1 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
6 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
8 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
9 patch by gebi, thanks).
10 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
11 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
14 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
15 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
16 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
17 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
18 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
19 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
20 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
22 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
23 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
24 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
26 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
27 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
28 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
29 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
31 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
32 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
34 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
36 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
39 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
40 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
41 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
42 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
44 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
46 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
49 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
50 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
51 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
52 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
54 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
56 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
60 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
61 system. [Closes: issue658]
64 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
65 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
67 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
69 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
71 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
72 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
74 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
75 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
76 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
77 text as "stable" is invalid.
78 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
79 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
80 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
81 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
82 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
83 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
84 might be the case when installing to a directory).
85 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
86 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
87 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
88 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
89 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
90 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
91 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
93 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
95 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
97 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
99 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
102 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
104 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
106 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
109 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
110 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
111 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
112 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
114 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
115 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
116 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
117 display for checking configuration again.
118 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
119 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
121 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
122 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
123 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
124 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
127 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
129 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
131 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
134 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
135 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
136 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
138 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
140 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
142 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
144 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
145 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
147 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
149 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
151 * Update documentation.
152 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
153 interactive setup script.
154 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
155 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
156 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
157 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
158 as well as inside the chroot.
159 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
160 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
162 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
164 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
166 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
168 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
169 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
170 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
172 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
173 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
174 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
175 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
176 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
178 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
180 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
181 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
182 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
183 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
184 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
186 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
187 - do not create stage file at finalize()
188 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
189 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
190 * Adjust postfix configuration:
191 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
192 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
193 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
195 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
197 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
200 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
202 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
206 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
208 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
211 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
213 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
215 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
218 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
219 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
220 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
222 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
224 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
226 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
227 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
229 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
231 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
233 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
235 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
236 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
237 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
238 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
240 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
242 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
243 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
245 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
246 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
247 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
248 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
250 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
251 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
253 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
254 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
255 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
256 packages like citadel in lenny.
257 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
258 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
259 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
260 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
261 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
262 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
263 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
265 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
267 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
269 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
271 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
272 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
274 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
276 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Drop the second passwd call.
280 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
282 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
285 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
287 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
289 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
292 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
294 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
296 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
300 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
302 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
304 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
305 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
307 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
309 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
314 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
316 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
319 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
320 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
321 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
322 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
323 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
325 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
327 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
331 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
332 * Add boot_append option to manpage
333 * Manpage reformatted
336 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
337 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
338 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
339 * Activate zsh completion.
340 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
341 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
342 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
343 fail chroot-script itself.
345 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
347 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
349 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
351 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
353 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
355 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
356 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
357 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
359 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
360 only if it's available.
361 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
362 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
363 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
366 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
367 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
368 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
370 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
372 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
374 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
375 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
376 * Split all the code into separate functions.
377 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
378 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
379 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
381 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
382 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
383 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
384 and provide it to chroot-script.
385 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
387 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
389 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
393 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
395 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Support installation into directory.
399 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
401 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
403 * Initial support for $ARCH.
404 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
406 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
408 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
411 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
414 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
415 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
416 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
417 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
418 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
419 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
420 list to be able to support sarge as well).
422 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
424 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
428 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100