1 grml-debootstrap (0.74) unstable; urgency=medium
4 * [c83de43] improved amd64 on i386 build attempt bailout msg
7 * [1ba6bfd] Use parted to create partition table (issue #90)
8 * [034a2e9] Resolve now unused bootgrub.mksh (issue #90)
9 * [3fec01e] Mark first partition bootable (issue #92)
10 * [8a2c552] Ensure that MBR jumping to GRUB's core.img code
14 * [813cdab] Ensure that grub-pc/install_devices is pointing to the
15 requested device (related to #711019)
16 * [7e3c788] No longer depend on mksh + drop check for mksh
17 * [71b39fa] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.7
18 * [758f563] Update copyright year information
20 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:21:29 +0100
22 grml-debootstrap (0.73) unstable; urgency=medium
24 The "DebConf15" release
27 * [4a9077a] Use official redirector address httpredir.debian.org
30 * [395bf71] Add kmod to Depends, required for modprobe(8) for loop
32 * [1239389] Docker setup for automated builds + environment for testing
34 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:30:49 +0200
36 grml-debootstrap (0.72) unstable; urgency=medium
38 * [1cf8447] packer: improve support for testing local grml-debootstrap
40 * [0592c21] Drop --force-yes option from chroot-scripts' apt-get usage
41 * [3e504ef] Report CONFFILES usage in config overview
43 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:19:26 +0200
45 grml-debootstrap (0.71) unstable; urgency=medium
47 The "monster kill ▬█████████" release
49 * [3814da0] Improve check for identifying underlying block device
51 * [0de1bb1] Provide workaround for GRUB font path bug in jessie (Debian
53 * [2aa17c1] Always remove /boot/grub/device.map to avoid leaking host
54 data. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for bug
56 * [4a2c2d8] Don't try to re-read partition table when building VMs using
58 * [9288199] Improve --vm and --vmfile usage instructions
59 * [dd7fd0a] Do not copy `packages` file if --nopackages option is
61 * [bc38eda] Make it more friendly to install on non-Debian
62 distributions. Thanks to Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org> for
64 * [9f5825a] Include HTML documentation in Debian package
65 * [91f2e99] Rename --scripts to --post-scripts for consistency
66 * [6f2677c] Explicitly set LANGUAGE=C to avoid possible locale issues
67 * [bedb409] Provide hostname to pre-scripts by setting up /etc/hostname
68 * [f42f932] Ensure that grub-pc is installed in VMs even when using
70 * [a8c2e5f] Honor GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true and don't set root=UUID
72 * [8b67587] Provide new option --remove-configs to delete grml-
73 debootstrap configuration files from installed system
74 * [598b19a] Fix syntax error for introduced in 91f2e990ca65aa367
75 * [2a43ef7] Write hostname to installed system (fix for bedb4090) Thanks
76 to Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org> for catching this issue
77 * [9d9ec2d] Run code for --remove-configs before unmounting chroot
78 * [d5528b0] Make check for GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID more stable. Thanks
79 to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the feedback
80 * [0064269] Disable SCRIPTS by default, replaced by POST_SCRIPTS
81 * [bfb0afb] Make mountpoint output silent
82 * [1e8339d] Display error message if --vmfile and --grub are used in
84 * [45b4746] packer: support different Debian + grml-debootstrap releases
85 * [21658d3] packer/Vagrant: make jessie the new default Debian release
86 * [7b776cd] config: change from GPL-2 to GPL-2+
87 * [c9caef4] Add stretch to release-table and update lenny installation
89 * [2370b8a] Drop unmaintained THANKS file
90 * [aee9c5f] Update debian/copyright + move to dep5 style
92 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:33:17 +0200
94 grml-debootstrap (0.70) unstable; urgency=medium
97 * [d59e47c] Fix unmounting [..]/dev once more (issue #50)
98 * [d08be12] Mount and unmount /dev/pts for chrooting (issue #39)
99 * [e781fc5] No longer write too many disk ID bytes (issue #75)
100 * [a459d66] Fix current release-related texts before adding stretch
102 * [7549cad] Add support for installation of Debian stretch (issue #77)
103 * [874b096] Revert "Check for grub-mkimage when creating virtual machine
105 * [1adbe33] Revert "Add grub-common to recommended dependencies for
106 grub-mkimage (issue #61)"
107 * [4524757] Install GRUB once, at most (second take, issue #78)
108 * [c7c6cfd] Fix grub-install invocation for post-wheezy releases and sid
111 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
112 * [cb71442] implemented trap ERR for grml-debootstrap and chroot-script;
113 changed chroot script from sh to bash script, because trap ERR is a
117 * [aba5a80] Use full fingerprint instead of short GPG key ids for Grml
118 repository. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for bug
120 * [831a5d8] Install firmware-linux only when non-free is among the
121 COMPONENTS. Thanks to Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> for the patch
123 * [15a1143] Drop contrib + non-free from default COMPONENTS, support
124 --contrib + -non-free cmdline options
126 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:02:41 +0200
128 grml-debootstrap (0.69) unstable; urgency=medium
130 The "jessie partyyyyyy ♫♫♫" release
132 [ Sebastian Pipping ]
133 * [ccba9a8] Try unmounting [..]/dev harder
134 * [e5e71bc] Delete binary packer/fake-uname.so
135 * [be32888] Initialize packer/.gitignore
136 * [762d9ef] Fix packer/Makefile dependencies
137 * [d945d99] Check for grub-mkimage when creating virtual machine images
138 * [9d3d538] Add grub-common to recommended dependencies for grub-mkimage
139 * [b3cddce] Fixed version reported when run from Git
140 * [7b07013] Source cmdlineopts.clp from same folder as grml-debootstrap
141 file (Closes: #776502) [CVE-2015-1378]
142 * [92b1de2] Add missing escaping of user input (Closes: #779925)
144 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
145 * [3aa7301] Break when using unsupported generic codenames "stable" or
149 * [f992b13] Do not stop hosts' SSH + mdadm services in cleanup
150 procedure. Thanks to Sebastian Pipping for debugging and bug report
152 * [dae518d] Define ewarn function to properly display warning messages
155 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:12:55 +0200
157 grml-debootstrap (0.68) unstable; urgency=medium
159 * [8a4a3c8] Adjust filesystem check for new blkid behaviour
162 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:38:06 +0100
164 grml-debootstrap (0.67) unstable; urgency=medium
166 The "[✔] ready for jessie" release
169 * [add7aab] Update documentation for upcoming stable release
171 * [486fa51] Use jessie as new default release
172 * [0f66ed4] Add support for jessie in dialog based user interface
173 * [bda9f3a] package selection: replace dhcp3-client with isc-dhcp-client
174 * [18ee5ea] Support MKFS_OPTS variable + use -F option in mkfs.ext* when
175 running in force mode
176 * [491c75a] Add sources.list support for squeeze-lts
177 * [75be5c3] docs: simplify table of supported releases, mention lenny
179 * [86c5325] Make disk identifier configurable via DISK_IDENTIFIER
180 variable. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the
182 * [bd598a0] Fix some minor issues identified by shellcheck
183 * [37d7df7] config: use uuidgen tool for DISK_IDENTIFIER usage example
184 * [ca32c51] Fix some further issues identified by shellcheck
185 * [a2b19f1] Do not use fixed disk identifiers by default
186 * [af35272] Always use UUIDs for GRUB booting in VMs instead of
188 * [a227187] docs: fix wrong usage example description. Thanks to Florian
189 Klien for the bug report
190 * [092274d] Execute kpartx in sync mode to avoid race conditions
191 * [86b25a4] Support GRUB as present in Debian/jessie in VM builds
192 * [e0b0b8b] docs: set man.base.url.for.relative.links option when
194 * [5adf8f6] Fix linux-image package check for Debian/jessie 32bit.
195 Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the bug report
196 * [6dde1bd] Fix check for available /dev/md* devices
198 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
199 * [ba9ff1f] Use UUIDs in /boot/grub/grub.cfg for VM builds rather than
202 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:16:04 +0200
204 grml-debootstrap (0.66) unstable; urgency=medium
207 * [cd8a1e5] Provide 'make shellcheck' for syntax checks, enable during
209 * [6efce15] Execute wrap-and-sort on debian directory
210 * [856786f] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.6
212 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
213 * [430c060] Adjust locale handling (LANG/LANGUAGE) to match with Debian
216 [ Markus Rekkenbeil ]
217 * [9b9cdfe] Add set process for /etc/mailname [Closes: issue1315]
219 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:39:54 +0200
221 grml-debootstrap (0.65) unstable; urgency=medium
223 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
224 * [960e54d] Add option --vm to install VMs into LVs and such
227 * [7fc0e06] Initial packer/vagrant/autotest setup
228 * [21b0160] Improve packer deployment for usage in Vagrant
230 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:27:55 +0200
232 grml-debootstrap (0.64) unstable; urgency=medium
234 The "happy easter \(◎o◎)/" release
236 * [bba7c19] Initial README.md (esp. for Github users)
237 * [329df0b] Set up default /etc/network/interfaces with dhcp for eth0 in
238 VM use case. Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <mru@spamt.net> for review and
239 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <christian@hofstaedtler.name> for
241 * [c653f57] Provide option --defaultinterfaces to install default
242 /etc/network/interfaces
244 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:50:33 +0200
246 grml-debootstrap (0.63) unstable; urgency=medium
248 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
249 * [1fa99e5] Fix smbfs example in fstab
252 * [95f4b7c] Switch default filesystem from ext3 to ext4
253 * [8b1c652] Provide --debug option for very verbose execution
254 * [d919319] Support execution of --grub when installing to target
255 directory. Thanks to Michael Renner <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for
256 initial bug report and sponsoring my development time
257 * [2976d92] Copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system, unless
258 --nointerfaces is used or target is a VM. Thanks to Michael Renner
259 <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for feature request and sponsoring my
261 * [84fe150] Update documentation WRT supported releases and some minor
263 * [6cf66c7] Clarify usage of default hostname ($HOSTNAME is considered)
264 * [6c59725] Support --nokernel option to skip installation of default
266 * [583bdc6] Do not enable security mirror for lenny release, being
267 unavailable/unsupported nowadays
269 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:03:45 +0200
271 grml-debootstrap (0.62) unstable; urgency=medium
273 * [2751e66] Execute apt upgrade with DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment
276 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:32:31 +0200
278 grml-debootstrap (0.61) unstable; urgency=medium
280 * [a685e2b] Add ifenslave and cryptsetup to default package list
283 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:36:53 +0100
285 grml-debootstrap (0.60) unstable; urgency=medium
287 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
288 * [4f436b4] added $DPKG_OPTIONS to all instances of apt-get and aptitude
289 https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/issues/8
290 * [80fae65] [7ec9ddc] grml-debootstrap own version detection code
292 * [134498c] It is not possible to build amd64 on i386. Break when the
293 user attempts to do this.
294 * [5a873a8] Support FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS option, useful for
298 * [b9fc7bb] Abort if FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS is set but mkfs.* does not
299 match for ext{2,3,4} file system
300 * [a59c1b4] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5
302 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:18:49 +0100
304 grml-debootstrap (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
306 * [b8fb51c] Fix usage of configuration variables
307 * [6e7a2c8] Drop URL to release notes from script header
308 * [2ef61aa] Improve error handling for update-locale
310 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:06:52 +0100
312 grml-debootstrap (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
314 * [ddf2a40] Support $DEFAULT_LOCALES to enable specified locales as
316 * [a75f067] Install grub to main md device when installing on
318 * [172555b] Support overriding configuration via environment variables
319 * [45642a3] Add vlan package to default package list
320 * [af82910] Add bridge-utils to default package list
321 * [53d51ac] Fix description of SCRIPTS variable in config file.
322 Thanks to Jimmy Gredler for the hint
323 * [2ecc3d3] Mention that "raw format" is used for vmfile option
325 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:15:23 +0100
327 grml-debootstrap (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
329 The "happy wheezy release" release
331 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
332 * [dfac692] Remove obsolete DM-Upload-Allowed flag
333 * [5fbec1d] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes needed)
335 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:21:23 +0200
337 grml-debootstrap (0.56) experimental; urgency=low
339 [ Markus Rekkenbeil ]
340 * [4f9ea91] Add new feature "backportrepos" via option --backportrepos
343 * [e45e376] fix kernel image search on i386
345 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:28:21 +0100
347 grml-debootstrap (0.55) experimental; urgency=low
350 * ISO related bugfixes:
351 * [6f8ba91] set ISO to file:$ISO, not to file:$1 which is
353 * [ab690ec] debootstrap from an ISO when ISO is set as MIRROR
355 * [10690a9] Debian ISOs do not contain signed Release files
356 * [9c1ec11] remove local (file://) mirrors from sources.list
358 - [010a354] add a fallback mirror to be added in case when a local
360 - [91e39fc] Dynamically determine the correct kernel package name
362 - [76ca758] Add firmware-linux-free to the packages to be installed
363 - [a9697fb] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
364 - [a93156c] don't fail to ask for a password if there is no TTY
368 * [f3a7ab6] Use http.debian.net as default mirror
370 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:58:46 +0100
372 grml-debootstrap (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
374 The "happy new year, Verena" release.
377 * [5ee8148] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
380 * [62cec4e] Do not hardcode squeeze as Debian/stable
381 * [6589216] Set wheezy as the new default release [Closes: #688234]
382 * [ae9070d] docs: fix outdated default mirror reference
383 * [e5a6244] docs: clarify AUTOINSTALL is currently supported on Grml
384 live systems only. Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review
386 * [4280921] docs: mention VM image and dialog based frontend support.
387 Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review and improving
389 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:52:42 +0100
391 grml-debootstrap (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
393 * [4d08103] Add acpi-support-base to default package selection
395 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:04:16 +0200
397 grml-debootstrap (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
399 [ Darshaka Pathirana ]
400 * [344f0e9] detect architecture before checkconfiguration
401 * [ddbb875] display architecture in checkconfiguration summary
404 * [14e6e30] dm-mod: also check for device-mapper support using
407 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:34:47 +0200
409 grml-debootstrap (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
411 * [0452dad] VM feature: improve sed command line to replace root=...
412 kernel option. Thanks to Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@amd.com> for
414 * [06fc8bd] Drop --insecure/SECURE option + instead depend on
415 debian-archive-keyring package
416 * [4fac6ee] Redirect eerror messages to stderr
417 * [ab9101c] Remove chroot-script after execution
418 * [f831c79] Display debootstrap.log if bootstrapping failed and log
420 * [8cf8a43] Display grml-debootstrap version information in
421 configuration-check dialog
422 * [14021b8] Adjust source code comment for --nopassword option
424 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 14 May 2012 18:21:55 +0200
426 grml-debootstrap (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
429 * [772c343] docs: mention http://archive.debian.org/debian/ for
431 * [6ea6382] Make sure loop module is present [Closes: issue1155]
432 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler for the bugreport.
435 * [afe4bad] Remove the sysfs noauto entry from the installed fstab.
436 Thanks to Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org> for helping in
437 bug report handling and patch handling. (Closes: #670074)
439 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:59:55 +0200
441 grml-debootstrap (0.49) unstable; urgency=low
444 * [d17c54b] Run upgrade procedure by default (disable via
445 UPGRADE_SYSTEM config)
446 * [04d37b9] Rework cleanup process
447 * [5f348b9] grub_install: slightly change message if grub is not
449 * [0c7dbbc] Wording: since->because
450 * [f720b57] Slightly improve bailout and cleanup functions to better
452 * [d31f878] Check for dialog executeable only when using interactive
454 * [07c0379] VM installation: also check for parted executable
455 * [f48891f] Try to load dm-mod kernel module if kpartx fails
456 * [60881cb] Run unmount of chroot's /dev twice. Thanks to Michael Hanke
457 <mih@debian.org> for reporting and testing (Closes: #657023)
458 * [07c7f30] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3
459 * [851c803] Update years of copyright
461 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:44:27 +0100
463 grml-debootstrap (0.48) unstable; urgency=low
466 * [837ac57] chroot-script: de-duplicate code WRT security mirror.
467 * [6197947] chroot-script: be more verbose about steps executed in
469 * [c3dbeb4] clarify usage text of --packages option
470 * [aadfa9e] chroot-script: clarify error message iff packages is not
471 available + send it to stderr
472 * [ad7c3cf] Support --nopassword option to not prompt for the root
474 * [8fe289c] do not run fsck when deploying virtual machine
475 * [e68a7d9] vim modeline: set shiftwidth to a less insane value
476 * [a7bfe23] support --grmlrepos command line option
477 * [7140774] clarify usage of --arch option
478 * [6891310] docs: improve option formating, minor typo fixes
479 * [20a41b7] update release table (drop etch, add wheezy)
480 * [bcc5b04] disable filesystem check by default
481 * [d88d27d] drop enabled config variables from config file and use
482 defaults. Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@grml.org> for review
484 * [3adae46] make sure chroot variables are quoted
485 * [1ba2adf] make sure grub-pc is installed when grub option is used
487 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
488 * [074c439] Reformat NEWS.Debian
489 * [56a04d7] Install bootgrub.mksh 0755
490 * [ab804e4] Switch to source format 3.0 (native)
491 * [9f2c2ff] Reworded package Description a tiny bit
492 * [19bf46a] Fix debian/copyright to point to GPL-2 license
493 * [2b2dc77] Add dialog to Recommends
495 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:13:26 +0100
497 grml-debootstrap (0.47) unstable; urgency=low
499 The "initial upload to Debian" release.
502 * [e47ca96] Use /bin/bash for tests instead of /bin/zsh
504 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
505 * [c87dc4a] Don't depend on grml-etc-core
506 * [5e16f74] Update copyright file based on git log
507 * [bf11621] Prepare control file for targetting Debian
508 * [23140a3] Fix lintian warning debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
509 * [fcc981a] Update package description
510 * [50de133] Depend on gawk, as we're using that
511 * [5081ff4] fix ported eend function return value
512 * [79ea500] bailout on dialog cancellation
515 * [561fb86] Drop "set -e" from the scripts.
516 * [4384a10] Fix vim syntax folding issue with missing }}}.
518 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:04:13 +0200
520 grml-debootstrap (0.46) unstable; urgency=low
522 * [f1c990c] Update package description and documentation to
523 reflect squeeze as current stable release.
524 * [fc6d883] Support --vmfile and --vmsize command line options
525 for deploying a virtual machine.
526 * [a64fecc] Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement
527 and do not prompt for user input.
528 * [5ee5cac] Consequently use eerror for displaying error messages.
529 * [25bfeb7] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2.
531 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:27:33 +0200
533 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
535 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
536 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
538 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
540 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
542 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
544 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
545 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
546 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
547 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
548 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
551 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
552 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
554 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
556 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
558 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
560 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
561 successfully finishing automatic installation.
563 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
565 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
567 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
568 recommendation as suite.
569 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
570 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
571 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
573 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
575 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
577 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
578 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
579 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
580 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
581 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
583 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
584 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
585 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
586 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
588 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
590 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
592 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
593 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
594 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
597 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
599 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
602 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
604 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
605 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
609 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
611 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
613 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
615 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
616 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
617 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
619 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
621 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
625 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
627 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
629 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
630 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
632 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
635 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
637 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
640 can cause problems with installations to directories.
641 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
643 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
645 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
647 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
650 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
651 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
652 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
653 no set full path to the binaries.
654 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
655 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
656 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
657 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
658 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
659 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
662 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
664 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
667 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
668 the interactive menu.
669 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
671 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
672 patch by gebi, thanks).
673 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
674 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
677 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
678 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
679 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
680 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
681 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
682 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
683 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
685 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
686 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
687 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
689 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
690 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
691 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
692 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
694 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
695 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
697 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
699 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
702 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
703 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
704 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
705 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
707 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
709 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
711 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
712 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
713 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
714 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
715 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
717 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
719 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
723 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
724 system. [Closes: issue658]
727 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
728 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
730 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
732 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
734 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
735 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
737 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
738 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
739 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
740 text as "stable" is invalid.
741 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
742 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
743 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
744 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
745 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
746 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
747 might be the case when installing to a directory).
748 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
749 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
750 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
751 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
752 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
753 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
754 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
756 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
758 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
760 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
762 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
765 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
767 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
769 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
772 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
773 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
774 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
775 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
777 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
778 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
779 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
780 display for checking configuration again.
781 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
782 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
784 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
785 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
786 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
787 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
790 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
792 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
794 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
796 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
797 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
798 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
799 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
801 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
803 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
807 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
808 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
810 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
812 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
814 * Update documentation.
815 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
816 interactive setup script.
817 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
818 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
819 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
820 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
821 as well as inside the chroot.
822 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
823 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
825 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
827 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
829 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
831 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
832 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
833 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
835 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
836 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
837 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
838 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
839 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
841 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
843 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
844 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
845 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
846 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
847 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
849 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
850 - do not create stage file at finalize()
851 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
852 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
853 * Adjust postfix configuration:
854 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
855 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
856 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
858 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
860 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
863 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
865 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
867 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
869 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
871 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
874 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
876 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
878 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
881 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
882 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
883 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
885 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
887 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
890 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
892 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
894 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
896 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
898 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
899 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
900 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
901 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
903 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
905 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
906 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
908 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
909 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
910 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
911 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
913 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
914 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
916 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
917 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
918 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
919 packages like citadel in lenny.
920 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
921 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
922 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
923 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
924 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
925 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
926 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
928 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
930 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
932 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
934 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
935 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
937 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
939 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
941 * Drop the second passwd call.
943 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
945 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
947 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
948 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
950 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
952 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
955 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
957 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
959 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
963 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
965 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
968 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
970 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
972 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
977 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
979 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
981 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
982 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
983 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
984 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
985 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
986 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
988 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
990 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
994 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
995 * Add boot_append option to manpage
996 * Manpage reformatted
999 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
1000 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
1001 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
1002 * Activate zsh completion.
1003 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
1004 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
1005 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
1006 fail chroot-script itself.
1008 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
1010 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
1014 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
1016 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
1019 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
1020 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
1022 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
1023 only if it's available.
1024 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
1025 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
1026 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
1027 /boot/grub/menu.lst.
1028 * Updated TODO file.
1029 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
1030 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
1031 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
1033 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
1035 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
1038 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
1039 * Split all the code into separate functions.
1040 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
1041 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
1042 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
1044 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
1045 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
1046 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
1047 and provide it to chroot-script.
1048 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
1050 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
1052 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
1056 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
1058 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * Support installation into directory.
1062 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
1064 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * Initial support for $ARCH.
1067 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
1069 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
1071 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
1074 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
1076 * Added support for:
1077 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
1078 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
1079 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
1080 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
1081 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
1082 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
1083 list to be able to support sarge as well).
1085 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
1087 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1091 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100