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=========================== Salt 2015.8.5 Release Notes

Version 2015.8.5 is a bugfix release for :ref:2015.8.0 <release-2015-8-0>.

.. important:: About this Release Salt 2015.8.5 is identical to the 2015.8.4 release with the addition of a fix for :issue:30820, fixed by :pull:30833. See :ref:here <release-2015-8-4> for the 2015.8.4 release notes.

Known Issue in boto_* execution modules

This release contains an issue that causes the boto_* execution modules to display a __salt__ not defined error (:issue:30300). This issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, but can be manually resolved by completing the following:

1. Download the boto_* execution modules that you would like to update from the 2015.8 branch of Salt. A complete list of affected modules with the specific changes is available in :pull30867.

   A simple way to get the updated modules is to download <https://github.com/saltstack/salt/archive/2015.8.zip>_ a zip file of the 2015.8 branch from GitHub. The updated modules are in the salt\modules directory.

2. Place the boto_* modules into salt://_modules.

3. Run the following command to sync these modules to all Salt minions:

   .. code-block:: bash

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   salt '*' saltutil.sync_modules
   

Changelog for v2015.8.4..v2015.8.5

Generated at: 2018-05-27 23:47:32 UTC

• c7db4350d5 Fix regression in scanning for state with 'name' param