1 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Move the apt cache removal function to the end to avoid failure
5 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
6 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
7 no set full path to the binaries.
9 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:30:19 +0100
11 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
14 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
16 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
18 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
19 patch by gebi, thanks).
20 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
21 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
24 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
25 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
26 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
27 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
28 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
29 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
30 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
32 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
33 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
34 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
36 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
37 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
38 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
39 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
41 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
42 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
44 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
46 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
49 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
50 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
51 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
52 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
54 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
56 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
59 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
60 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
61 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
62 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
64 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
66 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
70 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
71 system. [Closes: issue658]
74 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
75 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
77 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
79 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
81 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
82 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
84 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
85 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
86 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
87 text as "stable" is invalid.
88 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
89 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
90 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
91 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
92 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
93 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
94 might be the case when installing to a directory).
95 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
96 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
97 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
98 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
99 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
100 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
101 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
103 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
105 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
107 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
109 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
112 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
114 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
116 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
119 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
120 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
121 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
122 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
124 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
125 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
126 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
127 display for checking configuration again.
128 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
129 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
131 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
132 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
133 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
134 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
137 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
139 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
141 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
143 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
144 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
145 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
146 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
148 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
150 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
154 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
155 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
157 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
159 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Update documentation.
162 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
163 interactive setup script.
164 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
165 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
166 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
167 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
168 as well as inside the chroot.
169 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
170 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
172 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
174 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
176 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
178 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
179 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
180 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
182 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
183 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
184 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
185 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
186 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
188 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
190 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
191 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
192 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
193 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
194 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
196 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
197 - do not create stage file at finalize()
198 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
199 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
200 * Adjust postfix configuration:
201 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
202 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
203 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
205 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
207 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
210 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
212 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
216 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
218 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
221 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
223 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
225 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
227 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
228 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
229 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
230 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
232 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
234 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
237 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
239 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
241 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
243 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
245 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
246 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
247 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
248 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
250 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
252 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
253 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
255 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
256 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
257 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
258 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
260 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
261 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
263 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
264 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
265 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
266 packages like citadel in lenny.
267 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
268 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
269 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
270 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
271 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
272 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
273 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
275 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
277 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
279 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
282 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
284 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
286 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
288 * Drop the second passwd call.
290 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
292 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
295 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
297 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
299 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
302 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
304 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
306 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
310 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
312 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
315 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
317 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
319 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
324 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
326 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
329 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
330 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
331 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
332 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
333 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
335 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
337 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
341 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
342 * Add boot_append option to manpage
343 * Manpage reformatted
346 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
347 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
348 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
349 * Activate zsh completion.
350 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
351 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
352 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
353 fail chroot-script itself.
355 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
357 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
359 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
361 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
363 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
366 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
367 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
369 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
370 only if it's available.
371 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
372 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
373 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
376 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
377 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
378 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
380 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
382 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
384 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
385 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
386 * Split all the code into separate functions.
387 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
388 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
389 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
391 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
392 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
393 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
394 and provide it to chroot-script.
395 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
397 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
399 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
403 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
405 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Support installation into directory.
409 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
411 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Initial support for $ARCH.
414 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
416 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
418 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
420 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
421 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
424 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
425 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
426 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
427 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
428 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
429 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
430 list to be able to support sarge as well).
432 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
434 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
438 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100