Packer - 1.8.5

(December 12, 2022)

NOTES:

• data/packer-image-iteration has been removed. This was an undocumented and
  unusable data source that was built for experimentation but not released. It
  should not affect users in any way but is being mentioned for visibility
  purposes.
  GH-12111

FEATURES:

• core: Metadata for capturing template types such as JSON or HCL2 has been added to the
  HCP Packer registry metadata. Upon running a packer build the type of
  template used during execution will be sent along to the registry as
  additional build metadata.GH-12132

PLUGINS:

The following external plugins have been updated and pinned to address open
issues. Please see their respective changelogs for details on plugin
specific bug fixes and improvements.

• alicloud@v1.0.5 - CHANGELOG
• amazon@v1.1.6 - CHANGELOG
• proxmox@v1.1.0 - CHANGELOG
• vsphere@v1.0.7 - CHANGELOG
• qemu@v1.0.8 - CHANGELOG

IMPROVEMENTS:

• cmd/hcl2_upgrade: Generate variable block for all referenced user input
  variables. GH-12136
• cmd/validate: Add support for the -evaluate-datasources flag to evaluate
  the data sources from a template during validation time.
  GH-12106
  GH-12152
• core/hcl2: Variable definition files containing undeclared variables within
  an HCL2 template will no longer warn during build execution. Warnings will
  be displayed to a user during template validation, which can be disabled by
  passing the -no-warn-undeclared-var flag to the validate command.
  GH-12104
  GH-12109
• core: Docker images have been updated to include the xorriso package for
  supporting the creation of ISO files.GH-12081
• core: Split HCP Packer publishing components into a separate internal-only
  module. GH-11
  GH-12116

BUG FIXES:

• cmd/init: The init command will try to fallback to the next available version
  for a plugin, if the most recent version is not available or has a missing
  checksum file. This should prevent Packer from trying to install versions
  that have a GitHub tag but no actual assets.
  GH-12103
• cmd/plugins: The plugins install sub-command will try to fallback to the
  next available version for a plugin, if the most recent version is not
  available or has a missing checksum file. This should prevent Packer from
  trying to install versions that have a GitHub tag but no actual assets.
  GH-12103
• core: Bump Go version to 1.18.9 to address vulnerability GO-2022-1144, which
  concerns the net/http and golang.org/x/net
  packages.GH-12153
  GH-12158
• core: Fix the registration of deleted input artifacts in HCP Packer when
  setting keep_input_artifacts to
  false.GH-11462
• core: Using different template types when building a HCP Packer
  image iteration will now trigger a runtime build error due to the
  mixing of template types.
  GH-12132