From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> --- Allan: rearranged some of the entries to put more newsworthy stuff at the top. NEWS | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ce39e0c5..a55dac85 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,121 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +5.2.0 - completely remove delta support + - add support to pacman and pacman-key for downloading PGP + signing keys using the WKD protocol (FS#63171) + - completely remove the --force option + - renovate and simplify the UI for -F (FS#47949) + - hooks: rename type File to Path, for accuracy + - add the meson build system as an alternative to autotools, and + distribute it in autotools dist tarballs + - switch from system() to exec() when using alternative download + agents for XferCommand; this prevents a potential source of + shell injection + - ignore .hook suffix when sorting libalpm hooks + - update the minimum requirement of bash to 4.4 + - scripts: pass on options such as set -x to child processes + - show group and installed status during -Fs + - user-visible log when validity check fails due to access + - port pactest to python3 + - process --needed before group selection when resolving the + dependencies to prompt for (FS#22870) + - don't error when a group exists but all packages are ignored + - bash completion now completes when it should, and doesn't + complete when it shouldn't (FS#59965) + - improve error message when gpg support is missing (FS#60880) + - don't emit confusing errors when a package is simultaneously + replaced and upgraded (FS#50875, FS#55534) + - better warning message when skipping duplicate targets + (FS#49377) + - libalpm: parse {check, make}depends when reading database + (FS#60347) + - add [ignored] to -Qu output for packages in repos that are not + Usage = Upgrade (FS#59854) + - prevent 301 redirect loop from hanging libalpm + - use standard, consistent units in the download progress + (FS#59201) + - fix segfault when Usage is specified without a value + - include timezones in pacman.log + - bash-completion: use POSIX character classes for portability + - correctly report a download failiure for 404s + - fix handling of signals during SIGSEGV + - fix buffer overread in pacman/callback + - fix crash when downloading files with a Content-Disposition + that has no directory component + - pacman-conf, testpkg are now properly localized + - when -F returns zero results, set a failing exit code + - improve wording for the error message when a package cannot be + removed due to dependencies + - fix segfaults and other incorrect behavior when using -Qip if + pacman was compiled without GPGME support + - makepkg: + - implement extendable source/signature verification routines + within libmakepkg (FS#49076) + - if pacman is in use, wait until it is available before + continuing (FS#28840) + - add support for lzip, lz4 and zst compressed packages + (FS#56676, FS#59081) + - add new checksum algorithm, b2sum + - various improvements to PKGBUILD linting + - when signing packages, report package filename on failure + - fix pkgver() function not aborting on errors + - remove checksum algorithm whirlpoolsum as it has not worked + for a long time + - reject PKGBUILDs with both split and non-split package + functions + - send status messages to stderr rather than stdout (FS#17173) + - ensure debug buildflags are unset when they are supposed to be + - buildenv and executable detection, definitions for the + PKGBUILD schema, and makepkg.conf loading are now part of + libmakepkg + - fix broken check for the fakeroot binary + - improve the error message for invalid dependency versioning + - add routine for linting $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH + - fix the error code when no PKGBUILD exists + - use --unneeded when removing build deps to allow runtime-only + deps to work well with makepkg -sir (FS#32723) + - compute package sizes correctly across different filesystems + - use shared clones for git sources to save space when building + - fix reporting of invalid archive extensions + - correctly handle hg sources with updates on a non-default + branch + - install pkg-config file for libmakepkg's library directory + - propagate error codes when package failed to sign correctly + - be compatible with file 5.37's application/gzip MIME type + - forbid non-ASCII pkgname and pkgver (FS#49342) + - fix exiting on failure without ensuring dependencies are + prompted for removal (FS#63000) + - quiet superfluous warnings for missing debug source files for + artificial symbols + - add routine for linting $PACKAGER to check that it has a + valid name and email address, and document the desired format + in makepkg.conf(5) + - add rust support for *FLAGS and debug-prefix-map + - correctly handle a system file command with seccomp enabled + (FS#58626) + - try to more thoroughly clean up logpipe during unusual exit + states such as CTRL-C + - when installing packages with -sir, be more robust against + conflicting makedepends by always uninstalling them first + - fix exit code when removing deps fails + - reproducible builds: suppress filesystem-specific archive + metadata from built packages as they are not needed + - pacman-key: + - just accept one file to verify, and enforce detached sigs + (FS#52022) + - after recent GnuPG updates, ensure the Web of Trust is still + used + - clean keys during import to reduce size consumed by unusable + signatures + - repo-add: + - add support for zst compressed databases + - print the name of the database when extracting + - do not infinitely loop on malformed arguments with embedded + globs + - add option to prevent downgrading (FS#17752) + - various documentation updates +5.1.3 - Sanitize file name received from Content-Disposition header + during -U 5.1.2 - pacman-conf: add missing DisableDownloadTimeout support - Include version when checking optdepend install status during -Qi (FS#60106) -- 2.23.0