1 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
4 successfully finishing automatic installation.
6 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
8 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
10 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
11 recommendation as suite.
12 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
13 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
14 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
16 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
18 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
20 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
21 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
22 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
23 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
24 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
26 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
27 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
28 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
29 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
31 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
33 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
35 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
36 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
37 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
40 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
42 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
45 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
47 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
48 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
52 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
54 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
56 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
59 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
60 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
62 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
64 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
68 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
70 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
73 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
75 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
78 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
80 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
83 can cause problems with installations to directories.
84 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
86 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
88 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
90 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
93 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
94 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
95 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
96 no set full path to the binaries.
97 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
98 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
99 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
100 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
101 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
102 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
105 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
107 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
111 the interactive menu.
112 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
114 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
115 patch by gebi, thanks).
116 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
117 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
120 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
121 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
122 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
123 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
124 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
125 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
126 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
128 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
129 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
130 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
132 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
133 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
134 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
135 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
137 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
138 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
140 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
142 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
145 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
146 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
147 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
148 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
150 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
152 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
155 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
156 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
157 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
158 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
160 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
162 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
165 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
166 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
167 system. [Closes: issue658]
170 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
171 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
173 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
175 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
177 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
178 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
180 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
181 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
182 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
183 text as "stable" is invalid.
184 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
185 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
186 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
187 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
188 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
189 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
190 might be the case when installing to a directory).
191 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
192 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
193 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
194 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
195 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
196 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
197 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
199 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
201 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
203 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
205 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
208 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
210 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
212 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
215 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
216 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
217 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
218 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
220 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
221 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
222 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
223 display for checking configuration again.
224 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
225 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
227 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
228 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
229 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
230 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
233 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
235 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
237 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
239 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
240 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
241 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
242 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
244 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
246 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
248 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
250 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
251 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
253 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
255 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Update documentation.
258 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
259 interactive setup script.
260 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
261 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
262 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
263 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
264 as well as inside the chroot.
265 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
266 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
268 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
270 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
272 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
274 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
275 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
276 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
278 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
279 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
280 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
281 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
282 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
284 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
286 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
287 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
288 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
289 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
290 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
292 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
293 - do not create stage file at finalize()
294 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
295 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
296 * Adjust postfix configuration:
297 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
298 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
299 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
301 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
303 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
306 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
308 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
310 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
312 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
314 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
316 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
317 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
319 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
321 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
323 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
324 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
325 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
326 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
328 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
330 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
332 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
333 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
335 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
337 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
339 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
341 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
342 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
343 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
344 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
346 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
348 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
349 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
351 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
352 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
353 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
354 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
356 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
357 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
359 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
360 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
361 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
362 packages like citadel in lenny.
363 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
364 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
365 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
366 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
367 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
368 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
369 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
371 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
373 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
375 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
378 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
380 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
382 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
384 * Drop the second passwd call.
386 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
388 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
391 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
393 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
395 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
398 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
400 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
402 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
404 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
406 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
408 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
411 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
413 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
415 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
420 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
422 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
424 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
425 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
426 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
427 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
428 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
429 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
431 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
433 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
436 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
437 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
438 * Add boot_append option to manpage
439 * Manpage reformatted
442 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
443 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
444 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
445 * Activate zsh completion.
446 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
447 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
448 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
449 fail chroot-script itself.
451 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
453 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
457 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
459 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
461 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
462 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
463 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
465 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
466 only if it's available.
467 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
468 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
469 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
472 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
473 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
474 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
476 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
478 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
480 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
481 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
482 * Split all the code into separate functions.
483 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
484 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
485 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
487 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
488 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
489 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
490 and provide it to chroot-script.
491 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
493 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
495 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
497 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
499 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
501 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
503 * Support installation into directory.
505 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
507 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
509 * Initial support for $ARCH.
510 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
512 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
514 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
517 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
520 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
521 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
522 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
523 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
524 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
525 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
526 list to be able to support sarge as well).
528 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
530 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
534 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100