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# Salt 2015.5.5 Release Notes

release:

  2015-08-20

Version 2015.5.5 is a bugfix release for 2015.5.0.

## Statistics

- Total Merges: 33

- Total Issue References: 28

- Total PR References: 39

- Contributors: 20 (TheBigBear, arthurlogilab, basepi, bastiaanb, cachedout, driskell, garethgreenaway, jacobhammons, jahamn, jfindlay, rallytime, s0undt3ch, scottjpack, silenius, sixninetynine, stanislavb, terminalmage, thusoy, twangboy, vr-jack)

## Changelog for v2015.5.4..v2015.5.5

Generated at: 2018-05-27 22:04:18 UTC

- ISSUE #26484: (thusoy) Git state leaks HTTPS user/pw to log (refs: #26486)

- ISSUE #26482: (thusoy) Git states doesn't allow user-only auth (refs: #26483)

- PR #26486: (thusoy) Git: Don't leak https user/pw to log @ 2015-08-20 16:04:52 UTC

  - PR #26483: (thusoy) Handle user-only http auth in git module (refs: #26486)

  - 28aa9b1058 Merge pull request #26486 from thusoy/git-confidential-auth

  - 5289165487 Git: Don't leak https user/pw to log

- ISSUE #26432: (centromere) Documentation incorrectly references salt-key on the minion (refs: #26476)

- ISSUE #26403: (adelcast) Grains documentation incorrectly states they are static (refs: #26476)

- ISSUE #26329: (cro) Add note to eauth docs indicating default PAM service. (refs: #26476)

- ISSUE #26264: (grep4linux) state trees cannot have 'dots' in the name (refs: #26476)

- ISSUE #26233: (dove-young) pip install salt, then start master failed on Fedora 22 (refs: #26476)

- PR #26476: (jacobhammons) Minor doc bug fixes @ 2015-08-19 22:52:35 UTC

  - 679ba5ee0a Merge pull request #26476 from jacobhammons/doc-bugs

  - 499bd66378 Minor doc bug fixes Refs #26403 Refs #26432 Refs #26233 Refs #26264 Refs #26329

- ISSUE #26366: (GreatSnoopy) The development tree produces hanging, 100%cpu salt-master processes (refs: #26443)

- ISSUE #26301: (waynew) CPU pegged out running salt-master (after running command) (refs: #26443)

- ISSUE #25998: (driskell) Event subsystem discarding required events during --batch breaking it for slow running commands (refs: #26000)

- PR #26443: (cachedout) Fix connect issue in event init @ 2015-08-19 22:50:22 UTC

  - PR #26000: (driskell) Implement full event caching for subscribed tags (refs: #26443)

  - 42b8c1b3f4 Merge pull request #26443 from cachedout/fix_event_sub

  - 560977bc7e Fix connect issue in event init

- ISSUE #26343: (jfindlay) batch error when no minions match target (refs: #26445)

- PR #26445: (cachedout) Raise clean error when no minions targeted in batch mode @ 2015-08-19 22:50:07 UTC

  - d2df1a86ad Merge pull request #26445 from cachedout/issue_26343

  - 1600f3eccd Raise clean error when no minions targeted in batch mode

- ISSUE #26482: (thusoy) Git states doesn't allow user-only auth (refs: #26483)

- PR #26483: (thusoy) Handle user-only http auth in git module (refs: #26486) @ 2015-08-19 22:47:41 UTC

  - a9b28e9577 Merge pull request #26483 from thusoy/git-user-only-auth

  - 09fc934acc Handle user-only http auth in git module

- PR #26496: (jfindlay) add dateutil dependency reporting @ 2015-08-19 22:46:31 UTC

  - edc04930ae Merge pull request #26496 from jfindlay/dateutil

  - cbe330e78b add dateutil dependency reporting

- PR #26494: (cachedout) Remove unnecessary debug statements @ 2015-08-19 20:46:00 UTC

  - 4fff53b842 Merge pull request #26494 from cachedout/remove_debug_statements

  - d717a43dcc Remove unnecessary debug statements

- PR #26465: (rallytime) Back-port #26457 to 2015.5 @ 2015-08-19 16:08:16 UTC

  - PR #26457: (arthurlogilab) docstring improvement for network.ping module execution (refs: #26465)

  - f46a0dab5d Merge pull request #26465 from rallytime/bp-26457

  - b3f638ff0f docstring improvement for network.ping module execution

- PR #26434: (s0undt3ch) Fix missed typo @ 2015-08-18 18:14:29 UTC

  - c1458980f3 Merge pull request #26434 from s0undt3ch/2015.5

  - 06dcaefcaa Fix missed typo

- ISSUE #26426: (alxbse) Private/public IPs are interchanged when listing nova driver cloud nodes (refs: #26430)

- PR #26430: (rallytime) List public and private ips under the correct label @ 2015-08-18 16:20:32 UTC

  - 0f64be710f Merge pull request #26430 from rallytime/fix-26426

  - 2ba97316c9 List public and private ips under the correct label

- PR #26431: (rallytime) Back-port #26417 to 2015.5 @ 2015-08-18 15:41:58 UTC

  - PR #26417: (scottjpack) Changed t1 -> t2 micro (refs: #26431)

  - 913451a414 Merge pull request #26431 from rallytime/bp-26417

  - 0254a2e90e Changed t1 -> t2 micro

- PR #26378: (stanislavb) Fix EC2 credentials from IAM roles for s3fs and s3 ext_pillar in 2015.5 @ 2015-08-18 14:01:53 UTC

  - 952da7abaf Merge pull request #26378 from stanislavb/2015.5

  - 39ce3127cd Let utils.aws query instance metadata

- ISSUE #26245: (bradthurber) salt v2015.5.3 gitfs.py using newer pygit2 feature than required minimum (refs: #26420)

- PR #26420: (terminalmage) Only use pygit2.errors if it exists (2015.5 branch) @ 2015-08-18 14:00:01 UTC

  - 09e96dce39 Merge pull request #26420 from terminalmage/issue26245-2015.5

  - 19a1149067 Only use pygit2.errors if it exists (2015.5 branch)

- PR #26409: (basepi) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5 @ 2015-08-17 23:19:56 UTC

  - c5eb6bbd3e Merge pull request #26409 from basepi/merge-forward-2015.5

  - dafed10a9e Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/2014.7' into merge-forward-2015.5

  - da8bca09aa Merge pull request #26242 from cro/anonldap4

    - a0d2ab1eed Remove dead code

  - 1ecf23773e Merge pull request #26216 from cro/anonldap3

  - af132d7b89 Documentation update for anonymous bind issue.

  - 2ef54b6b13 Documentation update for anonymous bind issue.

  - 5b1836bb00 Fix issue with LDAP anonymous binds.

- ISSUE #26404: (ssgward) Syntax error in lvm.vg_absent state causing failure (refs: #26406)

- PR #26406: (jfindlay) fix syntax error in lvm exec module @ 2015-08-17 21:18:25 UTC

  - 741ca6b4db Merge pull request #26406 from jfindlay/lvm

  - 81d351ff8f fix syntax error in lvm exec module

- PR #26405: (TheBigBear) dependency zip files moved to new site @ 2015-08-17 21:17:24 UTC

  - a7e2d30e2a Merge pull request #26405 from TheBigBear/patch-8

  - 8898d64918 dependency zip files moved to new site

- PR #26298: (vr-jack) Keep $HOME from being interpretted by Master shell @ 2015-08-17 21:15:11 UTC

  - cf0523a12e Merge pull request #26298 from vr-jack/2015.5

  - 1fd6fc6ce3 Keep $HOME from being interpretted by Master shell

- PR #26324: (s0undt3ch) Salt is now pip install'able in windows @ 2015-08-17 20:41:34 UTC

  - c0811d3302 Merge pull request #26324 from s0undt3ch/2015.5

  - e7cb3be2a0 Document the added options

  - 92af1c9572 Fix argument name

  - 72d2fdb512 Add pypiwin32 >= 219 as a windows install requires.

  - b1105fc706 Allow mimicking the install setup command for develop/editable installations.

  - 26246a72ee Allow writing Salt's _version.py when installing in develop mode.

  - 71928f2194 Prefer HTTPS, fix url argument

  - 7b25430cc7 Download the necessary DLLs for windows

  - 86692a92cd Install PyCrypto from a wheel in repo.saltstack.com under Windows

  - 915da594c2 Skip M2Crypto in Windows.

  - 1ea426e299 Move code to properly handle default requirements.

  - 8fda8c0db3 M2CryptoWin{32,64} should only be installed on Salt < 2015.8.0

  - 0ff2f19aee Override the develop command in cmdclass

  - a5aa752a85 Override the develop command when WITH_SETUPTOOLS is set

  - 4d6841c761 Install M2CryptoWin{32,64} while installing Salt

- ISSUE #26161: (bastiaanb) salt initscripts do not set lock file in /var/lock/subsys as required on RedHat family OSes (refs: #26371)

- PR #26371: (bastiaanb) fix issue #26161: on RedHat family systems touch /var/lock/subsys/$SE… @ 2015-08-17 20:39:28 UTC

  - 87151736c5 Merge pull request #26371 from bastiaanb/fix/issue-26161-salt-initscripts-dont-set-lockfile

  - ec8d4b0470 test whether RETVAL is 0 with -eq rather than =.

  - a83a5de41e fix issue #26161: on RedHat family systems touch /var/lock/subsys/$SERVICE to ensure the daemon will be stopped on shutdown.

- ISSUE #25801: (themalkolm) Update docs that salt.states.winrepo requires roles:salt-master in grains. (refs: #26328)

- ISSUE #25562: (jefftucker) winrepo state does not run on masterless minion (refs: #26328)

- PR #26402: (twangboy) Removed documentation no longer required @ 2015-08-17 20:35:37 UTC

  - PR #26328: (twangboy) Removed salt-master role requirement (refs: #26402)

  - 89602f56ad Merge pull request #26402 from twangboy/fix_26328

  - ad5fa03b76 Removed documentation no longer required

- PR #26392: (rallytime) Back-port #26376 to 2015.5 @ 2015-08-17 19:39:51 UTC

  - PR #26376: (TheBigBear) minor edit spelling (refs: #26392)

  - eb373e5904 Merge pull request #26392 from rallytime/bp-26376

  - a013bb5b3d minor edit

- ISSUE #16049: (ryan-lane) boto_elb.present state requires attributes argument (refs: #26342)

- PR #26342: (rallytime) Don't call boto_elb._attributes_present if no attributes were provided @ 2015-08-17 19:19:08 UTC

  - 8bb57d1631 Merge pull request #26342 from rallytime/fix-16049

  - 211f6feaf5 Fix test failures - get_attributes shouldn't be called if none are provided

  - d8ad023e88 Don't call boto_elb._attributes_present if no attributes were provided

- ISSUE #26155: (silenius) pip availability in states/pip_state (refs: #26160)

- PR #26389: (rallytime) Back-port #26160 to 2015.5 @ 2015-08-17 19:09:16 UTC

  - PR #26160: (silenius) proposed fix for #26155 (refs: #26389)

  - 2fd1e06343 Merge pull request #26389 from rallytime/bp-26160

  - f0bc3765d9 No logging should happen on __virtual__

  - ca406eaf3c proposed fix for #26155

- ISSUE #26266: (o-sleep) limit pw_user.getent() from returning entire corporate list (refs: #26300)

- PR #26300: (jfindlay) mock pwd function calls in pw_user exec module @ 2015-08-17 18:56:41 UTC

  - 0046c6cfed Merge pull request #26300 from jfindlay/pw_test

  - 7e94989403 mock pwd calls in pw_user exec mod test

  - 26f5b466f5 check for pwd on linux and BSD user exec mods

- ISSUE #24334: (afletch) autosign_timeout not honoured (refs: #26386)

- PR #26386: (jahamn) Fixes autosign_timeout usage in check_autosign_dir @ 2015-08-17 18:34:40 UTC

  - 709499438b Merge pull request #26386 from jahamn/fix-autosign_timeout

  - b2fa2ac9d3 Fixes autosign_timeout usage in check_autosign_dir

- ISSUE #25801: (themalkolm) Update docs that salt.states.winrepo requires roles:salt-master in grains. (refs: #26328)

- ISSUE #25562: (jefftucker) winrepo state does not run on masterless minion (refs: #26328)

- PR #26328: (twangboy) Removed salt-master role requirement (refs: #26402) @ 2015-08-17 18:30:17 UTC

  - 8d901d7b15 Merge pull request #26328 from twangboy/fix_25562

  - d4ca1dccbf Removed salt-master role requirement

- ISSUE #26327: (bradthurber) mount.mounted opts incorrect "forced unmount and mount because options (tcp) changed" (refs: #26362)

- PR #26362: (garethgreenaway) Fixes to mount state. @ 2015-08-17 17:44:55 UTC

  - 74558f5743 Merge pull request #26362 from garethgreenaway/2015_5_26327_more_invisible_mount_options

  - cf532d46dd Some mount options are translated to different options once a share has been mounted, eg. when specifying a protocol for NFS as either tcp or udp this option is translated into either proto=tcp or proto=udp. Change adds a lookup dictionary for these options so that a re-mount isn't forced each time.

- PR #26379: (s0undt3ch) [2015.5] Backport #26353 @ 2015-08-17 17:19:29 UTC

  - PR #26353: (sixninetynine) fixed a typo in setup.py (refs: #26379)

  - 7dbbd90c98 Merge pull request #26379 from s0undt3ch/issues/backport-26353

  - 33ed315c85 fixed Packaing -> Packaging typo and added a couple comments on the setuptools/distutils abstract methods

- ISSUE #26240: (0xf10e) keystone.user_get raises exception when user is not found (refs: #26277)

- PR #26277: (rallytime) Handle exception when user is not found in keystone.user_get @ 2015-08-14 19:41:59 UTC

  - bcca1b4c5a Merge pull request #26277 from rallytime/fix-26240

  - 0b6977335e Clean it up

  - 5edabfd271 It's a dict - git problems...

  - 39d3eb66f0 Log error and return error - make returns consistent.

  - 496474d862 Handle exception when user is not found in keystone.get_user

- ISSUE #24484: (bailsman) clouds/ec2.py: create_snapshot throws exception (refs: #26326)

- PR #26326: (rallytime) Make ec2.create_snapshot return less unweildly and more relevant @ 2015-08-14 19:40:47 UTC

  - 78be3a826f Merge pull request #26326 from rallytime/create_snapshot_return

  - c5395db851 Make ec2.create_snapshot return less unweildly and more relevant

- ISSUE #16179: (UtahDave) Salt Cloud -l debug includes the entire bootstrap script twice in its output (refs: #26306)

- PR #26306: (rallytime) Move VM creation details dict to log.trace @ 2015-08-14 17:39:52 UTC

  - 44c9d3063b Merge pull request #26306 from rallytime/fix-16179

  - 670464258f Move VM creation details dict to log.trace