Salt 2015.8.11 Release Notes¶

Changes for v2015.8.10..v2015.8.11¶

Extended changelog courtesy of Todd Stansell (https://github.com/tjstansell/salt-changelogs):

Generated at: 2016-07-14T21:16:18Z

Total Merges: 122

Changes:

• PR #34676: (cachedout) Revert "Modify lodaer global test to use populated dunders"
• PR #34601: (lorengordon) Clarifies the proper way to reference states

• bc63f25 Lint 34644 (#34651)
• 5036026 Adjust the mine test a little bit to give it a better chance of success (#34647)

• PR #34642: (jtand) Check that mysqladmin exists before running mysql integration tests
• PR #34618: (jtand) Network state integration test test=True
• PR #34617: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8

• b90ae40 Add support for edge case when Cmd and Entrypoint can't be blanked (#34593)
• 12b579c When sorting list actual_data, make it a list (#34590)
• 7dd8035 Gate docker unit test to check for docker (#34591)
• ae38c87 Add a bunch of documentation on getting files from other environments (#34560)

• PR #34531: (terminalmage) Support ignore_epoch argument in version comparisons
• PR #34545: (terminalmage) Handle cases where Docker Remote API returns an empty ExecutionDriver
• PR #34546: (rallytime) Rename unit.states.boto_secgroup to unit.states.boto_secgroup_test
• PR #34537: (rallytime) Rename tests.unit.simple to tests.unit.simple_test

• fbab2f8 [2015.8] Update bootstrap script to latest stable (#34527)
• 6b8c76a Prevent many errors in the test suite in loader tests (#34521)
• c2f296c Fix wrong order of retention_policy_exists (#34507)

• PR #34518: (terminalmage) Fix pkg.latest integration test for non-LTS ubuntu
• PR #34513: (cachedout) Lower the log level for modules which cannot be loaded to trace
• PR #34498: (rallytime) Use -O in the wget example in the bootstrap tutorial for the develop branch

• 3ebba02 Rename some unit test files by adding _test (#34503)
• 8722257 Improve top file merging documentation (#34505)
• 6ce7cb9 Gracefully handle non-XML output in GlusterFS execution module. (#34492)
• 7529945 Use skipTest for network state integration test (#34489)
• 0f3f87f Update dnsmasq.get_config docs to use correct config_file param. (#34488)

• PR #34462: (terminalmage) Use --always when available to git describe
• PR #34467: (rallytime) Back-port #34457 to 2015.8
• PR #34432: (twangboy) Fix file.append
• PR #34429: (terminalmage) Skip version checking for targeted packages in pkg.latest state

• 0a26459 Forgot reference to inotify (#34455)

• PR #34451: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8
• PR #34401: (terminalmage) Use rpmdev-vercmp as a fallback for version comparison on RHEL5
• PR #34366: (steverweber) Update service.py
• PR #34426: (cro) Document that inotify is Linux only
• PR #34392: (cro) Clarify that salt-cloud doesn't get installed by bootstrap
• PR #34373: (jtand) Network state integration test

• d6af1de Optimize pkg integration tests and add a couple new tests (#34377)

• PR #34368: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8

• 94e0946 Back-port #34324 to 2015.8 (#34344)
• 11dc020 Making salt-ssh pass proper return codes for jinja rendering errors (#34342)
• f6bd1ad Revert py3modernize lint changes (#34339)

• PR #34306: (ghedo) Fix iptables.flush state: Do not force 'filter' table when flushing

• 0c60fea Doc clarifications to file modules, addition of new profile log level to docs, fixed example in dnsmasq (#34323)
• b793426 Remove unnecessarily-disabled sanity check (#34325)

• PR #34335: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8

• a6d3cc6 Typo in dockerio doc (#34319)

• PR #34312: (rallytime) [2015.8] Update to latest bootstrap script v2016.06.27
• PR #34307: (rallytime) Fix test example in integration testing docs
• PR #34233: (thegoodduke) ipset: fix the comment containing blank
• PR #34257: (rallytime) Use 'config_dir' setting instead of CONFIG_DIR in gpg renderer
• PR #34274: (clinta) Don't escape source before calling managed
• PR #34258: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8
• PR #34093: (terminalmage) Catch CommandExecutionError in pkg states
• PR #34136: (meaksh) Fixed behavior for SUSE OS grains in 2015.8

• 56c7267 fix regression from #33681 which causes pulling a list of s3 objects via s3.query to fail (#34208)
• 02eb331 Fix a pair of gitfs bugs (#34218)

• PR #34182: (rallytime) Handle child PIDs differently depending on the availability of psutils

• 5d3ec31 Clarify pkg.list_repo_pkgs docstring for held packages (#34188)
• 5bca5c4 Change target for dockerng assuming default status to Nitrogen release (#34206)

• PR #34184: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8
• PR #34176: (rallytime) Back-port #34103 to 2015.8
• PR #34179: (terminalmage) Raise the correct exception when gitfs lockfile is empty
• PR #34178: (terminalmage) Remove unnecesssary comment

• 6387d16 fix salt --summary to count not responding minions correctly (#34165)
• e5949ea doc: add missing dot (#34175)
• 47595d6 Typo fix (#34174)

• PR #34077: (rallytime) Add some grains targeting tests
• PR #34142: (isbm) Move log message from INFO to DEBUG.

• 79a719b Update documentation on "refresh" behavior in pkg states (#34100)
• 6d0d52f modules.pkg int tests: skip refresh_db upon error (#34072)

• PR #34069: (rallytime) Add a test to check for disconnected minion messaging
• PR #34048: (terminalmage) RFC: proposed fix for multiple fileserver updates in masterless runs
• PR #34011: (rallytime) Back-port #33948 and #34009 to 2015.8

• bca4371 Fixed a bug in the consul.py module that was preventing services (#34051)

• PR #34045: (jacobhammons) Updated latest release version

• f9bfcde Always make changes to minion config if set (#34020)
• e25dba4 More YAML indentation fixes in state module examples (#34030)

• PR #34018: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8

• 7d940ae states.file: fix indentation in YAML examples (#34003)
• 4c7fac0 Remove loader test for pam module (#34002)

• PR #33990: (jacobhammons) Adds links to several current Salt-related projects
• PR #33983: (twangboy) Clarify the account_exists parameter
• PR #33951: (jfindlay) modules.gem int tests: more fixes
• PR #33984: (jfindlay) Add docs and tests to disk state
• PR #33985: (rallytime) Write some more simple batch command tests

• 6080846 acl.ClientACL: add unit tests (#33684)
• a74f1b8 ZD 762 (#33942)

• PR #33946: (rallytime) Back-port #33698 to 2015.8
• PR #33952: (rallytime) Add base argument to salt-ssh grains wrapper for filter_by func

• 4a80649 Adds a "Generated on <timestamp>" line to the footer of each doc html page in the doc (#33962)
• b3ec39d Correct issue with ping on rotate with minion cache (#33765)

• PR #33888: (jfindlay) random.org checks

• 2dc1914 Add connecting_settings to boto_elb state attributes list (#33936)
• 91a2184 Wait for up to a minute for sync_after_install (#33917)

• PR #33877: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8
• PR #33827: (cachedout) Fix broken locate.locate function
• PR #33839: (cachedout) Fix another unit test stacktrace in pkg_resource
• PR #33840: (cachedout) Remove matcher tests
• PR #33836: (cachedout) Fixing more stupid unit tests
• PR #33805: (jfindlay) states.pkg int tests: skip if pkg mgr unavailable
• PR #33808: (jfindlay) fix some problems with the gem module integration tests
• PR #33770: (jfindlay) service state integration tests
• PR #33691: (jtand) Gem integration test
• PR #33777: (sodium-chloride) Fix minor docstring issue of arg being missing
• PR #33759: (cachedout) Catch no minions exception in batch mode
• PR #33719: (cachedout) Catch oserror for race condition
• PR #33712: (meaksh) Fix for groupadd execution module failures in SLES11 systems
• PR #33718: (rallytime) Back-port #33700 to 2015.8
• PR #33727: (terminalmage) Fix git_pillar edge case for remote repos without a master branch
• PR #33728: (jfindlay) Make configurable_test_state configurable in test mode
• PR #33729: (twangboy) Add exclude option to win_servermanager
• PR #33743: (vutny) Debian installation docs: drop section about community-maintained repo

• 56c0a42 Create missing jid dir if it doesn't exist (#33653)

• PR #33654: (twangboy) Fix win servermanager
• PR #33679: (terminalmage) Only compile the template contents if they evaluate to True
• PR #33685: (jfindlay) modules.cp.get_url: add test for https://
• PR #33581: (dincamihai) Call zypper refresh after adding/modifying a repository
• PR #33681: (rallytime) Back-port #33599 to 2015.8
• PR #33396: (babilen) Issue 33393
• PR #33652: (terminalmage) Lower the log level for failed auths
• PR #33615: (danslimmon) Fix crash on unconnectable MySQL server (resolves `#33582`_)
• PR #33558: (twangboy) Fix win servermanager
• PR #33555: (cachedout) Fix crashing Maintenence process
• PR #33501: (meaksh) unit tests for rpm.checksum() and zypper.download()
• PR #33513: (rallytime) Add a section to the jinja docs about escaping jinja
• PR #33520: (jacobhammons) Updated version numbers in the docs for the 2016.3.0 release
• PR #33507: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8
• PR #33503: (rallytime) Add docs about minion config file in standalone minion docs
• PR #33474: (cachedout) Fix diskusage beacon
• PR #33465: (meaksh) jobs.exit_success allow to check if a job has executed and exit successfully
• PR #33487: (jtand) Add docstring examples to glance.py and nova.py [2015.8]
• PR #33481: (rallytime) Fix docs about etcd config options and add pillar_opts doc
• PR #33490: (rallytime) Document the postgres.psql_query function
• PR #33480: (jfindlay) states.service: minor doc updates

• 4f96cc1 Return full pending computer name (#33483)
• a89be5e Use six.string_types in jobs runner (#33499)

• PR #33491: (BlaineAtAffirm) fix jobs.list_jobs failing with search_target
• PR #33478: (rallytime) Back-port #32484 to 2015.8
• PR #33457: (rallytime) Make doc formatting consistent and use correct versionadded

• 1dfa956 Don't allow a "repo" kwarg for pkgrepo.managed (#33477)
• b4071b0 Allow for config entry to be a list in a dict for beacons (#33476)

• PR #33469: (meaksh) check the RPM signature of zypper pkg.download packages and report errors

• 00f9090 Add docs about PyYAML's 1024 character limitations for simple keys (#33459)
• 3b12f39 Prevent several minion processes on the same machine (#33464)
• c8b4f33 Make --gpg-auto-import-keys a global param when calling zypper (#33432)
• 0c4e38c Fix the saltutil.wheel function and add integration tests (#33414)
• e4f00f9 Make sure the path we're removing is present first - avoid an OSError (#33440)
• 93fd00b Avoid a syntax error by using " instead of escaped ' (#33443)
• ec60b9c Fix virtual function (#33436)

• PR #33438: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8

• c9d0de4 Documentation update in file.serialize. (#33421)
• f8a90eb Fix LVM parameter devices as a pure list. Comma seperated lists are c… (#33398)
• 3989e5b Spelling correction. (#33406)
• 9accb53 Update windows pkg.[install|remove] error logic (#33321)
• 04ac89d Add note about reload_modules functionality for pkg.installed (#33374)
• 637c2af Add note to absolute_imports practice about __future__ import (#33377)
• d35b81d Document how to set the alias file location for alias state (#33380)

• PR #33403: (jacobhammons) 2015.8.10 release notes
• PR #33381: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8

• 946d27e Fix traceback in logging for config validation (#33386)
• 38fbcf8 Add note about name parameter in git_pillar docs (#33369)
• 4925199 Add win_pkg to list of modules that support "version" in pkg.installed (#33362)
• 7a400a9 Add note to docs about api settings for Hipchat API v2 (#33365)
• 37e1930 Add initscripts, SystemD service units and environment files for Debian (#32857)

• PR #33370: (jacobhammons) Update docs version to 2015.8.9
• PR #33366: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8

• f248003 Remove mentions of windows not supporting pkgs param (#33361)
• 4fdb097 Update job_cache and keep_jobs docs to be more specific to their behavior (#33328)
• 2f06918 Properly detect newer Linux Mint distros (#33359)
• d85096c Fix UnboundLocalError in git.latest (#33340)
• e602446 Describes parameters in register_instances function (#33339)
• 5c29c65 Fix some link errors in the test writing tutorial (#33347)
• e532e58 Fix network.managed for windows (#33312)
• 11a2525 Bp 28467 calm mine (#33327)
• b897f2c import ps from psutil_compat in beacons (#33334)
• 089c1a2 remove redundant, incorrect sudo_runas config documentation (#33318)
• 1f7fda2 Disambiguate non-exact matches when checking if sysv service is enabled (#33324)
• 8c1f19a Allow concurrency mode in state runs if using sudo (#33325)
• ed14ef2 Fix master hanging after a request from minion with removed key. (#33333)
• daafa27 Cleanup comments in smbios.get output (fixes `#33266`_) (#33306)
• bfe12d9 Fix iptables --match-set (`#23643`_) (#33314)

• PR #33308: (rallytime) [2015.8] Merge forward from 2015.5 to 2015.8