1 grml-debootstrap (0.72) unstable; urgency=medium
3 * [1cf8447] packer: improve support for testing local grml-debootstrap
5 * [0592c21] Drop --force-yes option from chroot-scripts' apt-get usage
6 * [3e504ef] Report CONFFILES usage in config overview
8 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:19:26 +0200
10 grml-debootstrap (0.71) unstable; urgency=medium
12 The "monster kill ▬█████████" release
14 * [3814da0] Improve check for identifying underlying block device
16 * [0de1bb1] Provide workaround for GRUB font path bug in jessie (Debian
18 * [2aa17c1] Always remove /boot/grub/device.map to avoid leaking host
19 data. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for bug
21 * [4a2c2d8] Don't try to re-read partition table when building VMs using
23 * [9288199] Improve --vm and --vmfile usage instructions
24 * [dd7fd0a] Do not copy `packages` file if --nopackages option is
26 * [bc38eda] Make it more friendly to install on non-Debian
27 distributions. Thanks to Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org> for
29 * [9f5825a] Include HTML documentation in Debian package
30 * [91f2e99] Rename --scripts to --post-scripts for consistency
31 * [6f2677c] Explicitly set LANGUAGE=C to avoid possible locale issues
32 * [bedb409] Provide hostname to pre-scripts by setting up /etc/hostname
33 * [f42f932] Ensure that grub-pc is installed in VMs even when using
35 * [a8c2e5f] Honor GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true and don't set root=UUID
37 * [8b67587] Provide new option --remove-configs to delete grml-
38 debootstrap configuration files from installed system
39 * [598b19a] Fix syntax error for introduced in 91f2e990ca65aa367
40 * [2a43ef7] Write hostname to installed system (fix for bedb4090) Thanks
41 to Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org> for catching this issue
42 * [9d9ec2d] Run code for --remove-configs before unmounting chroot
43 * [d5528b0] Make check for GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID more stable. Thanks
44 to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the feedback
45 * [0064269] Disable SCRIPTS by default, replaced by POST_SCRIPTS
46 * [bfb0afb] Make mountpoint output silent
47 * [1e8339d] Display error message if --vmfile and --grub are used in
49 * [45b4746] packer: support different Debian + grml-debootstrap releases
50 * [21658d3] packer/Vagrant: make jessie the new default Debian release
51 * [7b776cd] config: change from GPL-2 to GPL-2+
52 * [c9caef4] Add stretch to release-table and update lenny installation
54 * [2370b8a] Drop unmaintained THANKS file
55 * [aee9c5f] Update debian/copyright + move to dep5 style
57 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:33:17 +0200
59 grml-debootstrap (0.70) unstable; urgency=medium
62 * [d59e47c] Fix unmounting [..]/dev once more (issue #50)
63 * [d08be12] Mount and unmount /dev/pts for chrooting (issue #39)
64 * [e781fc5] No longer write too many disk ID bytes (issue #75)
65 * [a459d66] Fix current release-related texts before adding stretch
67 * [7549cad] Add support for installation of Debian stretch (issue #77)
68 * [874b096] Revert "Check for grub-mkimage when creating virtual machine
70 * [1adbe33] Revert "Add grub-common to recommended dependencies for
71 grub-mkimage (issue #61)"
72 * [4524757] Install GRUB once, at most (second take, issue #78)
73 * [c7c6cfd] Fix grub-install invocation for post-wheezy releases and sid
77 * [cb71442] implemented trap ERR for grml-debootstrap and chroot-script;
78 changed chroot script from sh to bash script, because trap ERR is a
82 * [aba5a80] Use full fingerprint instead of short GPG key ids for Grml
83 repository. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for bug
85 * [831a5d8] Install firmware-linux only when non-free is among the
86 COMPONENTS. Thanks to Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> for the patch
88 * [15a1143] Drop contrib + non-free from default COMPONENTS, support
89 --contrib + -non-free cmdline options
91 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:02:41 +0200
93 grml-debootstrap (0.69) unstable; urgency=medium
95 The "jessie partyyyyyy ♫♫♫" release
98 * [ccba9a8] Try unmounting [..]/dev harder
99 * [e5e71bc] Delete binary packer/fake-uname.so
100 * [be32888] Initialize packer/.gitignore
101 * [762d9ef] Fix packer/Makefile dependencies
102 * [d945d99] Check for grub-mkimage when creating virtual machine images
103 * [9d3d538] Add grub-common to recommended dependencies for grub-mkimage
104 * [b3cddce] Fixed version reported when run from Git
105 * [7b07013] Source cmdlineopts.clp from same folder as grml-debootstrap
106 file (Closes: #776502) [CVE-2015-1378]
107 * [92b1de2] Add missing escaping of user input (Closes: #779925)
109 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
110 * [3aa7301] Break when using unsupported generic codenames "stable" or
114 * [f992b13] Do not stop hosts' SSH + mdadm services in cleanup
115 procedure. Thanks to Sebastian Pipping for debugging and bug report
117 * [dae518d] Define ewarn function to properly display warning messages
120 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:12:55 +0200
122 grml-debootstrap (0.68) unstable; urgency=medium
124 * [8a4a3c8] Adjust filesystem check for new blkid behaviour
127 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:38:06 +0100
129 grml-debootstrap (0.67) unstable; urgency=medium
131 The "[✔] ready for jessie" release
134 * [add7aab] Update documentation for upcoming stable release
136 * [486fa51] Use jessie as new default release
137 * [0f66ed4] Add support for jessie in dialog based user interface
138 * [bda9f3a] package selection: replace dhcp3-client with isc-dhcp-client
139 * [18ee5ea] Support MKFS_OPTS variable + use -F option in mkfs.ext* when
140 running in force mode
141 * [491c75a] Add sources.list support for squeeze-lts
142 * [75be5c3] docs: simplify table of supported releases, mention lenny
144 * [86c5325] Make disk identifier configurable via DISK_IDENTIFIER
145 variable. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the
147 * [bd598a0] Fix some minor issues identified by shellcheck
148 * [37d7df7] config: use uuidgen tool for DISK_IDENTIFIER usage example
149 * [ca32c51] Fix some further issues identified by shellcheck
150 * [a2b19f1] Do not use fixed disk identifiers by default
151 * [af35272] Always use UUIDs for GRUB booting in VMs instead of
153 * [a227187] docs: fix wrong usage example description. Thanks to Florian
154 Klien for the bug report
155 * [092274d] Execute kpartx in sync mode to avoid race conditions
156 * [86b25a4] Support GRUB as present in Debian/jessie in VM builds
157 * [e0b0b8b] docs: set man.base.url.for.relative.links option when
159 * [5adf8f6] Fix linux-image package check for Debian/jessie 32bit.
160 Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the bug report
161 * [6dde1bd] Fix check for available /dev/md* devices
163 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
164 * [ba9ff1f] Use UUIDs in /boot/grub/grub.cfg for VM builds rather than
167 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:16:04 +0200
169 grml-debootstrap (0.66) unstable; urgency=medium
172 * [cd8a1e5] Provide 'make shellcheck' for syntax checks, enable during
174 * [6efce15] Execute wrap-and-sort on debian directory
175 * [856786f] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.6
177 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
178 * [430c060] Adjust locale handling (LANG/LANGUAGE) to match with Debian
181 [ Markus Rekkenbeil ]
182 * [9b9cdfe] Add set process for /etc/mailname [Closes: issue1315]
184 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:39:54 +0200
186 grml-debootstrap (0.65) unstable; urgency=medium
188 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
189 * [960e54d] Add option --vm to install VMs into LVs and such
192 * [7fc0e06] Initial packer/vagrant/autotest setup
193 * [21b0160] Improve packer deployment for usage in Vagrant
195 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:27:55 +0200
197 grml-debootstrap (0.64) unstable; urgency=medium
199 The "happy easter \(◎o◎)/" release
201 * [bba7c19] Initial README.md (esp. for Github users)
202 * [329df0b] Set up default /etc/network/interfaces with dhcp for eth0 in
203 VM use case. Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <mru@spamt.net> for review and
204 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <christian@hofstaedtler.name> for
206 * [c653f57] Provide option --defaultinterfaces to install default
207 /etc/network/interfaces
209 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:50:33 +0200
211 grml-debootstrap (0.63) unstable; urgency=medium
213 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
214 * [1fa99e5] Fix smbfs example in fstab
217 * [95f4b7c] Switch default filesystem from ext3 to ext4
218 * [8b1c652] Provide --debug option for very verbose execution
219 * [d919319] Support execution of --grub when installing to target
220 directory. Thanks to Michael Renner <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for
221 initial bug report and sponsoring my development time
222 * [2976d92] Copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system, unless
223 --nointerfaces is used or target is a VM. Thanks to Michael Renner
224 <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for feature request and sponsoring my
226 * [84fe150] Update documentation WRT supported releases and some minor
228 * [6cf66c7] Clarify usage of default hostname ($HOSTNAME is considered)
229 * [6c59725] Support --nokernel option to skip installation of default
231 * [583bdc6] Do not enable security mirror for lenny release, being
232 unavailable/unsupported nowadays
234 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:03:45 +0200
236 grml-debootstrap (0.62) unstable; urgency=medium
238 * [2751e66] Execute apt upgrade with DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment
241 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:32:31 +0200
243 grml-debootstrap (0.61) unstable; urgency=medium
245 * [a685e2b] Add ifenslave and cryptsetup to default package list
248 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:36:53 +0100
250 grml-debootstrap (0.60) unstable; urgency=medium
252 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
253 * [4f436b4] added $DPKG_OPTIONS to all instances of apt-get and aptitude
254 https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/issues/8
255 * [80fae65] [7ec9ddc] grml-debootstrap own version detection code
257 * [134498c] It is not possible to build amd64 on i386. Break when the
258 user attempts to do this.
259 * [5a873a8] Support FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS option, useful for
263 * [b9fc7bb] Abort if FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS is set but mkfs.* does not
264 match for ext{2,3,4} file system
265 * [a59c1b4] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5
267 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:18:49 +0100
269 grml-debootstrap (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
271 * [b8fb51c] Fix usage of configuration variables
272 * [6e7a2c8] Drop URL to release notes from script header
273 * [2ef61aa] Improve error handling for update-locale
275 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:06:52 +0100
277 grml-debootstrap (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
279 * [ddf2a40] Support $DEFAULT_LOCALES to enable specified locales as
281 * [a75f067] Install grub to main md device when installing on
283 * [172555b] Support overriding configuration via environment variables
284 * [45642a3] Add vlan package to default package list
285 * [af82910] Add bridge-utils to default package list
286 * [53d51ac] Fix description of SCRIPTS variable in config file.
287 Thanks to Jimmy Gredler for the hint
288 * [2ecc3d3] Mention that "raw format" is used for vmfile option
290 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:15:23 +0100
292 grml-debootstrap (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
294 The "happy wheezy release" release
296 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
297 * [dfac692] Remove obsolete DM-Upload-Allowed flag
298 * [5fbec1d] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes needed)
300 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:21:23 +0200
302 grml-debootstrap (0.56) experimental; urgency=low
304 [ Markus Rekkenbeil ]
305 * [4f9ea91] Add new feature "backportrepos" via option --backportrepos
308 * [e45e376] fix kernel image search on i386
310 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:28:21 +0100
312 grml-debootstrap (0.55) experimental; urgency=low
315 * ISO related bugfixes:
316 * [6f8ba91] set ISO to file:$ISO, not to file:$1 which is
318 * [ab690ec] debootstrap from an ISO when ISO is set as MIRROR
320 * [10690a9] Debian ISOs do not contain signed Release files
321 * [9c1ec11] remove local (file://) mirrors from sources.list
323 - [010a354] add a fallback mirror to be added in case when a local
325 - [91e39fc] Dynamically determine the correct kernel package name
327 - [76ca758] Add firmware-linux-free to the packages to be installed
328 - [a9697fb] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
329 - [a93156c] don't fail to ask for a password if there is no TTY
333 * [f3a7ab6] Use http.debian.net as default mirror
335 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:58:46 +0100
337 grml-debootstrap (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
339 The "happy new year, Verena" release.
342 * [5ee8148] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
345 * [62cec4e] Do not hardcode squeeze as Debian/stable
346 * [6589216] Set wheezy as the new default release [Closes: #688234]
347 * [ae9070d] docs: fix outdated default mirror reference
348 * [e5a6244] docs: clarify AUTOINSTALL is currently supported on Grml
349 live systems only. Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review
351 * [4280921] docs: mention VM image and dialog based frontend support.
352 Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review and improving
354 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:52:42 +0100
356 grml-debootstrap (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
358 * [4d08103] Add acpi-support-base to default package selection
360 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:04:16 +0200
362 grml-debootstrap (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
364 [ Darshaka Pathirana ]
365 * [344f0e9] detect architecture before checkconfiguration
366 * [ddbb875] display architecture in checkconfiguration summary
369 * [14e6e30] dm-mod: also check for device-mapper support using
372 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:34:47 +0200
374 grml-debootstrap (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
376 * [0452dad] VM feature: improve sed command line to replace root=...
377 kernel option. Thanks to Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@amd.com> for
379 * [06fc8bd] Drop --insecure/SECURE option + instead depend on
380 debian-archive-keyring package
381 * [4fac6ee] Redirect eerror messages to stderr
382 * [ab9101c] Remove chroot-script after execution
383 * [f831c79] Display debootstrap.log if bootstrapping failed and log
385 * [8cf8a43] Display grml-debootstrap version information in
386 configuration-check dialog
387 * [14021b8] Adjust source code comment for --nopassword option
389 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 14 May 2012 18:21:55 +0200
391 grml-debootstrap (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
394 * [772c343] docs: mention http://archive.debian.org/debian/ for
396 * [6ea6382] Make sure loop module is present [Closes: issue1155]
397 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler for the bugreport.
400 * [afe4bad] Remove the sysfs noauto entry from the installed fstab.
401 Thanks to Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org> for helping in
402 bug report handling and patch handling. (Closes: #670074)
404 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:59:55 +0200
406 grml-debootstrap (0.49) unstable; urgency=low
409 * [d17c54b] Run upgrade procedure by default (disable via
410 UPGRADE_SYSTEM config)
411 * [04d37b9] Rework cleanup process
412 * [5f348b9] grub_install: slightly change message if grub is not
414 * [0c7dbbc] Wording: since->because
415 * [f720b57] Slightly improve bailout and cleanup functions to better
417 * [d31f878] Check for dialog executeable only when using interactive
419 * [07c0379] VM installation: also check for parted executable
420 * [f48891f] Try to load dm-mod kernel module if kpartx fails
421 * [60881cb] Run unmount of chroot's /dev twice. Thanks to Michael Hanke
422 <mih@debian.org> for reporting and testing (Closes: #657023)
423 * [07c7f30] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3
424 * [851c803] Update years of copyright
426 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:44:27 +0100
428 grml-debootstrap (0.48) unstable; urgency=low
431 * [837ac57] chroot-script: de-duplicate code WRT security mirror.
432 * [6197947] chroot-script: be more verbose about steps executed in
434 * [c3dbeb4] clarify usage text of --packages option
435 * [aadfa9e] chroot-script: clarify error message iff packages is not
436 available + send it to stderr
437 * [ad7c3cf] Support --nopassword option to not prompt for the root
439 * [8fe289c] do not run fsck when deploying virtual machine
440 * [e68a7d9] vim modeline: set shiftwidth to a less insane value
441 * [a7bfe23] support --grmlrepos command line option
442 * [7140774] clarify usage of --arch option
443 * [6891310] docs: improve option formating, minor typo fixes
444 * [20a41b7] update release table (drop etch, add wheezy)
445 * [bcc5b04] disable filesystem check by default
446 * [d88d27d] drop enabled config variables from config file and use
447 defaults. Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@grml.org> for review
449 * [3adae46] make sure chroot variables are quoted
450 * [1ba2adf] make sure grub-pc is installed when grub option is used
452 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
453 * [074c439] Reformat NEWS.Debian
454 * [56a04d7] Install bootgrub.mksh 0755
455 * [ab804e4] Switch to source format 3.0 (native)
456 * [9f2c2ff] Reworded package Description a tiny bit
457 * [19bf46a] Fix debian/copyright to point to GPL-2 license
458 * [2b2dc77] Add dialog to Recommends
460 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:13:26 +0100
462 grml-debootstrap (0.47) unstable; urgency=low
464 The "initial upload to Debian" release.
467 * [e47ca96] Use /bin/bash for tests instead of /bin/zsh
469 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
470 * [c87dc4a] Don't depend on grml-etc-core
471 * [5e16f74] Update copyright file based on git log
472 * [bf11621] Prepare control file for targetting Debian
473 * [23140a3] Fix lintian warning debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
474 * [fcc981a] Update package description
475 * [50de133] Depend on gawk, as we're using that
476 * [5081ff4] fix ported eend function return value
477 * [79ea500] bailout on dialog cancellation
480 * [561fb86] Drop "set -e" from the scripts.
481 * [4384a10] Fix vim syntax folding issue with missing }}}.
483 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:04:13 +0200
485 grml-debootstrap (0.46) unstable; urgency=low
487 * [f1c990c] Update package description and documentation to
488 reflect squeeze as current stable release.
489 * [fc6d883] Support --vmfile and --vmsize command line options
490 for deploying a virtual machine.
491 * [a64fecc] Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement
492 and do not prompt for user input.
493 * [5ee5cac] Consequently use eerror for displaying error messages.
494 * [25bfeb7] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2.
496 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:27:33 +0200
498 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
500 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
501 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
503 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
505 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
507 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
509 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
510 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
511 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
512 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
513 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
516 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
517 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
519 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
521 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
523 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
525 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
526 successfully finishing automatic installation.
528 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
530 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
532 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
533 recommendation as suite.
534 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
535 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
536 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
538 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
540 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
542 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
543 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
544 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
545 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
546 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
548 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
549 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
550 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
551 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
553 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
555 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
557 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
558 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
559 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
562 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
564 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
567 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
569 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
570 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
574 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
576 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
578 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
580 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
581 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
582 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
584 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
586 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
588 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
590 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
592 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
595 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
597 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
600 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
602 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
604 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
605 can cause problems with installations to directories.
606 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
608 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
610 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
612 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
614 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
615 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
616 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
617 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
618 no set full path to the binaries.
619 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
620 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
621 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
622 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
623 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
624 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
627 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
629 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
633 the interactive menu.
634 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
636 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
637 patch by gebi, thanks).
638 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
639 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
642 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
643 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
644 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
645 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
646 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
647 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
648 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
650 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
651 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
652 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
654 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
655 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
656 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
657 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
659 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
660 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
662 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
664 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
666 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
667 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
668 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
669 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
670 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
672 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
674 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
677 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
678 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
679 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
680 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
682 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
684 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
688 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
689 system. [Closes: issue658]
692 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
693 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
695 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
697 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
699 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
700 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
702 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
703 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
704 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
705 text as "stable" is invalid.
706 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
707 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
708 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
709 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
710 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
711 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
712 might be the case when installing to a directory).
713 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
714 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
715 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
716 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
717 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
718 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
719 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
721 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
723 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
725 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
727 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
729 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
730 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
732 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
734 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
737 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
738 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
739 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
740 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
742 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
743 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
744 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
745 display for checking configuration again.
746 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
747 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
749 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
750 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
751 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
752 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
755 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
757 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
759 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
762 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
763 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
764 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
766 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
768 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
772 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
773 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
775 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
777 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
779 * Update documentation.
780 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
781 interactive setup script.
782 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
783 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
784 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
785 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
786 as well as inside the chroot.
787 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
788 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
790 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
792 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
794 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
796 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
797 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
798 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
800 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
801 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
802 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
803 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
804 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
806 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
808 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
809 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
810 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
811 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
812 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
814 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
815 - do not create stage file at finalize()
816 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
817 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
818 * Adjust postfix configuration:
819 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
820 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
821 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
823 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
825 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
828 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
830 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
834 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
836 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
838 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
839 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
841 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
843 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
845 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
846 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
847 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
848 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
850 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
852 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
855 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
857 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
859 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
861 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
863 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
864 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
865 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
866 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
868 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
870 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
871 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
873 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
874 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
875 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
876 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
878 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
879 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
881 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
882 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
883 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
884 packages like citadel in lenny.
885 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
886 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
887 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
888 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
889 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
890 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
891 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
893 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
895 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
897 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
900 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
902 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
904 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Drop the second passwd call.
908 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
910 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
912 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
913 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
915 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
917 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
919 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
920 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
922 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
924 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
928 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
930 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
933 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
935 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
937 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
939 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
942 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
944 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
947 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
948 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
949 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
950 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
951 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
953 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
955 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
958 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
959 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
960 * Add boot_append option to manpage
961 * Manpage reformatted
964 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
965 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
966 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
967 * Activate zsh completion.
968 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
969 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
970 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
971 fail chroot-script itself.
973 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
975 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
979 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
981 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
983 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
984 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
985 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
987 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
988 only if it's available.
989 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
990 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
991 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
994 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
995 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
996 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
998 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
1000 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
1003 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
1004 * Split all the code into separate functions.
1005 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
1006 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
1007 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
1009 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
1010 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
1011 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
1012 and provide it to chroot-script.
1013 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
1015 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
1017 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
1021 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
1023 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * Support installation into directory.
1027 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
1029 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Initial support for $ARCH.
1032 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
1034 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
1036 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
1039 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
1041 * Added support for:
1042 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
1043 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
1044 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
1045 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
1046 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
1047 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
1048 list to be able to support sarge as well).
1050 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
1052 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1056 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100