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