Release Notes for Grml 2014.11 - codename Gschistigschasti
+ + + +About
+ +This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian + testing (AKA jessie). As usual it also incorporates up2date hardware + support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml + release.
+ +New features
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- new boot option getfile.retries=...: by specifying a number it controls the number of download retries for the netscript=... and netscript=... boot options (defaults to '10' if unset), usage example: 'getfile.retries=42' + +
- grml2usb: improved check for bootflag, new option --skip-bootflag and Python3 support + +
- grml-quickconfig: display IP and password if ssh boot option is used + +
- grml-lang: support language settings for Italy + +
- grml-hwinfo: support i2c-tools's decode-dimms, edac-utils and mcelog + +
- grml-zshrc:
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- rework and unify $PATH handling +
- several improvements in battery information/reporting (incl. support for FreeBSD + OpenBSD) +
- extend dchange() to support apt-get and multiple package names +
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+ - grml-debootstrap:
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- Adjust locale handling (LANG/LANGUAGE) to match with Debian wheezy defaults +
- Initial packer/vagrant/autotest setup +
- New option --vm to install VMs into LVs and such +
- New option --defaultinterfaces to install default /etc/network/interfaces +
- Set up default /etc/network/interfaces with dhcp for eth0 in VM use case +
- Copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system, unless --nointerfaces is used or target is a VM +
- Support --nokernel option to skip installation of default kernel images +
- Support execution of --grub when installing to target directory +
- Switch default filesystem from ext3 to ext4 +
- Provide --debug option for very verbose execution +
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Important Changes
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- Switch from http.debian.net to ftp.debian.org as default mirror in grml-live: because of unreliable mirror usage with http.debian.net the grml-live system uses ftp.debian.org as its main mirror + +
Bits & bolts
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- Linux kernel is based on 3.16.7. +
- Fixed several bugs from the bug tracking system. +
Packages
+ +Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are + available in the Debian section. Visit + dpkg_list for a + detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2014.11.
+ +Updates
+ +Packages are taken from Debian testing, 14th of November + 2014. 15 packages have been removed, and these 26 new packages + have been added (plus dependencies, excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ + adwaita-icon-theme augeas-tools cpp-4.9 debconf-utils dmeventd + firmware-zd1211 gcc-4.9-base glib-networking + glib-networking-common glib-networking-services + gsettings-desktop-schemas hicolor-icon-theme hiera init iperf + isolinux pxelinux python-parted python-prettytable + python-pyparsing python-six python3.4 python3.4-minimal ruby2.1 + rubygems-integration startpar ++ +
These Debian packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ acpi-fakekey cpp-4.8 gcc-4.7-base gptsync info install-info + lio-utils module-init-tools python3.3 python3.3-minimal + qemu-keymaps ruby1.9.1 tsconf xulrunner-24.0 zd1211-firmware ++ +
Known issues
+ +Please visit the known bugs webpage.
+ +Download Grml 2014.11
+ +Grml 2014.11 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/.
+ +Feedback
+ +Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help + fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with + the release please check the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your feedback and + feature requests to the Grml team!
+ + +Thanks
+ +Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) + Andreas Gredler, + Charles A. Hewson + Christian Hofstaedtler, + Dansan, + Elias Probst, + Erik Bernstein, + Florian Apolloner, + Florian Klien, + Joeran, + Krisztian VASAS, + Marco d'Itri, + Markus Rekkenbeil, + Martin F. Krafft, + Michael Renner, + Michael Schierl, + Moviuro, + Patrick Schleizer and + Thilo Six + for their contributions.
+ +More Information
+ +You can find out more about Grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki. + +
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