toolbox/NEWS

Overview of changes in 0.0.14
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* Adjust the grep match pattern to be more specific
* Don't exit with a non-zero code from 'toolbox list -i'
* Expose a few more host locations inside the container under /run/host
* Give access to the system Flatpak directory
* Give access to the system libvirt instance
* Mount /run/media only if it is available
* Preserve the host's ulimits when creating toolbox containers
* Work around 'podman exec' resetting the terminal size to 80x24


Overview of changes in 0.0.13
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* Drop PackageKit-command-not-found from the images
* Improve the help or usage output
* Simplify code by taking advantage of 'podman create --userns=keep-id'
* Simplify code by taking advantage of 'podman exec --workdir ...'
* Tighten the Silverblue check for the welcome message


Overview of changes in 0.0.12
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* Create /run/.toolboxenv inside the toolbox container's entry point too
* Don't use 'podman cp' to copy toolbox.sh to old containers
* Drop the "immutable" term
* Unbreak /etc/localtime & /etc/timezone if /run/host/monitor is absent


Overview of changes in 0.0.11
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* Allow Qt applications to work without QT_X11_NO_MITSHM
* Check if /etc/subgid and /etc/subuid have entries for the user
* Give access to the entire /dev from the host operating system
* Keep /etc/host.conf, /etc/localtime and /etc/timezone synchronized with the
  host
* Notify the terminal about the current toolbox container in use
* Prevent Podman from complaining about 'podman cp --pause=true ...'
* Unbreak rendering & wrapping of commands typed at an interactive prompt
* Unbreak setting up /home as a symbolic link


Overview of changes in 0.0.10
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* Add a run command
* Create /run/.toolboxenv in 'toolbox enter' for identification
* Drop the Buildah dependency and the user-specific customized image
* Keep /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf synchronized with the host
* Migrate existing containers when Podman is updated
* Retain the PS1 across su(1) and sudo(8)
* Set the Kerberos credential cache type only if Kerberos is available
* Support column(1) from bsdmainutils
* Support 'sudo' as default sudo(8) group
* Use a magenta hexagon instead of 🔹 in the PS1


Overview of changes in 0.0.9
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* Add Bash completion
* Allow connecting to Wayland displays other than "wayland-0"
* Ask for confirmation before downloading the base image
* Improve the onboarding experience
* Make it available inside the toolbox container
* Make 'toolbox enter' create or fall back to a container when possible
* Set TOOLBOX_CONTAINER in the environment to identify as a toolbox
* Set default release to 29 when running on non-fedora hosts
* Show welcome texts on interactive shells


Overview of changes in 0.0.8
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* Add label for tagging, not tied to the fedora-toolbox name
* Add short variants for various options in 'create' and 'enter'
* Ensure that names of toolbox containers don't have a colon
* Enable Travis
* Fix miscellaneous issues pointed out by https://www.shellcheck.net/
* Give access to Kerberos if KCM credential caches are being used
* Improve the onboarding experience
* Reduce the sizes of the images by removing temporary files created by DNF
* Use a lighter entry point than /bin/sh


Overview of changes in 0.0.7
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* Add fedora-toolbox image definition for Fedora 31
* Add flatpak-xdg-utils to Fedoras 29 and 30
* Add manuals
* Add rm and rmi commands
* Be more informative when creating the working container
* Clarify the error message if the toolbox container is not found
* Don't create volumes in the image for bind mounts from the host
* Fix miscellaneous issues pointed out by https://www.shellcheck.net/
* Give access to /dev/bus for control transfers from USB devices
* Give access to removable devices and other temporary mounts
* Lots of Bash-isms removed for POSIX correctness
* Make the --image flag override the base toolbox image, as documented
* Make the spinner more efficient
* Restore documentation removed from the base Fedora images


Overview of changes in 0.0.6
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* Add a list command
* Drop the "fedora" prefix and rename the project as just "toolbox"
* Fix typos pointed out by https://www.shellcheck.net/
* Lots of Bash-isms removed for POSIX correctness
* Make --container and --image command-specific options
* Make it work inside the toolbox container itself
* Shorten the prefix for debug and error messages
* Use the host's PID namespace for the toolbox container
* Use the standard error output for error messages


Overview of changes in 0.0.5
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* Give access to mounts under $HOME, and make autofs work
* Show a spinner when creating the toolbox


Overview of changes in 0.0.4
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* Avoid spooky root-like behaviour for non-root interactive shells
* Give access to the FUSE kernel module
* Improve the readability of the debug output
* Set up $HOME and /home to match the host
* Try to enter the same directory inside the toolbox


Overview of changes in 0.0.3
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* Clean up the Buildah working containers on error
* Unbreak creating the toolbox if the toolbox image already exists


Overview of changes in 0.0.2
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* Allow an 'F' or 'f' prefix when specifying the release
* Avoid a Bash-ism (ie. ==) and stick to POSIX (ie. =)
* Fallback to /bin/bash if $SHELL doesn't exist in the toolbox container
* Give access to the system D-Bus instance
* Make shm_open work


Overview of changes in 0.0.1
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* First preview release


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