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@@ -1,5 +1,49 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +3.5.0 - sync DBs read directly from the database tarball + (FS#8586, FS#20233) + - local DB "depends" file has been merged into the "desc" file + - pacman-db-upgrade script provided to update the local + database format + - sync database extension is .db (without compression suffix) + - requires repo-add from pacman-3.4+ + - package versions can have an 'epoch' value defined that will + overrule any version comparison + - this replaces the use of the "force" option in allowing for + package updates with versions that do not conform to the + default version comparison operations + - package versions have the format [epoch:]pkgver-pkgrel + - check available disk space before installing packages (FS#11639) + - enabled by the "CheckSpace" option in pacman.conf + - attempt to stop install if we hit an extraction issue + (FS#7692, FS#22034) + - improved interactive selection for groups/provides + (FS#19704, FS#19853) + - finer grained control of ignoring dependency resolution + - -Sd to ignore dependency versions only + - -Sdd to ignore all dependency information + - clean-up of --help output (FS#19526) + - CleanMethod for package cache cleaning can use both + KeepInstalled and KeepCurrent simultaneously + - various speed-ups: + - improved internal storage of the package cache + - faster pkgname/depends searches + - use OpenSSL crypto functions if available + - makepkg: + - add support for running testsuites in a check() function + (FS#15145) + - controlled by BUILDENV option 'check' in makepkg.conf + which may be overridden by --check/--nocheck on the + command-line + - extract any file bsdtar recognizes + - STRIP_DIRS has been removed in favor of stripping all + recognized files + - improve $srcdir/$pkgdir check to reduce false positives + - $pkgname can be used in split package() functions (FS#22174) + - added '!buildflags' option to allow unsetting of CFLAGS, + CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS + - repo-add: added -f/--files to create files database (FS#11302) + - pactree: rewritten in C using libalpm 3.4.3 - fix attempted double remove of all files issue during upgrades - respect IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup for group members (FS#19854) - back out epoch changes; 3.5.X will handle them differently |