# BACKPORTREPOS='yes'
# Debian release that should be installed.
-# Supported values: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, sid
+# Supported values: jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, sid
# Default: 'bullseye'
# RELEASE='bullseye'
[ "$_opt_contrib" ] && COMPONENTS="$COMPONENTS contrib"
case "${RELEASE}" in
- lenny|squeeze|wheezy|jessie|stretch|buster|bullseye)
+ jessie|stretch|buster|bullseye)
[ "$_opt_non_free" ] && COMPONENTS="$COMPONENTS non-free"
;;
*)
# so disable this feature for older Debian releases where it's known to be unsupported
if [ -n "$MKFS" ] && [ "$MKFS" = "mkfs.ext4" ] ; then
case "$RELEASE" in
- lenny|squeeze|wheezy|jessie)
+ jessie)
# assume a more recent version if we can't identify the version via dpkg-query
local e2fsprogs_version
e2fsprogs_version="$(dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Version}' e2fsprogs 2>/dev/null || echo 1.44)"
# Disable this feature for Debian releases older than bookworm
if [ -n "$MKFS" ] && [ "$MKFS" = "mkfs.ext4" ] ; then
case "$RELEASE" in
- lenny|squeeze|wheezy|jessie|stretch|buster|bullseye)
+ jessie|stretch|buster|bullseye)
local e2fsprogs_version
# assume a more recent version if we can't identify the version via dpkg-query
e2fsprogs_version="$(dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Version}' e2fsprogs 2>/dev/null || echo 1.47)"
*-r*, *--release* _releasename_::
- Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
- squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid.
+ Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names:
+ jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid.
Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE. Default release: bookworm
*--remove-configs*::
release=...
Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian bookworm.
-Supported releases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid.
+Supported releases: jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid.
Usage example: release=bullseye
mirror=...
include::releasetable.txt[]
[NOTE]
-.lenny/squeeze/wheezy/jessie/stretch/buster release
+.jessie/stretch/buster release
================================================================================
-[1] Please notice that releases like lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and buster are unsupported releases within Debian nowadays.
-grml-debootstrap can handle the releases but you really should not use them
-anymore unless you really know what you are doing.
+[1] Please notice that releases like jessie, stretch and buster are unsupported releases within Debian nowadays.
+grml-debootstrap can handle the releases but you really should not use them anymore unless you really know what you are doing.
+Even older versions are also entirely unsupported by grml-debootstrap.
+
Choose the current Debian stable version instead.
See https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases for the list of supported releases.