1 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
3 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
4 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
5 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
6 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
7 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
10 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
11 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
13 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
15 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
17 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
19 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
20 successfully finishing automatic installation.
22 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
24 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
26 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
27 recommendation as suite.
28 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
29 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
30 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
32 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
34 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
36 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
37 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
38 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
39 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
40 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
42 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
43 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
44 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
45 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
47 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
49 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
51 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
52 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
53 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
56 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
58 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
61 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
63 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
64 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
68 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
70 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
72 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
75 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
76 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
78 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
80 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
84 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
86 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
88 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
89 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
91 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
94 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
96 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
99 can cause problems with installations to directories.
100 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
102 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
104 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
106 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
109 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
110 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
111 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
112 no set full path to the binaries.
113 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
114 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
115 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
116 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
117 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
118 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
121 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
123 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
127 the interactive menu.
128 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
130 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
131 patch by gebi, thanks).
132 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
133 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
136 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
137 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
138 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
139 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
140 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
141 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
142 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
144 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
145 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
146 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
148 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
149 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
150 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
151 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
153 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
154 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
156 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
158 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
161 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
162 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
163 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
164 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
166 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
168 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
170 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
171 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
172 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
173 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
174 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
176 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
178 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
182 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
183 system. [Closes: issue658]
186 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
187 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
189 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
191 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
193 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
194 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
196 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
197 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
198 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
199 text as "stable" is invalid.
200 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
201 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
202 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
203 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
204 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
205 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
206 might be the case when installing to a directory).
207 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
208 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
209 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
210 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
211 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
212 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
213 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
215 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
217 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
219 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
221 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
224 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
226 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
228 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
231 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
232 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
233 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
234 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
236 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
237 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
238 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
239 display for checking configuration again.
240 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
241 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
243 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
244 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
245 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
246 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
249 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
251 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
253 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
256 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
257 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
258 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
260 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
262 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
266 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
267 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
269 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
271 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
273 * Update documentation.
274 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
275 interactive setup script.
276 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
277 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
278 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
279 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
280 as well as inside the chroot.
281 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
282 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
284 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
286 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
288 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
290 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
291 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
292 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
294 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
295 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
296 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
297 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
298 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
300 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
302 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
303 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
304 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
305 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
306 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
308 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
309 - do not create stage file at finalize()
310 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
311 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
312 * Adjust postfix configuration:
313 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
314 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
315 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
317 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
319 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
322 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
324 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
326 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
328 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
330 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
332 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
333 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
335 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
337 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
340 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
341 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
342 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
344 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
346 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
349 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
351 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
353 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
355 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
357 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
358 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
359 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
360 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
362 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
364 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
365 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
367 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
368 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
369 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
370 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
372 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
373 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
375 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
376 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
377 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
378 packages like citadel in lenny.
379 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
380 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
381 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
382 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
383 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
384 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
385 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
387 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
389 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
391 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
394 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
396 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
398 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Drop the second passwd call.
402 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
404 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
406 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
407 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
409 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
411 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
414 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
416 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
418 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
420 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
422 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
424 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
427 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
429 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
431 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
436 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
438 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
440 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
441 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
442 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
443 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
444 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
445 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
447 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
449 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
452 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
453 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
454 * Add boot_append option to manpage
455 * Manpage reformatted
458 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
459 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
460 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
461 * Activate zsh completion.
462 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
463 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
464 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
465 fail chroot-script itself.
467 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
469 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
473 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
475 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
477 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
478 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
479 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
481 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
482 only if it's available.
483 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
484 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
485 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
488 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
489 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
490 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
492 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
494 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
497 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
498 * Split all the code into separate functions.
499 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
500 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
501 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
503 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
504 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
505 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
506 and provide it to chroot-script.
507 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
509 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
511 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
513 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
515 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
517 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
519 * Support installation into directory.
521 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
523 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Initial support for $ARCH.
526 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
528 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
530 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
533 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
536 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
537 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
538 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
539 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
540 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
541 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
542 list to be able to support sarge as well).
544 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
546 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
550 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100