Changes & Fixes¶

General

• no more shutdown via ACPI with the power button for CLD,CLDX and CLDG
• fixed kernel detection for cl-builder
• fixed the script for link creation in the root of a 'build' system
• cl_install_system renamed to cl_install_disk, cl_desktop_desktop renamed to cl_desktop_profile
• variables added: ac_install_patch to apply templates at compilation time, ac_install_unmerge for templates to handle removals
• templates are no longer applied per package
• on/off values attributed to event variables

calculate-core

• better usage of flag variables in the command line
• the calculate-core daemon now starts correctly
• no more memory leaks
• fixed the LANG= option for cl-core
• when called, cl-core-setup checks for files not matching packages and fixes them if needed
• empty tables viewed correctly
• ._cfg files supported
• less information passed when the help page is generated
• unused options removed from the brief view
• user profile reconfigured whenever a package is installed
• system reconfigured whenever a package is removed
• changed location for some configuration files
• password fields for two types of passwords: to be confirmed or not
• extended syntax for setting table variables
• commands added for viewing and modifying variables
• for showing progress bars, pyside replaced console programs
• it is now possible to run console commands with GUI progress viewing and GUI notifications

calculate-lib

• variables from different modules can be used (either as [module.]variable or env=module)
• the .calculate_directory file can be commented
• default screen resolutions fixed
• the belong() function renamed to merge()
• new world format added for generating the /var/lib/portage/world file
• the slot can be specified for the pkg function
• calculate2.env and calculate3.env replaced by calculate.env
• reading calculate.env from the system profile
• the run function added, the exec function modified
• clt templates detected from the merge function
• parameter 'protected' added, to protect the file from deletion
• the merge and pkg functions need that the category be specified
• template handling fixed, for cases when it does not fulfill the condition
• variable for laptop detection fixed
• variables containing an empty list fixed for templates
• update of LVM info fixed
• for templates to run faster, non-informative progress bars were removed

calculate-update

• this is a new utility for world update and system revision
• ac_update_sync updates the world file and handles the system revision

calculate-install

• numerous variables fixed
• Portage files unpacking automatically on the first boot from HDD
• the ac_install_unmerge event added
• VMware session fixed
• install from HDD to HDD fixed
• fixed templates for using the new kernel in builder mode
• NTFS remounting added
• update of LVM partitions fixed; they will be detected, too, when running cl-setup-boot/cl-setup-system

calculate-client & calculate-desktop

• utilities for configuring user sessions and synchronizing profiles with the server now use templates v3.1
• variable ac_client_undomain added for the client removal event
• variable ac_desktop_install deleted, relevant templates moved to ac_desktop_merge