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
20 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:15:52 +0200
22 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
26 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
28 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
31 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
33 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
35 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
38 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
39 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
40 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
42 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
44 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
47 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
49 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
51 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
53 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
55 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
56 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
57 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
58 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
60 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
62 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
63 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
65 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
66 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
67 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
68 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
70 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
71 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
73 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
74 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
75 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
76 packages like citadel in lenny.
77 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
78 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
79 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
80 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
81 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
82 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
83 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
85 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
87 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
89 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
92 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
94 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
96 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Drop the second passwd call.
100 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
102 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
105 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
107 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
109 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
112 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
114 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
116 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
120 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
122 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
125 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
127 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
129 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
134 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
136 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
139 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
140 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
141 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
142 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
143 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
145 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
147 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
151 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
152 * Add boot_append option to manpage
153 * Manpage reformatted
156 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
157 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
158 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
159 * Activate zsh completion.
160 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
161 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
162 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
163 fail chroot-script itself.
165 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
167 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
169 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
171 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
173 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
176 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
177 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
179 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
180 only if it's available.
181 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
182 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
183 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
186 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
187 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
188 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
190 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
192 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
195 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
196 * Split all the code into separate functions.
197 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
198 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
199 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
201 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
202 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
203 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
204 and provide it to chroot-script.
205 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
207 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
209 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
213 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
215 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Support installation into directory.
219 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
221 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Initial support for $ARCH.
224 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
226 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
228 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
231 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
234 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
235 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
236 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
237 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
238 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
239 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
240 list to be able to support sarge as well).
242 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
244 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
248 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100