retitle 769780 unblock: vmdebootstrap/0.5-1 thanks The final debdiff is attached, including the changes described in earlier plus the full details of the manpage changes to add information to a bootloaders section.
unblock vmdebootstrap/0.5-1 -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
diffstat for vmdebootstrap-0.4 vmdebootstrap-0.5
debian/changelog | 10 ++++++++++
debian/control | 4 ++--
vmdebootstrap | 4 ++--
vmdebootstrap.8.in | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff -Nru vmdebootstrap-0.4/debian/changelog vmdebootstrap-0.5/debian/changelog
--- vmdebootstrap-0.4/debian/changelog 2014-10-21 09:04:55.000000000 +0100
+++ vmdebootstrap-0.5/debian/changelog 2014-11-16 15:27:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+vmdebootstrap (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * New upstream bug fix release for Jessie.
+ * Allow parted to reserve space for grub2 on disk when
+ also using --bootsize option. (Closes: #767913)
+ * Move grub2-common to Recommends. (Closes: #767196)
+ * Add section on bootloaders to manpage.
+
+ -- Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:11:34 +0000
+
vmdebootstrap (0.4-3) unstable; urgency=medium
* Fix syntax for excluding grub2-common on mips and s390x
diff -Nru vmdebootstrap-0.4/debian/control vmdebootstrap-0.5/debian/control
--- vmdebootstrap-0.4/debian/control 2014-10-21 09:04:55.000000000 +0100
+++ vmdebootstrap-0.5/debian/control 2014-11-16 15:27:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
Architecture: linux-any
Depends: debootstrap, qemu-utils,
extlinux [amd64 i386],
- grub2-common [!mips !s390x],
kpartx, parted,
python-cliapp, ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Recommends: squashfs-tools, qemu-system, qemu-user-static
+Recommends: grub2-common [!mips !s390x],
+ squashfs-tools, qemu-system, qemu-user-static
Description: Bootstrap Debian into a (virtual machine) disk image
vmdebootstrap is a wrapper around debootstrap to install Debian
into a disk image, which can be used with a virtual machine (such as KVM).
diff -Nru vmdebootstrap-0.4/vmdebootstrap vmdebootstrap-0.5/vmdebootstrap
--- vmdebootstrap-0.4/vmdebootstrap 2014-10-18 19:35:19.000000000 +0100
+++ vmdebootstrap-0.5/vmdebootstrap 2014-11-16 15:10:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
import time
-__version__ = '0.4'
+__version__ = '0.5'
class VmDebootstrap(cliapp.Application):
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
if self.settings['bootsize'] and self.settings['bootsize'] is not '0%':
bootsize = str(self.settings['bootsize'] / (1024 * 1024))
self.runcmd(['parted', '-s', self.settings['image'],
- 'mkpart', 'primary', 'fat16', '0', bootsize])
+ 'mkpart', 'primary', 'fat16', '0%', bootsize])
else:
bootsize = '0%'
self.runcmd(['parted', '-s', self.settings['image'],
diff -Nru vmdebootstrap-0.4/vmdebootstrap.8.in vmdebootstrap-0.5/vmdebootstrap.8.in
--- vmdebootstrap-0.4/vmdebootstrap.8.in 2014-10-18 19:35:19.000000000 +0100
+++ vmdebootstrap-0.5/vmdebootstrap.8.in 2014-11-16 15:10:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -57,16 +57,30 @@
or
.BR qemu (1).
Configure the virtual machine to use the image you've created.
-Then start the virtual machine,
+Then start the virtual machine, (see
+.B EXAMPLES
+)
and log into it via its console to configure it.
-.PP
+The image has an empty root password and will not have networking
+configured by default. Set the root password before you configure
+networking.
+.SH BOOTLOADERS
Unless the \-\-no\-extlinux or \-\-grub options are specified, the
image will use
.BR extlinux (1)
as a boot loader.
-The image has an empty root password and will not have networking
-configured by default. Set the root password before you configure
-networking.
+.B bootsize
+is not recommended when using
+.B extlinux
+- use grub instead.
+Versions of grub2 in wheezy
+can fail to install in the VM, at which point vmdebootstrap will fall back to
+extlinux. It may still be possible to complete the installation of grub2 after
+booting the VM as the problem may be related to the need to use loopback
+devices during the grub-install operation. Details of the error will appear in the
+vmdebootstrap log file, if enabled with the \-\-log option. Note that
+.B grub-legacy
+is not supported.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP \-\-output=FILE
write output to FILE, instead of standard output
@@ -136,12 +150,7 @@
.IP \-\-grub
Disable extlinux installation and configure grub2 instead. grub2 will be added to
the list of packages to install. update-grub will be called once the debootstrap is
-complete and grub-install will be called in the image. Versions of grub2 in wheezy
-can fail to install in the VM, at which point vmdebootstrap will fall back to
-extlinux. It may still be possible to complete the installation of grub2 after
-booting the VM as the problem may be related to the need to use loopback
-devices during the grub-install operation. Details of the error will appear in the
-vmdebootstrap log file, if enabled with the \-\-log option.
+complete and grub-install will be called in the image.
.SH Configuration files and settings:
.IP \-\-dump-config
write out the entire current configuration
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