From: Michael Prokop Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:17:01 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update for new stable release 2021.07 X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml.org.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ce71e3b5f918edde647696c0b3d02e7bffc230e Update for new stable release 2021.07 --- diff --git a/bugs/known/index.html.tt2 b/bugs/known/index.html.tt2 index 3065a14..bb7fc9b 100644 --- a/bugs/known/index.html.tt2 +++ b/bugs/known/index.html.tt2 @@ -34,18 +34,10 @@

If you find additional bugs, please report them.

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Known Bugs in Grml 2021.07-rc1

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Known Bugs in Grml 2021.07

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Known Bugs in Grml 2020.06

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  • Add smoke autopkgtests to Debian packaging
  • Abort if required logo.16 file is missing
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  • grml2iso supports TODO +
  • grml2iso supports EFI boot

    grml-hwinfo (tool to collect hardware information):

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    Release Notes for Grml 2021.07-rc1 - codename JauKerl

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    Release Notes for Grml 2021.07 - codename JauKerl

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    About

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    Grml is a Debian based live system focusing on the needs of system administrators. + This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian bullseye. + As usual it also incorporates up to date hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases.

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    Important Changes

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    • The Grml IRC channel moved to OFTC + +
    • The network configuration tool netcardconfig no longer prompts for uncommon wireless/WiFi options, to simplify and speed up its usage + +
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    New features

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    Highlighting the most relevant changes only:

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    Misc:

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    • grml-terminalserver: support for UEFI PXE boot (now supporting BIOS boot via pxelinux and EFI boot via GRUB) +
    • netcardconfig: support for enabling blocked devices via rfkill +
    • forensic mode: improved handling for block device changes and parent device handling +
    • grml-chroot: support efivarfs in EFI environments +
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    grml-live (build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems):

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    • Support EFI capable ipxe.efi boot addon +
    • GRUB: don't display BIOS only addons when running in EFI mode +
    • Provide setup files for EFI boot in netboot package +
    • initramfs-tools: use upstream's xz handling to support multithreading +
    • GRMLBASE/16-depmod: no longer rely on /boot/System.map-* file +
    • Use 1m as new default squashfs block size +
    • GRUB templates: do not set root/chainloader but just exit for boot from next device +
    • GRUB templates: provide menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings +
    • GRMLBASE/01-packages: also detect and report unknown package names +
    • Several software packaging related changes in GRMLBASE, GRML_SMALL + GRML_FULL +
    • Provide information how ISO was generated in file conf/buildinfo.json (available as /run/live/medium/conf/buildinfo.json on the running live system) +
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    grml2usb (tool to install Grml ISO to usb device):

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    • Use GRML as FAT label when creating the file system +
    • Fix race condition with blockdev/BLKRRPART due to lack of fsync +
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    grml-hwinfo (tool to collect hardware information):

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    • store ip netconf output in file ip_netconf +
    • sysdump: rework ignore list code and ignore further files +
    • provide information to user if sysdump might be hanging +
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    grml-zshrc (Zsh configuration):

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    • zshrc: no longer set histignorealldups +
    • zshrc: add lrzip support for simple-extract() +
    • zshrc: set title in alacritty +
    • zshrc: enable transient_rprompt to fix sad-smiley situation in rprompt +
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    grml-debootstrap (wrapper around debootstrap for installing pure Debian):

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    • Use bullseye as default Debian release +
    • No longer automatically install os-prober +
    • Support XFS and F2FS in VMs +
    • EFI support: check + mount efivarfs to support Debian kernels >=5.10 +
    • Improve EFI detection +
    • Bail out if architecture isn't set nor can be identified automatically +
    • Use shorter fs label for EFI partition to not break with recent dosfstools +
    • Do not enable escape characters on dumb terminals +
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    Bits & bolts

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    Packages

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    Details about shipped packages and their versions in Grml are + available in the Debian section. Visit + dpkg_list for a + detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2021.07.

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    Updates

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    Packages are taken from Debian bullseye/testing as of 25th of July 2021. + The following 19 packages have been added (excluding lib*, *-common, perl-*, python3-* and kernel image):

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    • bsdextrautils (extra utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite, via util-linux) +
    • cpp-10 (replacement for cpp-9, dependency of x11-xserver-utils) +
    • firmware-ath9k-htc (firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters) +
    • grub-efi-amd64-signed (signed GRUB package, for EFI PXE boot support in grml-terminalserver) +
    • inxi (full featured system information script) +
    • jq (lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor) +
    • media-types (List of standard media types and their usual file extension) +
    • mmdebstrap (create a Debian chroot) +
    • mokutil (tools for manipulating machine owner keys) +
    • ncal (display a calendar, dependency of bsdmainutils) +
    • python3.9 / python3.9-minimal (replacement for python3.8, new python version) +
    • ruby-rubygems (Package management framework for Ruby) +
    • shim-helpers-amd64-signed / shim-signed / shim-signed-common / shim-unsigned (Secure Boot chain-loading bootloader, for EFI PXE boot support in grml-terminalserver) +
    • speedtest-cli (command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net) +
    • wireless-regdb (wireless regulatory database for Linux) +
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    The following 12 Debian packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib*, *-data, *-common, perl-*, python-* and kernel image):

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    • comgt (Option GlobeTrotter and Vodafone datacard control tool, no longer considered relevant, please raise your voice if it should be part of the stable release!) +
    • cpp-9 (replaced by cpp-10) +
    • mime-support (replaced by media-types) +
    • moblin-icon-theme (unmaintained upstream) +
    • python2 / python2-minimal / python2.7 / python2.7-minimal / python3.8 / python3.8-minimal (python2 is deprecated and python3.8 got replaced by python3.9) +
    • usb.ids (USB ID Repository, no longer required by usbutils) +
    • wvdial (Point-to-Point Protocol dialer, no longer considered relevant nowadays, please raise your voice if it should be part of the stable release!) +
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    Known issues

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    Please visit the known bugs web page.

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    Download Grml 2021.07

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    Grml 2021.07 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/.

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    Feedback

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    Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fixing bugs and improving future releases. + If you find a problem with the (pre-)release, please check the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. + We also welcome feature requests and any kind of constructive feedback. + If you want to reach out to the Grml team, please visit our contact webpage.

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    Thanks

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    Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) + a-wing, + Chris Hofstaedtler, + dann frazier, + Evgeni Golov, + Guillem Jover, + Helmut Grohne, + lunik1, + Manuel Montecelo, + Manuel Rom, + Mihai Moldovan, + Paul Menzel, + Ralf Moll, + Simon Bruder and + Volodymyr Fedorov + for their contributions.

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    More Information

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    You can find out more about Grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki. +

    To sign up for future Grml announcements, please subscribe to Grml's announcement list or follow our blog.

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    Get the current stable release here.
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