1 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Update documentation.
4 * Use configure $MIRROR and $HOSTNAME as defaults in interactive
6 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
7 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
8 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
9 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
10 as well as inside the chroot.
12 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:53:21 +0100
14 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
16 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
18 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
19 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
20 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
22 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
23 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
24 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
25 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
26 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
28 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
30 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
31 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
32 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
33 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
34 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
36 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
37 - do not create stage file at finalize()
38 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
39 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
40 * Adjust postfix configuration:
41 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
42 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
43 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
45 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
47 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
50 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
52 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
56 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
58 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
61 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
63 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
65 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
68 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
69 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
70 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
72 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
74 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
76 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
77 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
79 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
81 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
83 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
85 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
86 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
87 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
88 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
90 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
92 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
93 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
95 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
96 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
97 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
98 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
100 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
101 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
103 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
104 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
105 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
106 packages like citadel in lenny.
107 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
108 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
109 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
110 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
111 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
112 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
113 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
115 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
117 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
119 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
122 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
124 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
126 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Drop the second passwd call.
130 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
132 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
135 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
137 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
139 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
142 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
144 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
146 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
150 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
152 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
155 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
157 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
159 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
164 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
166 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
169 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
170 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
171 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
172 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
173 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
175 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
177 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
181 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
182 * Add boot_append option to manpage
183 * Manpage reformatted
186 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
187 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
188 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
189 * Activate zsh completion.
190 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
191 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
192 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
193 fail chroot-script itself.
195 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
197 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
199 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
201 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
203 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
206 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
207 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
209 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
210 only if it's available.
211 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
212 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
213 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
216 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
217 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
218 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
220 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
222 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
224 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
225 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
226 * Split all the code into separate functions.
227 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
228 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
229 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
231 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
232 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
233 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
234 and provide it to chroot-script.
235 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
237 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
239 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
243 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
245 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Support installation into directory.
249 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
251 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Initial support for $ARCH.
254 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
256 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
258 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
261 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
264 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
265 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
266 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
267 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
268 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
269 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
270 list to be able to support sarge as well).
272 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
274 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
278 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100