1 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
5 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:13:50 +0100
7 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
9 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
11 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
12 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
14 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
16 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Update documentation.
19 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
20 interactive setup script.
21 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
22 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
23 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
24 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
25 as well as inside the chroot.
26 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
27 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
29 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
31 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
33 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
35 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
36 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
37 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
39 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
40 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
41 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
42 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
43 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
45 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
47 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
48 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
49 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
50 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
51 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
53 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
54 - do not create stage file at finalize()
55 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
56 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
57 * Adjust postfix configuration:
58 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
59 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
60 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
62 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
64 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
67 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
69 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
73 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
75 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
77 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
78 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
80 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
82 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
85 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
86 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
87 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
89 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
91 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
94 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
96 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
98 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
100 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
102 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
103 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
104 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
105 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
107 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
109 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
110 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
112 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
113 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
114 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
115 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
117 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
118 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
120 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
121 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
122 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
123 packages like citadel in lenny.
124 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
125 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
126 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
127 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
128 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
129 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
130 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
132 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
134 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
136 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
139 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
141 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
143 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Drop the second passwd call.
147 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
149 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
151 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
152 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
154 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
156 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
159 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
161 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
163 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
165 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
167 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
169 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
172 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
174 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
176 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
178 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
181 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
183 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
186 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
187 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
188 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
189 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
190 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
192 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
194 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
198 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
199 * Add boot_append option to manpage
200 * Manpage reformatted
203 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
204 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
205 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
206 * Activate zsh completion.
207 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
208 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
209 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
210 fail chroot-script itself.
212 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
214 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
218 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
220 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
223 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
224 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
226 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
227 only if it's available.
228 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
229 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
230 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
233 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
234 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
235 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
237 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
239 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
242 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
243 * Split all the code into separate functions.
244 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
245 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
246 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
248 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
249 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
250 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
251 and provide it to chroot-script.
252 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
254 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
256 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
258 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
260 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
262 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Support installation into directory.
266 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
268 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
270 * Initial support for $ARCH.
271 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
273 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
275 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
278 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
281 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
282 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
283 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
284 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
285 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
286 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
287 list to be able to support sarge as well).
289 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
291 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
295 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100