========================= Salt 0.17.5 Release Notes

:release: 2014-01-27

Version 0.17.5 is another bugfix release for :ref:0.17.0 <release-0-17-0>. The changes include:

• Fix user.present states with non-string fullname (:issue:9085)
• Fix virt.init return value on failure (:issue:6870)
• Fix reporting of file.blockreplace state when test=True
• Fix network.interfaces when used in cron (:issue:7990)
• Fix bug in pkgrepo when switching to/from mirrorlist-based repo def (:issue:9121)
• Fix infinite recursion when cache file is corrupted
• Add checking for rev and mirror/bare args in git.latest (:issue:9107)
• Add cmd.watch alias (points to cmd.wait) (:issue:8612)
• Fix stacktrace when prereq is not formed as a list (:issue:8235)
• Fix stdin issue with lvdisplay command (:issue:9128)
• Add pre-check function for range matcher (:issue:9236)
• Add exception handling for psutil for processes that go missing (:issue:9274)
• Allow _in requisites to match both on ID and name (:issue:9061)
• Fix multiple client timeout issues (:issue:7157 and :issue:9302, probably others)
• Fix ZMQError: Operation cannot be accomplished in current state errors (:issue:6306)
• Multiple optimization in minion auth routines
• Clarify logs for minion ID caching