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