1 grml-debootstrap (0.46) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [f1c990c] Update package description and documentation to
4 reflect squeeze as current stable release.
5 * [fc6d883] Support --vmfile and --vmsize command line options
6 for deploying a virtual machine.
7 * [a64fecc] Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement
8 and do not prompt for user input.
9 * [5ee5cac] Consequently use eerror for displaying error messages.
10 * [25bfeb7] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2.
12 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:27:33 +0200
14 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
16 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
17 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
19 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
21 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
23 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
25 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
26 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
27 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
28 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
29 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
32 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
33 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
35 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
37 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
39 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
41 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
42 successfully finishing automatic installation.
44 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
46 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
48 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
49 recommendation as suite.
50 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
51 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
52 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
54 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
56 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
58 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
59 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
60 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
61 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
62 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
64 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
65 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
66 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
67 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
69 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
71 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
73 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
74 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
75 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
78 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
80 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
83 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
85 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
86 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
90 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
92 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
94 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
97 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
98 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
100 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
102 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
106 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
108 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
111 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
113 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
116 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
118 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
121 can cause problems with installations to directories.
122 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
124 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
126 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
128 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
131 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
132 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
133 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
134 no set full path to the binaries.
135 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
136 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
137 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
138 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
139 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
140 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
143 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
145 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
149 the interactive menu.
150 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
152 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
153 patch by gebi, thanks).
154 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
155 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
158 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
159 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
160 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
161 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
162 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
163 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
164 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
166 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
167 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
168 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
170 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
171 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
172 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
173 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
175 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
176 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
178 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
180 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
182 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
183 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
184 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
185 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
186 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
188 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
190 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
193 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
194 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
195 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
196 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
198 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
200 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
204 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
205 system. [Closes: issue658]
208 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
209 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
211 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
213 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
215 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
216 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
218 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
219 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
220 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
221 text as "stable" is invalid.
222 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
223 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
224 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
225 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
226 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
227 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
228 might be the case when installing to a directory).
229 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
230 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
231 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
232 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
233 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
234 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
235 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
237 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
239 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
241 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
243 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
246 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
248 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
250 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
253 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
254 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
255 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
256 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
258 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
259 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
260 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
261 display for checking configuration again.
262 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
263 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
265 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
266 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
267 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
268 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
271 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
273 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
275 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
278 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
279 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
280 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
282 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
284 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
288 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
289 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
291 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
293 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Update documentation.
296 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
297 interactive setup script.
298 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
299 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
300 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
301 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
302 as well as inside the chroot.
303 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
304 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
306 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
308 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
310 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
312 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
313 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
314 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
316 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
317 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
318 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
319 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
320 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
322 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
324 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
325 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
326 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
327 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
328 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
330 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
331 - do not create stage file at finalize()
332 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
333 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
334 * Adjust postfix configuration:
335 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
336 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
337 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
339 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
341 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
344 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
346 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
350 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
352 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
355 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
357 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
359 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
362 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
363 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
364 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
366 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
368 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
370 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
371 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
373 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
375 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
377 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
379 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
380 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
381 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
382 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
384 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
386 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
387 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
389 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
390 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
391 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
392 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
394 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
395 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
397 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
398 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
399 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
400 packages like citadel in lenny.
401 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
402 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
403 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
404 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
405 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
406 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
407 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
409 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
411 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
413 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
415 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
416 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
418 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
420 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Drop the second passwd call.
424 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
426 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
428 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
429 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
431 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
433 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
435 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
436 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
438 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
440 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
444 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
446 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
449 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
451 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
453 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
458 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
460 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
462 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
463 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
464 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
465 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
466 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
467 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
469 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
471 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
474 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
475 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
476 * Add boot_append option to manpage
477 * Manpage reformatted
480 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
481 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
482 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
483 * Activate zsh completion.
484 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
485 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
486 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
487 fail chroot-script itself.
489 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
491 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
495 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
497 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
499 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
500 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
501 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
503 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
504 only if it's available.
505 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
506 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
507 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
510 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
511 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
512 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
514 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
516 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
518 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
519 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
520 * Split all the code into separate functions.
521 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
522 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
523 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
525 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
526 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
527 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
528 and provide it to chroot-script.
529 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
531 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
533 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
537 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
539 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
541 * Support installation into directory.
543 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
545 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
547 * Initial support for $ARCH.
548 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
550 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
552 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
554 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
555 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
558 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
559 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
560 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
561 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
562 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
563 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
564 list to be able to support sarge as well).
566 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
568 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
572 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100