[pacman-dev] [PATCH] API changes between 3.3 and 3.4

[Dan McGee]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Nagy Gabor <ngaba at bibl.u-szeged.hu> wrote:
>> Updates for README file.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba at bibl.u-szeged.hu>
>> ---
>>  README |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/README b/README
>> index b9eb399..1276eaa 100644
>> --- a/README
>> +++ b/README
>> @@ -295,3 +295,36 @@ API CHANGES BETWEEN 3.2 AND 3.3
>>  - error codes:
>>     PM_ERR_SERVER_NONE, PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_LOCKED, PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED and
>>     PM_ERR_LIBFETCH
>> +
>> +
>> +API CHANGES BETWEEN 3.3 AND 3.4
>> +===============================
>> +
>> +[REMOVED]
>> +- pmtranstype_t struct (transaction type), alpm_trans_get_type()
>> +- alpm_option_get_nopassiveftp(), alpm_option_set_nopassiveftp()
>> +
>> +[CHANGED]
>> +- interface for target loading:
>> +  - alpm_trans_addtarget() and alpm_trans_sysupgrade() were removed
>> +  - alpm_sync_target() and alpm_sync_dbtarget() can be used to add a sync target
>> +  - alpm_sync_sysupgrade() can be used to add outdated packages (for sysupgrade)
>> +  - alpm_add_target() can be used to add an add/upgrade target
>> +  - alpm_remove_target() can be used to add a remove target
>> +- interface for target listing:
>> +  - alpm_trans_get_pkgs() was removed
>> +  - alpm_pkg_get_removes() was removed
>> +  - alpm_trans_get_add() can be used to list add/upgrade/sync targets
>> +  - alpm_trans_get_remove() can be used to list to-be-removed packages
>> +- the type parameter of alpm_trans_init() was removed
>> +- the type of alpm_db_fetch callback function: mtimeold and mtimenew parameters
>> +  were replaced by force parameter
>> +- unsigned short -> int changes for Boolean variables
>> +
>> +[ADDED]
>> +- alpm_db_set_pkgreason()
>> +- alpm_option_get_arch(), alpm_option_set_arch()
>> +- alpm_option_get_usedelta()
>> +- alpm_pkg_unused_deltas()
>> +- alpm_conflict_get_reason()
>> +- error code: PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_ARCH
>> --
>> 1.7.1
>>
>
> Thanks a lot for doing that !
> With the number of changes there is in 3.4, I felt it was important to
> do that, so that libalpm users can at least have a quick overview of
> what changed.

+1 from me too, thanks a bunch.

-Dan