1 grml-debootstrap (0.69) unstable; urgency=medium
3 The "jessie partyyyyyy ♫♫♫" release
6 * [ccba9a8] Try unmounting [..]/dev harder
7 * [e5e71bc] Delete binary packer/fake-uname.so
8 * [be32888] Initialize packer/.gitignore
9 * [762d9ef] Fix packer/Makefile dependencies
10 * [d945d99] Check for grub-mkimage when creating virtual machine images
11 * [9d3d538] Add grub-common to recommended dependencies for grub-mkimage
12 * [b3cddce] Fixed version reported when run from Git
13 * [7b07013] Source cmdlineopts.clp from same folder as grml-debootstrap
14 file (Closes: #776502) [CVE-2015-1378]
15 * [92b1de2] Add missing escaping of user input (Closes: #779925)
18 * [3aa7301] Break when using unsupported generic codenames "stable" or
22 * [f992b13] Do not stop hosts' SSH + mdadm services in cleanup
23 procedure. Thanks to Sebastian Pipping for debugging and bug report
25 * [dae518d] Define ewarn function to properly display warning messages
28 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:12:55 +0200
30 grml-debootstrap (0.68) unstable; urgency=medium
32 * [8a4a3c8] Adjust filesystem check for new blkid behaviour
35 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:38:06 +0100
37 grml-debootstrap (0.67) unstable; urgency=medium
39 The "[✔] ready for jessie" release
42 * [add7aab] Update documentation for upcoming stable release
44 * [486fa51] Use jessie as new default release
45 * [0f66ed4] Add support for jessie in dialog based user interface
46 * [bda9f3a] package selection: replace dhcp3-client with isc-dhcp-client
47 * [18ee5ea] Support MKFS_OPTS variable + use -F option in mkfs.ext* when
49 * [491c75a] Add sources.list support for squeeze-lts
50 * [75be5c3] docs: simplify table of supported releases, mention lenny
52 * [86c5325] Make disk identifier configurable via DISK_IDENTIFIER
53 variable. Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the
55 * [bd598a0] Fix some minor issues identified by shellcheck
56 * [37d7df7] config: use uuidgen tool for DISK_IDENTIFIER usage example
57 * [ca32c51] Fix some further issues identified by shellcheck
58 * [a2b19f1] Do not use fixed disk identifiers by default
59 * [af35272] Always use UUIDs for GRUB booting in VMs instead of
61 * [a227187] docs: fix wrong usage example description. Thanks to Florian
62 Klien for the bug report
63 * [092274d] Execute kpartx in sync mode to avoid race conditions
64 * [86b25a4] Support GRUB as present in Debian/jessie in VM builds
65 * [e0b0b8b] docs: set man.base.url.for.relative.links option when
67 * [5adf8f6] Fix linux-image package check for Debian/jessie 32bit.
68 Thanks to Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> for the bug report
69 * [6dde1bd] Fix check for available /dev/md* devices
72 * [ba9ff1f] Use UUIDs in /boot/grub/grub.cfg for VM builds rather than
75 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:16:04 +0200
77 grml-debootstrap (0.66) unstable; urgency=medium
80 * [cd8a1e5] Provide 'make shellcheck' for syntax checks, enable during
82 * [6efce15] Execute wrap-and-sort on debian directory
83 * [856786f] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.6
86 * [430c060] Adjust locale handling (LANG/LANGUAGE) to match with Debian
90 * [9b9cdfe] Add set process for /etc/mailname [Closes: issue1315]
92 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:39:54 +0200
94 grml-debootstrap (0.65) unstable; urgency=medium
96 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
97 * [960e54d] Add option --vm to install VMs into LVs and such
100 * [7fc0e06] Initial packer/vagrant/autotest setup
101 * [21b0160] Improve packer deployment for usage in Vagrant
103 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:27:55 +0200
105 grml-debootstrap (0.64) unstable; urgency=medium
107 The "happy easter \(◎o◎)/" release
109 * [bba7c19] Initial README.md (esp. for Github users)
110 * [329df0b] Set up default /etc/network/interfaces with dhcp for eth0 in
111 VM use case. Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <mru@spamt.net> for review and
112 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <christian@hofstaedtler.name> for
114 * [c653f57] Provide option --defaultinterfaces to install default
115 /etc/network/interfaces
117 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:50:33 +0200
119 grml-debootstrap (0.63) unstable; urgency=medium
121 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
122 * [1fa99e5] Fix smbfs example in fstab
125 * [95f4b7c] Switch default filesystem from ext3 to ext4
126 * [8b1c652] Provide --debug option for very verbose execution
127 * [d919319] Support execution of --grub when installing to target
128 directory. Thanks to Michael Renner <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for
129 initial bug report and sponsoring my development time
130 * [2976d92] Copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system, unless
131 --nointerfaces is used or target is a VM. Thanks to Michael Renner
132 <michael.renner@amd.co.at> for feature request and sponsoring my
134 * [84fe150] Update documentation WRT supported releases and some minor
136 * [6cf66c7] Clarify usage of default hostname ($HOSTNAME is considered)
137 * [6c59725] Support --nokernel option to skip installation of default
139 * [583bdc6] Do not enable security mirror for lenny release, being
140 unavailable/unsupported nowadays
142 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:03:45 +0200
144 grml-debootstrap (0.62) unstable; urgency=medium
146 * [2751e66] Execute apt upgrade with DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment
149 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:32:31 +0200
151 grml-debootstrap (0.61) unstable; urgency=medium
153 * [a685e2b] Add ifenslave and cryptsetup to default package list
156 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:36:53 +0100
158 grml-debootstrap (0.60) unstable; urgency=medium
160 [ Patrick Schleizer ]
161 * [4f436b4] added $DPKG_OPTIONS to all instances of apt-get and aptitude
162 https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/issues/8
163 * [80fae65] [7ec9ddc] grml-debootstrap own version detection code
165 * [134498c] It is not possible to build amd64 on i386. Break when the
166 user attempts to do this.
167 * [5a873a8] Support FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS option, useful for
171 * [b9fc7bb] Abort if FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS is set but mkfs.* does not
172 match for ext{2,3,4} file system
173 * [a59c1b4] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5
175 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:18:49 +0100
177 grml-debootstrap (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
179 * [b8fb51c] Fix usage of configuration variables
180 * [6e7a2c8] Drop URL to release notes from script header
181 * [2ef61aa] Improve error handling for update-locale
183 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:06:52 +0100
185 grml-debootstrap (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
187 * [ddf2a40] Support $DEFAULT_LOCALES to enable specified locales as
189 * [a75f067] Install grub to main md device when installing on
191 * [172555b] Support overriding configuration via environment variables
192 * [45642a3] Add vlan package to default package list
193 * [af82910] Add bridge-utils to default package list
194 * [53d51ac] Fix description of SCRIPTS variable in config file.
195 Thanks to Jimmy Gredler for the hint
196 * [2ecc3d3] Mention that "raw format" is used for vmfile option
198 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:15:23 +0100
200 grml-debootstrap (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
202 The "happy wheezy release" release
204 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
205 * [dfac692] Remove obsolete DM-Upload-Allowed flag
206 * [5fbec1d] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes needed)
208 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:21:23 +0200
210 grml-debootstrap (0.56) experimental; urgency=low
212 [ Markus Rekkenbeil ]
213 * [4f9ea91] Add new feature "backportrepos" via option --backportrepos
216 * [e45e376] fix kernel image search on i386
218 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:28:21 +0100
220 grml-debootstrap (0.55) experimental; urgency=low
223 * ISO related bugfixes:
224 * [6f8ba91] set ISO to file:$ISO, not to file:$1 which is
226 * [ab690ec] debootstrap from an ISO when ISO is set as MIRROR
228 * [10690a9] Debian ISOs do not contain signed Release files
229 * [9c1ec11] remove local (file://) mirrors from sources.list
231 - [010a354] add a fallback mirror to be added in case when a local
233 - [91e39fc] Dynamically determine the correct kernel package name
235 - [76ca758] Add firmware-linux-free to the packages to be installed
236 - [a9697fb] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
237 - [a93156c] don't fail to ask for a password if there is no TTY
241 * [f3a7ab6] Use http.debian.net as default mirror
243 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:58:46 +0100
245 grml-debootstrap (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
247 The "happy new year, Verena" release.
250 * [5ee8148] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
253 * [62cec4e] Do not hardcode squeeze as Debian/stable
254 * [6589216] Set wheezy as the new default release [Closes: #688234]
255 * [ae9070d] docs: fix outdated default mirror reference
256 * [e5a6244] docs: clarify AUTOINSTALL is currently supported on Grml
257 live systems only. Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review
259 * [4280921] docs: mention VM image and dialog based frontend support.
260 Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review and improving
262 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:52:42 +0100
264 grml-debootstrap (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
266 * [4d08103] Add acpi-support-base to default package selection
268 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:04:16 +0200
270 grml-debootstrap (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
272 [ Darshaka Pathirana ]
273 * [344f0e9] detect architecture before checkconfiguration
274 * [ddbb875] display architecture in checkconfiguration summary
277 * [14e6e30] dm-mod: also check for device-mapper support using
280 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:34:47 +0200
282 grml-debootstrap (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
284 * [0452dad] VM feature: improve sed command line to replace root=...
285 kernel option. Thanks to Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@amd.com> for
287 * [06fc8bd] Drop --insecure/SECURE option + instead depend on
288 debian-archive-keyring package
289 * [4fac6ee] Redirect eerror messages to stderr
290 * [ab9101c] Remove chroot-script after execution
291 * [f831c79] Display debootstrap.log if bootstrapping failed and log
293 * [8cf8a43] Display grml-debootstrap version information in
294 configuration-check dialog
295 * [14021b8] Adjust source code comment for --nopassword option
297 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 14 May 2012 18:21:55 +0200
299 grml-debootstrap (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
302 * [772c343] docs: mention http://archive.debian.org/debian/ for
304 * [6ea6382] Make sure loop module is present [Closes: issue1155]
305 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler for the bugreport.
308 * [afe4bad] Remove the sysfs noauto entry from the installed fstab.
309 Thanks to Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org> for helping in
310 bug report handling and patch handling. (Closes: #670074)
312 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:59:55 +0200
314 grml-debootstrap (0.49) unstable; urgency=low
317 * [d17c54b] Run upgrade procedure by default (disable via
318 UPGRADE_SYSTEM config)
319 * [04d37b9] Rework cleanup process
320 * [5f348b9] grub_install: slightly change message if grub is not
322 * [0c7dbbc] Wording: since->because
323 * [f720b57] Slightly improve bailout and cleanup functions to better
325 * [d31f878] Check for dialog executeable only when using interactive
327 * [07c0379] VM installation: also check for parted executable
328 * [f48891f] Try to load dm-mod kernel module if kpartx fails
329 * [60881cb] Run unmount of chroot's /dev twice. Thanks to Michael Hanke
330 <mih@debian.org> for reporting and testing (Closes: #657023)
331 * [07c7f30] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3
332 * [851c803] Update years of copyright
334 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:44:27 +0100
336 grml-debootstrap (0.48) unstable; urgency=low
339 * [837ac57] chroot-script: de-duplicate code WRT security mirror.
340 * [6197947] chroot-script: be more verbose about steps executed in
342 * [c3dbeb4] clarify usage text of --packages option
343 * [aadfa9e] chroot-script: clarify error message iff packages is not
344 available + send it to stderr
345 * [ad7c3cf] Support --nopassword option to not prompt for the root
347 * [8fe289c] do not run fsck when deploying virtual machine
348 * [e68a7d9] vim modeline: set shiftwidth to a less insane value
349 * [a7bfe23] support --grmlrepos command line option
350 * [7140774] clarify usage of --arch option
351 * [6891310] docs: improve option formating, minor typo fixes
352 * [20a41b7] update release table (drop etch, add wheezy)
353 * [bcc5b04] disable filesystem check by default
354 * [d88d27d] drop enabled config variables from config file and use
355 defaults. Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@grml.org> for review
357 * [3adae46] make sure chroot variables are quoted
358 * [1ba2adf] make sure grub-pc is installed when grub option is used
360 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
361 * [074c439] Reformat NEWS.Debian
362 * [56a04d7] Install bootgrub.mksh 0755
363 * [ab804e4] Switch to source format 3.0 (native)
364 * [9f2c2ff] Reworded package Description a tiny bit
365 * [19bf46a] Fix debian/copyright to point to GPL-2 license
366 * [2b2dc77] Add dialog to Recommends
368 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:13:26 +0100
370 grml-debootstrap (0.47) unstable; urgency=low
372 The "initial upload to Debian" release.
375 * [e47ca96] Use /bin/bash for tests instead of /bin/zsh
377 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
378 * [c87dc4a] Don't depend on grml-etc-core
379 * [5e16f74] Update copyright file based on git log
380 * [bf11621] Prepare control file for targetting Debian
381 * [23140a3] Fix lintian warning debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
382 * [fcc981a] Update package description
383 * [50de133] Depend on gawk, as we're using that
384 * [5081ff4] fix ported eend function return value
385 * [79ea500] bailout on dialog cancellation
388 * [561fb86] Drop "set -e" from the scripts.
389 * [4384a10] Fix vim syntax folding issue with missing }}}.
391 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:04:13 +0200
393 grml-debootstrap (0.46) unstable; urgency=low
395 * [f1c990c] Update package description and documentation to
396 reflect squeeze as current stable release.
397 * [fc6d883] Support --vmfile and --vmsize command line options
398 for deploying a virtual machine.
399 * [a64fecc] Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement
400 and do not prompt for user input.
401 * [5ee5cac] Consequently use eerror for displaying error messages.
402 * [25bfeb7] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2.
404 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:27:33 +0200
406 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
408 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
409 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
411 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
413 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
415 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
417 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
418 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
419 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
420 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
421 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
424 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
425 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
427 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
429 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
431 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
433 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
434 successfully finishing automatic installation.
436 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
438 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
440 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
441 recommendation as suite.
442 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
443 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
444 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
446 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
448 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
450 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
451 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
452 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
453 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
454 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
456 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
457 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
458 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
459 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
461 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
463 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
465 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
466 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
467 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
470 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
472 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
475 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
477 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
478 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
482 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
484 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
486 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
488 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
489 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
490 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
492 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
494 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
498 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
500 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
502 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
503 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
505 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
508 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
510 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
513 can cause problems with installations to directories.
514 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
516 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
518 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
520 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
523 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
524 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
525 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
526 no set full path to the binaries.
527 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
528 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
529 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
530 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
531 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
532 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
535 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
537 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
540 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
541 the interactive menu.
542 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
544 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
545 patch by gebi, thanks).
546 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
547 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
550 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
551 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
552 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
553 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
554 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
555 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
556 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
558 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
559 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
560 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
562 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
563 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
564 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
565 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
567 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
568 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
570 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
572 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
575 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
576 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
577 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
578 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
580 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
582 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
585 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
586 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
587 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
588 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
590 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
592 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
595 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
596 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
597 system. [Closes: issue658]
600 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
601 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
603 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
605 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
607 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
608 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
610 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
611 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
612 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
613 text as "stable" is invalid.
614 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
615 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
616 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
617 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
618 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
619 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
620 might be the case when installing to a directory).
621 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
622 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
623 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
624 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
625 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
626 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
627 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
629 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
631 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
633 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
635 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
638 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
640 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
642 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
645 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
646 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
647 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
648 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
650 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
651 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
652 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
653 display for checking configuration again.
654 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
655 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
657 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
658 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
659 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
660 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
663 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
665 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
667 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
669 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
670 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
671 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
672 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
674 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
676 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
680 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
681 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
683 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
685 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Update documentation.
688 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
689 interactive setup script.
690 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
691 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
692 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
693 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
694 as well as inside the chroot.
695 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
696 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
698 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
700 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
702 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
704 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
705 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
706 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
708 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
709 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
710 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
711 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
712 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
714 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
716 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
717 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
718 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
719 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
720 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
722 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
723 - do not create stage file at finalize()
724 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
725 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
726 * Adjust postfix configuration:
727 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
728 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
729 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
731 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
733 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
736 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
738 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
740 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
742 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
744 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
746 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
747 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
749 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
751 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
753 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
754 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
755 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
756 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
758 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
760 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
762 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
763 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
765 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
767 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
769 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
771 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
772 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
773 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
774 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
776 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
778 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
779 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
781 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
782 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
783 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
784 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
786 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
787 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
789 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
790 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
791 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
792 packages like citadel in lenny.
793 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
794 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
795 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
796 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
797 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
798 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
799 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
801 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
803 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
805 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
807 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
808 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
810 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
812 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
814 * Drop the second passwd call.
816 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
818 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
820 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
821 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
823 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
825 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
828 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
830 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
832 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
836 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
838 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
841 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
843 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
845 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
847 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
850 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
852 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
855 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
856 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
857 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
858 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
859 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
861 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
863 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
866 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
867 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
868 * Add boot_append option to manpage
869 * Manpage reformatted
872 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
873 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
874 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
875 * Activate zsh completion.
876 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
877 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
878 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
879 fail chroot-script itself.
881 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
883 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
885 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
887 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
889 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
892 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
893 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
895 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
896 only if it's available.
897 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
898 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
899 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
902 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
903 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
904 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
906 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
908 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
911 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
912 * Split all the code into separate functions.
913 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
914 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
915 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
917 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
918 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
919 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
920 and provide it to chroot-script.
921 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
923 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
925 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
927 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
929 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
931 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Support installation into directory.
935 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
937 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
939 * Initial support for $ARCH.
940 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
942 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
944 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
947 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
950 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
951 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
952 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
953 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
954 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
955 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
956 list to be able to support sarge as well).
958 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
960 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
964 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100