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Rephrase the snf-image-update-helper messages

Remove HELPER_URL from defaults.in & common.sh.in

The variable should only exist in snf-image-update-helper. If the
user wants to overwrite the value, he should create it in
/etc/default/snf-image-update-helper

Rename create-fixed helper script to create-helper

Rename snf-image-create-fixed-helper script to snf-image-create-helper.
Also remove the command that will create a tar archive of the helper
files under /tmp

Beautify the messages of snf-image-update-helper

Reorganize the helper image creation scripts

Move the old snf-image-update-helper to snf-image-create-fixed-helper
and make the new snf-image-update-helper download a fixed helper image
specified by the HELPER_URL variable.

In xen use the helper image in ro mode

Make sure everything works even when the root filesystem in the helper
VM is mounted read-only.

Cleanup Xen code

Make it comply with the rest of the software. Some things are not
ready yet.

Do not install a local helper package by default

snf-image-update-helper will only install a pkg retrieved from the
apt unless -p option is specified.

Add new version_consistency_check in configure

This can be used to enable or disable the version check between
snf-image-host and snf-image-helper at the end of the update-helper
script.

Fix a bug introduced in f012a7dd3f0ed634f1a2215936

Seperate error messages from monitoring messages

Do not send through the monitor pipe the error messages. They may
contain internal sensitive information. Create a new report_error
function for sending errors through the monitoring pipe.

Conflicts:
snf-image-host/create...

Use a seperated dir for update-helper cache files

By default this directory is $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/cache/snf-image/helper

Don't move the kernel out of the helper VM image

When snf-image-update-helper runned, it moved the kernel and the
initrd file out of the helper VM image. With this patch,
snf-image-update-helper will copy the kernel to the host without
removing it from the image.

Make use of XenStore to export SUCCESS msg

Signed-off-by: Dimitris Aragiorgis <dimara@grnet.gr>

Delete helper img if errors occure during creation

If snf-image-update-helper exits with errors, delete the temporary
image file from /var/lib/snf-image/helper.

Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper

the kernel and init paths computed by snf-image-update-helper script
were incorrect.

In update-helper ask before using a cache file

• If -y is not specified and a cache file is found, ask the user before
  using it.
• "Fix" the -c option's behaviour. With this commit, if -c is applied,
  the system will use the provided cache file if present and will do a...

Fix license and copyright

Some files were accidentally left out from the last license and
copyright fix.

Beautify help msg in update-helper

Also remove `-l' option. It's no longer needed.

Fix issues #1531 #1532 #1533

Replace losetup in update-helper with the $LOSETUP

This is really minor, but since we are using a bash var for losetup in
create, which is overwritable from the defaults file, lets keep it that
way.

Fix minor typos in update-helper script

Remove filesystem scan enforcement rules in helper

Helper image should never have filesystem checks. The default rule mkfs
implies is to check every 24 mounts or 180 days.

Add further functionality in update-helper script

• Make the script install the snf-image-helper package inside the
  created image.
• Add more diagnostic messages