BOOT=efi only changed the GRUB inside the rootfs squashfs — grub-mkrescue
builds the ISO bootloader from the build host's GRUB, so an ISO assembled
on a host without the x86_64-efi modules + mtools shipped with NO UEFI
boot entry. Booting that ISO on a UEFI machine showed:
"make sure there is a bootable uefi x64 image"
- check-host-deps.sh now verifies the GRUB module dirs it needs for a
hybrid ISO (/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi from grub-efi-amd64-bin,
/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc from grub-pc-bin) and mtools, not just
grub-mkrescue.
- build-iso.sh verifies the finished ISO has both EFI and BIOS boot
entries (xorriso El Torito report) and prints the result; BOOT=efi
builds FAIL if the EFI entry is missing.
- GitLab CI build image gains grub-pc-bin, grub-efi-amd64-bin, mtools.
- docs/building.md: hybrid-ISO burning instructions (dd) and the
"bootable uefi x64 image" troubleshooting path.
Bookworm became oldstable in July 2026 (standard support ended
2026-07-11). A new distro should be built on the current stable, which
is now Trixie (13.6): newer kernel (6.12 LTS vs 6.1, whose LTS ends Dec
2026), newer systemd/containers/toolchains, KDE 6 for the workstation
edition, and a year of stability behind it (full support until
2028-08-09).
- versions.mk / common.sh: DEBIAN_SUITE bookworm -> trixie, kernel 6.1 -> 6.12
- package list header comments: bookworm -> trixie
- GitLab CI: debian:bookworm -> debian:trixie build images
- docs (architecture, building): base references updated
All packages used across the three editions exist in Trixie unchanged.
- deploy-disk.sh: the shared "write a finished system to a disk" step —
partition (GPT bios/efi) -> btrfs layout via btrfs/init.sh -> rsync
rootfs -> chroot (real fstab, GRUB, hostname). Carries the optional
ARCLINE_SIGN hook; the signing tooling itself lands in a later commit.
- apply-fstab.sh: renders the edition fstab template with real root/efi
UUIDs and drops the swap line.
- build-image.sh: rootfs -> bootable qcow2/raw disk image (sparse file +
loop device + deploy), the cloud edition's primary output.
- install.sh: scripted installer for a real disk, confirmation-gated.
- Makefile: image-<edition> targets (+ minimal variants); build-edition.sh
learns the "image" stage; cloud metadata now ships a disk image.
- check-host-deps.sh / GitLab CI: add gdisk, parted, rsync, dosfstools,
qemu-utils, dpkg, sbsigntool to the build image.
