1 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
3 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
4 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
5 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
8 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
10 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
13 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
15 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
16 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
20 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
22 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
24 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
26 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
27 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
28 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
30 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
32 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
36 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
38 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
40 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
41 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
43 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
46 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
48 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
51 can cause problems with installations to directories.
52 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
54 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
56 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
58 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
61 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
62 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
63 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
64 no set full path to the binaries.
65 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
66 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
67 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
68 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
69 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
70 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
73 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
75 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
80 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
82 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
83 patch by gebi, thanks).
84 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
85 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
88 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
89 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
90 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
91 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
92 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
93 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
94 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
96 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
97 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
98 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
100 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
101 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
102 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
103 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
105 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
106 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
108 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
110 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
113 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
114 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
115 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
116 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
118 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
120 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
123 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
124 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
125 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
126 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
128 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
130 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
134 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
135 system. [Closes: issue658]
138 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
139 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
141 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
143 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
145 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
146 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
148 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
149 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
150 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
151 text as "stable" is invalid.
152 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
153 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
154 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
155 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
156 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
157 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
158 might be the case when installing to a directory).
159 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
160 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
161 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
162 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
163 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
164 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
165 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
167 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
169 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
171 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
173 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
176 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
178 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
180 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
183 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
184 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
185 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
186 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
188 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
189 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
190 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
191 display for checking configuration again.
192 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
193 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
195 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
196 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
197 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
198 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
201 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
203 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
205 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
208 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
209 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
210 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
212 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
214 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
218 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
219 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
221 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
223 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Update documentation.
226 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
227 interactive setup script.
228 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
229 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
230 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
231 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
232 as well as inside the chroot.
233 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
234 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
236 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
238 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
240 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
242 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
243 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
244 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
246 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
247 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
248 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
249 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
250 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
252 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
254 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
255 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
256 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
257 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
258 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
260 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
261 - do not create stage file at finalize()
262 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
263 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
264 * Adjust postfix configuration:
265 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
266 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
267 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
269 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
271 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
274 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
276 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
280 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
282 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
285 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
287 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
289 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
292 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
293 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
294 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
296 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
298 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
300 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
301 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
303 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
305 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
307 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
309 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
310 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
311 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
312 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
314 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
316 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
317 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
319 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
320 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
321 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
322 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
324 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
325 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
327 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
328 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
329 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
330 packages like citadel in lenny.
331 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
332 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
333 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
334 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
335 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
336 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
337 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
339 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
341 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
343 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
346 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
348 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
350 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
352 * Drop the second passwd call.
354 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
356 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
359 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
361 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
363 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
366 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
368 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
370 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
372 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
374 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
376 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
379 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
381 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
383 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
385 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
388 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
390 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
393 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
394 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
395 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
396 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
397 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
399 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
401 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
404 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
405 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
406 * Add boot_append option to manpage
407 * Manpage reformatted
410 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
411 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
412 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
413 * Activate zsh completion.
414 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
415 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
416 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
417 fail chroot-script itself.
419 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
421 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
423 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
425 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
427 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
429 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
430 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
431 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
433 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
434 only if it's available.
435 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
436 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
437 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
440 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
441 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
442 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
444 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
446 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
449 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
450 * Split all the code into separate functions.
451 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
452 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
453 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
455 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
456 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
457 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
458 and provide it to chroot-script.
459 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
461 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
463 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
467 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
469 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Support installation into directory.
473 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
475 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
477 * Initial support for $ARCH.
478 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
480 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
482 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
484 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
485 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
488 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
489 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
490 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
491 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
492 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
493 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
494 list to be able to support sarge as well).
496 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
498 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
502 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100