debian/changelog

   1 apt (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
   2
   3   * New deb version compare function, that has no integer limits, and
   4     supports pre-versions using ~.  Code ported from dpkg.
   5   * Fix handling of [!arch] for build-dependencies. Closes: #88798, #149595
   6   * Fix handling of build-deps on unknown packages. Closes: #88664, #153307
   7   * "apt-get --arch-only build-dep" to install only architecture-
   8     dependent build dependencies. Bump minor shared lib number to reflect
   9     small change in BuildDepend API.
  10   * APT::Build-Essential configuration option (defaults to "build-essential")
  11     so that "apt-get build-dep" will ensure build essential packages are
  12     installed prior to installing other build-dependencies. Closes: #148879
  13   * LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #109430, #147529
  14   * /usr/doc reference in postinst. Closes: #126189
  15   * Doc updates. Closes: #120689
  16   * Possible apt-cache segfault. Closes: #120311, #118431, #117915, #135295,
  17           #131062, #136749
  18   * Print special message for EAI_AGAIN. Closes: #131397
  19   * libapt-pkg-dev needs to bring in the apt-inst library if linking
  20     is to work. Closes: #133943
  21   * Typos, Doc Stuff. Closes: #132772, #129970, #123642, #114892, #113786,
  22          #109591, #105920, #103678, #139752, #138186, #138054, #138050,
  23          #139994, #142955, #151654, #151834, #147611, #154268
  24   * Fix possibility for tag file parsing to fail in some unlikely situations.
  25     Closes: #139328
  26   * Use std C++ names for some header files. Closes: #128741,
  27   * Do not check for free space if --no-download. Closes: #117856
  28   * Actually implement or group handling for 'upgrade'. Closes: #133950
  29   * "Internal Error, Couldn't configure pre-depend" is not actually an
  30     internal error, it is a packaging error and now it says so, and
  31     pinpoints the problem dependency. Closes: #155621
  32   * Allows failure to write to a pipe for post-invoke stuff. Closes: #89830
  33   * Use usr/share/doc for dhelp. Closes: #115701
  34   * --print-uris works with 'update'. Closes: #57070
  35   * Options Dpkg::MaxArgs,Dpkg::MaxArgBytes to allow a much longer dpkg
  36     command line.
  37   * Fixed 2 little OR group bugs, thanks to Yann Dirson. Closes: #143995,
  38     #142298
  39   * Allow an uninstalled package to be marked for removal on an install
  40     line (meaning not to automatically install it), also fix some dodgy
  41     handling of protected packages. Closes: #92287, #116011
  42   * Fix errant prefix matching in version selection. Closes: #105968
  43   * Ensure that all files needed to run APT as a user are readable and
  44     ignore roots umask for these files. Closes: #108801
  45   * Support larger config spaces. Closes: #111914
  46   * 'apt-get update' no longer does 'Building Dependency Tree'.
  47   * When matching regexs allways print a message. Change regex activation
  48     charset. Closes: #147817
  49   * Don't die if lines in sources.list are too long. Closes: #146846
  50   * Show file name on apt-extracttemplate error messges. Closes: #151835
  51   * i18n gettext stuff, based on work from Michael Piefel: Closes: #95933
  52   * Some highly unlikely memory faults. Closes: #155842
  53   * C++ stuff for G++3.2. Closes: #162617, #165515,
  54   * apt-config dumps sends to stdout not stderr now.  Closes: #146294
  55   * Fix segfault in FindAny when /i is used, and there is no default.
  56     Closes: #165891
  57   * Add s390x to archtable.  Closese: #160992.
  58   * Update config.sub/config.guess in cvs, and add support to debian/rules
  59     to update them from /usr/share/misc if they exist.  Closes: #155014
  60   * Remove 'Sorry' from messages.  Closes: #148824.
  61   * Change wording of 'additional disk space usage' message.  Closes:
  62     #135021.
  63   * apt-extracttemplates now prepends the package name when extracting
  64     files.  Closes: #132776
  65   * Add -n synonym for --names-only for apt-cache.  Closes: #130689
  66   * Display both current version and new version in apt-get -s.  Closes:
  67     #92358
  68   * Add an options and timeout config item to ssh/rsh.  Closes: #90654
  69   * libapt-pkg-dev now depends on apt-utils.  Closes: #133942.
  70   * Change verbose logging output of apt-ftparchive to go to stderr,
  71     instead of stdout.  Also, errors that occur no longer go to stdout,
  72     but stderr.  Closes: #161592
  73   * Test for timegm in configure.  Closes: #165516.
  74
  75  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 17:16:59 -0600
  76
  77 apt (0.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
  78
  79   * M68k config.guess patch. Closes: #88913
  80   * Bi-yearly test on OpenBSD and Solaris
  81   * Doc updates. Closes: #89121, #89854, #99671, #98353, #95823, #93057,
  82           #97520, #102867, #101071, #102421, #101565, #98272, #106914,
  83           #105606, #105377
  84   * Various cosmetic code updates. Closes: #89066, #89066, #89152
  85   * Add "pre-auto" as an option for DSelect::Clean (run autoclean after
  86     update).
  87   * More patches from Alfredo for Vendors and more SHA-1 stuff
  88   * Fix for AJ's 'desire to remove perl-5.005' and possibly other
  89     similar situations. Closes: #56708, #59432
  90   * no_proxy and ftp. Closes: #89671
  91   * Philippe Batailler's man page patches.
  92   * Fix for display bug. Closes: #92033, #93652, #98468
  93   * Use more than 16bits for the dep ID. Some people ran out..
  94     Closes: #103020, #97809, #102951, #99974, #107362, #107395, #107362,
  95             #106911, #107395, #108968
  96   * Reordered some things to make dante and FTP happier. Closes: #92757
  97   * James R. Van Zandt's guide.sgml updates. Closes: #90027
  98   * apt-ftparchive copes with no uncompressed package files + contents.
  99   * French man pages from philippe batailler - well sort of. They
 100     don't build yet..
 101   * run-parts. Closes: #94286
 102   * 'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
 103   * Whatever. Closes: #89762
 104   * libstdc++ and HURD. Closes: #92025
 105   * More apt-utils verbage. Closes: #86954
 106   * Fliped comparision operator. Closes: #94618
 107   * Used the right copyright file. Closes: #65691
 108   * Randolph's G++3 patches.
 109   * Fixed no_proxy tokanizing. Closes: #100046
 110   * Strip Config-Version when copying status to available. Closes: #97520
 111   * Segfault with missing source files. Closes: #100325
 112   * EINTR check. Closes: #102293
 113   * Various changes to the locking metholodgy for --print-uris.
 114     Closes: #100590
 115   * Lame LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #98928
 116   * apt-cache search searchs provide names too now. Closes: #98695
 117   * Checksum and long lines problem. Closes: #106591
 118   * .aptignr and empty files are just a warning. Closes: #97364
 119
 120  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:21:59 -0500
 121
 122 apt (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
 123
 124   * JoeyH's dpkg::preconfig not working. Closes: #88675
 125   * Fixed apt override disparity
 126   * Alfredo's SHA-1 and related patches
 127
 128  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
 129
 130 apt (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
 131
 132   * Fixed mention of /usr/doc in the long description
 133   * JoeyH's downgrade bug -- don't use 0.5.1
 134   * Doc bug. Closes: #88538
 135   * Fault in building release strings. Closes: #88533
 136
 137  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
 138
 139 apt (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
 140
 141   * Fixed #82894 again, or should be and.
 142   * Process the option string right. Closes: #86921
 143   * Don't eat the last command for pipes. Closes: #86923
 144   * Ignore .* for configuration directory processing. Closes: #86923
 145   * Alfredo's no_proxy patch
 146   * Documentation fixes. Closes: #87091
 147   * JoeyH's double slash bug. Closes: #87266
 148   * Unintitialized buffer and apt-ftparchive contents generation.
 149      Closes: #87612
 150   * Build-deps on virtual packages. Closes: #87639
 151   * Fixes glibc/libstdc++ symbol dependencies by including glibc and
 152     libstdc++ version info in the library soname and in the package
 153     provides. Closes: #87426
 154   * Updated soname version to 0.3.2
 155   * apt-extracttemplates moved from debconf into apt-utils
 156   * s390 archtable entry. Closes: #88232
 157   * Dan's segfault
 158   * Some instances where the status file can source a package in a
 159     non-sensical way. Closes: #87390
 160   * Work better if there are duplicate sources.list entries.
 161   * Fixed the resetting of Dir with "dir {};". Closes: #87323
 162
 163  -- Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:37:38 -0700
 164
 165 apt (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
 166
 167   * Fixed an obscure bug with missing final double new lines in
 168     package files
 169   * Changed the apt-cdrom index copy routine to use the new section
 170     rewriter
 171   * Added a package file sorter, apt-sortpkgs
 172   * Parse obsolete Optional dependencies.
 173   * Added Ben's rsh method. Closes: #57794
 174   * Added IPv6 FTP support and better DNS rotation support.
 175   * Include the server IP in error messages when using a DNS rotation.
 176     Closes: #64895
 177   * Made most of the byte counters into doubles to prevent 32bit overflow.
 178     Closes: #65349
 179   * HTTP Authorization. Closes: #61158
 180   * Ability to parse and return source index build depends from Randolph.
 181   * new 'apt-get build-dep' command from Randolph. Closes: #63982
 182   * Added apt-ftparchive the all dancing all singing FTP archive
 183     maintinance program
 184   * Allow version specifications with =1.2.4-3 and /2.2 or /stable postfixes
 185     in apt-get.
 186   * Removed useless internal cruft including the xstatus file.
 187   * Fixed config parser bugs. Closes: #67848, #71108
 188   * Brain Damanged apt-get config options changed, does not change the command
 189     line interface, except to allow --enable-* to undo a configuration
 190     option:
 191       No-Remove -> Remove
 192       No-Download -> Download
 193       No-Upgrade -> Upgrade
 194   * Made this fix configable (DSelect::CheckDir) and default to disabled:
 195      * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
 196     Because it is stupid in the case where no files were downloaded due to
 197     a resumed-aborted install, or a full cache! Closes: #65952
 198   * Obscure divide by zero problem. Closes: #64394
 199   * Update sizetable for mips. Closes: #62288
 200   * Fixed a bug with passive FTP connections
 201   * Has sizetable entry for sparc64. Closes: #64869
 202   * Escape special characters in the ::Label section of the cdroms.lst
 203   * Created apt-utils and python-apt packages
 204   * Due to the new policy engine, the available file may contain entries
 205     from the status file. These are generated if the package is not obsolete
 206     but the policy engine prohibits using the version from the package files.
 207     They can be identified by the lack of a Filename field.
 208   * The new policy engine. Closes: #66509, #66944, #45122, #45094, #40006,
 209     #36223, #33468, #22551
 210   * Fixed deb-src line for non-us. Closes: #71501, #71601
 211   * Fixes for G++ 2.96, s/friend/friend class/
 212   * Fixed mis doc of APT::Get::Fix-Missing. Closes: #69269
 213   * Confirmed fix for missing new line problem. Closes: #69386
 214   * Fixed up dhelp files. Closes: #71312
 215   * Added some notes about dselect and offline usage. Closes: #66473, #38316
 216   * Lock files on read only file systems are ignored w/ warning.
 217     Closes: #61701
 218   * apt-get update foo now gives an error! Closes: #42891
 219   * Added test for shlibs on hurd. Closes: #71499
 220   * Clarified apt-cache document. Closes: #71934
 221   * DocBook SGML man pages and some improvements in the text..
 222   * sigwinch thing. Closes: #72382
 223   * Caching can be turned off by setting the cache file names blank.
 224   * Ignores arches it does not know about when autocleaning. Closes: #72862
 225   * New function in apt-config to return dirs, files, bools and integers.
 226   * Fixed an odd litle bug in MarkInstall and fixed it up to handle
 227     complex cases involving OR groups and provides.
 228     68754 describes confusing messages which are the result of this..
 229     Closes: #63149, #69394, #68754, #77683, #66806, #81486, #78712
 230   * Speeling mistake and return code for the 'wicked' resolver error
 231     Closes: #72621, #75226, #77464
 232   * Solved unable to upgrade libc6 from potato to woody due to 3 package
 233     libc6 dependency loop problem.
 234   * Leading sources.list spaces. Closes: #76010
 235   * Removed a possible infinite loop while processing installations.
 236   * Man page updates. Closes: #75411, #75560, #64292, #78469
 237   * ReduceSourceList bug. Closes: #76027
 238   * --only-source option. Closes: #76320
 239   * Typos. Closes: #77812, #77999
 240   * Different status messages. Closes: #76652, #78353
 241   * /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory for Joey and Matt and pipe protocol 2
 242   * OS detection an support for the new pseduo standard of os-arch for the
 243     Architecture string. Also uses regexing.. Closes: #39227, #72349
 244   * Various i18n stuff. Note that this still needs some i18n wizard
 245     to do the last gettextization right. Closes: #62386
 246   * Fixed a problem with some odd http servers/proxies that did not return
 247     the content size in the header. Closes: #79878, #44379
 248   * Little acquire bugs. Closes: #77029, #55820
 249   * _POSIX_THREADS may not be defined to anything, just defined..
 250     Closes: #78996
 251   * Spelling of Ignore-Hold correctly. Closes: #78042
 252   * Unlock the dpkg db if in download only mode. Closes: #84851
 253   * Brendan O'Dea's dselect admindir stuff. Closes: #62811
 254   * Patch from BenC. Closes: #80810
 255   * Single output of some names in lists. Closes: #80498, #43286
 256   * Nice message for people who can't read syserror output. Closes: #84734
 257   * OR search function. Closes: #82894
 258   * User's guide updates. Closes: #82469
 259   * The AJ/JoeyH var/state to var/lib transition patch. Closes: #59094
 260   * Various CD bugs, again thanks to Greenbush
 261     Closes: #80946, #76547, #71810, #70049, #69482
 262   * Using potato debhelper. Closes: #57977
 263   * I cannot self-terminate. Closes: #74928
 264
 265  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:39:15 -0500
 266
 267 apt (0.3.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low
 268
 269   * Updates to apt-cdrom to support integrated non-us nicely, thanks to
 270     Paul Wade.
 271   * Fixed that apt-get/cdrom deadlock thing. Closes: #59853, #62945, #61976
 272   * Fixed hardcoded path. Closes: #59743
 273   * Fixed Jay's relative path bug
 274   * Allowed source only CDs. Closes: #58952
 275   * Space check is supressed if --print-uris is given. Closes: #58965
 276   * Clarified the documenation examples for non-us. Closes: #58646
 277   * Typo in the package description. Closes: #60230
 278   * Man Page typo. Closes: #60347
 279   * Typo in Algorithms.cc. Closes: #63577
 280   * Evil dotty function in apt-cache for generating dependency graphs
 281     with the as-yet-unpackaged GraphVis.
 282   * Appears to have been fixed in Janurary.. Closes: #57981
 283   * New config.guess/sub for the new archs. Closes: #60874
 284   * Fixed error reporting for certain kinds of resolution failures.
 285     Closes: #61327
 286   * Made autoclean respect 'q' settings. Closes: #63023
 287   * Fixed up the example sources.list. Closes: #63676
 288   * Added DPkg::FlushSTDIN to control the flushing of stdin before
 289     forking dpkg. Closes: #63991
 290
 291  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Fri, 12 May 2000 21:10:54 -0700
 292
 293 apt (0.3.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
 294
 295   * Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
 296   * Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
 297   * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
 298
 299  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:52:31 -0800
 300
 301 apt (0.3.17) unstable; urgency=low
 302
 303   * RFC 2732 usage for CDROM URIs and fixes to apt-cdrom
 304   * Fixed the configuration parser to not blow up if ; is in the config
 305     string
 306   * Applied visual patch to dselect install script . Closes #55214
 307   * Included the configure-index example
 308   * Minimal CD swaps
 309   * Library soname has increased
 310   * Fixed default sources.list to have correct URLs for potato when it
 311     becomes stable
 312   * Added a message about erasing sources.list to dselect setup script
 313     Closes: #55755
 314   * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
 315   * Fixed inclusion of 2nd sample config file. Closes: #55374
 316   * Made file mtimes of 0 not confuse the methods If-Modifed-Since check.
 317     Closes: #55991
 318
 319  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:12:40 -0800
 320
 321 apt (0.3.16) unstable; urgency=low
 322
 323   * Made --no-download work. Closes: #52993
 324   * Now compiles on OpenBSD, Solaris and HP-UX
 325   * Clarify segfault errors
 326   * More debhelper fixes. Closes: #52662, #54566, #52090, #53531, #54769
 327   * Fix for Joel's discovery of glibc removal behavoir.
 328   * Fix for Ben Collins file: uri from slink upgrade.
 329   * Fixed resume code in FTP. Closes: #54323
 330   * Take more precautions to prevent the corruption Joey Hess saw.
 331   * Fixed --no-list-cleanup
 332   * RFC 2732 URI parsing ([] for hostnames).
 333   * Typo in apt-cache man page. Closes: #54949
 334
 335  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:04:15 -0800
 336
 337 apt (0.3.15) unstable; urgency=low
 338
 339   * Added DSelect::WaitAfterDownload Closes: #49549
 340   * Fixed cast error in byteswap macro and supporting code. Closes: #50093
 341   * Fixed buffer overflow for wide terminal sizes. Closes: #50295
 342   * Made -s and clean not do anything. Closes: #50238
 343   * Problem with Protected packages and the new OR code.
 344   * /usr/share/doc stuff. Closes: #51017, #50228, #51141
 345   * Remove doesn't require a package to be installable. Closes: #51175
 346   * FTP proxy touch ups in the mabn page. Closes: #51315, #51314
 347
 348  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sat,  4 Dec 1999 21:17:24 -0800
 349
 350 apt (0.3.14) unstable; urgency=low
 351
 352   * Fix Perl or group pre-depends thing Closes: #46091, #46096, #46233, #45901
 353   * Fix handling of dpkg's conversions from < -> <= Closes: #46094, #47088
 354   * Make unparsable priorities non-fatal Closes: #46266, #46267, #46293, #46298
 355   * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes: #43830, #45640, #45692
 356   * Fixed 'Method gave a blank filename' error from IMS queries onto CDs.
 357     Closes: #45034, #45695, #46537
 358   * Made OR group handling in the problem resolver more elaborate. Closes: #45646
 359   * Added APT::Clean-Installed option. Closes: #45973
 360   * Moves the free space check to after the calculated size is printed.
 361     Closes: #46639, #47498
 362   * mipsel arch Closes: #47614
 363   * Beautified URI printing to not include passwords Closes: #46857
 364   * Fixed little problem with --no-download Closes: #47557
 365   * Tweaked Dselect 'update' script to re-gen the avail file even in the
 366     event of a failure Closes: #47112
 367   * Retries for source archives too Closes: #47529
 368   * Unmounts CDROMs iff it mounted them Closes: #45299
 369   * Checks for the partial directories before doing downloads Closes: #47392
 370   * no_proxy environment variable (http only!) Closes: #43476
 371   * apt-cache showsrc Closes: #45799
 372   * De-Refs Single Pure virtual packages. Closes: #42437, #43555
 373   * Regexs for install. Closes: #35304, #38835
 374   * Dependency reports now show OR group relations
 375   * Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
 376   * Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
 377   * Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
 378   * Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
 379   * --trivial-only and --no-remove. Closes: #48518
 380   * Increased the cache size. Closes: #47648
 381   * Comment woopsie. Closes: #48789
 382   * Removes existing links when linking sources. Closes: #48775
 383   * Problem resolver does not install all virtual packages. Closes: #48591, #49252
 384   * Clearer usage message about 'source' Closes: #48858
 385   * Immediate configure internal error Closes: #49062, #48884
 386
 387  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun,  7 Nov 1999 20:21:25 -0800
 388
 389 apt (0.3.13) unstable; urgency=low
 390
 391   * Fix timestamp miss in FTP. Closes: #44363
 392   * Fix sorting of Kept packages. Closes: #44377
 393   * Fix Segfault for dselect-upgrade. Closes: #44436
 394   * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes #43830
 395   * Added APT::Get::Diff-Only and Tar-Only options. Closes #44384
 396   * Add commented-out deb-src URI to default sources.list file.
 397
 398  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:54:20 -0700
 399
 400 apt (0.3.12) unstable; urgency=low
 401
 402   * Fix for typo in the dhelp index. Closes: #40377
 403   * Multiple media swap support
 404   * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
 405   * Better handling of - remove notation. Closes: #41024
 406   * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
 407   * Error code on failed update. Closes: #41053
 408   * apt-cdrom adds entries for source directories. Closes: #41231
 409   * Sorts the output of any list. Closes: #41107
 410   * Fixes the looping problem. Closes: #41784, #42414, #44022
 411   * Fixes the CRC mechanism to lowercase all strings. Closes: #41839
 412   * More checks to keep the display sane. Particularly when fail-over is
 413     used with local mirrors and CD-Roms. Closes: #42127, #43130, #43668
 414   * PThread lockup problem on certain sparc/m68k. Closes: #40628
 415   * apt-cdrom understands .gz Package files too. Closes: #42779
 416   * Spelling error in dselect method description. Closes: #43251
 417   * Added security to the default source list. Closes: #43356
 418
 419  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Fri,  3 Sep 1999 09:04:28 -0700
 420
 421 apt (0.3.11) unstable; urgency=low
 422
 423   * Fix for mis-parsed file: URIs. Closes: #40373, #40366, #40230
 424   * Fix for properly upgrading the system from perl 5.004 to 5.005
 425
 426  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:06:44 -0700
 427
 428 apt (0.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
 429
 430   * Spelling error in cachefile.cc. Closes: #39885
 431   * Trailing slash in dselect install if you try to use the
 432     default config file. Closes: #40011
 433   * Simulate works for autoclean. Closes: #39141
 434   * Fixed spelling errors. Closes: #39673
 435   * Changed url parsing a bit. Closes: #40070, #40069
 436   * Version 0.3.8 will be for slink/hamm (GNU libc 2).
 437
 438  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:02:52 -0700
 439
 440 apt (0.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
 441
 442   * Fixed missing text in the apt-get(8) page. Closes: #37596
 443   * Made --simulate and friends work with apt-get source. Closes: #37597, #37656
 444   * Fixed inclusion of man pages in the -doc/-dev package. Closes: #37633, #38651
 445   * Fixed handling of the -q option with not-entirely integer arguments
 446     Closes: #37499
 447   * Man page typo Closes: #37762
 448   * Fixed parsing of the Source: line. Closes: #37679
 449   * Dpkg/dpkg-hurd source bug. Closes: #38004, #38032
 450   * Added a check for an empty cache directory. Closes: #37963
 451   * Return a failure code if -d is given and packages fail to download.
 452     Closes: #38127
 453   * Arranged for an ftp proxy specifing an http server to work. See the
 454     important note in the sources.list man page.
 455   * Accounted for resumed files in the cps calculation. Closes: #36787
 456   * Deal with duplicate same version different packages. Closes: #30237
 457   * Added --no-download. Closes: #38095
 458   * Order of apt-cdrom dist detection. Closes: #38139
 459   * Fix apt-cdrom chop handling and missing lines. Closes: #37276
 460   * IPv6 http support
 461   * Suggests dpkg-dev for apt-get source. Closes: #38158
 462   * Fixed typo in apt-get help. Closes: #38712
 463   * Improved the error message in the case of broken held package. Closes: #38777
 464   * Fixed handling of MD5 failures
 465   * Documented list notation Closes: #39008
 466   * Change the 'b' to 'B'. Closes: #39007
 467
 468  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:36:20 -0700
 469
 470 apt (0.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
 471
 472   * Note that 0.3.5 never made it out the door..
 473   * Fix for apt-cdrom and unusual disk label locations. Closes: #35571
 474   * Made APT print numbers in decimal. Closes: #35617, #37319
 475   * Buffer munching fix for FTP. Closes: #35868
 476   * Typo in sample config file. Closes: #35907
 477   * Fixed whitespace in version compares. Closes: #35968, #36283, #37051
 478   * Changed installed size counter to only count unpacked packages.
 479     Closes: #36201
 480   * apt-get source support. Closes: #23934, #27190
 481   * Renames .debs that fail MD5 checking, provides automatic corruption
 482     recovery. Closes: #35931
 483   * Fixed autoconf verison. Closes: #37305
 484   * Random Segfaulting. Closes: #37312, #37530
 485   * Fixed apt-cache man page. Closes: #36904
 486   * Added a newline to apt-cache showpkg. Closes: #36903
 487
 488  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Wed, 12 May 1999 09:18:49 -0700
 489
 490 apt (0.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
 491
 492   * Release for Ben while he is out of town.
 493   * Checked the size of partial files. Closes: #33705
 494   * apt-get should not print progress on non-tty. Closes: #34944
 495   * s/guide.text.gz/users-guide.txt.gz/ debian/control: Closes: #35207
 496   * Applied cdrom patches from Torsten.  Closes: #35140, #35141
 497   * smbmounted cdrom fix. Closes: #35470
 498   * Changed ie to eg.  Closes: #35196
 499
 500  -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Apr 1999 18:26:44 -0500
 501
 502 apt (0.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
 503
 504   * Fixes bug with file:/ URIs and multi-CD handling. Closes: #34923
 505
 506  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:15:44 -0800
 507
 508 apt (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
 509
 510   * Major release into unstable of v3
 511   * These bugs have been fixed, explanations are in the bug system, read
 512     the man pages as well..
 513     Closes: #21113, #22507, #22675, #22836, #22892, #32883, #33006, #34121,
 514             #23984, #24685, #24799, #25001, #25019, #34223, #34296, #34355,
 515             #24021, #25022, #25026, #25104, #25176, #31557, #31691, #31853,
 516             #25458, #26019, #26433, #26592, #26670, #27100, #27100, #27601,
 517             #28184, #28391, #28778, #29293, #29351, #27841, #28172, #30260,
 518             #29382, #29441, #29903, #29920, #29983, #30027, #30076, #30112,
 519             #31009, #31155, #31381, #31883, #32140, #32395, #32584. #34465,
 520             #30383, #30441, #30472, #30643, #30827, #30324, #36425, #34596
 521
 522  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:14:25 -0800
 523
 524 apt (0.3.1) experimental; urgency=low
 525
 526   * Minor release of cvs version.
 527   * Added virtual package libapt-pkgx.x
 528
 529  -- Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:52:44 -0500
 530
 531 apt (0.3.0) experimental; urgency=low
 532
 533   * New experimental version.
 534
 535  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:53:21 -0800
 536
 537 apt (0.1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
 538
 539   * Return to the wacky numbering for when we build 0.1.8 for hamm
 540   * Important bug related to APT on the Alpha fixed
 541   * apt-get dist-upgrade problems fixed
 542   * tiny patch for http method to fix an endless loop
 543   * nice fix from /usr/doc/lintian/ to remove rpath nastiness from
 544     libtool and add proper shared lib dependancies
 545   * now dh_shlibdeps is called with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/tmp/usr/lib
 546     in case an old libpkg is installed while building APT to prevent
 547     spurious dependancies
 548
 549  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu,  5 Nov 1998 17:43:25 -0800
 550
 551 apt (0.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
 552
 553   * New build with libstdc++2.9.
 554   * Various fixes; read the Changelog.
 555
 556  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:29:18 -0700
 557
 558 apt (0.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
 559
 560   * Various fixes in the FTP method for error checking. Fixes: #26188.
 561   * Spelling corrections in dselect method. Fixes: #25884
 562   * Fixes for compilation on alpha/ppc. Fixes: #25313, #26108.
 563   * No more bo releases: we're using a normal numbering system now.
 564
 565  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue,  8 Sep 1998 19:27:13 -0700
 566
 567 apt (0.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
 568
 569   * Changed sources.list to point to 'unstable' by default, as
 570     'frozen' no longer exists!
 571
 572  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:00:18 -0700
 573
 574 apt (0.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
 575
 576   * New upstreamish version.
 577   * ftp method rewritten in C. Removes dependancies on all perl/perl
 578     related modules. This fixes many of the ftp method bugs.
 579
 580  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:19:00 -0700
 581
 582 apt (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
 583
 584   * Release for unstable.
 585
 586  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:48:30 -0700
 587
 588 apt (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 589
 590   * Kludge to fix problem in libnet-perl with illegal anonymous
 591     FTP passwords.
 592   * Moved to unstable; apt is in a useable state now.
 593   * Fixed version numbering. From now on, numbering will be:
 594     0.1 (no actual release) -> 0.1.0bo (release for libc5) ->
 595     0.1.1 (release for unstable). Thanks, Manoj.
 596
 597  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:40:58 -0700
 598
 599 apt (0.0.17-1) experimental; urgency=low
 600
 601   * Fixed problem with libc6 version compare
 602   * Scott's away for a while, so I'll be packaging apt for the time
 603     being.
 604
 605  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 19:02:03 -0700
 606
 607 apt (0.0.16-1) experimental; urgency=low
 608
 609   * Modifications to make apt-get more friendly when backgrounded.
 610   * Updated documentation.
 611   * Updates to graphic widgets
 612
 613  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Mon,  8 Jun 1998 11:22:02 -0400
 614
 615 apt (0.0.15-0.2bo) experimental; urgency=low
 616
 617   * Bo compilation
 618   * Bob Hilliards crash
 619
 620  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
 621
 622 apt (0.0.15-0.1bo) experimental; urgency=low
 623
 624   * Bo compilation
 625   * libstdc++272 patch
 626
 627  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
 628
 629 apt (0.0.15) experimental; urgency=low
 630
 631   * Clean up source tarball (no user-visible changes)
 632
 633  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 26 May 1998 12:23:53 -0400
 634
 635 apt (0.0.14) experimental; urgency=low
 636
 637   * Updates in ordering code to make sure certain upgrades work correctly.
 638   * Made dselect/setup understand ftp as well as http
 639
 640  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Wed, 20 May 1998 13:33:32 -0400
 641
 642 apt (0.0.13-bo1) experimental; urgency=low
 643
 644   * Bo compilation
 645
 646  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Mon, 18 May 1998 15:10:49 -0600
 647
 648 apt (0.0.13) experimental; urgency=low
 649
 650   * Remove hardcoded egcc from debian/rules (#21575)
 651   * Fixes for ordering logic when system has a number of unpacked
 652     but unconfigured packages installed.
 653   * Spelling fix in dselect install method (#22556)
 654
 655  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Sun, 17 May 1998 20:08:33 -0400
 656
 657 apt (0.0.12) experimental; urgency=low
 658
 659   * Fixed problems with package cache corruption.
 660   * Made to depend on libc6 >= 2.0.7pre1 due to timezone problems with
 661     earlier versions.
 662   * Interface and documentation improvements.
 663
 664  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Sat, 16 May 1998 23:17:32 -0400
 665
 666 apt (0.0.11) experimental; urgency=low
 667
 668   * Change dependancies to pre-depends since breaking your packaging tools
 669     in the middle of an installation isn't very good.
 670   * Bug fixes to ftp method and general apt-get code
 671
 672  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri, 15 May 1998 08:57:38 -0400
 673
 674 apt (0.0.10) experimental; urgency=low
 675
 676   * Run "dpkg --configure -a" after an aborted dselect install
 677   * Fixed problem with install looping
 678   * Support for authenticating proxys: (note this isn't terribly secure)
 679     http_proxy="http://user:pass@firewall:port/"
 680   * Substitute $ARCH in sources.list
 681   * Fixes in the resumption code for ftp
 682
 683  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 12 May 1998 09:14:41 -0400
 684
 685 apt (0.0.9) experimental; urgency=low
 686
 687   * Added ftp support.
 688   * Various other less visible bug fixes.
 689   * Fixed problem with segfault when apt-get invoked in a non-existant
 690     directory (Bug #21863)
 691   * Bumped policy to 2.4.1
 692
 693  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri,  1 May 1998 09:18:19 -0400
 694
 695 apt (0.0.8) experimental; urgency=low
 696
 697   * Fixed generated available file (Bug #21836)
 698   * Added download ETA (Bug #21774).
 699   * Fixed hardcoded ARCH (Bug #21751).
 700   * Fixed check on http_proxy (Bug #21795).
 701   * Added download speed indicator.
 702
 703  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:58:32 -0400
 704
 705 apt (0.0.7) experimental; urgency=low
 706
 707   * Remove libdeity and apt from package for now, since only apt-get and
 708     apt-cache are actually useful right now.
 709   * Clean up handling of package installation errors.
 710   * Added timeout to http transfers (#21269)
 711   * Updated setup for dselect/apt method.
 712   * Updated man pages
 713   * Long options (added in 0.0.6)
 714
 715  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:06:49 -0400
 716
 717 apt (0.0.6) experimental; urgency=low
 718
 719   * Spelling changes.
 720   * Revamped download status display.
 721   * Call apt-get clean after successful install in dselect.
 722   * Added "apt-get clean" which deletes package files from /var/cache/apt
 723
 724  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Thu,  9 Apr 1998 15:13:59 -0400
 725
 726 apt (0.0.5) experimental; urgency=low
 727
 728   * Ignore signals while dpkg is running so we don't leave dpkg running in
 729     the background (#20804)
 730   * Check Packages as well as Packages.gz for file URIs (#20784)
 731   * Spelling cleanup (#20800)
 732   * Added -m option to permit upgrade to go on in the case of a bad mirror.
 733     This option may result in incomplete upgrades when used with -f.
 734
 735  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue,  7 Apr 1998 12:40:29 -0400
 736
 737 apt (0.0.4) experimental; urgency=low
 738
 739   * New usage guide.
 740   * Various documentation updates and cleanup.
 741   * Added '-f' option to apt-get attempt to fix broken dependancies.
 742
 743  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Sat,  4 Apr 1998 14:36:00 -0500
 744
 745 apt (0.0.3) experimental; urgency=low
 746
 747   * Added a shlibs.local file to prevent apt from depending on itself.
 748   * Updates to how apt-get handles bad states in installed packages.
 749   * Updated rules to make sure build works from a freshly checked out source
 750     archive.  Building from CVS needs libtool/automake/autoconf, builds from
 751     the distributed source package should have no such dependancy.
 752
 753  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri,  3 Apr 1998 11:49:47 -0500
 754
 755 apt (0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
 756
 757   * Updates to apt-get and http binding for dselect method (apt).
 758   * Updating version number from 0.0.1, which was released only on IRC.
 759
 760  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri,  3 Apr 1998 00:35:18 -0500
 761
 762 apt (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 763
 764   * Initial Release.
 765
 766  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:49:28 -0500
 767