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 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
25 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
26 * Adjust hostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf.
27 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
29 * Support execution of further scripts via --scripts and --chroot-scripts.
31 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:45:19 +0100
33 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
37 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
39 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
42 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
44 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
46 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
49 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
50 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
51 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
53 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
55 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
58 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
60 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
62 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
64 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
66 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
67 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
68 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
69 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
71 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
73 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
74 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
76 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
77 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
78 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
79 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
81 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
82 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
84 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
85 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
86 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
87 packages like citadel in lenny.
88 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
89 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
90 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
91 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
92 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
93 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
94 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
96 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
98 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
100 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
103 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
105 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
107 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Drop the second passwd call.
111 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
113 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
116 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
118 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
120 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
123 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
125 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
127 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
131 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
133 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
136 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
138 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
140 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
142 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
145 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
147 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
150 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
151 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
152 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
153 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
154 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
156 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
158 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
162 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
163 * Add boot_append option to manpage
164 * Manpage reformatted
167 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
168 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
169 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
170 * Activate zsh completion.
171 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
172 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
173 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
174 fail chroot-script itself.
176 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
178 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
182 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
184 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
187 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
188 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
190 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
191 only if it's available.
192 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
193 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
194 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
197 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
198 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
199 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
201 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
203 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
206 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
207 * Split all the code into separate functions.
208 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
209 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
210 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
212 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
213 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
214 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
215 and provide it to chroot-script.
216 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
218 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
220 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
224 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
226 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Support installation into directory.
230 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
232 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Initial support for $ARCH.
235 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
237 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
239 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
242 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
245 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
246 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
247 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
248 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
249 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
250 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
251 list to be able to support sarge as well).
253 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
255 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
259 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100