1 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
4 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
5 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
6 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
7 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
9 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
10 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
11 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
12 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
14 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
16 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
18 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
19 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
20 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
23 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
25 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
28 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
30 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
31 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
35 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
37 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
39 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
42 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
43 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
45 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
47 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
51 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
53 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
56 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
58 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
61 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
63 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
66 can cause problems with installations to directories.
67 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
69 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
71 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
73 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
76 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
77 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
78 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
79 no set full path to the binaries.
80 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
81 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
82 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
83 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
84 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
85 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
88 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
90 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
95 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
97 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
98 patch by gebi, thanks).
99 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
100 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
103 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
104 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
105 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
106 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
107 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
108 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
109 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
111 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
112 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
113 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
115 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
116 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
117 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
118 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
120 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
121 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
123 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
125 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
128 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
129 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
130 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
131 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
133 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
135 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
138 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
139 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
140 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
141 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
143 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
145 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
149 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
150 system. [Closes: issue658]
153 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
154 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
156 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
158 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
160 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
161 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
163 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
164 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
165 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
166 text as "stable" is invalid.
167 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
168 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
169 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
170 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
171 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
172 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
173 might be the case when installing to a directory).
174 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
175 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
176 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
177 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
178 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
179 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
180 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
182 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
184 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
186 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
188 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
190 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
191 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
193 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
195 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
198 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
199 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
200 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
201 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
203 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
204 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
205 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
206 display for checking configuration again.
207 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
208 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
210 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
211 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
212 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
213 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
216 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
218 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
220 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
223 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
224 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
225 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
227 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
229 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
231 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
233 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
234 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
236 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
238 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Update documentation.
241 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
242 interactive setup script.
243 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
244 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
245 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
246 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
247 as well as inside the chroot.
248 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
249 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
251 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
253 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
255 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
257 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
258 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
259 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
261 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
262 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
263 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
264 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
265 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
267 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
269 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
270 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
271 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
272 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
273 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
275 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
276 - do not create stage file at finalize()
277 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
278 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
279 * Adjust postfix configuration:
280 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
281 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
282 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
284 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
286 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
289 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
291 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
295 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
297 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
299 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
300 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
302 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
304 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
307 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
308 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
309 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
311 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
313 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
315 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
316 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
318 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
320 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
322 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
324 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
325 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
326 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
327 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
329 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
331 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
332 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
334 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
335 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
336 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
337 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
339 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
340 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
342 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
343 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
344 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
345 packages like citadel in lenny.
346 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
347 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
348 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
349 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
350 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
351 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
352 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
354 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
356 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
358 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
360 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
361 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
363 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
365 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
367 * Drop the second passwd call.
369 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
371 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
373 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
374 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
376 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
378 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
380 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
381 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
383 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
385 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
389 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
391 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
394 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
396 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
398 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
403 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
405 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
408 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
409 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
410 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
411 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
412 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
414 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
416 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
419 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
420 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
421 * Add boot_append option to manpage
422 * Manpage reformatted
425 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
426 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
427 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
428 * Activate zsh completion.
429 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
430 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
431 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
432 fail chroot-script itself.
434 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
436 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
440 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
442 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
444 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
445 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
446 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
448 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
449 only if it's available.
450 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
451 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
452 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
455 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
456 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
457 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
459 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
461 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
464 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
465 * Split all the code into separate functions.
466 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
467 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
468 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
470 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
471 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
472 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
473 and provide it to chroot-script.
474 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
476 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
478 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
480 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
482 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
484 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
486 * Support installation into directory.
488 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
490 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
492 * Initial support for $ARCH.
493 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
495 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
497 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
499 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
500 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
503 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
504 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
505 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
506 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
507 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
508 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
509 list to be able to support sarge as well).
511 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
513 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
517 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100