1 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
5 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
6 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
8 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
10 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Update documentation.
13 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
14 interactive setup script.
15 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
16 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
17 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
18 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
19 as well as inside the chroot.
20 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
21 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
23 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
25 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
27 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
29 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
30 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
31 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
33 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
34 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
35 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
36 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
37 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
39 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
41 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
42 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
43 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
44 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
45 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
47 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
48 - do not create stage file at finalize()
49 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
50 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
51 * Adjust postfix configuration:
52 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
53 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
54 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
56 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
58 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
61 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
63 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
67 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
69 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
72 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
74 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
76 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
79 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
80 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
81 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
83 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
85 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
88 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
90 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
92 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
94 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
96 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
97 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
98 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
99 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
101 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
103 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
104 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
106 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
107 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
108 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
109 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
111 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
112 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
114 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
115 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
116 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
117 packages like citadel in lenny.
118 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
119 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
120 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
121 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
122 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
123 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
124 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
126 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
128 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
130 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
133 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
135 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
137 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
139 * Drop the second passwd call.
141 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
143 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
146 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
148 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
150 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
153 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
155 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
157 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
161 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
163 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
165 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
166 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
168 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
170 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
175 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
177 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
180 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
181 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
182 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
183 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
184 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
186 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
188 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
192 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
193 * Add boot_append option to manpage
194 * Manpage reformatted
197 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
198 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
199 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
200 * Activate zsh completion.
201 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
202 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
203 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
204 fail chroot-script itself.
206 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
208 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
212 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
214 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
217 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
218 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
220 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
221 only if it's available.
222 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
223 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
224 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
227 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
228 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
229 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
231 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
233 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
236 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
237 * Split all the code into separate functions.
238 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
239 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
240 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
242 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
243 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
244 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
245 and provide it to chroot-script.
246 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
248 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
250 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
254 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
256 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
258 * Support installation into directory.
260 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
262 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Initial support for $ARCH.
265 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
267 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
269 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
271 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
272 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
275 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
276 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
277 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
278 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
279 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
280 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
281 list to be able to support sarge as well).
283 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
285 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
289 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100