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2010

elilo (3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * don't break kernel install if not configured yet, closes: #594650

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:57:33 -0600

elilo (3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Add kernel and initramfs hook scripts to ensure elilo is reinstalled
     whenever the kernel or initramfs is updated. closes: #590023

 -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:32:03 +0100

elilo (3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix paths and options to build both 32 and 64 bit versions on either
     flavor of build host, closes: #574713
   * don't generate noise when following symlink since that's now the normal
     situation, closes: #581068

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:42:05 -0600

elilo (3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix paths to support cross-building in ia32/Makefile, closes: #555153

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:24:32 -0600

2009

elilo (3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version, closes: #376002
   * patch for dpkg option --print-installation-architecture going obsolete
     from Dann Frazier, closes: #550090
   * support building 32 and 64 bit targets on each host, closes: #483045

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:37:21 -0700

elilo (3.10-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version
   * incorporate Spanish debconf template translation, closes: #512993

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:49:01 -0600

2008

elilo (3.8-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:37:40 -0700

2007

elilo (3.7-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * update build-dep to specify gnu-efi 3.0d or later, closes: #452010
   * updated Dutch translation, closes: #447725

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:59:57 -0700

elilo (3.7-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix ugly merge problem I caused while preparing 3.7-1
   * apply patches from Aron Griffis accepted by upstream but not in a released
     tarball yet

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:38:41 +0100

elilo (3.7-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version
   * patch from upstream CVS via Alex Williamson to clear vmm= options,
     closes: #433498
   * patch from Eric Schwartz to fix eliloalt, closes: #427512
   * fix typo in elilo.templates, closes: #414663
   * documentation / translation fixes coalesced by Christian Perrier
     - Remove extra spaces in debconf templates. Closes: #413899
     - Galician. Closes: #414116
     - Swedish
     - Tamil
     - German. Closes: #413897
     - French
     - Czech.
     - Portuguese. Closes: #414211
     - Brazilian Portuguese.
     - Japanese. Closes: #414662
     - Italian.
     - Romanian. Closes: #414947, #415369
   * merge Dutch translation, closes: #418396

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:12:13 +0100

elilo (3.6-3.1) unstable; urgency=high

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * High-urgency upload for RC bugfix.
   * The check for new installs is broken, because apt-install elilo is
     apparently not guaranteed to complete before the fstab is configured;
     instead, check for the existence of /etc/elilo.conf to determine
     whether to run elilo on install.  Closes: #414419.
   * Also fix a missing $ in the debconf config script that caused a syntax
     error.

 -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>  Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:44:09 -0700

elilo (3.6-3) unstable; urgency=high

   * patch from Dann Frazier that adds an option to run /usr/sbin/elilo in
     the postinst using debconf, closes: #410362
   * cranking the urgency since 410362 helps with a problem upgrading to etch
     for systems that depend on elilo
   * elilo.sh uses bash syntax, so use bash explicitly, closes: #385492

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:26:32 -0700

2006

elilo (3.6-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * freshen gnu-efi build dependency version, closes: #355252
   * patch from Alex Williamson that adds support to our elilo user space
     script for the vmm= option needed by Xen, closes: #350185

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:28:59 -0800

elilo (3.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 9 Jan 2006 17:45:02 -0700

2005

elilo (3.4pre5.2-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * change section from base to admin to match override
   * accept patch to fix syntax issue in elilo script, closes: #342639

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:14:30 -0800

elilo (3.4pre5.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version 3.5-pre2, closes: #338185
   * implement suggestion from Thibaut Varene to have elilo.so try to modprobe
     the efivars module before checking the environment for calling efibootmgr.
   * update elilo.sh to always use relocatable on ia64 elilo.conf generation,
     closes: #324067
   * update debian/copyright to reflect upstream source move, closes: #341136

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:13:58 -0800

2004

elilo (3.4-9) unstable; urgency=low

   * patch from upstream to fix problems when wrong -C param is provided,
     closes: #238434
   * if the --autoconf option is used on an SGI Altix system, add 'relocatable'
     to the resulting elilo.conf as per request from Jesse Barnes
   * make elilo.sh replace tabs with spaces when copying elilo.conf to the
     system partition, as tabs kill old elilo.efi versions, closes: #279646
   * patch from upstream to enlarge max textmenu size, closes: #273745

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 29 Nov 2004 02:38:12 -0700

elilo (3.4-7.sarge.1) testing; urgency=high

   * build 3.4-8 in testing chroot for sarge
   * update elilo.sh to know that efibootmgr can use /sys/firmware/efi/vars
     as an alternative to /proc/efi/vars when used with 2.6 kernels
   * urgency high since previous version fails to call efibootmgr with
     current 2.6 kernels

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:09:32 -0600

elilo (3.4-8) unstable; urgency=high

   * update elilo.sh to know that efibootmgr can use /sys/firmware/efi/vars
     as an alternative to /proc/efi/vars when used with 2.6 kernels
   * urgency high since previous version fails to call efibootmgr with
     current 2.6 kernels

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:04:39 -0600

elilo (3.4-7) unstable; urgency=medium

   * a patch in kernel 2.6.8-rc3 reverted in rc4 broke an NLS default we
     depended on.  This fix add options to the mount call in elilo.sh so we
     no longer care about the default, closes: #263484
   * changes from David Weinehall to fix elilo.sh XSI:isms, closes: #256507

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:16:07 -0600

elilo (3.4-6) unstable; urgency=high

   * patch from Jeff Bailey to ease use of devfs and non-devfs enabled kernels,
     closes: #232259

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:21:36 -0700

elilo (3.4-5) unstable; urgency=high

   * patch from Richard Hirst to allow elilo.sh to work with initrd kernels,
     closes: #229016
       - 'modprobe vfat' in case support isn't currently loaded
       - include initrd= lines when generating a new .conf file, if
         /etc/kernel-img.cong says do_initrd=yes
       - when generating a new append= line, preserve only console=
         from any existing kernel cmdline
       - Add '-P' to 'df -k' calls, closes: #204423
   * patch from Richard Hirst to avoid using the wrong initrd when elilo is
     driven interactively, closes: #217595
   * urgency set high because the d-i folk want this update in testing quickly

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:34:16 -0700

2003

elilo (3.4-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * add i386 to list of supported architectures, build depend on a suitably
     new version of gnu-efi to allow that to work, and change priority from
     standard to optional so elilo isn't installed by default on i386
   * stop forcing use of gcc-3.2

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:19:51 -0600

elilo (3.4-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * minor patch from upstream to turn off a debugging output accidentally
     left in the 3.4 release.

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:35:46 -0600

elilo (3.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * force use of gcc-3.2, since latest gcc yields an elilo.efi that won't
     boot on at least some systems, closes: #207547

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:34:00 -0600

elilo (3.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:38:26 -0600

elilo (3.3a-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * update the elilo shell script to handle SmartArray device naming

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 7 May 2003 21:30:53 -0600

elilo (3.3a-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * apply patch from Richard Hirst to have the elilo shell script pay
     attention to /etc/kernel-img.conf if it exists.

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:29:12 -0700

2002

elilo (3.3a-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version, closes: #165957, #136862
   * patch to elilo shell script from Dann Frazier to warn user that --force
     is now deprecated, closes: #141994
   * patch to elilo shell script and rules from Dann Frazier to allow -V
     option to return the complete version, closes: #142027
   * patch to elilo shell script from Richard Hirst that fixes problem with
     whitespace matching in elilo.conf, closes: #146125
   * add sys2ansi.pl script to the textmenu_chooser example directory since it
     helps with developing new menu and help screens, closes: #144266

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:03:27 -0700

elilo (3.2-2) unstable; urgency=high

   * craft a reasonably complete elilo.8 man page from Richard's README.Debian
     content
   * craft a minimal eliloalt.8 man page that points to /usr/share/doc/elilo
   * upload with high priority since ia64 b-f needs 3.2 or later in woody
   * make elilo.efi not be marked executable since it isn't under Linux!

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:22:26 -0700

elilo (3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version, merge updates made by Richard Hirst
   * new /usr/sbin/elilo script, general cleanup, handles GPT tables,
     puts everything under /EFI/debian subdir, adds boot manager entry
     after floppy and CD/DVD entries, if they exist
   * added new tool /usr/sbin/eliloalt, see /usr/share/docs/elilo
   * updated installed docs to match new upstream source
   * add postinst query on upgrade from pre-3.2 version offering to rewrite
     EFI partition and update boot manager entry to reflect structure changes.

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:53:42 -0700

2001

elilo (3.1-5) unstable; urgency=low

   * ensure /proc is mounted for efiboot and autoconf options

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:56:11 -0700

elilo (3.1-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * integrate changes made by Richard Hirst:
   * elilo can now handle '/' as a path seperator, so no need to modify
     paths in elilo.conf
   * record partition contents in .elilofiles, and only prompt before
     reformatting on next run if contents have changed

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:20:03 -0700

elilo (3.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium

   * changes to elilo user space script from Richard Hirst to improve install
     process on systems with serial consoles

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:46:30 -0700

elilo (3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * add dependency on dosfstools since /sbin/elilo uses it to (re)generate
     the EFI partition

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:27:47 -0600

elilo (3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream version
   * back out all Debian-specific changes I think are no longer relevant

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:43:21 -0600

elilo (3.0-8) unstable; urgency=low

   * add dependency on efibootmgr, since the user-space elilo script now
     knows how to use it to configure EFI's boot manager

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:38:55 -0600

elilo (3.0-7) unstable; urgency=low

   * make the elilo script tolerant of the 'bootable' flag being set on the
     EFI partition

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:05:47 -0600

elilo (3.0-6) unstable; urgency=low

   * fold in patch from Richard Hirst implementing changes as follows:
   *   added README.elilo for /usr/sbin/elilo script
   *   verify boot partition is type EFI
   *   don't copy files that appear to be specified via EFI device path
       (i.e. if image= or initrd= contains a ':')
   *   run efibootmgr if requested (b-f does request it)
   *   check boot partition is big enough before reformatting
   *   include vmlinuz.old entry in elilo.conf, incase kernel-image
       expects it

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:51:10 -0600

elilo (3.0-5) unstable; urgency=low

   * move elilo script from /sbin to /usr/sbin at Richard's request

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:48:25 -0600

elilo (3.0-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix from Stephane for problem where argument string is modified by
     the loader.
   * fix from Stephane for problem discovered by Richard typing return
     with no text at the elilo boot prompt
   * change priority from important to standard

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:21:52 -0600

elilo (3.0-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * make /sbin/elilo executable

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 22:33:47 -0600

elilo (3.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix for interactive use from linux-ia64 mailing list
   * changes for recognising full device paths in elilo.conf from Richard
     Hirst that may or may not be retained in the future.
   * includes user-space elilo script used to create and populate EFI
     partitions during installations and updates

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:43:59 -0600

elilo (3.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial release of elilo package since upstream split source away from
     the gnu-efi package.

 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:20:28 -0600