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