1 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
4 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
5 * Support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
6 * Bugfix: make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
7 * Bugfix: do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
8 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
10 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 14:28:27 +0200
12 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
14 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
15 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
16 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
17 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
19 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
21 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
25 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
26 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
28 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
30 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Update documentation.
33 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
34 interactive setup script.
35 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
36 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
37 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
38 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
39 as well as inside the chroot.
40 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
41 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
43 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
45 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
47 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
49 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
50 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
51 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
53 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
54 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
55 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
56 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
57 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
59 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
61 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
62 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
63 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
64 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
65 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
67 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
68 - do not create stage file at finalize()
69 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
70 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
71 * Adjust postfix configuration:
72 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
73 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
74 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
76 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
78 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
81 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
83 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
87 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
89 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
92 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
94 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
96 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
99 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
100 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
101 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
103 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
105 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
108 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
110 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
112 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
114 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
116 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
117 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
118 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
119 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
121 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
123 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
124 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
126 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
127 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
128 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
129 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
131 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
132 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
134 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
135 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
136 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
137 packages like citadel in lenny.
138 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
139 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
140 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
141 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
142 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
143 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
144 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
146 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
148 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
150 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
153 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
155 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
157 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Drop the second passwd call.
161 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
163 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
165 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
166 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
168 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
170 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
173 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
175 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
177 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
181 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
183 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
186 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
188 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
190 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
195 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
197 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
199 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
200 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
201 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
202 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
203 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
204 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
206 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
208 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
212 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
213 * Add boot_append option to manpage
214 * Manpage reformatted
217 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
218 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
219 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
220 * Activate zsh completion.
221 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
222 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
223 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
224 fail chroot-script itself.
226 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
228 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
232 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
234 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
237 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
238 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
240 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
241 only if it's available.
242 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
243 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
244 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
247 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
248 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
249 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
251 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
253 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
256 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
257 * Split all the code into separate functions.
258 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
259 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
260 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
262 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
263 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
264 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
265 and provide it to chroot-script.
266 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
268 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
270 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
274 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
276 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Support installation into directory.
280 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
282 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Initial support for $ARCH.
285 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
287 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
289 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
292 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
295 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
296 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
297 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
298 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
299 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
300 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
301 list to be able to support sarge as well).
303 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
305 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
309 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100