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