changelog.md

v4.2.0

Enhancements

• new --assume-image-is flag to override bootiso assessment of image file hybridness. Possible values are "hybrid" and "non-hybrid".

Bugfixes

• CRITICAL New check implementation for assessing image file "hybridness" based on sfdisk which should fix false non-hybrid positives caused by new file utility behavior. Kudos to anoop142 for pointing that out.

Dependencies

for package maintainers, please rely on install.md#Dependencies

• requires util-linux ≥ 2.27

v4.1.1

Enhancements

• Makefile: comply with GNU Make conventions, thanks to Nicolas Boulenguez nicolas@debian.org
• Doc: more accurate dependency table

Bugfixes

• Mark “tput” corresponding packages to be distro-dependent (no auto install)

v4.1.0

Enhancements

• implement static analysis to test for missing dependencies, see tests/testdeps.sh
• enhanced feedback when using install mode-specific flags while in automatic mode
• better compliance with Debian Policy Manual
• Makefile integration with dh_make
• full compliance with Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
• compare system and binary architectures when executing syslinux program from kernel.org, and provide user feedback #22
• normalize $PATH for systems such as Debian which don't expose system paths by default

Bugfixes

• add compatibility layer for legacy "column" utility shipped with Debian-based distributions, #59
• fix wrong exit status. The exit status 11 (USER ABORTED) was systematically returned, because of previous refactor on process interruption graceful handling. This has now been fixed, and will only be returned when process receives signal INT or TERM.

Dependencies

for package maintainers, please rely on install.md#Dependencies

• remove unnecessary mtools
• add missing binutils and ncurses

v4.0.1

Bugfixes

• fix cleanup logic. After successful image installation, a message "user aborted" was displayed. To circumvent the issue, two functions are now registered with trap for cleanup logic. One on EXIT, and an other one on INT or TERM.

v4.0.0

In addition to below listed changes, please note that project license has migrated from MIT to GPLv3, see LICENSE.

Features

• Add linux manual man pages, see manual online version
• (experimental) Add bash and zsh completion scripts
• (experimental) Support img files, #5
• (experimental) New --gpt modifier to enforce GPT partition tables (requires --format or --mrsync)
• (experimental) New -D,--data-part modifier to add a data partition. Requires “Image-Copy” mode, #1.
• (experimental) New --data-part-fs <fstype> modifier to change data partition filesystem
• New --part-type modifier to set partition table type ID (requires --format or --mrsync). This is especially useful in “Mount-Rsync” mode with GPT partition scheme where the booting system might otherwise refuse to read filesystem. See sfdisk --list-types --label {gpt|dos}.
• New --dd-bs <block-size> support for “Image-Copy” mode
• New BOOTISO_IMAGES_COMPLETIONS_PATH environment to help completion scripts suggest files from a preferred folder. If not set, the completion scripts will still look for files in XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR or ~/Downloads. This behavior only applies when no files are matched in current working directory.
• Semantic exit status, see manual#EXIT STATUS

BREAKING

• Semantics for --mrsync and --dd have changed:
  1. Those flags now “assert” rather then “force“ the install mode.
  2. As a consequence, it is now impossible to use the “Mount-Rsync” with hybrid images and “Image-Copy” with non-hybrid.
  3. Mode assertion is now required for any modifier which applies specifically to them. For example, to use --gpt during install action, --mrsync must be set.
• Replace SYSLINUX_LIB_ROOT env with BOOTISO_SYSLINUX_LIB_ROOT
• Deprecate -t,--type in favor of -F,--fs to avoid confusion with --part-type

Enhancements

• Makefile and generic install instructions
• Code Style and Conventions document
• Refactor in pseudo-modules
• Sensible default label with format action: ${USER}_${VENDOR} with USER read from SUDO_USER and VENDOR from lsblk VENDOR attribute
• Add --icopy alias for --dd
• Support eopkg package manager (Solus)
• Rewrite of --help action with text wrapping and columns for better readability
• Explicit compliance with ECMA-48 SGR sequences
• Don't assume sudo or gksu are installed when privilege access is required
• Replaced deprecated mkfs from util-linux with mkfs.* counterparts
• Allow --no-mime-check with inspect and probe actions

Bugfixes

• Fix a sync call in background which lead to corrupted image installs, see #48 and #15
• Fix a deadlock bug preventing graceful handling of user interuption (CTRL+C) during dd or rsync commands run in subshells

Dependencies

for package maintainers, please rely now on install.md#Dependencies

• Dropped unnecessary parted
• Add jq to read sfdisk partition table reports

v3.3.1

Bugfixes

• fix incompatibility with older sudo versions where --preserve-env doesn't support passing a list of variables, #47

v3.3.0

Features

• check ISO hash automatically, #16, (@SibrenVasse)
• disable automatic ISO hash check with -H, --no-hash-check flag (@SibrenVasse)
• exit when hash fails with --force-hash-check flag (@SibrenVasse)
• explicitly set a hash file with --hash-file <file> flag (@SibrenVasse)

Bugfixes

• fix incompatibility with wimlib <1.13 caused by a bug where wimsplit incorectly handles dots in filnames, #43
• fix a bug where environment variables were not passed to sudo, #29
• fix a minor bug where ISO check was run twice, before and after sudo

v3.2.2

• fix typos + rewording messages (@SibrenVasse)

v3.2.1

• fix indentation, PR #35

v3.2.0

Features

• image size is checked to be smaller than device size, PR #30 (@SibrenVasse)
• image size check can be disabled with --no-size-check option, PR #30 (@SibrenVasse)
• automatically split sources/install.wim files in windows ISO's, which would otherwise cause rsync to fail with file too large error; #32
• automatic splitting can be disabled with --no-wimsplit option
• added SYSLINUX_LIB_ROOT environment variable to set syslinux library root manually, #29
• better message when missing dependecy

Bugfixes

• fix dependency check on bc, issue #34 ; thanks to @SibrenVasse for the catch

Dependencies

• new dependency to wimlib-imagex
  • provided by wimlib on Archlinux
  • provided by wimtools on debian

v3.1.3

• remove unecessary debug log

v3.1.2

• improved robustness of checkpkg function
• fix issue with SYSLINUX and EXTLINUX on Ubuntu and debian-based distros #21
• replaced find arguments -wholename with -path which is more portable
• systematic usage the -print -quit pattern with find command when possible
• add explicit dependency to tar

v3.1.1

• add compatibility code for sfdisk versions older then 2.28 which don't support -W option

v3.1.0

• fixed a bug with --local-bootloader where C32 BIOS modules were not copied on USB key
• better handling of GNU option errors
• minor message improvements
• add --remote-bootloader flag to enforce a specific version of SYSLINUX in mount-rsync mode
• fix a bug in mount-rsync mode preventing ejection of USB device

v3.0.1

• fixed non-working -M, --no-mime-check flag

v3.0.0

• [install-auto] default mode: bootiso chooses the most appropriate copy mode after inspecting ISO file
• --dd option now overrides [install-auto] in lieu of [install-mount-rsync] and force image-copy ([install-dd] mode)
• added --mrsync option to override [install-auto] and force mounting+rsync ([install-mount-rsync] mode)
• securely handle unmounting of target device before altering data, exit when failing
• added -f, --format option to format USB device and quit
• added -L, --label option to chose a label
• added -t, --type option to chose a FS type amongst vfat, exfat, ntfs, ext2, ext3, ext4 and f2fs
• added -M alias to --no-mime-check
• removed -b, --bootloader option since its installation is now automatic
• added -i, --inspect and -p, --probe action flags to inspect ISO file boot capabilities
• fixed bug preventing label to be set with --no-mime-check option
• set FAT32-LBA by default instead of FAT32
• removed "noconfirm" or "yes" options to pakage managers install commands
• print bootiso name in log messages to comply with UNIX customs
• refactoring with options map
• exhaustive flags combination tests
• better faulty command line argument option assignments handling
• better user feedback and error reports in many corner cases
• added short device selection with omission of full path prefix (/dev/)
• check the existence of mkfs.<type> before formatting
• removed -s strict mime check option
• create temporary folders in /var/tmp instead of /tmp (some systems mount /tmp in RAM, which can be problematic with large ISO files)

v2.5.2

• documentation improvements + call for help from the community

v2.5.1

• add -M alias for --no-mime-check

v2.5.0

• allow loose application/octet-stream mime type by default in ISO files
• add -s, --strict-mime-check option to disallow loose application/octet-stream mime type in ISO files
• fix bug #3: Provided file argument starting with -- cause bootiso to hang
• better handling of erroneous stacked short options

v2.4.2

• better feedback when mime type check fails

v2.4.1

• fix test to print spinner if and only if launched from terminal
• light refactoring
• return exit code 2 when appropriate (wrong argument)
• fix a little bug when printing a message during dependency checking

v2.4.0

• support for -- POSIX end of options flag
• fix bug where no USB device has been found
• auto eject device on success only
• support for stacked options such as -Jbya

v2.3.1

• fix wrong file redirections

v2.3.0

• add -l, --list-usb-drives option

v2.2.3

• when prompting user to select device, list drives which are of type disk according to lsblk instead of using name matching to discard partition and loop devices
• add a test to assert installed grep version supports perl regular expressions (-P option)

v2.2.2

• reintroduce rsync which handles symlinks better
• more robust test to check device is not a partition

v2.2.1

• fix unused variable (shellcheck)

v2.2.0

• change cp options to prevent ownership errors (--no-preserve)
• when selecting device interactively, only list USB devices with option --no-usb-check off
• autoselecting USB device when there is exactly one connected drive through USB and --no-usb-check off
• adding --autoselect, -a option to autoselect in conjunction with -y option
• better feedback (spinning) during copying

v2.1.0

• add a version option

v2.0.0

• add --dd option to use dd instead of mount + cp
• drop rsync for cp
• add sync call right after copying to guarantee all writes are flushed to USB device before unmounting with progress indicator
• call wipefs before partitioning to cleanup device signature
• eject device after unmounting (can be disabled with --no-eject option)
• checkpkg now called for specific options (you don't need all dependencies installed before running)
• safeguard added to check bash version 4+
• better handling of missing dependencies with separation of command name and package name
• refactoring (better naming)

Breaking changes

• removed --no-bootloader in favor of --bootloader (syslinux bootloader disabled by default)

v1.1.0

• Refactored security checks in selectDrive function
• Use [ -b "$selectedDrive" ] to assert device file is of type "block" in selectDrive function
• Start using semantic versioning

v1.0.2

• Slightly enhanced help message.

v1.0.1

• Add a help message when script misses argument.