1 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
3 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
5 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
6 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
7 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
9 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
10 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
11 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
12 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
13 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
15 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
17 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
18 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
19 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
20 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
21 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
23 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
24 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
25 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
26 * Adjust hostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf.
28 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:19:01 +0100
30 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
34 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
36 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
39 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
41 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
43 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
46 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
47 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
48 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
50 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
52 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
55 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
57 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
59 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
61 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
63 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
64 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
65 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
66 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
68 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
70 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
71 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
73 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
74 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
75 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
76 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
78 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
79 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
81 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
82 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
83 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
84 packages like citadel in lenny.
85 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
86 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
87 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
88 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
89 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
90 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
91 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
93 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
95 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
97 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
100 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
102 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
104 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
106 * Drop the second passwd call.
108 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
110 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
113 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
115 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
117 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
120 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
122 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
124 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
128 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
130 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
133 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
135 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
137 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
139 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
142 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
144 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
147 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
148 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
149 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
150 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
151 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
153 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
155 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
159 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
160 * Add boot_append option to manpage
161 * Manpage reformatted
164 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
165 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
166 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
167 * Activate zsh completion.
168 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
169 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
170 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
171 fail chroot-script itself.
173 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
175 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
177 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
179 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
181 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
183 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
184 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
185 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
187 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
188 only if it's available.
189 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
190 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
191 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
194 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
195 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
196 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
198 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
200 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
203 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
204 * Split all the code into separate functions.
205 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
206 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
207 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
209 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
210 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
211 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
212 and provide it to chroot-script.
213 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
215 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
217 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
219 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
221 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
223 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Support installation into directory.
227 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
229 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
231 * Initial support for $ARCH.
232 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
234 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
236 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
239 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
242 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
243 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
244 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
245 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
246 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
247 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
248 list to be able to support sarge as well).
250 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
252 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
256 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100