1 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
4 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
5 * Support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
6 * Bugfix: make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
7 * Bugfix: do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
8 * Bugfix: change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
9 display for checking configuration again.
10 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
12 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 14:46:44 +0200
14 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
17 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
18 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
19 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
21 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
23 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
27 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
28 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
30 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
32 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Update documentation.
35 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
36 interactive setup script.
37 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
38 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
39 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
40 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
41 as well as inside the chroot.
42 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
43 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
45 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
47 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
49 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
51 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
52 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
53 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
55 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
56 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
57 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
58 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
59 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
61 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
63 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
64 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
65 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
66 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
67 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
69 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
70 - do not create stage file at finalize()
71 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
72 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
73 * Adjust postfix configuration:
74 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
75 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
76 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
78 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
80 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
83 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
85 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
89 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
91 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
94 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
96 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
98 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
100 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
101 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
102 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
103 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
105 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
107 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
110 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
112 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
114 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
116 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
118 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
119 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
120 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
121 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
123 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
125 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
126 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
128 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
129 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
130 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
131 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
133 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
134 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
136 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
137 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
138 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
139 packages like citadel in lenny.
140 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
141 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
142 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
143 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
144 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
145 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
146 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
148 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
150 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
152 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
155 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
157 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
159 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Drop the second passwd call.
163 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
165 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
167 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
168 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
170 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
172 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
175 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
177 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
179 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
183 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
185 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
188 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
190 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
192 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
197 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
199 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
202 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
203 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
204 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
205 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
206 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
208 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
210 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
214 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
215 * Add boot_append option to manpage
216 * Manpage reformatted
219 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
220 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
221 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
222 * Activate zsh completion.
223 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
224 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
225 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
226 fail chroot-script itself.
228 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
230 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
232 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
234 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
236 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
239 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
240 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
242 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
243 only if it's available.
244 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
245 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
246 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
249 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
250 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
251 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
253 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
255 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
258 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
259 * Split all the code into separate functions.
260 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
261 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
262 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
264 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
265 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
266 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
267 and provide it to chroot-script.
268 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
270 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
272 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
274 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
276 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
278 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
280 * Support installation into directory.
282 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
284 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Initial support for $ARCH.
287 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
289 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
291 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
294 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
297 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
298 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
299 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
300 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
301 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
302 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
303 list to be able to support sarge as well).
305 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
307 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
311 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100