snapd 2.24.1 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

snapd (2.24.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, LP: #1681799:
    - fix autopkgtest failures with stable core snap
    - ensure the snap-confine transitional package cleans up
      the no-longer-used apparmor profile to fix the kernels
      autopkgtest failures

snapd (2.24) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, LP: #1681799:
    - interfaces/mount: add InfoEntry type
    - many: fix plug auto-connect during core transition
    - interfaces: fold network bind into core support with tests
    - .travis.yml: add option to make raw log less noisy
    - interfaces: adjust shm accesses to use 'm' for updated mmap kernel
      mediation
    - many: rename two core plugs that clash with slot names
    - snap-confine,browser-support: /dev/tty for snap-confine, misc
      browser-support for gnome-shell
    - store: add download test with EOF in the middle
    - tests: adjust to look for network-bind-plug
    - store: make hash error message more accurate
    - overlord/snapstate: simplify AliasesStatus down to just an
      AutoAliasesDisabled bool flag (aliases v2)
    - errtracker: never send errtracker reports when running under
      SNAPPY_TESTING
    - interfaces/repo: validate slot/plug names
    - daemon: Give the snap directories via GET /v2/system-info
    - interfaces/unity7: support unity messaging menu
    - interfaces/mount: add high-level Profile functions
    - git: ignore only the cmd/Makefile{,.in}
    - cmd: explicitly set _GNU_SOURCE and _FILE_OFFSET_BITS for xfs
      support
    - daemon: add desktop file location for app to the API
    - overlord,release: disable classic snap support when not possible
    - overlord: fix TestEnsureLoopPrune not to be so racy
    - many: abstract path to /bin/{true,false}
    - data/systemd: tweak data/systemd/Makefile to be slightly simpler
    - store: handle EOF via url.Error check
    - packaging: use templates for relevant systemd units
    - tests: run gccgo only on ubuntu-16.04-64
    - .travis.yml: remove travis matrix and do a single sequential run
    - overlord/state: make sure that setting to nil a state key is
      equivalent to deleting it
    - tests: fix incorrect shell expression
    - interfaces/mount: add OptsToFlags for converting arguments to
      syscall…
    - interfaces: add a joystick interface
    - tests: enable docker test for more ubuntu-core systems
    - tests: download and install additional dependencies when using
      prepackaged snapd
    - many: add support for partially static builds
    - interfaces: allow slot to introspect dbus-daemon in dbus
      interface, allow /usr/bin/arch by default
    - interfaces/mount: fix golint issues
    - interfaces/mount: add function for saving fstab-like file
    - osutil: introducing GetenvInt64, like GetenvBool but Int64er.
    - interfaces: drop udev tagging from framebuffer interface
    - snapstate: more helpers to work with aliases state (aliases
      v2)
    - interfaces/mount: add function for parsing fstab-like file
    - cmd: disable the re-associate fix as requested by jdstrand
    - overlord/snapstate: unlock/relock the state less, especially not
      across mutating the SnapState of a snap
    - interfaces: allow executing ld.so (needed with new AppArmor base
      abstraction)
    - interfaces/mount: add function for parsing mount entries
    - cmd: rework header check for xfs/xqm.h
    - cmd: add poky to the list of distros which don't support reexec
    - overlord: finish reorg, revert "be more conservative until we have
      cut 2.23.x"
    - cmd: select what socket to use in cmd/snap{,ctl}
    - overlord: remove snap config values when snap is removed
    - snapstate: introduce helper to apply to disk a alias states change
      for a snap (aliases v2)
    - configstate,hookstate: timeout the configure hook after 5 mins,
      report failures to the errtracker
    - interfaces/seccomp: add bind as part of the default seccomp policy
      for hooks
    - cmd: discard the C implementation of snap-update-ns
    - tests: remove stale apt proxy leftover from cloud-init
    - tests: move unity test to nightly suite
    - interfaces: add support for location-observe for
      dbus::ObjectManager session paths
    - boot: log error in KernelOrOsRebootRequired
    - interfaces: remove old API
    - interfaces: use udev spec
    - interfaces: convert systemd backend to new APIs
    - osutil: add BootID
    - tests: move docker test to new nightly suite
    - interfaces/mount: compute mount changes required to transition
      mount profiles
    - data/selinux: add context definition for snapctl
    - overlord: clean up organization under state packages
    - overlord: make sure all managers packages have *state.go with the
      main state manipulation/query APIs
    - interfaces: use spec in the dbus backend
    - store: download from authenticated URL if there is a device
      session set
    - tests: remove core_name variable
    - interfaces: rename thumbnailer to thumbnailer-service
    - interfaces: add chroot to base templates
    - asserts: remove some unused things
    - systemd: mount the squashfs with nodev
    - overlord: when shutting down assume errors might be due to
      cancellation so retry
    - cmd: rename all unit tests to $command/unit-test
    - cmd/snap: fix help string for version command
    - asserts: don't allow revocations with other items for the same
      developer
    - tests: skip lp-1644439 test on older kernels
    - interfaces: allow "sync" to be used by core support
    - assertstate,snapstate: have assertstate.AutoAliases use the
      "aliases" header
    - interfaces: allow writing config.txt.tmp  in the core-support
      interface
    - tests: adjust network-bind test
    - interfaces: dbus backend spec
    - asserts: introduce a snap-declaration "aliases" header to list
      auto aliases with explicit targets
    - cmd: enable large file support
    - cmd/snap: handle missing snap-confine
    - cmd/snap-confine: re-associate with pid-1 mount namespace if
      required
    - cmd/libsnap: make mountinfo structures public
    - tests: fix interfaces-cups-control for zesty
    - misc: revert "Log if the system goes into ForceDevMode"
    - interfaces: seccomp tests cleanup
    - cmd: validate SNAP_NAME
    - interfaces: log if the system goes into ForceDevMode
    - tests: fix classic-ubuntu-core-transition race
    - interfaces: use apparmor spec in the apparmor backend
    - interfaces: alphabetize framebuffer in base decl and add it to
      all_test.go
    - tests: add ubuntu-core-16-32 system to the external backend and
      fix docker test
    - cmd/libsnap: simplify sc_string_quote default case
    - osutil: fix double expand in environment map code and add test
    - interfaces: extend location-control out-of-process provider
      support
    - cmd/snap-update-ns: use bidirectional lists for mount entries
    - tests: prevent automatic transition before setting the initial
      state of the test
    - release: detect if we are in ForcedDevMode by inspecting the
      kernel
    - tests: add core-snap-refresh test
    - interfaces: add maliit input method interface
    - interfaces: seccomp spec API tweaks for better tests
    - interfaces: updates for mir-kiosk in browser-support, mir, opengl,
      unity7
    - testutils: address review feedback from PR#2997
    - tests: specify the core version to be unsquashfs'ed in the
      failover tests
    - interfaces: use MockInfo in tests
    - cmd/libsnap: add sc_quote_string
    - cmd/snap-confine: use sc_do_umount everywhere
    - interfaces: add unity8 plug permissions
    - timeutil: a few helpers for the recurring events
    - asserts: implement snap-developer type
    - partition: deal with grub{,2}-editenv in tests
    - many: add new (hidden) `snap debug ensure-state-soon` command and
      use in tests
    - interfaces/builtin: small refactor of dbus tests
    - packaging, tests: use "systemctl list-unit-files --full"
      everywhere
    - many: some opensuse patches that are ready to go into master
    - packaging: add opensuse permissions files
    - client, daemon: move "snap list" name filtering into snapd.
    - interfaces: use seccomp specs
    - overlord/snapstate: small cleanup of
      ensureForceDevmodeDropsDevmodeFromState
    - interfaces/builtin/alsa: add read access to alsa state dir
    - interfaces: use spec in kmod backend, updated firewall_control,
      openvswitch_support, ppp
    - cmd/snap-confine: use sc_do_mount everywhere
    - tests: remove workaround for docker again, snap-declaration is
      fixed now
    - interfaces: interface to allow autopilot introspection

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden>  Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:54:33 +0200