1 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
4 can cause problems with installations to directories.
5 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
7 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
9 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
11 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
14 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
15 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
16 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
17 no set full path to the binaries.
18 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
19 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
20 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
21 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
22 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
23 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
26 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
28 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
33 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
35 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
36 patch by gebi, thanks).
37 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
38 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
41 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
42 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
43 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
44 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
45 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
46 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
47 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
49 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
50 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
51 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
53 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
54 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
55 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
56 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
58 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
59 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
61 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
63 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
66 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
67 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
68 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
69 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
71 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
73 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
76 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
77 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
78 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
79 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
81 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
83 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
86 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
87 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
88 system. [Closes: issue658]
91 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
92 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
94 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
96 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
98 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
99 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
101 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
102 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
103 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
104 text as "stable" is invalid.
105 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
106 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
107 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
108 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
109 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
110 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
111 might be the case when installing to a directory).
112 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
113 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
114 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
115 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
116 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
117 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
118 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
120 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
122 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
124 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
126 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
129 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
131 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
133 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
136 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
137 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
138 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
139 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
141 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
142 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
143 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
144 display for checking configuration again.
145 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
146 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
148 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
149 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
150 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
151 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
154 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
156 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
158 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
161 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
162 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
163 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
165 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
167 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
169 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
171 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
172 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
174 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
176 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
178 * Update documentation.
179 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
180 interactive setup script.
181 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
182 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
183 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
184 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
185 as well as inside the chroot.
186 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
187 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
189 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
191 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
193 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
195 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
196 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
197 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
199 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
200 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
201 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
202 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
203 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
205 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
207 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
208 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
209 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
210 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
211 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
213 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
214 - do not create stage file at finalize()
215 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
216 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
217 * Adjust postfix configuration:
218 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
219 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
220 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
222 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
224 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
227 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
229 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
231 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
233 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
235 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
238 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
240 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
242 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
245 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
246 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
247 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
249 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
251 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
254 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
256 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
258 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
260 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
262 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
263 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
264 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
265 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
267 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
269 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
270 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
272 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
273 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
274 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
275 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
277 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
278 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
280 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
281 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
282 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
283 packages like citadel in lenny.
284 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
285 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
286 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
287 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
288 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
289 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
290 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
292 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
294 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
296 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
299 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
301 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
303 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Drop the second passwd call.
307 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
309 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
312 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
314 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
316 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
319 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
321 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
323 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
327 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
329 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
331 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
332 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
334 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
336 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
338 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
341 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
343 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
346 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
347 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
348 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
349 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
350 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
352 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
354 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
358 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
359 * Add boot_append option to manpage
360 * Manpage reformatted
363 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
364 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
365 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
366 * Activate zsh completion.
367 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
368 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
369 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
370 fail chroot-script itself.
372 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
374 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
378 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
380 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
382 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
383 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
384 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
386 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
387 only if it's available.
388 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
389 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
390 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
393 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
394 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
395 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
397 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
399 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
402 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
403 * Split all the code into separate functions.
404 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
405 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
406 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
408 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
409 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
410 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
411 and provide it to chroot-script.
412 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
414 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
416 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
418 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
420 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
422 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
424 * Support installation into directory.
426 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
428 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
430 * Initial support for $ARCH.
431 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
433 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
435 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
437 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
438 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
441 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
442 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
443 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
444 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
445 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
446 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
447 list to be able to support sarge as well).
449 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
451 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
455 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100