1 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Move the apt cache removal function to the end to avoid failure
5 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
7 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:22:59 +0100
9 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
14 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
16 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
17 patch by gebi, thanks).
18 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
19 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
22 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
23 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
24 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
25 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
26 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
27 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
28 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
30 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
31 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
32 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
34 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
35 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
36 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
37 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
39 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
40 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
42 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
44 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
47 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
48 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
49 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
50 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
52 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
54 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
57 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
58 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
59 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
60 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
62 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
64 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
68 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
69 system. [Closes: issue658]
72 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
73 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
75 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
77 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
79 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
80 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
82 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
83 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
84 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
85 text as "stable" is invalid.
86 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
87 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
88 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
89 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
90 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
91 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
92 might be the case when installing to a directory).
93 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
94 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
95 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
96 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
97 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
98 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
99 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
101 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
103 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
105 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
107 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
110 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
112 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
114 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
117 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
118 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
119 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
120 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
122 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
123 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
124 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
125 display for checking configuration again.
126 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
127 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
129 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
130 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
131 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
132 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
135 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
137 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
139 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
142 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
143 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
144 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
146 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
148 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
152 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
153 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
155 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
157 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Update documentation.
160 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
161 interactive setup script.
162 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
163 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
164 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
165 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
166 as well as inside the chroot.
167 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
168 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
170 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
172 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
174 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
176 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
177 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
178 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
180 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
181 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
182 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
183 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
184 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
186 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
188 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
189 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
190 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
191 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
192 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
194 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
195 - do not create stage file at finalize()
196 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
197 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
198 * Adjust postfix configuration:
199 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
200 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
201 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
203 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
205 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
208 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
210 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
214 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
216 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
218 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
219 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
221 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
223 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
226 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
227 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
228 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
230 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
232 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
235 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
237 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
239 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
241 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
243 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
244 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
245 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
246 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
248 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
250 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
251 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
253 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
254 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
255 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
256 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
258 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
259 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
261 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
262 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
263 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
264 packages like citadel in lenny.
265 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
266 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
267 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
268 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
269 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
270 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
271 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
273 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
275 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
277 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
279 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
280 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
282 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
284 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Drop the second passwd call.
288 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
290 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
293 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
295 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
297 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
299 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
300 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
302 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
304 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
308 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
310 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
313 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
315 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
317 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
322 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
324 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
326 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
327 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
328 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
329 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
330 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
331 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
333 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
335 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
338 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
339 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
340 * Add boot_append option to manpage
341 * Manpage reformatted
344 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
345 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
346 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
347 * Activate zsh completion.
348 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
349 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
350 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
351 fail chroot-script itself.
353 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
355 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
359 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
361 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
363 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
364 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
365 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
367 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
368 only if it's available.
369 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
370 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
371 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
374 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
375 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
376 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
378 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
380 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
382 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
383 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
384 * Split all the code into separate functions.
385 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
386 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
387 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
389 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
390 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
391 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
392 and provide it to chroot-script.
393 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
395 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
397 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
399 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
401 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
403 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
405 * Support installation into directory.
407 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
409 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
411 * Initial support for $ARCH.
412 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
414 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
416 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
418 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
419 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
422 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
423 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
424 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
425 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
426 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
427 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
428 list to be able to support sarge as well).
430 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
432 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
436 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100