1 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Update documentation.
5 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:07:56 +0100
7 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
9 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
11 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
12 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
13 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
15 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
16 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
17 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
18 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
19 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
21 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
23 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
24 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
25 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
26 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
27 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
29 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
30 - do not create stage file at finalize()
31 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
32 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
33 * Adjust postfix configuration:
34 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
35 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
36 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
38 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
40 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
43 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
45 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
47 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
49 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
51 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
54 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
56 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
58 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
61 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
62 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
63 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
65 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
67 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
70 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
72 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
74 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
76 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
78 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
79 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
80 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
81 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
83 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
85 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
86 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
88 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
89 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
90 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
91 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
93 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
94 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
96 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
97 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
98 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
99 packages like citadel in lenny.
100 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
101 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
102 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
103 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
104 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
105 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
106 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
108 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
110 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
112 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
115 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
117 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
119 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Drop the second passwd call.
123 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
125 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
128 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
130 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
132 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
135 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
137 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
139 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
143 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
145 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
148 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
150 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
152 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
157 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
159 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
162 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
163 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
164 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
165 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
166 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
168 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
170 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
174 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
175 * Add boot_append option to manpage
176 * Manpage reformatted
179 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
180 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
181 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
182 * Activate zsh completion.
183 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
184 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
185 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
186 fail chroot-script itself.
188 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
190 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
194 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
196 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
199 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
200 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
202 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
203 only if it's available.
204 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
205 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
206 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
209 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
210 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
211 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
213 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
215 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
218 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
219 * Split all the code into separate functions.
220 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
221 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
222 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
224 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
225 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
226 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
227 and provide it to chroot-script.
228 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
230 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
232 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
236 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
238 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Support installation into directory.
242 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
244 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Initial support for $ARCH.
247 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
249 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
251 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
254 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
257 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
258 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
259 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
260 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
261 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
262 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
263 list to be able to support sarge as well).
265 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
267 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
271 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100