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17. By Bernd Schumacher

* Fix return value of udev_fixnet in bootcd2disk.
* Changed /usr/bin/mkisofs -> genisoimage
* Output of functions after_copy() and before_copy() defined in
  bootcd2disk.conf are not controlled with run anymore.
* in bootcd2disk, the dd command now uses conf=notrunc to really wipe out
  the partition table
* in bootcd2disk, if we get "BLKRRPART: Device or resource busy" the
  user is asked to reboot
* in bootcd2disk.lib if we can not find a block device we will guess
  its name

16. By Bernd Schumacher

Bootcd now also handles /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (lenny)
and /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules (etch). This bug has
been reported by kinneko <email address hidden> and
Hideki Yamane <mailto:<email address hidden>>

15. By Bernd Schumacher

* bootcd2disk now only uses the command grub directly to install grub
  instead of trying grub-install before. (See more comments in source)
* Solved bug bootcd: tries to overwrite file oened by bootcd-ia64
  reported by Ralf Treinen <email address hidden>. Closes: #497459
* Solved bug "FTBFS with dash as /bin/sh" reported by Daniel Schepler
  <email address hidden>. Closes: #493453
* make lintian happy

14. By Bhavani Shankar

* Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes: (LP: #255609)
  - Added 01bootcdmk2diskconf.src.diff patch:
    + A lot of changes for dash compatibility
  - Implement quilt patch system:
    + Add quilt as a Build-Depends in debian/control
    + Add quilt support in debian/rules

13. By Nicolas Valcarcel

* Added 01bootcdmk2diskconf.src.diff patch:
  - A lot of changes for dash compatibility (LP: #238761)
* Implement quilt patch system:
  - Add quilt as a Build-Depends in debian/control
  - Add quilt support in debian/rules
* debian/control: Update maintainer fields according to debian-
  maintainer-field spec.

12. By Bernd Schumacher

Added link to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2

11. By Nicolas Valcarcel

* Added 01bootcdmk2diskconf.src.diff patch:
  - Changes "((" with "( (" for dash compatibility (LP: #165030)
* Implement quilt patch system:
  - Add quilt as a Build-Depends in debian/control
  - Add quilt support in debian/rules
* debian/control: Update maintainer fields according to debian-
  maintainer-field spec.

10. By Bernd Schumacher

* Support for more than one kernel.
  It is now possible to define multiple KERNELS in bootcdwrite.conf.
  (Implemented by Carsten Dinkelmann <email address hidden> )
* Bootcd defaults are optimized to fit most users needs.
  UDEV_FIXNET is now enabled by default and we use DVD for
  size checking instead of CD by default.
* Better manpages.
  The manpage for bootcdwrite.conf has been updated.
* New wizard to create backups of non-debian distributions.
  Bootcdbackupwizard is added do create online backups easy.
  First version of bootcddebootstrap to help create a bootcd on NonDeian
  has been built by Carsten Dinkelmann <email address hidden>
* Bootcd is more stable
  Using find/cpio is now more often used with secure option
  -print0/-null.

9. By Bernd Schumacher

* remove command "function" from all scripts to be dash compatible
  reported by Dan Bernardic <email address hidden> seen in ubuntu
* print warning, if bootcd-mkinitramfs is not installed
* added command bootcdbackup
* Resolved bug "depends on non-essential package initramfs-tools in
  postrm". Closes: #416731
* solved bug, that /var was not writable when using udev

8. By dabaR

* {bootcdmkinitrd,bootcdwrite}: Use /bin/bash rather than /bin/sh,
  LP #112729,
* debian/control: Adhere to DebianMaintainerField.

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