1 grml-debootstrap (0.60) unstable; urgency=medium
4 * [4f436b4] added $DPKG_OPTIONS to all instances of apt-get and aptitude
5 https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/issues/8
6 * [80fae65] [7ec9ddc] grml-debootstrap own version detection code
8 * [134498c] It is not possible to build amd64 on i386. Break when the
9 user attempts to do this.
10 * [5a873a8] Support FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS option, useful for
14 * [b9fc7bb] Abort if FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS is set but mkfs.* does not
15 match for ext{2,3,4} file system
16 * [a59c1b4] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5
18 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:18:49 +0100
20 grml-debootstrap (0.59) unstable; urgency=low
22 * [b8fb51c] Fix usage of configuration variables
23 * [6e7a2c8] Drop URL to release notes from script header
24 * [2ef61aa] Improve error handling for update-locale
26 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:06:52 +0100
28 grml-debootstrap (0.58) unstable; urgency=low
30 * [ddf2a40] Support $DEFAULT_LOCALES to enable specified locales as
32 * [a75f067] Install grub to main md device when installing on
34 * [172555b] Support overriding configuration via environment variables
35 * [45642a3] Add vlan package to default package list
36 * [af82910] Add bridge-utils to default package list
37 * [53d51ac] Fix description of SCRIPTS variable in config file.
38 Thanks to Jimmy Gredler for the hint
39 * [2ecc3d3] Mention that "raw format" is used for vmfile option
41 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:15:23 +0100
43 grml-debootstrap (0.57) unstable; urgency=low
45 The "happy wheezy release" release
47 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
48 * [dfac692] Remove obsolete DM-Upload-Allowed flag
49 * [5fbec1d] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes needed)
51 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:21:23 +0200
53 grml-debootstrap (0.56) experimental; urgency=low
56 * [4f9ea91] Add new feature "backportrepos" via option --backportrepos
59 * [e45e376] fix kernel image search on i386
61 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:28:21 +0100
63 grml-debootstrap (0.55) experimental; urgency=low
66 * ISO related bugfixes:
67 * [6f8ba91] set ISO to file:$ISO, not to file:$1 which is
69 * [ab690ec] debootstrap from an ISO when ISO is set as MIRROR
71 * [10690a9] Debian ISOs do not contain signed Release files
72 * [9c1ec11] remove local (file://) mirrors from sources.list
74 - [010a354] add a fallback mirror to be added in case when a local
76 - [91e39fc] Dynamically determine the correct kernel package name
78 - [76ca758] Add firmware-linux-free to the packages to be installed
79 - [a9697fb] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
80 - [a93156c] don't fail to ask for a password if there is no TTY
84 * [f3a7ab6] Use http.debian.net as default mirror
86 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:58:46 +0100
88 grml-debootstrap (0.54) unstable; urgency=low
90 The "happy new year, Verena" release.
93 * [5ee8148] add BOOT_APPEND to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
96 * [62cec4e] Do not hardcode squeeze as Debian/stable
97 * [6589216] Set wheezy as the new default release [Closes: #688234]
98 * [ae9070d] docs: fix outdated default mirror reference
99 * [e5a6244] docs: clarify AUTOINSTALL is currently supported on Grml
100 live systems only. Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review
102 * [4280921] docs: mention VM image and dialog based frontend support.
103 Thanks to Evgeni Golov <evgeni@grml.org> for review and improving
105 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:52:42 +0100
107 grml-debootstrap (0.53) unstable; urgency=low
109 * [4d08103] Add acpi-support-base to default package selection
111 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:04:16 +0200
113 grml-debootstrap (0.52) unstable; urgency=low
115 [ Darshaka Pathirana ]
116 * [344f0e9] detect architecture before checkconfiguration
117 * [ddbb875] display architecture in checkconfiguration summary
120 * [14e6e30] dm-mod: also check for device-mapper support using
123 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:34:47 +0200
125 grml-debootstrap (0.51) unstable; urgency=low
127 * [0452dad] VM feature: improve sed command line to replace root=...
128 kernel option. Thanks to Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@amd.com> for
130 * [06fc8bd] Drop --insecure/SECURE option + instead depend on
131 debian-archive-keyring package
132 * [4fac6ee] Redirect eerror messages to stderr
133 * [ab9101c] Remove chroot-script after execution
134 * [f831c79] Display debootstrap.log if bootstrapping failed and log
136 * [8cf8a43] Display grml-debootstrap version information in
137 configuration-check dialog
138 * [14021b8] Adjust source code comment for --nopassword option
140 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 14 May 2012 18:21:55 +0200
142 grml-debootstrap (0.50) unstable; urgency=low
145 * [772c343] docs: mention http://archive.debian.org/debian/ for
147 * [6ea6382] Make sure loop module is present [Closes: issue1155]
148 Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler for the bugreport.
151 * [afe4bad] Remove the sysfs noauto entry from the installed fstab.
152 Thanks to Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org> for helping in
153 bug report handling and patch handling. (Closes: #670074)
155 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:59:55 +0200
157 grml-debootstrap (0.49) unstable; urgency=low
160 * [d17c54b] Run upgrade procedure by default (disable via
161 UPGRADE_SYSTEM config)
162 * [04d37b9] Rework cleanup process
163 * [5f348b9] grub_install: slightly change message if grub is not
165 * [0c7dbbc] Wording: since->because
166 * [f720b57] Slightly improve bailout and cleanup functions to better
168 * [d31f878] Check for dialog executeable only when using interactive
170 * [07c0379] VM installation: also check for parted executable
171 * [f48891f] Try to load dm-mod kernel module if kpartx fails
172 * [60881cb] Run unmount of chroot's /dev twice. Thanks to Michael Hanke
173 <mih@debian.org> for reporting and testing (Closes: #657023)
174 * [07c7f30] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3
175 * [851c803] Update years of copyright
177 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:44:27 +0100
179 grml-debootstrap (0.48) unstable; urgency=low
182 * [837ac57] chroot-script: de-duplicate code WRT security mirror.
183 * [6197947] chroot-script: be more verbose about steps executed in
185 * [c3dbeb4] clarify usage text of --packages option
186 * [aadfa9e] chroot-script: clarify error message iff packages is not
187 available + send it to stderr
188 * [ad7c3cf] Support --nopassword option to not prompt for the root
190 * [8fe289c] do not run fsck when deploying virtual machine
191 * [e68a7d9] vim modeline: set shiftwidth to a less insane value
192 * [a7bfe23] support --grmlrepos command line option
193 * [7140774] clarify usage of --arch option
194 * [6891310] docs: improve option formating, minor typo fixes
195 * [20a41b7] update release table (drop etch, add wheezy)
196 * [bcc5b04] disable filesystem check by default
197 * [d88d27d] drop enabled config variables from config file and use
198 defaults. Thanks to Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@grml.org> for review
200 * [3adae46] make sure chroot variables are quoted
201 * [1ba2adf] make sure grub-pc is installed when grub option is used
203 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
204 * [074c439] Reformat NEWS.Debian
205 * [56a04d7] Install bootgrub.mksh 0755
206 * [ab804e4] Switch to source format 3.0 (native)
207 * [9f2c2ff] Reworded package Description a tiny bit
208 * [19bf46a] Fix debian/copyright to point to GPL-2 license
209 * [2b2dc77] Add dialog to Recommends
211 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:13:26 +0100
213 grml-debootstrap (0.47) unstable; urgency=low
215 The "initial upload to Debian" release.
218 * [e47ca96] Use /bin/bash for tests instead of /bin/zsh
220 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
221 * [c87dc4a] Don't depend on grml-etc-core
222 * [5e16f74] Update copyright file based on git log
223 * [bf11621] Prepare control file for targetting Debian
224 * [23140a3] Fix lintian warning debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
225 * [fcc981a] Update package description
226 * [50de133] Depend on gawk, as we're using that
227 * [5081ff4] fix ported eend function return value
228 * [79ea500] bailout on dialog cancellation
231 * [561fb86] Drop "set -e" from the scripts.
232 * [4384a10] Fix vim syntax folding issue with missing }}}.
234 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:04:13 +0200
236 grml-debootstrap (0.46) unstable; urgency=low
238 * [f1c990c] Update package description and documentation to
239 reflect squeeze as current stable release.
240 * [fc6d883] Support --vmfile and --vmsize command line options
241 for deploying a virtual machine.
242 * [a64fecc] Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement
243 and do not prompt for user input.
244 * [5ee5cac] Consequently use eerror for displaying error messages.
245 * [25bfeb7] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2.
247 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:27:33 +0200
249 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
251 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
252 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
254 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
256 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
258 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
260 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
261 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
262 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
263 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
264 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
267 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
268 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
270 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
272 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
274 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
276 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
277 successfully finishing automatic installation.
279 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
281 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
283 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
284 recommendation as suite.
285 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
286 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
287 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
289 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
291 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
293 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
294 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
295 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
296 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
297 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
299 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
300 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
301 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
302 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
304 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
306 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
308 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
309 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
310 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
313 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
315 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
318 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
320 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
321 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
325 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
327 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
329 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
331 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
332 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
333 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
335 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
337 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
341 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
343 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
346 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
348 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
351 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
353 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
355 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
356 can cause problems with installations to directories.
357 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
359 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
361 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
363 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
366 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
367 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
368 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
369 no set full path to the binaries.
370 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
371 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
372 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
373 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
374 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
375 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
378 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
380 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
384 the interactive menu.
385 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
387 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
388 patch by gebi, thanks).
389 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
390 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
393 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
394 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
395 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
396 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
397 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
398 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
399 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
401 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
402 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
403 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
405 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
406 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
407 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
408 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
410 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
411 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
413 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
415 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
418 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
419 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
420 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
421 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
423 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
425 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
428 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
429 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
430 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
431 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
433 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
435 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
439 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
440 system. [Closes: issue658]
443 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
444 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
446 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
448 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
450 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
451 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
453 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
454 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
455 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
456 text as "stable" is invalid.
457 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
458 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
459 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
460 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
461 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
462 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
463 might be the case when installing to a directory).
464 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
465 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
466 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
467 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
468 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
469 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
470 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
472 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
474 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
476 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
478 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
480 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
481 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
483 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
485 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
488 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
489 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
490 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
491 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
493 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
494 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
495 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
496 display for checking configuration again.
497 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
498 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
500 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
501 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
502 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
503 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
506 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
508 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
510 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
513 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
514 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
515 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
517 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
519 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
523 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
524 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
526 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
528 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Update documentation.
531 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
532 interactive setup script.
533 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
534 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
535 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
536 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
537 as well as inside the chroot.
538 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
539 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
541 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
543 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
545 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
547 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
548 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
549 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
551 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
552 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
553 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
554 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
555 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
557 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
559 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
560 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
561 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
562 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
563 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
565 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
566 - do not create stage file at finalize()
567 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
568 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
569 * Adjust postfix configuration:
570 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
571 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
572 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
574 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
576 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
579 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
581 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
583 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
585 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
587 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
589 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
590 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
592 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
594 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
596 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
597 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
598 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
599 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
601 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
603 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
606 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
608 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
610 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
612 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
614 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
615 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
616 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
617 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
619 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
621 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
622 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
624 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
625 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
626 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
627 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
629 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
630 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
632 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
633 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
634 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
635 packages like citadel in lenny.
636 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
637 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
638 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
639 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
640 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
641 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
642 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
644 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
646 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
648 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
651 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
653 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
655 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Drop the second passwd call.
659 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
661 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
664 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
666 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
668 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
670 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
671 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
673 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
675 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
677 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
679 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
681 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
684 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
686 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
688 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
693 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
695 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
698 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
699 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
700 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
701 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
702 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
704 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
706 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
710 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
711 * Add boot_append option to manpage
712 * Manpage reformatted
715 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
716 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
717 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
718 * Activate zsh completion.
719 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
720 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
721 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
722 fail chroot-script itself.
724 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
726 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
728 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
730 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
732 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
734 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
735 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
736 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
738 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
739 only if it's available.
740 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
741 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
742 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
745 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
746 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
747 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
749 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
751 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
753 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
754 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
755 * Split all the code into separate functions.
756 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
757 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
758 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
760 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
761 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
762 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
763 and provide it to chroot-script.
764 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
766 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
768 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
772 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
774 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
776 * Support installation into directory.
778 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
780 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
782 * Initial support for $ARCH.
783 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
785 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
787 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
790 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
793 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
794 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
795 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
796 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
797 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
798 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
799 list to be able to support sarge as well).
801 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
803 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
807 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100