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1 files changed, 53 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ library is initialized. * logcb: The callback function for "log" operations. * dlcb: The callback function for download progress of each package. +* fetchcb: Callback for custom download function. * totaldlcb: The callback function for overall download progress. * root: The root directory for pacman to install to (Default: /) * dbpath: The toplevel database directory (Default: /var/lib/pacman) * logfile: The base path to pacman's log file (Default: /var/log/pacman.log) * usesyslog: Log to syslog instead of `logfile` for file-base logging. -* xfercommand: The command to use for downloading instead of pacman's internal - downloading functionality. * nopassiveftp: Do not use passive FTP commands for ftp connections. The following options also have `alpm_option_{add,remove}_*` functions, as the @@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ alpm_option_{get,set}_noupgrades -> alpm_option_{add,remove}_noupgrade. * noextracts: Files which will never be extracted at all (no .pacnew file) * ignorepkgs: Packages to ignore when upgrading. * ignoregrps: Groups to ignore when upgrading. -* holdpkgs: Important packages which need a confirmation before being removed. The following options are read-only, having ONLY alpm_option_get_* functions: @@ -246,3 +244,55 @@ API CHANGES BETWEEN 3.1 AND 3.2 - flags: PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLEXPLICIT, PM_TRANS_FLAG_UNNEEDED and PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL + + +API CHANGES BETWEEN 3.2 AND 3.3 +=============================== + +[REMOVED] +- pmsyncpkg_t struct (pmpkg_t is used for all types of transaction targets): + - alpm_sync_get_pkg() + - alpm_sync_get_removes() (use alpm_pkg_get_removes() instead) +- HoldPkg handling (it is the front-end's task): + - alpm_option_get_holdpkgs() + - alpm_option_add_holdpkg() + - alpm_option_set_holdpkgs() + - alpm_option_remove_holdpkg() + - PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_HOLDPKG conversation +- Print URIs feature (it is the front-end's task): + - flag: PM_TRANS_FLAG_PRINTURIS + - event: PM_TRANS_EVT_PRINTURI +- alpm_delta_get_from_md5sum() and alpm_delta_get_to_md5sum() +- alpm_sync_sysupgrade() +- error codes: + PM_ERR_TRANS_COMMITING, PM_ERR_TRANS_DOWNLOADING, PM_ERR_PKG_LOAD, + PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_FRESH, PM_ERR_GRP_NOT_FOUND, PM_ERR_USER_ABORT, + PM_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, PM_ERR_DB_SYNC, PM_ERR_PKG_HOLD and + PM_ERR_LIBDOWNLOAD + +[CHANGED] +- XferCommand support was removed, any fetch callback function can be defined: + - alpm_option_get_xfercommand() and alpm_option_set_xfercommand() were removed + - alpm_option_get_fetchcb() and alpm_option_set_fetchcb() were added +- function renames: + - alpm_db_getpkgcache() -> alpm_db_get_pkgcache() + - alpm_db_getgrpcache() -> alpm_db_get_grpcache() + - alpm_dep_get_string() -> alpm_dep_compute_string() + - alpm_get_md5sum() -> alpm_compute_md5sum() + - alpm_checkdbconflicts() -> alpm_checkconflicts() +- alpm_trans_sysupgrade() has a new enable_downgrade parameter +- alpm_checkdeps() and alpm_checkconflicts() require local package list instead + of local database +- the to-be-upgraded package is passed to the callback function with + PM_TRANS_EVT_UPGRADE_START (as the second parameter) +- the "requiredby" package is never passed to the callback function with + PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG (the second parameter is always NULL) + +[ADDED] +- alpm_pkg_get_db() +- alpm_pkg_get_removes() +- conversation: PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_PKGS (remove unresolvable targets) +- flag: PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOLOCK (do not lock database) +- error codes: + PM_ERR_SERVER_NONE, PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_LOCKED, PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED and + PM_ERR_LIBFETCH |