1 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
4 recommendation as suite.
5 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
6 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
7 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
9 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
11 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
13 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
14 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
15 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
16 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
17 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
19 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
20 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
21 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
22 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
24 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
26 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
28 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
29 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
30 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
33 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
35 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
38 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
40 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
41 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
45 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
47 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
49 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
52 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
53 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
55 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
57 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
61 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
63 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
66 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
68 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
71 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
73 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
76 can cause problems with installations to directories.
77 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
79 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
81 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
83 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
86 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
87 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
88 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
89 no set full path to the binaries.
90 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
91 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
92 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
93 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
94 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
95 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
98 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
100 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
104 the interactive menu.
105 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
107 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
108 patch by gebi, thanks).
109 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
110 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
113 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
114 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
115 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
116 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
117 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
118 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
119 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
121 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
122 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
123 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
125 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
126 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
127 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
128 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
130 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
131 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
133 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
135 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
138 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
139 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
140 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
141 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
143 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
145 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
148 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
149 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
150 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
151 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
153 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
155 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
159 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
160 system. [Closes: issue658]
163 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
164 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
166 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
168 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
170 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
171 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
173 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
174 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
175 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
176 text as "stable" is invalid.
177 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
178 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
179 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
180 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
181 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
182 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
183 might be the case when installing to a directory).
184 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
185 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
186 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
187 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
188 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
189 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
190 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
192 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
194 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
196 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
198 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
200 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
201 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
203 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
205 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
208 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
209 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
210 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
211 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
213 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
214 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
215 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
216 display for checking configuration again.
217 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
218 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
220 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
221 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
222 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
223 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
226 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
228 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
230 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
232 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
233 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
234 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
235 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
237 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
239 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
243 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
244 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
246 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
248 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Update documentation.
251 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
252 interactive setup script.
253 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
254 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
255 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
256 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
257 as well as inside the chroot.
258 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
259 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
261 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
263 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
265 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
267 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
268 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
269 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
271 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
272 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
273 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
274 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
275 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
277 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
279 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
280 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
281 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
282 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
283 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
285 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
286 - do not create stage file at finalize()
287 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
288 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
289 * Adjust postfix configuration:
290 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
291 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
292 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
294 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
296 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
299 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
301 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
303 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
305 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
307 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
309 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
310 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
312 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
314 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
316 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
317 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
318 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
319 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
321 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
323 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
326 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
328 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
330 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
332 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
334 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
335 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
336 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
337 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
339 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
341 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
342 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
344 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
345 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
346 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
347 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
349 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
350 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
352 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
353 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
354 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
355 packages like citadel in lenny.
356 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
357 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
358 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
359 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
360 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
361 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
362 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
364 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
366 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
368 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
370 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
371 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
373 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
375 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Drop the second passwd call.
379 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
381 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
384 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
386 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
388 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
391 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
393 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
395 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
399 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
401 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
403 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
404 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
406 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
408 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
413 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
415 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
418 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
419 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
420 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
421 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
422 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
424 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
426 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
429 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
430 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
431 * Add boot_append option to manpage
432 * Manpage reformatted
435 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
436 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
437 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
438 * Activate zsh completion.
439 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
440 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
441 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
442 fail chroot-script itself.
444 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
446 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
450 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
452 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
454 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
455 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
456 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
458 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
459 only if it's available.
460 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
461 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
462 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
465 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
466 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
467 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
469 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
471 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
474 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
475 * Split all the code into separate functions.
476 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
477 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
478 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
480 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
481 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
482 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
483 and provide it to chroot-script.
484 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
486 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
488 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
492 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
494 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Support installation into directory.
498 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
500 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
502 * Initial support for $ARCH.
503 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
505 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
507 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
509 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
510 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
513 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
514 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
515 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
516 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
517 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
518 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
519 list to be able to support sarge as well).
521 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
523 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
527 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100