1 grml-debootstrap (0.71) unstable; urgency=medium
3 The "monster kill ▬█████████" release
5 * [3814da0] Improve check for identifying underlying block device
7 * [0de1bb1] Provide workaround for GRUB font path bug in jessie (Debian
9 * [2aa17c1] Always remove /boot/grub/device.map to avoid leaking host
10 data. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for bug
12 * [4a2c2d8] Don't try to re-read partition table when building VMs using
14 * [9288199] Improve --vm and --vmfile usage instructions
15 * [dd7fd0a] Do not copy `packages` file if --nopackages option is
17 * [bc38eda] Make it more friendly to install on non-Debian
18 distributions. Thanks to Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org> for
20 * [9f5825a] Include HTML documentation in Debian package
21 * [91f2e99] Rename --scripts to --post-scripts for consistency
22 * [6f2677c] Explicitly set LANGUAGE=C to avoid possible locale issues
23 * [bedb409] Provide hostname to pre-scripts by setting up /etc/hostname
24 * [f42f932] Ensure that grub-pc is installed in VMs even when using
26 * [a8c2e5f] Honor GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true and don't set root=UUID
28 * [8b67587] Provide new option --remove-configs to delete grml-
29 debootstrap configuration files from installed system
30 * [598b19a] Fix syntax error for introduced in 91f2e990ca65aa367
31 * [2a43ef7] Write hostname to installed system (fix for bedb4090) Thanks
32 to Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org> for catching this issue
33 * [9d9ec2d] Run code for --remove-configs before unmounting chroot
34 * [d5528b0] Make check for GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID more stable. Thanks
35 to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the feedback
36 * [0064269] Disable SCRIPTS by default, replaced by POST_SCRIPTS
37 * [bfb0afb] Make mountpoint output silent
38 * [1e8339d] Display error message if --vmfile and --grub are used in
40 * [45b4746] packer: support different Debian + grml-debootstrap releases
41 * [21658d3] packer/Vagrant: make jessie the new default Debian release
42 * [7b776cd] config: change from GPL-2 to GPL-2+
43 * [c9caef4] Add stretch to release-table and update lenny installation
45 * [2370b8a] Drop unmaintained THANKS file
46 * [aee9c5f] Update debian/copyright + move to dep5 style
48 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:33:17 +0200
50 grml-debootstrap (0.70) unstable; urgency=medium
53 * [d59e47c] Fix unmounting [..]/dev once more (issue #50)
54 * [d08be12] Mount and unmount /dev/pts for chrooting (issue #39)
55 * [e781fc5] No longer write too many disk ID bytes (issue #75)
56 * [a459d66] Fix current release-related texts before adding stretch
58 * [7549cad] Add support for installation of Debian stretch (issue #77)
59 * [874b096] Revert "Check for grub-mkimage when creating virtual machine
61 * [1adbe33] Revert "Add grub-common to recommended dependencies for
62 grub-mkimage (issue #61)"
63 * [4524757] Install GRUB once, at most (second take, issue #78)
64 * [c7c6cfd] Fix grub-install invocation for post-wheezy releases and sid
68 * [cb71442] implemented trap ERR for grml-debootstrap and chroot-script;
69 changed chroot script from sh to bash script, because trap ERR is a
73 * [aba5a80] Use full fingerprint instead of short GPG key ids for Grml
74 repository. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for bug
76 * [831a5d8] Install firmware-linux only when non-free is among the
77 COMPONENTS. Thanks to Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> for the patch
79 * [15a1143] Drop contrib + non-free from default COMPONENTS, support
80 --contrib + -non-free cmdline options
82 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:02:41 +0200
84 grml-debootstrap (0.69) unstable; urgency=medium
86 The "jessie partyyyyyy ♫♫♫" release
89 * [ccba9a8] Try unmounting [..]/dev harder
90 * [e5e71bc] Delete binary packer/fake-uname.so
91 * [be32888] Initialize packer/.gitignore
92 * [762d9ef] Fix packer/Makefile dependencies
93 * [d945d99] Check for grub-mkimage when creating virtual machine images
94 * [9d3d538] Add grub-common to recommended dependencies for grub-mkimage
95 * [b3cddce] Fixed version reported when run from Git
96 * [7b07013] Source cmdlineopts.clp from same folder as grml-debootstrap
97 file (Closes: #776502) [CVE-2015-1378]
98 * [92b1de2] Add missing escaping of user input (Closes: #779925)
100 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
101 * [3aa7301] Break when using unsupported generic codenames "stable" or
105 * [f992b13] Do not stop hosts' SSH + mdadm services in cleanup
106 procedure. Thanks to Sebastian Pipping for debugging and bug report
108 * [dae518d] Define ewarn function to properly display warning messages
111 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:12:55 +0200
113 grml-debootstrap (0.68) unstable; urgency=medium
115 * [8a4a3c8] Adjust filesystem check for new blkid behaviour
118 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:38:06 +0100
120 grml-debootstrap (0.67) unstable; urgency=medium
122 The "[✔] ready for jessie" release
125 * [add7aab] Update documentation for upcoming stable release
127 * [486fa51] Use jessie as new default release
128 * [0f66ed4] Add support for jessie in dialog based user interface
129 * [bda9f3a] package selection: replace dhcp3-client with isc-dhcp-client
130 * [18ee5ea] Support MKFS_OPTS variable + use -F option in mkfs.ext* when
131 running in force mode
132 * [491c75a] Add sources.list support for squeeze-lts
133 * [75be5c3] docs: simplify table of supported releases, mention lenny
135 * [86c5325] Make disk identifier configurable via DISK_IDENTIFIER
136 variable. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the
138 * [bd598a0] Fix some minor issues identified by shellcheck
139 * [37d7df7] config: use uuidgen tool for DISK_IDENTIFIER usage example
140 * [ca32c51] Fix some further issues identified by shellcheck
141 * [a2b19f1] Do not use fixed disk identifiers by default
142 * [af35272] Always use UUIDs for GRUB booting in VMs instead of
144 * [a227187] docs: fix wrong usage example description. Thanks to Florian
145 Klien for the bug report
146 * [092274d] Execute kpartx in sync mode to avoid race conditions
147 * [86b25a4] Support GRUB as present in Debian/jessie in VM builds
148 * [e0b0b8b] docs: set man.base.url.for.relative.links option when
150 * [5adf8f6] Fix linux-image package check for Debian/jessie 32bit.
151 Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the bug report
152 * [6dde1bd] Fix check for available /dev/md* devices
154 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
155 * [ba9ff1f] Use UUIDs in /boot/grub/grub.cfg for VM builds rather than
158 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:16:04 +0200
160 grml-debootstrap (0.66) unstable; urgency=medium
163 * [cd8a1e5] Provide 'make shellcheck' for syntax checks, enable during
165 * [6efce15] Execute wrap-and-sort on debian directory
166 * [856786f] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.6
168 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
169 * [430c060] Adjust locale handling (LANG/LANGUAGE) to match with Debian
172 [ Markus Rekkenbeil ]
173 * [9b9cdfe] Add set process for /etc/mailname [Closes: issue1315]
175 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:39:54 +0200
177 grml-debootstrap (0.65) unstable; urgency=medium
179 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
180 * [960e54d] Add option --vm to install VMs into LVs and such
183 * [7fc0e06] Initial packer/vagrant/autotest setup
184 * [21b0160] Improve packer deployment for usage in Vagrant
186 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:27:55 +0200
188 grml-debootstrap (0.64) unstable; urgency=medium
190 The "happy easter \(◎o◎)/" release
192 * [bba7c19] Initial README.md (esp. for Github users)
193 * [329df0b] Set up default /etc/network/interfaces with dhcp for eth0 in
194 VM use case. Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <mru@spamt.net> for review and
195 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <christian@hofstaedtler.name> for
197 * [c653f57] Provide option --defaultinterfaces to install default
198 /etc/network/interfaces
200 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:50:33 +0200
202 grml-debootstrap (0.63) unstable; urgency=medium
204 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
205 * [1fa99e5] Fix smbfs example in fstab
208 * [95f4b7c] Switch default filesystem from ext3 to ext4
209 * [8b1c652] Provide --debug option for very verbose execution
210 * [d919319] Support execution of --grub when installing to target
211 directory. Thanks to Michael Renner <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for
212 initial bug report and sponsoring my development time
213 * [2976d92] Copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system, unless
214 --nointerfaces is used or target is a VM. Thanks to Michael Renner
215 <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for feature request and sponsoring my
217 * [84fe150] Update documentation WRT supported releases and some minor
219 * [6cf66c7] Clarify usage of default hostname ($HOSTNAME is considered)
220 * [6c59725] Support --nokernel option to skip installation of default
222 * [583bdc6] Do not enable security mirror for lenny release, being
223 unavailable/unsupported nowadays
225 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:03:45 +0200
227 grml-debootstrap (0.62) unstable; urgency=medium
229 * [2751e66] Execute apt upgrade with DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment
232 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:32:31 +0200
234 grml-debootstrap (0.61) unstable; urgency=medium
236 * [a685e2b] Add ifenslave and cryptsetup to default package list
239 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:36:53 +0100
241 grml-debootstrap (0.60) unstable; urgency=medium
243 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
244 * [4f436b4] added $DPKG_OPTIONS to all instances of apt-get and aptitude
245 https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/issues/8
246 * [80fae65] [7ec9ddc] grml-debootstrap own version detection code
248 * [134498c] It is not possible to build amd64 on i386. Break when the
249 user attempts to do this.
250 * [5a873a8] Support FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS option, useful for
254 * [b9fc7bb] Abort if FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS is set but mkfs.* does not
255 match for ext{2,3,4} file system
256 * [a59c1b4] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5
258 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:18:49 +0100
260 grml-debootstrap (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
262 * [b8fb51c] Fix usage of configuration variables
263 * [6e7a2c8] Drop URL to release notes from script header
264 * [2ef61aa] Improve error handling for update-locale
266 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:06:52 +0100
268 grml-debootstrap (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
270 * [ddf2a40] Support $DEFAULT_LOCALES to enable specified locales as
272 * [a75f067] Install grub to main md device when installing on
274 * [172555b] Support overriding configuration via environment variables
275 * [45642a3] Add vlan package to default package list
276 * [af82910] Add bridge-utils to default package list
277 * [53d51ac] Fix description of SCRIPTS variable in config file.
278 Thanks to Jimmy Gredler for the hint
279 * [2ecc3d3] Mention that "raw format" is used for vmfile option
281 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:15:23 +0100
283 grml-debootstrap (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
285 The "happy wheezy release" release
287 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
288 * [dfac692] Remove obsolete DM-Upload-Allowed flag
289 * [5fbec1d] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes needed)
291 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:21:23 +0200
293 grml-debootstrap (0.56) experimental; urgency=low
295 [ Markus Rekkenbeil ]
296 * [4f9ea91] Add new feature "backportrepos" via option --backportrepos
299 * [e45e376] fix kernel image search on i386
301 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:28:21 +0100
303 grml-debootstrap (0.55) experimental; urgency=low
306 * ISO related bugfixes:
307 * [6f8ba91] set ISO to file:$ISO, not to file:$1 which is
309 * [ab690ec] debootstrap from an ISO when ISO is set as MIRROR
311 * [10690a9] Debian ISOs do not contain signed Release files
312 * [9c1ec11] remove local (file://) mirrors from sources.list
314 - [010a354] add a fallback mirror to be added in case when a local
316 - [91e39fc] Dynamically determine the correct kernel package name
318 - [76ca758] Add firmware-linux-free to the packages to be installed
319 - [a9697fb] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
320 - [a93156c] don't fail to ask for a password if there is no TTY
324 * [f3a7ab6] Use http.debian.net as default mirror
326 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:58:46 +0100
328 grml-debootstrap (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
330 The "happy new year, Verena" release.
333 * [5ee8148] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
336 * [62cec4e] Do not hardcode squeeze as Debian/stable
337 * [6589216] Set wheezy as the new default release [Closes: #688234]
338 * [ae9070d] docs: fix outdated default mirror reference
339 * [e5a6244] docs: clarify AUTOINSTALL is currently supported on Grml
340 live systems only. Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review
342 * [4280921] docs: mention VM image and dialog based frontend support.
343 Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review and improving
345 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:52:42 +0100
347 grml-debootstrap (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
349 * [4d08103] Add acpi-support-base to default package selection
351 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:04:16 +0200
353 grml-debootstrap (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
355 [ Darshaka Pathirana ]
356 * [344f0e9] detect architecture before checkconfiguration
357 * [ddbb875] display architecture in checkconfiguration summary
360 * [14e6e30] dm-mod: also check for device-mapper support using
363 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:34:47 +0200
365 grml-debootstrap (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
367 * [0452dad] VM feature: improve sed command line to replace root=...
368 kernel option. Thanks to Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@amd.com> for
370 * [06fc8bd] Drop --insecure/SECURE option + instead depend on
371 debian-archive-keyring package
372 * [4fac6ee] Redirect eerror messages to stderr
373 * [ab9101c] Remove chroot-script after execution
374 * [f831c79] Display debootstrap.log if bootstrapping failed and log
376 * [8cf8a43] Display grml-debootstrap version information in
377 configuration-check dialog
378 * [14021b8] Adjust source code comment for --nopassword option
380 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 14 May 2012 18:21:55 +0200
382 grml-debootstrap (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
385 * [772c343] docs: mention http://archive.debian.org/debian/ for
387 * [6ea6382] Make sure loop module is present [Closes: issue1155]
388 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler for the bugreport.
391 * [afe4bad] Remove the sysfs noauto entry from the installed fstab.
392 Thanks to Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org> for helping in
393 bug report handling and patch handling. (Closes: #670074)
395 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:59:55 +0200
397 grml-debootstrap (0.49) unstable; urgency=low
400 * [d17c54b] Run upgrade procedure by default (disable via
401 UPGRADE_SYSTEM config)
402 * [04d37b9] Rework cleanup process
403 * [5f348b9] grub_install: slightly change message if grub is not
405 * [0c7dbbc] Wording: since->because
406 * [f720b57] Slightly improve bailout and cleanup functions to better
408 * [d31f878] Check for dialog executeable only when using interactive
410 * [07c0379] VM installation: also check for parted executable
411 * [f48891f] Try to load dm-mod kernel module if kpartx fails
412 * [60881cb] Run unmount of chroot's /dev twice. Thanks to Michael Hanke
413 <mih@debian.org> for reporting and testing (Closes: #657023)
414 * [07c7f30] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3
415 * [851c803] Update years of copyright
417 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:44:27 +0100
419 grml-debootstrap (0.48) unstable; urgency=low
422 * [837ac57] chroot-script: de-duplicate code WRT security mirror.
423 * [6197947] chroot-script: be more verbose about steps executed in
425 * [c3dbeb4] clarify usage text of --packages option
426 * [aadfa9e] chroot-script: clarify error message iff packages is not
427 available + send it to stderr
428 * [ad7c3cf] Support --nopassword option to not prompt for the root
430 * [8fe289c] do not run fsck when deploying virtual machine
431 * [e68a7d9] vim modeline: set shiftwidth to a less insane value
432 * [a7bfe23] support --grmlrepos command line option
433 * [7140774] clarify usage of --arch option
434 * [6891310] docs: improve option formating, minor typo fixes
435 * [20a41b7] update release table (drop etch, add wheezy)
436 * [bcc5b04] disable filesystem check by default
437 * [d88d27d] drop enabled config variables from config file and use
438 defaults. Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@grml.org> for review
440 * [3adae46] make sure chroot variables are quoted
441 * [1ba2adf] make sure grub-pc is installed when grub option is used
443 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
444 * [074c439] Reformat NEWS.Debian
445 * [56a04d7] Install bootgrub.mksh 0755
446 * [ab804e4] Switch to source format 3.0 (native)
447 * [9f2c2ff] Reworded package Description a tiny bit
448 * [19bf46a] Fix debian/copyright to point to GPL-2 license
449 * [2b2dc77] Add dialog to Recommends
451 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:13:26 +0100
453 grml-debootstrap (0.47) unstable; urgency=low
455 The "initial upload to Debian" release.
458 * [e47ca96] Use /bin/bash for tests instead of /bin/zsh
460 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
461 * [c87dc4a] Don't depend on grml-etc-core
462 * [5e16f74] Update copyright file based on git log
463 * [bf11621] Prepare control file for targetting Debian
464 * [23140a3] Fix lintian warning debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
465 * [fcc981a] Update package description
466 * [50de133] Depend on gawk, as we're using that
467 * [5081ff4] fix ported eend function return value
468 * [79ea500] bailout on dialog cancellation
471 * [561fb86] Drop "set -e" from the scripts.
472 * [4384a10] Fix vim syntax folding issue with missing }}}.
474 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:04:13 +0200
476 grml-debootstrap (0.46) unstable; urgency=low
478 * [f1c990c] Update package description and documentation to
479 reflect squeeze as current stable release.
480 * [fc6d883] Support --vmfile and --vmsize command line options
481 for deploying a virtual machine.
482 * [a64fecc] Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement
483 and do not prompt for user input.
484 * [5ee5cac] Consequently use eerror for displaying error messages.
485 * [25bfeb7] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2.
487 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:27:33 +0200
489 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
491 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
492 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
494 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
496 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
498 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
500 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
501 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
502 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
503 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
504 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
507 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
508 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
510 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
512 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
514 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
516 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
517 successfully finishing automatic installation.
519 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
521 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
523 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
524 recommendation as suite.
525 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
526 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
527 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
529 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
531 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
533 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
534 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
535 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
536 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
537 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
539 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
540 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
541 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
542 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
544 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
546 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
548 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
549 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
550 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
553 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
555 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
558 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
560 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
561 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
565 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
567 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
569 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
571 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
572 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
573 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
575 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
577 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
579 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
581 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
583 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
585 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
586 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
588 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
591 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
593 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
595 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
596 can cause problems with installations to directories.
597 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
599 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
601 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
603 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
606 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
607 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
608 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
609 no set full path to the binaries.
610 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
611 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
612 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
613 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
614 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
615 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
618 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
620 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
624 the interactive menu.
625 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
627 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
628 patch by gebi, thanks).
629 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
630 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
633 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
634 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
635 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
636 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
637 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
638 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
639 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
641 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
642 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
643 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
645 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
646 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
647 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
648 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
650 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
651 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
653 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
655 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
658 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
659 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
660 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
661 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
663 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
665 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
667 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
668 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
669 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
670 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
671 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
673 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
675 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
679 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
680 system. [Closes: issue658]
683 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
684 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
686 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
688 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
690 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
691 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
693 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
694 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
695 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
696 text as "stable" is invalid.
697 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
698 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
699 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
700 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
701 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
702 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
703 might be the case when installing to a directory).
704 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
705 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
706 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
707 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
708 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
709 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
710 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
712 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
714 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
716 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
718 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
721 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
723 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
725 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
728 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
729 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
730 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
731 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
733 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
734 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
735 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
736 display for checking configuration again.
737 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
738 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
740 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
741 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
742 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
743 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
746 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
748 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
750 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
752 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
753 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
754 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
755 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
757 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
759 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
763 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
764 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
766 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
768 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Update documentation.
771 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
772 interactive setup script.
773 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
774 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
775 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
776 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
777 as well as inside the chroot.
778 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
779 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
781 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
783 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
785 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
787 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
788 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
789 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
791 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
792 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
793 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
794 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
795 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
797 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
799 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
800 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
801 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
802 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
803 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
805 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
806 - do not create stage file at finalize()
807 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
808 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
809 * Adjust postfix configuration:
810 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
811 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
812 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
814 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
816 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
819 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
821 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
825 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
827 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
829 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
830 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
832 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
834 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
836 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
837 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
838 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
839 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
841 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
843 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
845 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
846 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
848 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
850 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
852 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
854 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
855 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
856 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
857 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
859 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
861 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
862 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
864 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
865 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
866 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
867 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
869 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
870 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
872 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
873 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
874 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
875 packages like citadel in lenny.
876 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
877 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
878 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
879 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
880 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
881 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
882 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
884 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
886 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
888 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
890 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
891 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
893 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
895 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Drop the second passwd call.
899 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
901 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
903 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
904 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
906 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
908 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
911 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
913 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
915 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
919 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
921 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
923 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
924 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
926 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
928 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
930 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
933 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
935 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
937 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
938 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
939 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
940 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
941 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
942 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
944 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
946 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
949 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
950 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
951 * Add boot_append option to manpage
952 * Manpage reformatted
955 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
956 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
957 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
958 * Activate zsh completion.
959 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
960 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
961 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
962 fail chroot-script itself.
964 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
966 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
970 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
972 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
975 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
976 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
978 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
979 only if it's available.
980 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
981 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
982 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
985 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
986 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
987 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
989 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
991 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
994 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
995 * Split all the code into separate functions.
996 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
997 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
998 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
1000 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
1001 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
1002 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
1003 and provide it to chroot-script.
1004 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
1006 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
1008 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
1012 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
1014 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Support installation into directory.
1018 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
1020 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * Initial support for $ARCH.
1023 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
1025 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
1027 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
1030 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
1032 * Added support for:
1033 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
1034 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
1035 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
1036 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
1037 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
1038 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
1039 list to be able to support sarge as well).
1041 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
1043 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1047 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100