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