1 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
4 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
6 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
9 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
11 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
14 can cause problems with installations to directories.
15 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
17 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
19 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
21 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
24 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
25 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
26 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
27 no set full path to the binaries.
28 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
29 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
30 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
31 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
32 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
33 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
36 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
38 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
43 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
45 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
46 patch by gebi, thanks).
47 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
48 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
51 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
52 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
53 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
54 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
55 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
56 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
57 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
59 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
60 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
61 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
63 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
64 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
65 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
66 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
68 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
69 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
71 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
73 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
76 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
77 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
78 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
79 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
81 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
83 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
86 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
87 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
88 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
89 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
91 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
93 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
97 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
98 system. [Closes: issue658]
101 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
102 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
104 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
106 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
108 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
109 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
111 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
112 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
113 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
114 text as "stable" is invalid.
115 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
116 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
117 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
118 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
119 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
120 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
121 might be the case when installing to a directory).
122 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
123 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
124 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
125 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
126 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
127 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
128 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
130 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
132 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
134 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
136 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
139 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
141 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
143 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
146 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
147 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
148 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
149 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
151 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
152 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
153 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
154 display for checking configuration again.
155 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
156 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
158 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
159 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
160 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
161 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
164 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
166 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
168 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
170 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
171 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
172 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
173 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
175 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
177 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
181 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
182 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
184 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
186 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Update documentation.
189 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
190 interactive setup script.
191 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
192 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
193 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
194 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
195 as well as inside the chroot.
196 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
197 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
199 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
201 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
203 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
205 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
206 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
207 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
209 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
210 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
211 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
212 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
213 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
215 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
217 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
218 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
219 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
220 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
221 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
223 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
224 - do not create stage file at finalize()
225 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
226 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
227 * Adjust postfix configuration:
228 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
229 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
230 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
232 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
234 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
237 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
239 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
243 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
245 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
248 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
250 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
252 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
254 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
255 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
256 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
257 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
259 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
261 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
264 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
266 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
268 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
270 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
272 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
273 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
274 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
275 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
277 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
279 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
280 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
282 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
283 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
284 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
285 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
287 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
288 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
290 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
291 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
292 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
293 packages like citadel in lenny.
294 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
295 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
296 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
297 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
298 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
299 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
300 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
302 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
304 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
306 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
309 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
311 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
313 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
315 * Drop the second passwd call.
317 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
319 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
322 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
324 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
326 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
329 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
331 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
333 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
337 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
339 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
341 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
342 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
344 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
346 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
351 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
353 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
355 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
356 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
357 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
358 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
359 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
360 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
362 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
364 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
367 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
368 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
369 * Add boot_append option to manpage
370 * Manpage reformatted
373 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
374 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
375 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
376 * Activate zsh completion.
377 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
378 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
379 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
380 fail chroot-script itself.
382 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
384 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
388 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
390 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
393 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
394 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
396 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
397 only if it's available.
398 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
399 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
400 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
403 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
404 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
405 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
407 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
409 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
411 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
412 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
413 * Split all the code into separate functions.
414 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
415 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
416 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
418 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
419 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
420 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
421 and provide it to chroot-script.
422 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
424 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
426 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
428 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
430 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
432 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Support installation into directory.
436 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
438 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
440 * Initial support for $ARCH.
441 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
443 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
445 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
447 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
448 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
451 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
452 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
453 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
454 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
455 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
456 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
457 list to be able to support sarge as well).
459 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
461 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
465 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100