on how to deactivate the second stage of the installation to Section 1.2, “Overview and Concept”.
Added a tip on how to enable multipath for the installation to Section 4.1, “General Options” (Fate #316278).
Added Section 4.3, “System Registration and Extension Selection”.
Updated Section 4.4, “The Boot Loader” to reflect the changes that came with GRUB 2.
Updated the Detailed Automated Partitioning example in Section 4.5.4, “Automated Partitioning”.
Replaced the LDAP Client chapter with Section 4.10, “Authentication Client” explaining the new authentication setup procedure with SSSD (Fate #316089).
Added a tip on how to use ldaps:// to Section 4.10, “Authentication Client” (Fate #316086).
Adjusted Section 4.21.1, “Printer” to reflect the new AutoYaST syntax for setting up a printer.
Section 4.21.1, “Printer”: AutoYaST printer config: Since CUPS > 1.6 now cupsd.conf plus cups-files.conf (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871847).
Chapter 5, Rules and Classes: autoyast rules - some attributes are accepted even does not match exactly (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872690).
Section 5.1.6, “Predefined System Attributes”: ayast_probe - error message “The storage subsystem is locked by the application y2base...” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872551).
Section 6.3, “Invoking the Auto-Installation Process”: AutoYast does not support 802.1q tagged VLAN (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852316).