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Release Notes for Grml 2014.10-rc1 - codename Gschistigschasti

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About

+ +

This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian + testing (AKA jessie). As usual it also incorporates up2date hardware + support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml + release.

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New features

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grml2usb: improved check for bootflag, new option --skip-bootflag and Python3 support + +
grml-quickconfig: display IP and password if ssh boot option is used + +
grml-lang: support language settings for Italy + +
grml-hwinfo: support i2c-tools's decode-dimms, edac-utils and mcelog + +
grml-zshrc: + +
- rework and unify $PATH handling +
- several improvements in battery information/reporting (incl. support for FreeBSD + OpenBSD) +
- extend dchange() to support apt-get and multiple package names +
+ +
grml-debootstrap: + +
- Adjust locale handling (LANG/LANGUAGE) to match with Debian wheezy defaults +
- Initial packer/vagrant/autotest setup +
- New option --vm to install VMs into LVs and such +
- New option --defaultinterfaces to install default /etc/network/interfaces +
- Set up default /etc/network/interfaces with dhcp for eth0 in VM use case +
- Copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system, unless --nointerfaces is used or target is a VM +
- Support --nokernel option to skip installation of default kernel images +
- Support execution of --grub when installing to target directory +
- Switch default filesystem from ext3 to ext4 +
- Provide --debug option for very verbose execution +
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Bits & bolts

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Linux kernel is based on 3.16.2.
Fixed several bugs from the bug tracking system.

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Packages

+ +

Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are + available in the Debian section. Visit + dpkg_list for a + detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2014.10(-rc1).

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Updates

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Packages are taken from Debian testing, 7th of October + 2014. 11 packages have been removed, and these 22 new packages + have been added (plus dependencies, excluding lib* and kernel image):

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+  augeas-tools cpp-4.9 debconf-utils dmeventd firmware-zd1211
+  gcc-4.9-base glib-networking glib-networking-common
+  glib-networking-services gsettings-desktop-schemas hiera init
+  iperf isolinux pxelinux python-parted python-six python3.4
+  python3.4-minimal ruby2.1 rubygems-integration startpar
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These Debian packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib* and kernel image):

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+  acpi-fakekey cpp-4.8 gptsync lio-utils module-init-tools
+  python3.3 python3.3-minimal qemu-keymaps ruby1.9.1
+  xulrunner-24.0 zd1211-firmware
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+ +

Known issues

+ +

No known issues so far.

+ +

Download Grml 2014.10-rc1

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Grml 2014.10-rc1 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/prerelease/.

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Feedback

+ +

Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help + fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with + the release please check the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your feedback and + feature requests to the Grml team!

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Thanks

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Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) + Andreas Gredler, + Christian Hofstaedtler, + Dansan, + Elias Probst, + Erik Bernstein, + Florian Apolloner, + Joeran, + Krisztian VASAS, + Marco d'Itri, + Markus Rekkenbeil, + Martin F. Krafft, + Michael Renner, + Michael Schierl, + Moviuro, + Patrick Schleizer and + Thilo Six + for their contributions.

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More Information

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You can find out more about Grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki. + +

To sign up for future Grml announcements, please subscribe to Grml's + announcement list.

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