[make-initrd] Release make-initrd 2.17.0

[Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>]

New release 2.17.0 is available.

Important changes
=================

- Runtime:
  + Import halt/reboot/poweroff from sysvinit.
  + ueventd: Added the ability to stop processing events in the queue.
  + The stop_daemon should not show stopped pids.
  + Open rdshell by Alt-Uparrow hotkey.
- New feature:
  + kickstart: New feature for automated execution of actions.
- Feature mdadm:
  + Examine only arrays where mountpoints are located.
- Feature luks:
  + Remove only one new line in plain text key mode.
- Feature lkrg:
  + Add nolkrg and noearlylkrg cmdline options (thx Vladimir D. Seleznev).
- Feature plymouth:
  + Improve portability.
  + Run plymouth helpers only if feature is enabled.
- Utilities:
  + depinfo: Check compression suffixes when looking for firmware.
  + depinfo: Explore versioned subdirectories in the firmware search.
- Misc:
  + Rewrite tests.

Git repository
==============

https://github.com/osboot/make-initrd.git
http://git.altlinux.org/people/legion/packages/make-initrd.git

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

Changelog
=========

Alexey Gladkov (47):
      Feature kickstart: New feature for automated execution of actions
      Feature plymouth: Improve portability
      Feature plymouth: Replace return by exit
      Feature kickstart: Cut leading spaces only in the body section
      Feature plymouth: Run plymouth helpers only if feature is enabled
      Runtime: Open rdshell by Alt-Uparrow
      Feature mdadm: Examine only arrays where mountpoints are located
      depinfo: Check compression suffixes when looking for firmware
      depinfo: Explore versioned subdirectories in the firmware search
      Runtime: spawn-shell: Reorder terminal devices
      Runtime: spawn-shell: Add verbose and help options
      Runtime: stop udevd correctly
      Runtime: show processes if debug enabled
      Runtime: killall shows a list of omited processes
      Runtime: stop_daemon should not show stopped pids
      initrd-ls: Make error message more readable if initrd does not exist
      depinfo: Replace error() by more portable err()
      initrd-scanmod: Replace error() by more portable err()
      initrd-ls,initrd-extract: Replace error() by more portable err()
      runas: Replace error() by more portable err()
      Feature kickstart: Add more utilities that are used in kickstart
      Feature kickstart: No need to add rules for assembling any raid arrays
      Feature kickstart: Do not use raid devices
      Feature kickstart: Add dir:// protocol to liveimg
      Feature kickstart: Allow to use raid --level=RAID1
      mkinitrd-make-initrd: Use make-initrd from the same directory as the utility itself
      Runtime: ueventd: Added the ability to stop processing events in the queue
      Feature kickstart: Implement --nochroot option for %post section
      Feature kickstart: Stop uevent to prevent LVM volumes activision
      Feature kickstart: Fix halt/reboot/shutdown commands
      Feature kickstart: mbr is an alias for dos
      Feature kickstart: Stop section execution on error
      Runtime: Use halt/reboot/poweroff from sysvinit
      Generate symlinks for utilities
      Feature kickstart: Add mkfs.{btrfs,ext4} to feature requires
      Feature kickstart: Allow to use virtio disks
      Feature kickstart: Load btrfs module if needed
      Feature luks: Remove only one new line in plain text key mode
      Feature kickstart: Backslash acts as an escape character only for kickstart commands
      Feature kickstart: Add --passfile=FILE to crypto
      Rewrite tests with kickstart
      Feature kickstart: Increase verbosity
      Feature kickstart: Fix luks over lvm
      Feature kickstart: Show unknown section
      testing: Add test for root on raid5
      Feature kickstart: Fix shellchek warnings
      2.17.0

Vladimir D. Seleznev (1):
      Feature lkrg: add nolkrg and noearlylkrg cmdline options

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