salt/doc/topics/releases/0.16.2.rst

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Salt 0.16.2 Release Notes
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Version 0.16.2 is a bugfix release for 0.16.0, and contains a number of fixes.

Grains
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- Fixed detection of ``virtual`` grain on OpenVZ hardware nodes
- Gracefully handle lsb_release data when it is enclosed in quotes
- Improved grains detection on MacOS

Pillar
------
- Don't try to load :doc:`git_pillar </ref/pillar/all/salt.pillar.git_pillar>`
  if not enabled in master config (6052_)
- Functions :mod:`pillar.item <salt.modules.pillar.item>` and
  :mod:`pillar.items <salt.modules.pillar.items>` added for parity with
  :mod:`grains.item <salt.modules.grains.item>`/:mod:`grains.items
  <salt.modules.grains.items>`. The old function ``pillar.data`` is preserved
  for backwards compatibility.
- Fixed minion traceback when Pillar SLS is malformed (5910_)

.. _`6052`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6052
.. _`5910`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5910

Peer Publishing
---------------
- More gracefully handle improperly quoted publish commands (5958_)
- Fixed traceback when timeout specified via the CLI fo :mod:`publish.publish
  <salt.modules.publish.publish>`, :mod:`publish.full_data
  <salt.modules.publish.full_data>` (5959_)
- Fixed unintended change in output of :mod:`publish.publish
  <salt.modules.publish.publish>` (5928_)

.. _`5958`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5958
.. _`5959`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5959
.. _`5928`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5928

Minion
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- Fixed salt-key usage in minionswarm script
- Quieted warning about :strong:`SALT_MINION_CONFIG` environment variable on
  minion startup and for CLI commands run via ``salt-call`` (5956_)
- Added minion config parameter :conf_minion:`random_reauth_delay` to stagger
  re-auth attempts when the minion is waiting for the master to approve its
  public key. This helps prevent SYN flooding in larger environments.

.. _`5956`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5956

User/Group Management
---------------------
- Implement previously-ignored ``unique`` option for :mod:`user.present
  <salt.states.user.present>` states in FreeBSD
- Report in state output when a :mod:`group.present
  <salt.states.group.present>` state attempts to use a gid in use by another
  group
- Fixed regression that prevents a :mod:`user.present
  <salt.states.user.present>` state to set the password hash to the system
  default (i.e. an unset password)

File Management
---------------
- Fixed file.mkdir setting incorrect permissions (6033_)
- Fixed cleanup of source files for templates when ``/tmp`` is in file_roots
  (6118_)
- Fixed caching of zero-byte files when a non-empty file was previously cached
  at the same path
- Added HTTP authentication support to the cp module (5641_)
- Diffs are now suppressed when binary files are changed

.. _`6033`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6033
.. _`6118`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6118
.. _`5641`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5641

Package/Repository Management
-----------------------------
- Fixed traceback when there is only one target for :mod:`pkg.latest
  <salt.states.pkg.latest>` states
- Fixed regression in detection of virtual packages (apt)
- Limit number of pkg database refreshes to once per :mod:`state.sls
  <salt.modules.state.sls>`/:mod:`state.highstate
  <salt.modules.state.highstate>`
- YUM: Allow 32-bit packages with arches other than i686 to be managed on
  64-bit systems (6299_)
- Fixed incorrect reporting in pkgrepo.managed states (5517_)

.. _`6299`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6299
.. _`5517`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5517

Service Management
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- Fixed inaccurate reporting of results in :mod:`service.running
  <salt.states.service.running>` states when the service fails to start (5894_)
- Fixed handling of custom initscripts in RHEL-based distros so that they are
  immediately available, negating the need for a second state run to manage the
  service that the initscript controls

.. _`5894`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5894

Networking
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- Function network.hwaddr renamed to :mod:`network.hw_addr
  <salt.modules.network.hw_addr>` to match :mod:`network.ip_addrs
  <salt.modules.network.ip_addrs>` and :mod:`network.ip_addrs6
  <salt.modules.network.ip_addrs6>`. All three functions also now work without
  the underscore in the name, as well.
- Fixed traceback in :mod:`bridge.show <salt.modules.bridge.show>` when
  interface is not present (6326_)

.. _`6326`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6326

SSH
---
- Fixed incorrect result reporting for some :mod:`ssh_known_hosts.present
  <salt.states.ssh_known_hosts.present>` states
- Fixed inaccurate reporting when :mod:`ssh_auth.present
  <salt.states.ssh_auth.present>` states are run with ``test=True``, when
  rsa/dss is used for the ``enc`` param instead of ssh-rsa/ssh-dss (5374_)

.. _`5374`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5374

pip
---
- Properly handle ``-f`` lines in pip freeze output
- Fixed regression in pip.installed states with specifying a requirements file
  (6003_)
- Fixed use of ``editable`` argument in :mod:`pip.installed
  <salt.states.pip.installed>` states (6025_)
- Deprecated ``runas`` parameter in execution function calls, in favor of
  ``user``

.. _`6003`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6003
.. _`6025`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6025

MySQL
-----
- Allow specification of :doc:`MySQL </ref/modules/all/salt.modules.mysql>`
  connection arguments via the CLI, overriding/bypassing minion config params
- Allow :mod:`mysql_user.present <salt.states.mysql_user.present>` states to
  set a passwordless login (5550_)
- Fixed endless loop when :mod:`mysql.processlist
  <salt.modules.mysql.processlist>` is run (6297_)

.. _`5550`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5550
.. _`6297`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6297

PostgreSQL
----------
- Fixed traceback in :mod:`postgres.user_list
  <salt.modules.postgres.user_list>` (6352_)

.. _`6352`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6352

Miscellaneous
-------------
- Don't allow :doc:`npm states </ref/states/all/salt.states.npm>` to be used if
  :doc:`npm module </ref/modules/all/salt.modules.npm>` is not available
- Fixed :mod:`alternatives.install <salt.states.alternatives.install>` states
  for which the target is a symlink (6162_)
- Fixed traceback in :doc:`sysbench module
  </ref/modules/all/salt.modules.sysbench>` (6175_)
- Fixed traceback in job cache
- Fixed tempfile cleanup for windows
- Fixed issue where SLS files using the :doc:`pydsl renderer
  </ref/renderers/all/salt.renderers.pydsl>` were not being run
- Fixed issue where returners were being passed incorrect information
  (5518_)
- Fixed traceback when numeric args are passed to :mod:`cmd.script
  <salt.states.cmd.script>` states
- Fixed bug causing :mod:`cp.get_dir <salt.modules.cp.get_dir>` to return more
  directories than expected (6048_)
- Fixed traceback when :mod:`supervisord.running
  <salt.states.supervisord.running>` states are run with ``test=True`` (6053_)
- Fixed tracebacks when Salt encounters problems running rbenv (5888_)
- Only make the :doc:`monit module </ref/modules/all/salt.modules.monit>`
  available if monit binary is present (5871_)
- Fixed incorrect behavior of :mod:`img.mount_image
  <salt.modules.img.mount_image>`
- Fixed traceback in :mod:`tomcat.deploy_war <salt.modules.tomcat.deploy_war>`
  in Windows
- Don't re-write /etc/fstab if mount fails
- Fixed tracebacks when Salt encounters problems running gem (5886_)
- Fixed incorrect behavior of :mod:`selinux.boolean
  <salt.states.selinux.boolean>` states (5912_)

.. _`6162`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6162
.. _`6175`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6175
.. _`5518`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5518
.. _`6048`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6048
.. _`6053`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/6053
.. _`5888`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5888
.. _`5871`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5871
.. _`5886`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5886
.. _`5912`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/5912