1 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
4 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
6 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
7 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
11 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
13 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
15 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
18 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
19 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
21 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
23 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
27 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
29 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
32 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
34 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
37 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
39 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
42 can cause problems with installations to directories.
43 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
45 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
47 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
49 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
52 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
53 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
54 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
55 no set full path to the binaries.
56 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
57 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
58 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
59 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
60 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
61 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
64 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
66 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
71 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
73 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
74 patch by gebi, thanks).
75 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
76 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
79 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
80 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
81 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
82 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
83 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
84 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
85 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
87 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
88 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
89 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
91 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
92 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
93 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
94 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
96 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
97 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
99 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
101 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
104 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
105 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
106 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
107 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
109 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
111 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
114 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
115 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
116 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
117 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
119 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
121 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
125 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
126 system. [Closes: issue658]
129 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
130 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
132 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
134 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
136 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
137 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
139 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
140 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
141 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
142 text as "stable" is invalid.
143 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
144 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
145 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
146 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
147 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
148 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
149 might be the case when installing to a directory).
150 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
151 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
152 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
153 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
154 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
155 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
156 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
158 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
160 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
162 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
164 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
166 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
167 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
169 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
171 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
174 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
175 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
176 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
177 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
179 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
180 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
181 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
182 display for checking configuration again.
183 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
184 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
186 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
187 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
188 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
189 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
192 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
194 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
196 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
199 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
200 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
201 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
203 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
205 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
209 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
210 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
212 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
214 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Update documentation.
217 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
218 interactive setup script.
219 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
220 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
221 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
222 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
223 as well as inside the chroot.
224 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
225 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
227 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
229 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
231 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
233 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
234 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
235 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
237 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
238 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
239 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
240 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
241 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
243 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
245 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
246 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
247 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
248 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
249 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
251 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
252 - do not create stage file at finalize()
253 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
254 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
255 * Adjust postfix configuration:
256 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
257 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
258 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
260 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
262 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
265 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
267 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
271 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
273 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
276 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
278 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
280 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
283 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
284 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
285 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
287 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
289 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
292 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
294 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
296 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
298 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
300 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
301 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
302 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
303 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
305 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
307 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
308 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
310 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
311 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
312 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
313 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
315 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
316 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
318 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
319 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
320 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
321 packages like citadel in lenny.
322 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
323 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
324 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
325 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
326 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
327 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
328 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
330 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
332 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
334 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
337 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
339 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
341 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Drop the second passwd call.
345 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
347 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
349 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
350 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
352 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
354 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
357 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
359 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
361 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
363 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
365 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
367 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
369 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
370 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
372 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
374 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
379 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
381 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
384 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
385 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
386 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
387 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
388 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
390 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
392 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
395 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
396 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
397 * Add boot_append option to manpage
398 * Manpage reformatted
401 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
402 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
403 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
404 * Activate zsh completion.
405 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
406 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
407 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
408 fail chroot-script itself.
410 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
412 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
416 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
418 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
420 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
421 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
422 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
424 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
425 only if it's available.
426 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
427 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
428 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
431 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
432 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
433 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
435 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
437 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
439 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
440 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
441 * Split all the code into separate functions.
442 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
443 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
444 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
446 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
447 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
448 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
449 and provide it to chroot-script.
450 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
452 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
454 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
456 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
458 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
460 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
462 * Support installation into directory.
464 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
466 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Initial support for $ARCH.
469 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
471 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
473 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
476 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
479 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
480 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
481 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
482 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
483 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
484 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
485 list to be able to support sarge as well).
487 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
489 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
493 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100