1 apt (0.5.8) unstable; urgency=medium
3 * urgency=medium because the changes since 0.5.5.1 are pretty safe as
4 far as core functionality, 0.5.5.1 survived unstable for 10 days, and
5 I don't want to delay apt's progress into testing any further. It's
6 decidedly better than 0.5.4.
7 * Clarify the meaning of the only-source option in apt-get(8)
9 * Updated French man pages from Philippe Batailler
10 <philippe.batailler@free.fr> (Closes: #182194)
11 * Give a warning if an illegal type abbreviation is used when looking up a
12 configuration item (Closes: #168453)
13 * Improve build-depends handling of virtual packages even further, so that
14 it will now also try to satisfy build-depends on virtual packages if they
15 are not installed. Note that this only works if there is only one
16 package providing the virtual package, as in other cases (Closes: #165404)
17 * Update config.guess and config.sub from autotools-dev 20030717.1
18 * Tweak SGML in apt-extracttemplates.1.sgml so that literal '>' doesn't end
20 * Document SrcDirectory in apt-ftparchive.1.sgml (Closes: #156370)
21 * Support TMPDIR in apt-extracttemplates (Closes: #191656)
22 * Fix ru.po to use a capital letter for the translation of 'Y' so that
23 YnPrompt works correctly (Closes: #200953)
25 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:06:05 -0400
27 apt (0.5.7) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Update control file to match overrides (apt priority important,
30 libapt-pkg-dev section libdevel)
31 * Silence the essential packages check if we are only downloading
32 archives and not changing the system (Closes: #190862)
33 * Skip version check if a build-dependency is provided by an installed package
35 * Have apt-cache show exit with an error if it cannot find any of the
36 specified packages (Closes: #101490)
38 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:43:24 -0400
40 apt (0.5.6) unstable; urgency=low
42 * Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
43 - Fix segfault when handling /etc/apt/preferences. Closes: #192409.
44 * Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
45 - Clean up some string handling, patch from Peter Lundkvist
46 <p.lundkvist@telia.com> (Closes: #192225)
47 - Don't fall off the end of the buffer when comparing versions.
48 Patch from Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu> (Closes: #194327)
49 - Minor fixes to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #118156)
50 - Fix typo in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #119072)
51 - More typos in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #190936)
52 - Update config.guess, config.sub to latest versions
53 - Modify the description for apt-utils to reflect the fact that it is not
54 (any longer) infrequently used (Closes: #138045)
55 - Make setup script for dselect method more explicit about
56 overwriting sources.list (Closes: #151727)
57 - Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #161243)
58 - Remove duplicate 'showpkg' from synopsis on apt-cache(8)
60 - Document in apt-get(8) the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is that
61 the package is being purged (Closes: #182369)
62 - Fix extra "/" character in apt.conf(5) (Closes: #185545)
63 - Fix typo in tar error message (Closes: #191424)
64 - Clarify description of 'search' on apt-cache(8) (Closes: #192216)
65 - Fix incorrect path for 'partial' directory on apt-get(8)
67 - Fixes to pt_BR translation from Andre Luis Lopes <andrelop@ig.com.br>
69 - Updated apt_preferences(5) man page with many corrections and
70 clarifications from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
72 - Fix SGML validation errors in apt-cache.8.sgml introduced in 0.5.5 or so
73 - Add a simple example to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #95257)
74 - Add bug script for collecting configuration info (Closes: #176482)
76 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:59:43 -0400
78 apt (0.5.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Move the target of the example docs from doc to binary. Closes:
82 * Fix api breakage that broke apt-ftparchive and apt-cache dumpavail, by
83 backing out change that incorretly attempted to handle Package sections
84 larger than 32k. Closes: #192373
85 * Fix never-ending loop with apt-get install -V. Closes: #192355.
87 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Mon, 19 May 2003 12:30:16 -0500
89 apt (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
91 * New deb version compare function, that has no integer limits, and
92 supports pre-versions using ~. Code ported from dpkg.
93 * Fix handling of [!arch] for build-dependencies. Closes: #88798, #149595
94 * Fix handling of build-deps on unknown packages. Closes: #88664, #153307
95 * "apt-get --arch-only build-dep" to install only architecture-
96 dependent build dependencies. Bump minor shared lib number to reflect
97 small change in BuildDepend API.
98 * APT::Build-Essential configuration option (defaults to "build-essential")
99 so that "apt-get build-dep" will ensure build essential packages are
100 installed prior to installing other build-dependencies. Closes: #148879
101 * LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #109430, #147529
102 * /usr/doc reference in postinst. Closes: #126189
103 * Doc updates. Closes: #120689
104 * Possible apt-cache segfault. Closes: #120311, #118431, #117915, #135295,
106 * Print special message for EAI_AGAIN. Closes: #131397
107 * libapt-pkg-dev needs to bring in the apt-inst library if linking
108 is to work. Closes: #133943
109 * Typos, Doc Stuff. Closes: #132772, #129970, #123642, #114892, #113786,
110 #109591, #105920, #103678, #139752, #138186, #138054, #138050,
111 #139994, #142955, #151654, #151834, #147611, #154268, #173971
112 * Fix possibility for tag file parsing to fail in some unlikely situations.
114 * Use std C++ names for some header files. Closes: #128741
115 * Do not check for free space if --no-download. Closes: #117856
116 * Actually implement or group handling for 'upgrade'. Closes: #133950
117 * "Internal Error, Couldn't configure pre-depend" is not actually an
118 internal error, it is a packaging error and now it says so, and
119 pinpoints the problem dependency. Closes: #155621
120 * Allows failure to write to a pipe for post-invoke stuff. Closes: #89830
121 * Use usr/share/doc for dhelp. Closes: #115701
122 * --print-uris works with 'update'. Closes: #57070
123 * Options Dpkg::MaxArgs,Dpkg::MaxArgBytes to allow a much longer dpkg
125 * Fixed 2 little OR group bugs, thanks to Yann Dirson. Closes: #143995,
127 * Allow an uninstalled package to be marked for removal on an install
128 line (meaning not to automatically install it), also fix some dodgy
129 handling of protected packages. Closes: #92287, #116011
130 * Fix errant prefix matching in version selection. Closes: #105968
131 * Ensure that all files needed to run APT as a user are readable and
132 ignore roots umask for these files. Closes: #108801
133 * Support larger config spaces. Closes: #111914
134 * 'apt-get update' no longer does 'Building Dependency Tree'.
135 * When matching regexs allways print a message. Change regex activation
136 charset. Closes: #147817
137 * Don't die if lines in sources.list are too long. Closes: #146846
138 * Show file name on apt-extracttemplate error messges. Closes: #151835
139 * i18n gettext stuff, based on work from Michael Piefel: Closes: #95933
140 * Some highly unlikely memory faults. Closes: #155842
141 * C++ stuff for G++3.2. Closes: #162617, #165515,
142 * apt-config dumps sends to stdout not stderr now. Closes: #146294
143 * Fix segfault in FindAny when /i is used, and there is no default.
145 * Add s390x to archtable. Closese: #160992.
146 * Update config.sub/config.guess in cvs, and add support to debian/rules
147 to update them from /usr/share/misc if they exist. Closes: #155014
148 * Remove 'Sorry' from messages. Closes: #148824.
149 * Change wording of 'additional disk space usage' message. Closes:
151 * apt-extracttemplates now prepends the package name when extracting
152 files. Closes: #132776
153 * Add -n synonym for --names-only for apt-cache. Closes: #130689
154 * Display both current version and new version in apt-get -s. Closes:
156 * Add an options and timeout config item to ssh/rsh. Closes: #90654
157 * libapt-pkg-dev now depends on apt-utils. Closes: #133942.
158 * Change verbose logging output of apt-ftparchive to go to stderr,
159 instead of stdout. Also, errors that occur no longer go to stdout,
160 but stderr. Closes: #161592
161 * Test for timegm in configure. Closes: #165516.
162 * s/st_mtime/mtime/ on our local stat structure in apt-ftparchive, to
163 support compliation on platforms where st_mtime is a macro. Closes:
165 * Check the currently mounted cdrom, to see if it's the one we are
166 interested in. Closes: #154602
167 * Refer to reportbug instead of bug in the man pages. Closes: #173745
168 * Link apt-inst to apt-pkg. Closes: #175055
169 * New apt_preferences man page from Thomas Hood, Susan Kleinmann,
171 * Fix > 300 col screen segfault. Closes: #176052
172 * Rebuild with gcc-3.2. Closes: #177752, #178008.
173 * Fix build-dep handling of | dependencies.
174 Closes: #98640, #145997, #158896, #172901
175 * Double default value of APT::Cache-Limit, until such time as it
176 can be made more dynamic. Closes: #178623.
177 * Report uris with '.gz' when there are errors. Closes: #178435.
178 * When installing build-deps, make sure the new version will
179 satisfy build requirements. Closes: #178121
180 * Split offline and guide documentation into apt-doc. This was done so
181 that binary-arch builds do not require documention deps. Note, that
182 apt-doc is not installed on upgrades.
183 * Use doc-base, instead of dhelp directly. Closes: #110389
184 * Change http message 'Waiting for file' to 'Waiting for headers'.
186 * Remove trailing lines on package lists in apt-get. Closes: #178736.
187 * Fix origin pins for file:// uris. Closes: #189014.
188 * Apply typo and syntax patch from bug to apt-cache.8.sgml. Closes:
190 * s/dpkg-preconfig/dpkg-preconfigure/ in examples/configure-index.
192 * Fix some typos in the apt-get manual. Closes: #163932.
193 * Apply patch from bug, to change frozen to testing, and then do it
194 everywhere else. Closes: #165085.
195 * Update es.po. Closes: #183111.
196 * Add pt_BR translation of apt_preferences(5). Also, build fr manpages.
198 * Add a vcg command to apt-cache, similiar to dotty. Closes: #150512.
199 * Add option to apt-get to show versions of packages being
201 * Be quiet in apt.post{inst,rm}. Closes: #70685.
202 * apt-get now prints out suggested and recommended packages. Closes:
204 * Insert some newlines in the cdrom change media message. Closes:
206 * Add a rdepends command to apt-cache. Closes: #159864.
207 * When building the dpkg command line, allow for 8192 chars to be used,
208 instead of only 1024.
209 * APT::Immediate-Configure had inverted semantics(false meant it was
210 enabled). Closes: #173619.
211 * Fix status file parser so that if a record is larger than 32k, the
212 buffer size will be doubled, and the read attempted again. Closes:
215 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 27 Apr 2003 01:23:12 -0500
217 apt (0.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
219 * M68k config.guess patch. Closes: #88913
220 * Bi-yearly test on OpenBSD and Solaris
221 * Doc updates. Closes: #89121, #89854, #99671, #98353, #95823, #93057,
222 #97520, #102867, #101071, #102421, #101565, #98272, #106914,
224 * Various cosmetic code updates. Closes: #89066, #89066, #89152
225 * Add "pre-auto" as an option for DSelect::Clean (run autoclean after
227 * More patches from Alfredo for Vendors and more SHA-1 stuff
228 * Fix for AJ's 'desire to remove perl-5.005' and possibly other
229 similar situations. Closes: #56708, #59432
230 * no_proxy and ftp. Closes: #89671
231 * Philippe Batailler's man page patches.
232 * Fix for display bug. Closes: #92033, #93652, #98468
233 * Use more than 16bits for the dep ID. Some people ran out..
234 Closes: #103020, #97809, #102951, #99974, #107362, #107395, #107362,
235 #106911, #107395, #108968
236 * Reordered some things to make dante and FTP happier. Closes: #92757
237 * James R. Van Zandt's guide.sgml updates. Closes: #90027
238 * apt-ftparchive copes with no uncompressed package files + contents.
239 * French man pages from philippe batailler - well sort of. They
241 * run-parts. Closes: #94286
242 * 'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
243 * Whatever. Closes: #89762
244 * libstdc++ and HURD. Closes: #92025
245 * More apt-utils verbage. Closes: #86954
246 * Fliped comparision operator. Closes: #94618
247 * Used the right copyright file. Closes: #65691
248 * Randolph's G++3 patches.
249 * Fixed no_proxy tokanizing. Closes: #100046
250 * Strip Config-Version when copying status to available. Closes: #97520
251 * Segfault with missing source files. Closes: #100325
252 * EINTR check. Closes: #102293
253 * Various changes to the locking metholodgy for --print-uris.
255 * Lame LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #98928
256 * apt-cache search searchs provide names too now. Closes: #98695
257 * Checksum and long lines problem. Closes: #106591
258 * .aptignr and empty files are just a warning. Closes: #97364
260 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:21:59 -0500
262 apt (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
264 * JoeyH's dpkg::preconfig not working. Closes: #88675
265 * Fixed apt override disparity
266 * Alfredo's SHA-1 and related patches
268 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
270 apt (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Fixed mention of /usr/doc in the long description
273 * JoeyH's downgrade bug -- don't use 0.5.1
274 * Doc bug. Closes: #88538
275 * Fault in building release strings. Closes: #88533
277 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
279 apt (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Fixed #82894 again, or should be and.
282 * Process the option string right. Closes: #86921
283 * Don't eat the last command for pipes. Closes: #86923
284 * Ignore .* for configuration directory processing. Closes: #86923
285 * Alfredo's no_proxy patch
286 * Documentation fixes. Closes: #87091
287 * JoeyH's double slash bug. Closes: #87266
288 * Unintitialized buffer and apt-ftparchive contents generation.
290 * Build-deps on virtual packages. Closes: #87639
291 * Fixes glibc/libstdc++ symbol dependencies by including glibc and
292 libstdc++ version info in the library soname and in the package
293 provides. Closes: #87426
294 * Updated soname version to 0.3.2
295 * apt-extracttemplates moved from debconf into apt-utils
296 * s390 archtable entry. Closes: #88232
298 * Some instances where the status file can source a package in a
299 non-sensical way. Closes: #87390
300 * Work better if there are duplicate sources.list entries.
301 * Fixed the resetting of Dir with "dir {};". Closes: #87323
303 -- Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:37:38 -0700
305 apt (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Fixed an obscure bug with missing final double new lines in
309 * Changed the apt-cdrom index copy routine to use the new section
311 * Added a package file sorter, apt-sortpkgs
312 * Parse obsolete Optional dependencies.
313 * Added Ben's rsh method. Closes: #57794
314 * Added IPv6 FTP support and better DNS rotation support.
315 * Include the server IP in error messages when using a DNS rotation.
317 * Made most of the byte counters into doubles to prevent 32bit overflow.
319 * HTTP Authorization. Closes: #61158
320 * Ability to parse and return source index build depends from Randolph.
321 * new 'apt-get build-dep' command from Randolph. Closes: #63982
322 * Added apt-ftparchive the all dancing all singing FTP archive
324 * Allow version specifications with =1.2.4-3 and /2.2 or /stable postfixes
326 * Removed useless internal cruft including the xstatus file.
327 * Fixed config parser bugs. Closes: #67848, #71108
328 * Brain Damanged apt-get config options changed, does not change the command
329 line interface, except to allow --enable-* to undo a configuration
332 No-Download -> Download
333 No-Upgrade -> Upgrade
334 * Made this fix configable (DSelect::CheckDir) and default to disabled:
335 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
336 Because it is stupid in the case where no files were downloaded due to
337 a resumed-aborted install, or a full cache! Closes: #65952
338 * Obscure divide by zero problem. Closes: #64394
339 * Update sizetable for mips. Closes: #62288
340 * Fixed a bug with passive FTP connections
341 * Has sizetable entry for sparc64. Closes: #64869
342 * Escape special characters in the ::Label section of the cdroms.lst
343 * Created apt-utils and python-apt packages
344 * Due to the new policy engine, the available file may contain entries
345 from the status file. These are generated if the package is not obsolete
346 but the policy engine prohibits using the version from the package files.
347 They can be identified by the lack of a Filename field.
348 * The new policy engine. Closes: #66509, #66944, #45122, #45094, #40006,
349 #36223, #33468, #22551
350 * Fixed deb-src line for non-us. Closes: #71501, #71601
351 * Fixes for G++ 2.96, s/friend/friend class/
352 * Fixed mis doc of APT::Get::Fix-Missing. Closes: #69269
353 * Confirmed fix for missing new line problem. Closes: #69386
354 * Fixed up dhelp files. Closes: #71312
355 * Added some notes about dselect and offline usage. Closes: #66473, #38316
356 * Lock files on read only file systems are ignored w/ warning.
358 * apt-get update foo now gives an error! Closes: #42891
359 * Added test for shlibs on hurd. Closes: #71499
360 * Clarified apt-cache document. Closes: #71934
361 * DocBook SGML man pages and some improvements in the text..
362 * sigwinch thing. Closes: #72382
363 * Caching can be turned off by setting the cache file names blank.
364 * Ignores arches it does not know about when autocleaning. Closes: #72862
365 * New function in apt-config to return dirs, files, bools and integers.
366 * Fixed an odd litle bug in MarkInstall and fixed it up to handle
367 complex cases involving OR groups and provides.
368 68754 describes confusing messages which are the result of this..
369 Closes: #63149, #69394, #68754, #77683, #66806, #81486, #78712
370 * Speeling mistake and return code for the 'wicked' resolver error
371 Closes: #72621, #75226, #77464
372 * Solved unable to upgrade libc6 from potato to woody due to 3 package
373 libc6 dependency loop problem.
374 * Leading sources.list spaces. Closes: #76010
375 * Removed a possible infinite loop while processing installations.
376 * Man page updates. Closes: #75411, #75560, #64292, #78469
377 * ReduceSourceList bug. Closes: #76027
378 * --only-source option. Closes: #76320
379 * Typos. Closes: #77812, #77999
380 * Different status messages. Closes: #76652, #78353
381 * /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory for Joey and Matt and pipe protocol 2
382 * OS detection an support for the new pseduo standard of os-arch for the
383 Architecture string. Also uses regexing.. Closes: #39227, #72349
384 * Various i18n stuff. Note that this still needs some i18n wizard
385 to do the last gettextization right. Closes: #62386
386 * Fixed a problem with some odd http servers/proxies that did not return
387 the content size in the header. Closes: #79878, #44379
388 * Little acquire bugs. Closes: #77029, #55820
389 * _POSIX_THREADS may not be defined to anything, just defined..
391 * Spelling of Ignore-Hold correctly. Closes: #78042
392 * Unlock the dpkg db if in download only mode. Closes: #84851
393 * Brendan O'Dea's dselect admindir stuff. Closes: #62811
394 * Patch from BenC. Closes: #80810
395 * Single output of some names in lists. Closes: #80498, #43286
396 * Nice message for people who can't read syserror output. Closes: #84734
397 * OR search function. Closes: #82894
398 * User's guide updates. Closes: #82469
399 * The AJ/JoeyH var/state to var/lib transition patch. Closes: #59094
400 * Various CD bugs, again thanks to Greenbush
401 Closes: #80946, #76547, #71810, #70049, #69482
402 * Using potato debhelper. Closes: #57977
403 * I cannot self-terminate. Closes: #74928
405 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:39:15 -0500
407 apt (0.3.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low
409 * Updates to apt-cdrom to support integrated non-us nicely, thanks to
411 * Fixed that apt-get/cdrom deadlock thing. Closes: #59853, #62945, #61976
412 * Fixed hardcoded path. Closes: #59743
413 * Fixed Jay's relative path bug
414 * Allowed source only CDs. Closes: #58952
415 * Space check is supressed if --print-uris is given. Closes: #58965
416 * Clarified the documenation examples for non-us. Closes: #58646
417 * Typo in the package description. Closes: #60230
418 * Man Page typo. Closes: #60347
419 * Typo in Algorithms.cc. Closes: #63577
420 * Evil dotty function in apt-cache for generating dependency graphs
421 with the as-yet-unpackaged GraphVis.
422 * Appears to have been fixed in Janurary.. Closes: #57981
423 * New config.guess/sub for the new archs. Closes: #60874
424 * Fixed error reporting for certain kinds of resolution failures.
426 * Made autoclean respect 'q' settings. Closes: #63023
427 * Fixed up the example sources.list. Closes: #63676
428 * Added DPkg::FlushSTDIN to control the flushing of stdin before
429 forking dpkg. Closes: #63991
431 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 12 May 2000 21:10:54 -0700
433 apt (0.3.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
435 * Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
436 * Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
437 * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
439 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:52:31 -0800
441 apt (0.3.17) unstable; urgency=low
443 * RFC 2732 usage for CDROM URIs and fixes to apt-cdrom
444 * Fixed the configuration parser to not blow up if ; is in the config
446 * Applied visual patch to dselect install script . Closes #55214
447 * Included the configure-index example
449 * Library soname has increased
450 * Fixed default sources.list to have correct URLs for potato when it
452 * Added a message about erasing sources.list to dselect setup script
454 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
455 * Fixed inclusion of 2nd sample config file. Closes: #55374
456 * Made file mtimes of 0 not confuse the methods If-Modifed-Since check.
459 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:12:40 -0800
461 apt (0.3.16) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Made --no-download work. Closes: #52993
464 * Now compiles on OpenBSD, Solaris and HP-UX
465 * Clarify segfault errors
466 * More debhelper fixes. Closes: #52662, #54566, #52090, #53531, #54769
467 * Fix for Joel's discovery of glibc removal behavoir.
468 * Fix for Ben Collins file: uri from slink upgrade.
469 * Fixed resume code in FTP. Closes: #54323
470 * Take more precautions to prevent the corruption Joey Hess saw.
471 * Fixed --no-list-cleanup
472 * RFC 2732 URI parsing ([] for hostnames).
473 * Typo in apt-cache man page. Closes: #54949
475 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:04:15 -0800
477 apt (0.3.15) unstable; urgency=low
479 * Added DSelect::WaitAfterDownload Closes: #49549
480 * Fixed cast error in byteswap macro and supporting code. Closes: #50093
481 * Fixed buffer overflow for wide terminal sizes. Closes: #50295
482 * Made -s and clean not do anything. Closes: #50238
483 * Problem with Protected packages and the new OR code.
484 * /usr/share/doc stuff. Closes: #51017, #50228, #51141
485 * Remove doesn't require a package to be installable. Closes: #51175
486 * FTP proxy touch ups in the mabn page. Closes: #51315, #51314
488 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:17:24 -0800
490 apt (0.3.14) unstable; urgency=low
492 * Fix Perl or group pre-depends thing Closes: #46091, #46096, #46233, #45901
493 * Fix handling of dpkg's conversions from < -> <= Closes: #46094, #47088
494 * Make unparsable priorities non-fatal Closes: #46266, #46267, #46293, #46298
495 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes: #43830, #45640, #45692
496 * Fixed 'Method gave a blank filename' error from IMS queries onto CDs.
497 Closes: #45034, #45695, #46537
498 * Made OR group handling in the problem resolver more elaborate. Closes: #45646
499 * Added APT::Clean-Installed option. Closes: #45973
500 * Moves the free space check to after the calculated size is printed.
501 Closes: #46639, #47498
502 * mipsel arch Closes: #47614
503 * Beautified URI printing to not include passwords Closes: #46857
504 * Fixed little problem with --no-download Closes: #47557
505 * Tweaked Dselect 'update' script to re-gen the avail file even in the
506 event of a failure Closes: #47112
507 * Retries for source archives too Closes: #47529
508 * Unmounts CDROMs iff it mounted them Closes: #45299
509 * Checks for the partial directories before doing downloads Closes: #47392
510 * no_proxy environment variable (http only!) Closes: #43476
511 * apt-cache showsrc Closes: #45799
512 * De-Refs Single Pure virtual packages. Closes: #42437, #43555
513 * Regexs for install. Closes: #35304, #38835
514 * Dependency reports now show OR group relations
515 * Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
516 * Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
517 * Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
518 * Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
519 * --trivial-only and --no-remove. Closes: #48518
520 * Increased the cache size. Closes: #47648
521 * Comment woopsie. Closes: #48789
522 * Removes existing links when linking sources. Closes: #48775
523 * Problem resolver does not install all virtual packages. Closes: #48591, #49252
524 * Clearer usage message about 'source' Closes: #48858
525 * Immediate configure internal error Closes: #49062, #48884
527 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:21:25 -0800
529 apt (0.3.13) unstable; urgency=low
531 * Fix timestamp miss in FTP. Closes: #44363
532 * Fix sorting of Kept packages. Closes: #44377
533 * Fix Segfault for dselect-upgrade. Closes: #44436
534 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes #43830
535 * Added APT::Get::Diff-Only and Tar-Only options. Closes #44384
536 * Add commented-out deb-src URI to default sources.list file.
538 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:54:20 -0700
540 apt (0.3.12) unstable; urgency=low
542 * Fix for typo in the dhelp index. Closes: #40377
543 * Multiple media swap support
544 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
545 * Better handling of - remove notation. Closes: #41024
546 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
547 * Error code on failed update. Closes: #41053
548 * apt-cdrom adds entries for source directories. Closes: #41231
549 * Sorts the output of any list. Closes: #41107
550 * Fixes the looping problem. Closes: #41784, #42414, #44022
551 * Fixes the CRC mechanism to lowercase all strings. Closes: #41839
552 * More checks to keep the display sane. Particularly when fail-over is
553 used with local mirrors and CD-Roms. Closes: #42127, #43130, #43668
554 * PThread lockup problem on certain sparc/m68k. Closes: #40628
555 * apt-cdrom understands .gz Package files too. Closes: #42779
556 * Spelling error in dselect method description. Closes: #43251
557 * Added security to the default source list. Closes: #43356
559 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:04:28 -0700
561 apt (0.3.11) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Fix for mis-parsed file: URIs. Closes: #40373, #40366, #40230
564 * Fix for properly upgrading the system from perl 5.004 to 5.005
566 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:06:44 -0700
568 apt (0.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
570 * Spelling error in cachefile.cc. Closes: #39885
571 * Trailing slash in dselect install if you try to use the
572 default config file. Closes: #40011
573 * Simulate works for autoclean. Closes: #39141
574 * Fixed spelling errors. Closes: #39673
575 * Changed url parsing a bit. Closes: #40070, #40069
576 * Version 0.3.8 will be for slink/hamm (GNU libc 2).
578 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:02:52 -0700
580 apt (0.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
582 * Fixed missing text in the apt-get(8) page. Closes: #37596
583 * Made --simulate and friends work with apt-get source. Closes: #37597, #37656
584 * Fixed inclusion of man pages in the -doc/-dev package. Closes: #37633, #38651
585 * Fixed handling of the -q option with not-entirely integer arguments
587 * Man page typo Closes: #37762
588 * Fixed parsing of the Source: line. Closes: #37679
589 * Dpkg/dpkg-hurd source bug. Closes: #38004, #38032
590 * Added a check for an empty cache directory. Closes: #37963
591 * Return a failure code if -d is given and packages fail to download.
593 * Arranged for an ftp proxy specifing an http server to work. See the
594 important note in the sources.list man page.
595 * Accounted for resumed files in the cps calculation. Closes: #36787
596 * Deal with duplicate same version different packages. Closes: #30237
597 * Added --no-download. Closes: #38095
598 * Order of apt-cdrom dist detection. Closes: #38139
599 * Fix apt-cdrom chop handling and missing lines. Closes: #37276
601 * Suggests dpkg-dev for apt-get source. Closes: #38158
602 * Fixed typo in apt-get help. Closes: #38712
603 * Improved the error message in the case of broken held package. Closes: #38777
604 * Fixed handling of MD5 failures
605 * Documented list notation Closes: #39008
606 * Change the 'b' to 'B'. Closes: #39007
608 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:36:20 -0700
610 apt (0.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
612 * Note that 0.3.5 never made it out the door..
613 * Fix for apt-cdrom and unusual disk label locations. Closes: #35571
614 * Made APT print numbers in decimal. Closes: #35617, #37319
615 * Buffer munching fix for FTP. Closes: #35868
616 * Typo in sample config file. Closes: #35907
617 * Fixed whitespace in version compares. Closes: #35968, #36283, #37051
618 * Changed installed size counter to only count unpacked packages.
620 * apt-get source support. Closes: #23934, #27190
621 * Renames .debs that fail MD5 checking, provides automatic corruption
622 recovery. Closes: #35931
623 * Fixed autoconf verison. Closes: #37305
624 * Random Segfaulting. Closes: #37312, #37530
625 * Fixed apt-cache man page. Closes: #36904
626 * Added a newline to apt-cache showpkg. Closes: #36903
628 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 09:18:49 -0700
630 apt (0.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Release for Ben while he is out of town.
633 * Checked the size of partial files. Closes: #33705
634 * apt-get should not print progress on non-tty. Closes: #34944
635 * s/guide.text.gz/users-guide.txt.gz/ debian/control: Closes: #35207
636 * Applied cdrom patches from Torsten. Closes: #35140, #35141
637 * smbmounted cdrom fix. Closes: #35470
638 * Changed ie to eg. Closes: #35196
640 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:26:44 -0500
642 apt (0.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
644 * Fixes bug with file:/ URIs and multi-CD handling. Closes: #34923
646 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:15:44 -0800
648 apt (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Major release into unstable of v3
651 * These bugs have been fixed, explanations are in the bug system, read
652 the man pages as well..
653 Closes: #21113, #22507, #22675, #22836, #22892, #32883, #33006, #34121,
654 #23984, #24685, #24799, #25001, #25019, #34223, #34296, #34355,
655 #24021, #25022, #25026, #25104, #25176, #31557, #31691, #31853,
656 #25458, #26019, #26433, #26592, #26670, #27100, #27100, #27601,
657 #28184, #28391, #28778, #29293, #29351, #27841, #28172, #30260,
658 #29382, #29441, #29903, #29920, #29983, #30027, #30076, #30112,
659 #31009, #31155, #31381, #31883, #32140, #32395, #32584. #34465,
660 #30383, #30441, #30472, #30643, #30827, #30324, #36425, #34596
662 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:14:25 -0800
664 apt (0.3.1) experimental; urgency=low
666 * Minor release of cvs version.
667 * Added virtual package libapt-pkgx.x
669 -- Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org> Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:52:44 -0500
671 apt (0.3.0) experimental; urgency=low
673 * New experimental version.
675 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:53:21 -0800
677 apt (0.1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
679 * Return to the wacky numbering for when we build 0.1.8 for hamm
680 * Important bug related to APT on the Alpha fixed
681 * apt-get dist-upgrade problems fixed
682 * tiny patch for http method to fix an endless loop
683 * nice fix from /usr/doc/lintian/ to remove rpath nastiness from
684 libtool and add proper shared lib dependancies
685 * now dh_shlibdeps is called with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/tmp/usr/lib
686 in case an old libpkg is installed while building APT to prevent
687 spurious dependancies
689 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:43:25 -0800
691 apt (0.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
693 * New build with libstdc++2.9.
694 * Various fixes; read the Changelog.
696 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:29:18 -0700
698 apt (0.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
700 * Various fixes in the FTP method for error checking. Fixes: #26188.
701 * Spelling corrections in dselect method. Fixes: #25884
702 * Fixes for compilation on alpha/ppc. Fixes: #25313, #26108.
703 * No more bo releases: we're using a normal numbering system now.
705 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:27:13 -0700
707 apt (0.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Changed sources.list to point to 'unstable' by default, as
710 'frozen' no longer exists!
712 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:00:18 -0700
714 apt (0.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
716 * New upstreamish version.
717 * ftp method rewritten in C. Removes dependancies on all perl/perl
718 related modules. This fixes many of the ftp method bugs.
720 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:19:00 -0700
722 apt (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
724 * Release for unstable.
726 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:48:30 -0700
728 apt (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Kludge to fix problem in libnet-perl with illegal anonymous
732 * Moved to unstable; apt is in a useable state now.
733 * Fixed version numbering. From now on, numbering will be:
734 0.1 (no actual release) -> 0.1.0bo (release for libc5) ->
735 0.1.1 (release for unstable). Thanks, Manoj.
737 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:40:58 -0700
739 apt (0.0.17-1) experimental; urgency=low
741 * Fixed problem with libc6 version compare
742 * Scott's away for a while, so I'll be packaging apt for the time
745 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 25 Jun 1998 19:02:03 -0700
747 apt (0.0.16-1) experimental; urgency=low
749 * Modifications to make apt-get more friendly when backgrounded.
750 * Updated documentation.
751 * Updates to graphic widgets
753 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:22:02 -0400
755 apt (0.0.15-0.2bo) experimental; urgency=low
758 * Bob Hilliards crash
760 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
762 apt (0.0.15-0.1bo) experimental; urgency=low
767 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
769 apt (0.0.15) experimental; urgency=low
771 * Clean up source tarball (no user-visible changes)
773 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 26 May 1998 12:23:53 -0400
775 apt (0.0.14) experimental; urgency=low
777 * Updates in ordering code to make sure certain upgrades work correctly.
778 * Made dselect/setup understand ftp as well as http
780 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Wed, 20 May 1998 13:33:32 -0400
782 apt (0.0.13-bo1) experimental; urgency=low
786 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Mon, 18 May 1998 15:10:49 -0600
788 apt (0.0.13) experimental; urgency=low
790 * Remove hardcoded egcc from debian/rules (#21575)
791 * Fixes for ordering logic when system has a number of unpacked
792 but unconfigured packages installed.
793 * Spelling fix in dselect install method (#22556)
795 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 20:08:33 -0400
797 apt (0.0.12) experimental; urgency=low
799 * Fixed problems with package cache corruption.
800 * Made to depend on libc6 >= 2.0.7pre1 due to timezone problems with
802 * Interface and documentation improvements.
804 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 16 May 1998 23:17:32 -0400
806 apt (0.0.11) experimental; urgency=low
808 * Change dependancies to pre-depends since breaking your packaging tools
809 in the middle of an installation isn't very good.
810 * Bug fixes to ftp method and general apt-get code
812 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 15 May 1998 08:57:38 -0400
814 apt (0.0.10) experimental; urgency=low
816 * Run "dpkg --configure -a" after an aborted dselect install
817 * Fixed problem with install looping
818 * Support for authenticating proxys: (note this isn't terribly secure)
819 http_proxy="http://user:pass@firewall:port/"
820 * Substitute $ARCH in sources.list
821 * Fixes in the resumption code for ftp
823 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 12 May 1998 09:14:41 -0400
825 apt (0.0.9) experimental; urgency=low
828 * Various other less visible bug fixes.
829 * Fixed problem with segfault when apt-get invoked in a non-existant
830 directory (Bug #21863)
831 * Bumped policy to 2.4.1
833 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 1 May 1998 09:18:19 -0400
835 apt (0.0.8) experimental; urgency=low
837 * Fixed generated available file (Bug #21836)
838 * Added download ETA (Bug #21774).
839 * Fixed hardcoded ARCH (Bug #21751).
840 * Fixed check on http_proxy (Bug #21795).
841 * Added download speed indicator.
843 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:58:32 -0400
845 apt (0.0.7) experimental; urgency=low
847 * Remove libdeity and apt from package for now, since only apt-get and
848 apt-cache are actually useful right now.
849 * Clean up handling of package installation errors.
850 * Added timeout to http transfers (#21269)
851 * Updated setup for dselect/apt method.
853 * Long options (added in 0.0.6)
855 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:06:49 -0400
857 apt (0.0.6) experimental; urgency=low
860 * Revamped download status display.
861 * Call apt-get clean after successful install in dselect.
862 * Added "apt-get clean" which deletes package files from /var/cache/apt
864 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:13:59 -0400
866 apt (0.0.5) experimental; urgency=low
868 * Ignore signals while dpkg is running so we don't leave dpkg running in
869 the background (#20804)
870 * Check Packages as well as Packages.gz for file URIs (#20784)
871 * Spelling cleanup (#20800)
872 * Added -m option to permit upgrade to go on in the case of a bad mirror.
873 This option may result in incomplete upgrades when used with -f.
875 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:40:29 -0400
877 apt (0.0.4) experimental; urgency=low
880 * Various documentation updates and cleanup.
881 * Added '-f' option to apt-get attempt to fix broken dependancies.
883 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:36:00 -0500
885 apt (0.0.3) experimental; urgency=low
887 * Added a shlibs.local file to prevent apt from depending on itself.
888 * Updates to how apt-get handles bad states in installed packages.
889 * Updated rules to make sure build works from a freshly checked out source
890 archive. Building from CVS needs libtool/automake/autoconf, builds from
891 the distributed source package should have no such dependancy.
893 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 11:49:47 -0500
895 apt (0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Updates to apt-get and http binding for dselect method (apt).
898 * Updating version number from 0.0.1, which was released only on IRC.
900 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 00:35:18 -0500
902 apt (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
906 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:49:28 -0500