[pacman-dev] CVS update of pacman-lib (NEWS)
dan at archlinux.org
dan at archlinux.org
Fri Feb 2 22:46:06 EST 2007
Date: Friday, February 2, 2007 @ 22:46:06
Author: dan
Path: /home/cvs-pacman/pacman-lib
Modified: NEWS (1.5 -> 1.6)
Updated news file to be more relevant with previous release of pacman;
ommitted many of the bugfixes in 'unreleased' versions, at least on the Arch
Linux end.
------+
NEWS | 231 ++++++++---------------------------------------------------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 202 deletions(-)
Index: pacman-lib/NEWS
diff -u pacman-lib/NEWS:1.5 pacman-lib/NEWS:1.6
--- pacman-lib/NEWS:1.5 Wed Nov 15 03:02:43 2006
+++ pacman-lib/NEWS Fri Feb 2 22:46:06 2007
@@ -1,207 +1,33 @@
VERSION DESCRIPTION
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-3.0.0 - TODO this needs alot of work
- - switched to libfetch in place of libftp
- - attempt to speed up file reading by reading /desc and /depends
- on demand
- - bugfix for holdpkgs during an upgrade
- - fix building with --enable-debug
- - fixed the download progressbar
- - -Ss works again for multiple repos
- - bugfix for -Sp
- - downloads are interruptable again
- - new libalpm function: alpm_db_search()
- - pactest: initial import, run make check to call it
- - new libalpm function: alpm_parse_config()
- - new libalpm function: alpm_fetch_pkgurl()
- - implemented the progressbar for pacman -R
- - the package name is now properly displayed in the progressbar
- during install/upgrade
- - updatesync: bugfix when deleting packages from the repo
- - create /tmp before locking the database, useful when -r is used
- in an empty dir
- - makepkg: recoginze .TGZ, .ZIP and other uppercase extensions
- - python: added a few casting functions
- - ported libalpm to Solaris/Sparc
- - bugfixes in the Hungarian translation
- - bugfix for pacman -Qi -p
- - new function in libalpm: alpm_db_setserver()
- - incremented libalpm's sover due to new error codes intruduced
- by alpm_db_setserver()
- - added python bindings
- - fixed a stale lockfile problem (when packages were corrupted)
- - fixed problem when sometimes ^C was ignored
- - new pacman option: --ask
- - libalpm: prefixed all internal functions with _alpm
- - makepkg: bugfix for suboptions=('nostrip')
- - new package property: "build type" - it can be "chroot" or
- custom
- - updated Hungarian translation
- - the old extra repo is now merged to the frugalware one
- - handle the case properly when the user hits ^C during a
- package install
- - fix the output of scriptlet messages
- - check if enough free space if available
- - pipe and parse scriptlet messages. see man FrugalBuild
- - new mirror: ftp10
- - udatesync: use bzip2 instead of gzip for package databases
- - update/gensync: bugfix for the pkgdesc_localized directive
- - Hungarian translation update
- - fixed several compilation warning
- - ia64 support
- - manpage split: moved the FrugalBuild specific part from
- man makepkg to man FrugalBuild
- - minor bugfixes in makepkg
- - gettext improvements
- - French translation
- - makepkg support and documentation for pkgdesc localization
- - pacman: display uncompressed package size by default on upgrade
- - initial support for pkgdesc localization
- - bugfix for -Qi and -Qm
- - fix -Sg for multiple repos
- - drop the NoUpgrade lines from the default config
- - makepkg: when removing the pkg dir, remove the subpkgs' pkg
- dir, too
- - significant speedup while sorting dependencies with libalpm
- - fixes for pacman's -r option in pacman and libalpm
- - initial support for uncompressed package sizes in a sync repo
- - minor fixes for de_DE, hu_HU and tr_TR
- - seems that the original pacman3's release is delayed so it's
- no good in waiting for it. changed the versioning scheme to
- our usual x.y.z
- - i18n fixes:
- in the german translation
- in makepkg
- - gpg support in makepkg
-2.8.99.28 - added gettext support
- - added German and Hungarian translation for libalpm and pacman
-2.9.99.27 - scripts: cleanup, they now require util.sh from FST
- - makepkg: handle spaces in source filenames
- - makepkg: spelling fixes
- - libalpm: fixed a few messages' verbosity level
- - ./autogen.sh --dist now allows to build a snapshot fpm
-2.9.99.26 - makepkg: new option -t (to be used with -R)
- - added i386, OpenBSD and OS X support
- - updated mirror list
- - spelling fixes
- - bugfix in pacman (dbpath initialization)
-2.9.99.25 - bugfix in the conflicts/provides handling code
- - spelling fix in makepkg
- - include the root string (ie. a slash) in file conflict error
- messages
- - gensync: bugfix for subpkgs
-2.9.99.24 - fixed the location of the locally installed packages'
- install/changelog file (so that pre/post_remove and -Qc works
- perfectly again)
- - allow repo names to be longer than 128 chars
- - fixed pacman -v output (not a bug just it was ugly)
-2.9.99.23 - bugfix for -Sy
- - gensync: ignore _darcs/ directories
-2.9.99.22 - new feature: options=('scriptlet') to force executing the
- install scriptlets even if one builds in a chroot
- - makepkg -RC now uses the chroot's pacman.conf to determine
- what packages need to be removed. this is especially useful
- if you use unofficial repos only in chroot
- - the testsuite is replaced by pactest, see HACKING
-2.9.99.21 - bugfix release
-2.9.99.20 - handle --noprogress on install/upgrade, too
- - disable progressbar by default if the output is redirected
- - offer deleting a packages if it is corrupted
- - makepkg: install subpackages with -i, too
- in chroot sync /etc/pacman.d/* from the host system
- use the chroot's pacman.conf when it's available
- - new pacman option: --noscriptlet for disabling install
- scriptlets
- - new variable in makepkg: $FCC in case the package would use
- gcc directly (not from $PATH)
-2.9.99.19 - more verbose error messages on corrupted packages
- - makepkg: added support for clearing the cache of ccache
- slice warnings for LANG!=C
- - gen/updatesync: bugfix for subdescs() and subarchs()
- no longer ignore the Finclude function call
-2.9.99.18 - makepkg now allows to inherit install scriptlets from a
- scheme
- - allow multiple packages to be installed at once with -U
- - added SBU variable to makepkg.conf
- - 3 major bugfixes from upstream
-2.9.99.17 - support for having subpkgs in an other repo. this affects
- gensync and updatesync, also makepkg's manpage is updated
- - support for handle version comparators in makepkg
- - bugfix for Finclude in makepkg
- - removed exit() calls from libalpm
- - bugfix for nobuild packages in sync
-2.9.99.16 - fixed a possible infinite loop during -S
- - remove stale lockfile when pacman is interrupted
- - new directive: added suboptions() and subarchs() for
- FrugalBuilds
- - added 'nofakeroot' to options()
- - new makepkg witch: -RCC, now -RC only cleans the chroot
-2.9.99.15 - fix 'error: transaction already initialized' when using -D
-2.9.99.14 - documentation: improved libalpm manpages an added a main
- libalpm(3) manpage
- - yet another bugfix for the install/upgrade progressbar
- - remove stale lockfile after -R/-A
- - fixed a segfault when removing a package that is reqired by
- other packages
-2.9.99.13 - Allow queries (-Q, -Si, etc) during an other pacman is
- running (ie. -Syu)
- - Two bugfixes in connection with provides
- - Improved makepkg output for subpackages (crazy)
-2.9.99.12 - fixed preparing docs, 2.9.99.11 always supposed we want to
- disable that feature
-2.9.99.11 - fixed progressbar when installing and upgrading packages at
- the same time
- - in general, modified makeworld to work properly on Frugalware
- - makepkg: if build fails, save the buildlog when using -R
- - sudo improvements for makepkg & makeworld
- - display "checking for conflicting files..." during -S
- - initial doxygen support
-2.9.99.10 - fixed -Sg output - now frugalpkg works again
- - fixed a double free() when installing conflicting packages
- - fixed an annoying bug with progressbar, now works as it did
- in the pacman 2.x times
- - don't care about a to-be-replaced package's newer version
-2.9.99.9 - fixed -S/-U/-A segfault. hopefully not everybody upgraded
- yet...
-2.9.99.8 - if you have foo installed, and bar replaces + provides foo,
- then remove foo, and install bar (now works again)
- - upgrade only pacman first during a -Su
- - removed duplicated error messages
- - more verbose error message for conflicting files when using
- -S
-2.9.99.7 - bugfix for -Sg
- - if pacman can't create its cachedir, then use /tmp (bugfix)
-2.9.99.6 - bugfix for -Rs
- - pre_install/pre_upgrade scripts are working again
- - added a -f option to gensync/updatesync (don't die if the fpm
- is missing)
- - bugfix for --ignore
- - added ppc support (to configure)
- - handle broken databases (just print an error message, don't
- segfault)
- - more verbose error messages for unsatisfied dependencies
-2.9.99.5 - re-added SBU support to makepkg (which was accidently dropped
- by 2.9.99.0)
- - initial package splitting support
- - memleak fixes
- - more verbose error messages on file conflicts
-2.9.99.4 - fixed running scriptlets when -r is used
- - don't die on up to date databases (when you do -Sy twice)
- - more verbose error messages (ie. when there is a missing
- dependency)
-2.9.99.3 - fixed -v option
- - allow c++ usage in alpm.h
- - fixed logging everything twice to pacman.log
-2.9.99.2 - makepkg -R works again if you haven't had a chroot yet (was a
- pacman bug)
- - output fix for -Sy
- - if you have installed foo, and then you do a -S bar, then now
- pacman offers you to remove foo (as it should)
-2.9.99.1 - fix makepkg -g
- - makepkg: fixed changelog generation
- - fixed --noconfirm
-2.9.99.0 - this is the first release which is based on pacman-lib
- (converted the initial cvs repo to darcs)
+3.0.0 - first release based on libalpm backend
+ - added internationalization (gettext) support
+ - prompt to delete corrupted packages
+ - **TODO** documentation - multiple man pages updated
+ - added support for package changelogs
+ - logging of all install scriptlet messages to pacman.log
+ - repository mirror list updates
+ - orphans search (-Qe) now shows true orphans
+ - dependency sorting on install and removal
+ - new uncompressed size field, shown on sync upgrade
+ - check for free space before installing packages
+ - improved progress and progressbar output
+ - reduced unnecessary calling of ldconfig
+ - selective loading of database to speed up certain operations
+ - switch to usage of libdownload and libarchive
+ - debugging output improved with --debug flag
+ - added 'rankmirrors' - script to show best available mirrors
+ - added 'repo-add' - the backbone script for building repos
+ - added pactest testing suite
+ - abs - supports cvsup/csup, expanded configuration
+ - makepkg fixes:
+ - support alternate integrity checks
+ - extract files using filetype, not extension
+ - added noextract array
+ - added option to log build process
+ - added repackage option - repackage pkg/ w/o building
+ - configurable source cache location
+ - pacman-optimize - support DB's on separate filesystem
2.9.8 - Changed behaviour with original=X,current=Y,new=Z scenario
- keep old in place, install new as .pacnew
- Search package provides when finding matching targets with -S
@@ -508,3 +334,4 @@
- Changed db_find_conflicts() to ignore directories
1.0 - Initial Release
+vim: set et:
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