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