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@@ -4,27 +4,29 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION
under the specified root directory)
- all paths can be specified in pacman.conf or on command line
- updates to pacman clean operation- now cleans uninstalled
- packages and old sync DBs
+ packages and old sync DBs (FS#8061)
- remove all hardcoded paths and allow them to be set at
configure/build time
- single mirrorfile- pacman substitutes the repository name in
- mirror file when $repo is found
- - New config file options: ShowSize, TODO xxx
+ mirror file when $repo is found (FS#6389)
+ - New config file options: ShowSize, TotalDownload, IgnoreGroup,
+ UseDelta
- all scripts have been gettext-ized and can be translated
- added testdb utility to check pacman DBs for common problems
- huge additions to pactest suite
- remove -F/--freshen operation
- - add --ignoregroup option
+ - add --ignoregroup option (FS#1592)
- --ignore and --ignoregroup accept comma separated lists
- add --needed option for --sync
- massive optimization and speedup for --owns
- - add -q/--quiet option for -Ss/-Sl and -Q? output
- - add --asdeps option (install packages as reason: dependency)
+ - add -q/--quiet option for -Ss/-Sl and -Q? output (FS#8470)
+ - add --asdeps option (install reason: dependency) (FS#7193)
- replace "Total Package Size" with "Total Download Size"
+ (FS#4182)
- fix -Q options to work on installed packages AND package files
- change -Q/--query options to act as filters and increase their
flexibility
- - moved parseconfig from backend library to frontend
+ - -U/-A <url> now downloads to cachedir (FS#6404)
- install and build dates are localized
- optdepends support
- delta support
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION
- bash completion updates
- mirrorlist updates
- allow multiple pacman cache directories
- - all manpages are now generated using Asciidoc
+ - all manpages are now generated using Asciidoc (FS#7312)
+ - moved parseconfig from backend library to frontend
- clean up and refactoring of the ENTIRE codebase
- remove many useless #ifdefs
- split many too-long functions
@@ -43,11 +46,13 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION
- memory leak fixes all over the place
- fix overzealous use of macros
- entire codebase builds with -pedantic GCC option
+ - allow abs to not be included (FS#7319)
- libalpm-specific changes:
- moved location of sync DBs into their own folder to thwart
deletion and remove naming limitations
- REQUIREDBY entries are no longer used in local DB but are
- computed on the fly when needed
+ computed on the fly when needed, which should resolve
+ phantom dependency issues (FS#7639)
- ensure we export everything that should be public
- fix some const correctness issues
- add list tail ptr shortcut to make last element lookups O(1)
@@ -62,22 +67,25 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION
- remove gettext calls from DEBUG messages
- remove faulty diskspace checking
- move functions out of alpm.c to where they belong
+ - rewrite of file extraction code (FS#7484)
- makepkg-specific changes:
- entire script has been functionalized
- only runs in fakeroot when necessary
- hard linked manpages are now compressed (FS#5392)
- built-in versionpkg support
- - arch=('any') support
+ - arch=('any') support (FS#8153)
- clean up and prettify the output
- replace tar/cpio/unzip with bsdtar (FS#7485)
- add --ignorearch option (FS#7355)
- improved error handling
+ - downloads straight to $SRCDEST to avoid copies (FS#7271)
+ - support for multiple download protocols (FS#4404)
- remove --usesudo option, use it by default
- add --asroot option to discourage building as root
- - add $srcdir and $pkgdir variables
+ - add $srcdir and $pkgdir variables (FS#7278)
- add source package creation option
- rankmirrors- allow reading from stdin (FS#8043)
- - and many other small updates...
+ - and many other updates: 198 bugs/FRs closed since 3.0.0 release
- switch to GIT for source code management
3.0.6 - config files updated to reflect current -> core change
- fix symlink overwriting issue (FS#7484)