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