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