Release Notes for Grml 2020.06-rc1 - codename CODENAME
+Release Notes for Grml 2020.06-rc1 - codename Ausgehfuahangl
- @@ -46,9 +43,11 @@ FIXMEMisc:
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- cloud-init support (grml-full only): TODO
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- cloud-init support (grml-full only): cloud-init is a standard multi-distribution method for cross-platform cloud instance initialization. + Cloud-init identifies the cloud it is running on and reads any provided metadata from the cloud and initializes the system accordingly. + This is useful for e.g. setting network configuration, SSH access key and hostname. + To enable it on Grml, boot with boot option `services=cloud-init`. + If you configured a SSH public, logging in as user `grml` works. + For static network configuration you need to boot with boot options `nonetworking services=cloud-init,networking`. + +
- qemu-guest-agent support: when running in appropriate environments (like Proxmox VE) this daemon exchanges information between the host and guest system (VM) (also see Proxmox wiki for further information). + When booting Grml as a VM in such an environment, the network information is visible in the VM summary then, like: -
- qemu-guest-agent: TODO
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- - grml-quickconfig: network information (TODO) +
- network information in grml-quickconfig: hostname, cloud-init, IP addresses and zeroconf/avahi information: -
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grml-live (build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems):
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- Support for cloud-init (via GRML_FULL) -
- sudoers: set Defaults secure_path to have sane default settings -
- initramfs xz-compress: use default xz compression level -
- GRMLBASE/98-clean-chroot: fix resolvconf symlink handling + get rid of resolvconf workarounds -
- Rebuild /var/lib/dpkg/available to install not-yet-installed packages in update runs -
- Sources list setup for security: switch from testing/updates to testing-security -
- Switch default mount point from /lib/live/mount/medium to /run/live/medium -
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- Support for cloud-init (via GRML_FULL) +
- sudoers: set Defaults secure_path to have sane default settings +
- initramfs xz-compress: use default xz compression level +
- GRMLBASE/98-clean-chroot: fix resolvconf symlink handling + get rid of resolvconf workarounds +
- Rebuild /var/lib/dpkg/available to install not-yet-installed packages in update runs +
- Sources list setup for security: switch from testing/updates to testing-security +
- Switch default mount point from /lib/live/mount/medium to /run/live/medium +
grml2usb (tool to install Grml ISO to usb device):
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- Support more syslinux module locations and support setting custom ones via option --syslinux-libs=... -
- No longer explicitly list addon files, instead copy all files from /boot/addons/ -
- Provide git-describe based version information when running from within git -
- Fix path to syslinux *.c32 files -
- Add smoke autopkgtests to Debian packaging -
- Abort if required logo.16 file is missing -
- Avoid custom boot options getting duplicated when used with multiple ISOs -
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- Support more syslinux module locations and support setting custom ones via option --syslinux-libs=... +
- No longer explicitly list addon files, instead copy all files from /boot/addons/ +
- Provide git-describe based version information when running from within git +
- Fix path to syslinux *.c32 files +
- Add smoke autopkgtests to Debian packaging +
- Abort if required logo.16 file is missing +
- Avoid custom boot options getting duplicated when used with multiple ISOs +
grml-hwinfo (tool to collect hardware information):
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- Store output of `lscpu -e` in file `lscpu_extended` -
- Store cpuid output in file `cpuid`, add cpuid to Recommends -
- Record uptime (/proc/uptime in `proc_uptime` and uptime(1) in file `uptime`) -
- Report SecureBoot state via mokutil -
- Store "$HOME"/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log (if available) as user_Xorg.0.log -
- Log output of verbose lsusb run in file lsusb_verbose -
- Provide output of verbose lspci run in file lspci_verbose -
- Recommend acpica-tools package and provide acpidump output (as root) -
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- Store output of `lscpu -e` in file `lscpu_extended` +
- Store cpuid output in file `cpuid`, add cpuid to Recommends +
- Record uptime (/proc/uptime in `proc_uptime` and uptime(1) in file `uptime`) +
- Report SecureBoot state via mokutil +
- Store "$HOME"/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log (if available) as user_Xorg.0.log +
- Log output of verbose lsusb run in file lsusb_verbose +
- Provide output of verbose lspci run in file lspci_verbose +
- Recommend acpica-tools package and provide acpidump output (as root) +
grml-zshrc (Zsh configuration):
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- Reset $REPLY parameter before calling prompt token functions -
- Disable bracketed paste mode for dumb terminals -
- Fix urxvt multi-line issue -
- commit-to-history: keep escaped character -
- Support PAGER='less -Mr' usage and fall back to vi if LESSOPEN is unset -
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- Add zstd support to simple-extract() +
- Reset $REPLY parameter before calling prompt token functions +
- Disable bracketed paste mode for dumb terminals +
- Fix urxvt multi-line issue +
- commit-to-history: keep escaped character +
- Support PAGER='less -Mr' usage and fall back to vi if LESSOPEN is unset +
grml-debootstrap (wrapper around debootstrap for installing pure Debian):
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- Support BOOT_APPEND usage outside of VMs -
- Support mmdebstrap via DEBOOTSTRAP=mmdebstrap -
- Use new security.debian.org repository layout for bullseye and newer -
- Fix detection of predictable network interface names -
- Add option --sshcopyid to authorise root login -
- Provide workaround for Debian bug #918590 with lvm + udev in VM installations -
- /etc/fstab: provide header comment, pointing to man pages and systemctl daemon-reload -
- Add DHCP setting for Predictable Network Interface Names -
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- Add support for .ssh/authorized_keys via cmdline option --sshcopyauth +
- Support BOOT_APPEND usage outside of VMs +
- Support mmdebstrap via DEBOOTSTRAP=mmdebstrap +
- Use new security.debian.org repository layout for bullseye and newer +
- Fix detection of predictable network interface names +
- Add option --sshcopyid to authorise root login +
- Provide workaround for Debian bug #918590 with LVM + udev in VM installations +
- /etc/fstab: provide header comment, pointing to man pages and systemctl daemon-reload +
- Add DHCP setting for Predictable Network Interface Names +
Bits & bolts
@@ -143,38 +155,40 @@ FIXMEUpdates
-Packages are taken from Debian testing as of FIXME of FIXME 2020. - 22 packages have been removed, and these 26 new packages +
Packages are taken from Debian testing as of 6th of June 2020. + 22 packages have been removed, and these 28 new packages have been added (excluding lib*, *-common, python3-* and kernel image):
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- bind9-dnsutils +
- avahi-utils (Avahi browsing, publishing and discovery utilities) +
- bind9-dnsutils (Clients provided with BIND 9)
- bind9-libs (dependency of avahi-daemon, bind9-dnsutils, bind9host + libnss-mdns) -
- borgbackup -
- cloud-init +
- borgbackup (deduplicating and compressing backup program) +
- cloud-init (initialization system for infrastructure cloud instances)
- cpp-9 (replacement for cpp-8) -
- dnsutils +
- dnsutils (Clients provided with BIND)
- fuse3 (dependency of borgbackup, exfat-fuse, ntfs-3g, sshfs + testdisk)
- gcc-10-base (replacement for gcc-8)
- gcc-9-base (replacement for gcc-8) -
- iperf3 +
- iperf3 (Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool)
- logsave (dependency of e2fsprogs)
- lua-lpeg (dependency of nmap) -
- ncdu -
- pci.ids -
- perl-modules-5.30 +
- ncdu (ncurses disk usage viewer) +
- pci.ids (dependency of sysfsutils) +
- perl-modules-5.30 (related package for new perl version)
- python3.8 (replacement for python3.7)
- python3.8-minimal (replacement for python3.7-minimal) -
- qemu-system-gui -
- radvd +
- qemu-system-gui (QEMU full system emulation binaries (user interface and audio support)) +
- radvd (Router Advertisement Daemon)
- ruby2.7 (replacement for ruby2.5)
- runit-helper (dependency of acpi-support, acpid, irqbalance + openssh-server)
- sound-theme-freedesktop (dependency of vim-gtk3) -
- tree +
- tree (displays an indented directory tree, in color)
- usb.ids (dependency of usbutils) -
- vim-gtk3 -
- zstd +
- vim-gtk3 (Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with GTK3 GUI, replacement for vim-gtk/GTK2) +
- wireguard (fast, modern, secure kernel VPN tunnel) +
- zstd (fast lossless compression algorithm -- CLI tool)
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- ash +
- ash (replaced with dash)
- cpp-8 (replaced with cpp-9) -
- cryptsetup-run -
- fuse +
- cryptsetup-run (transitional package for cryptsetup) +
- fuse (replaced with fuse3)
- gcc-8-base (replaced with gcc-9-base + gcc-10-base) -
- gdbm-l10n -
- hfsprogs -
- ipsec-tools -
- lilo -
- linux-libc-dev -
- pm-utils -
- powermgmt-base -
- python3-prettytable -
- python3.7 -
- python3.7-minimal -
- racoon -
- rng-tools -
- ruby-did-you-mean -
- ruby-json +
- gdbm-l10n (reverse dependency only) +
- hfsprogs (not DFSG-Free) +
- ipsec-tools (dead upstream, consider using wireguard instead) +
- lilo (should no longer be relevant nowadays) +
- linux-libc-dev (reverse dependency only) +
- pm-utils (reverse dependency only) +
- powermgmt-base (reverse dependency only) +
- python3-prettytable (reverse dependency only) +
- python3.7 (replaced with python3.8) +
- python3.7-minimal (replaced with python3.8-minimal) +
- racoon (dead upstream, consider using wireguard instead) +
- rng-tools (unavailable in Debian/testing, see #951663) +
- ruby-did-you-mean (reverse dependency only) +
- ruby-json (reverse dependency only)
- ruby2.5 (replaced with ruby2.7) -
- tasksel +
- tasksel (became priority=optional in Debian)
- vim-gtk (replaced with vim-gtk3)
Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) Albert Dengg, András Korn, + Antoine Beaupré, Axel Beckert, + Chris Hofstaedtler, Florian Apolloner, Garrett Holmstrom, Iru Cai, @@ -239,8 +255,10 @@ FIXME Lukas Prokop, Marc Haber, Michael Stone, - Patrick Schleizer and - Ralf Moll + Moviuro, + Patrick Schleizer, + Ralf Moll and + ur4t for their contributions.