1 grml-debootstrap (0.47) unstable; urgency=low
3 The "initial upload to Debian" release.
6 * [e47ca96] Use /bin/bash for tests instead of /bin/zsh
8 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
9 * [c87dc4a] Don't depend on grml-etc-core
10 * [5e16f74] Update copyright file based on git log
11 * [bf11621] Prepare control file for targetting Debian
12 * [23140a3] Fix lintian warning debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
13 * [fcc981a] Update package description
14 * [50de133] Depend on gawk, as we're using that
15 * [5081ff4] fix ported eend function return value
16 * [79ea500] bailout on dialog cancellation
19 * [561fb86] Drop "set -e" from the scripts.
20 * [4384a10] Fix vim syntax folding issue with missing }}}.
22 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:04:13 +0200
24 grml-debootstrap (0.46) unstable; urgency=low
26 * [f1c990c] Update package description and documentation to
27 reflect squeeze as current stable release.
28 * [fc6d883] Support --vmfile and --vmsize command line options
29 for deploying a virtual machine.
30 * [a64fecc] Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement
31 and do not prompt for user input.
32 * [5ee5cac] Consequently use eerror for displaying error messages.
33 * [25bfeb7] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2.
35 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:27:33 +0200
37 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
39 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
40 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
42 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
44 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
46 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
48 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
49 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
50 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
51 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
52 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
55 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
56 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
58 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
60 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
62 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
64 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
65 successfully finishing automatic installation.
67 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
69 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
71 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
72 recommendation as suite.
73 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
74 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
75 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
77 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
79 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
81 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
82 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
83 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
84 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
85 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
87 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
88 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
89 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
90 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
92 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
94 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
96 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
97 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
98 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
101 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
103 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
106 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
108 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
109 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
113 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
115 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
117 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
120 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
121 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
123 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
125 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
129 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
131 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
134 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
136 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
139 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
141 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
143 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
144 can cause problems with installations to directories.
145 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
147 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
149 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
151 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
153 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
154 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
155 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
156 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
157 no set full path to the binaries.
158 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
159 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
160 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
161 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
162 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
163 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
166 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
168 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
172 the interactive menu.
173 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
175 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
176 patch by gebi, thanks).
177 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
178 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
181 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
182 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
183 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
184 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
185 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
186 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
187 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
189 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
190 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
191 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
193 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
194 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
195 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
196 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
198 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
199 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
201 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
203 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
206 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
207 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
208 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
209 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
211 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
213 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
215 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
216 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
217 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
218 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
219 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
221 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
223 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
226 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
227 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
228 system. [Closes: issue658]
231 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
232 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
234 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
236 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
238 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
239 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
241 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
242 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
243 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
244 text as "stable" is invalid.
245 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
246 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
247 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
248 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
249 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
250 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
251 might be the case when installing to a directory).
252 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
253 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
254 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
255 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
256 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
257 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
258 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
260 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
262 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
264 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
266 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
269 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
271 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
273 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
276 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
277 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
278 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
279 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
281 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
282 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
283 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
284 display for checking configuration again.
285 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
286 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
288 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
289 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
290 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
291 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
294 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
296 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
298 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
300 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
301 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
302 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
303 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
305 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
307 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
309 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
311 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
312 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
314 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
316 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Update documentation.
319 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
320 interactive setup script.
321 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
322 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
323 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
324 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
325 as well as inside the chroot.
326 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
327 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
329 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
331 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
333 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
335 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
336 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
337 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
339 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
340 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
341 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
342 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
343 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
345 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
347 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
348 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
349 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
350 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
351 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
353 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
354 - do not create stage file at finalize()
355 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
356 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
357 * Adjust postfix configuration:
358 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
359 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
360 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
362 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
364 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
367 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
369 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
371 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
373 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
375 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
378 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
380 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
382 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
384 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
385 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
386 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
387 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
389 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
391 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
394 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
396 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
398 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
400 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
402 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
403 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
404 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
405 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
407 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
409 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
410 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
412 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
413 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
414 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
415 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
417 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
418 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
420 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
421 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
422 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
423 packages like citadel in lenny.
424 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
425 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
426 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
427 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
428 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
429 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
430 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
432 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
434 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
436 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
439 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
441 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
443 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
445 * Drop the second passwd call.
447 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
449 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
452 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
454 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
456 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
458 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
459 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
461 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
463 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
467 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
469 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
472 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
474 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
476 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
478 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
481 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
483 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
485 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
486 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
487 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
488 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
489 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
490 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
492 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
494 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
497 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
498 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
499 * Add boot_append option to manpage
500 * Manpage reformatted
503 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
504 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
505 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
506 * Activate zsh completion.
507 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
508 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
509 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
510 fail chroot-script itself.
512 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
514 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
518 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
520 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
523 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
524 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
526 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
527 only if it's available.
528 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
529 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
530 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
533 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
534 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
535 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
537 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
539 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
541 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
542 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
543 * Split all the code into separate functions.
544 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
545 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
546 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
548 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
549 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
550 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
551 and provide it to chroot-script.
552 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
554 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
556 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
558 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
560 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
562 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
564 * Support installation into directory.
566 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
568 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
570 * Initial support for $ARCH.
571 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
573 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
575 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
578 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
581 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
582 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
583 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
584 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
585 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
586 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
587 list to be able to support sarge as well).
589 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
591 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
595 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100