1 grml-debootstrap (0.39) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
6 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
7 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script. [Closes: issue912].
9 -- Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:33:49 +0000
11 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
14 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
15 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
17 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
19 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
23 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
25 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
27 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
28 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
30 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
33 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
35 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
38 can cause problems with installations to directories.
39 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
41 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
43 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
45 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
47 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
48 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
49 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
50 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
51 no set full path to the binaries.
52 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
53 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
54 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
55 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
56 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
57 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
60 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
62 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
67 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
69 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
70 patch by gebi, thanks).
71 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
72 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
75 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
76 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
77 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
78 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
79 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
80 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
81 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
83 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
84 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
85 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
87 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
88 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
89 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
90 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
92 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
93 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
95 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
97 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
100 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
101 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
102 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
103 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
105 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
107 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
110 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
111 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
112 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
113 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
115 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
117 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
121 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
122 system. [Closes: issue658]
125 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
126 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
128 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
130 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
132 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
133 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
135 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
136 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
137 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
138 text as "stable" is invalid.
139 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
140 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
141 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
142 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
143 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
144 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
145 might be the case when installing to a directory).
146 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
147 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
148 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
149 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
150 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
151 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
152 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
154 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
156 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
158 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
160 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
163 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
165 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
167 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
170 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
171 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
172 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
173 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
175 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
176 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
177 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
178 display for checking configuration again.
179 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
180 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
182 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
183 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
184 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
185 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
188 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
190 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
192 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
195 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
196 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
197 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
199 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
201 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
205 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
206 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
208 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
210 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Update documentation.
213 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
214 interactive setup script.
215 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
216 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
217 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
218 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
219 as well as inside the chroot.
220 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
221 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
223 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
225 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
227 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
229 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
230 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
231 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
233 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
234 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
235 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
236 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
237 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
239 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
241 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
242 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
243 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
244 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
245 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
247 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
248 - do not create stage file at finalize()
249 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
250 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
251 * Adjust postfix configuration:
252 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
253 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
254 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
256 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
258 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
261 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
263 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
265 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
267 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
269 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
271 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
272 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
274 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
276 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
279 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
280 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
281 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
283 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
285 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
287 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
288 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
290 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
292 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
294 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
296 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
297 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
298 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
299 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
301 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
303 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
304 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
306 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
307 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
308 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
309 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
311 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
312 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
314 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
315 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
316 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
317 packages like citadel in lenny.
318 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
319 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
320 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
321 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
322 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
323 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
324 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
326 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
328 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
330 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
332 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
333 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
335 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
337 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Drop the second passwd call.
341 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
343 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
346 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
348 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
350 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
352 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
353 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
355 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
357 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
359 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
361 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
363 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
366 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
368 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
370 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
372 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
375 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
377 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
380 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
381 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
382 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
383 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
384 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
386 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
388 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
392 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
393 * Add boot_append option to manpage
394 * Manpage reformatted
397 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
398 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
399 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
400 * Activate zsh completion.
401 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
402 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
403 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
404 fail chroot-script itself.
406 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
408 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
412 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
414 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
416 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
417 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
418 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
420 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
421 only if it's available.
422 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
423 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
424 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
427 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
428 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
429 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
431 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
433 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
435 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
436 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
437 * Split all the code into separate functions.
438 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
439 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
440 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
442 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
443 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
444 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
445 and provide it to chroot-script.
446 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
448 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
450 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
452 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
454 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
456 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
458 * Support installation into directory.
460 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
462 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
464 * Initial support for $ARCH.
465 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
467 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
469 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
472 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
475 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
476 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
477 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
478 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
479 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
480 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
481 list to be able to support sarge as well).
483 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
485 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
489 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100