1 apt (0.5.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Clarify the meaning of the only-source option in apt-get(8)
5 * Updated French man pages from Philippe Batailler
6 <philippe.batailler@free.fr> (Closes: #182194)
7 * Give a warning if an illegal type abbreviation is used when looking up a
8 configuration item (Closes: #168453)
9 * Improve build-depends handling of virtual packages even further, so that
10 it will now also try to satisfy build-depends on virtual packages if they
11 are not installed. Note that this only works if there is only one
12 package providing the virtual package, as in other cases (Closes: #165404)
13 * Update config.guess and config.sub from autotools-dev 20030717.1
17 apt (0.5.7) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Update control file to match overrides (apt priority important,
20 libapt-pkg-dev section libdevel)
21 * Silence the essential packages check if we are only downloading
22 archives and not changing the system (Closes: #190862)
23 * Skip version check if a build-dependency is provided by an installed package
25 * Have apt-cache show exit with an error if it cannot find any of the
26 specified packages (Closes: #101490)
28 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:43:24 -0400
30 apt (0.5.6) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
33 - Fix segfault when handling /etc/apt/preferences. Closes: #192409.
34 * Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
35 - Clean up some string handling, patch from Peter Lundkvist
36 <p.lundkvist@telia.com> (Closes: #192225)
37 - Don't fall off the end of the buffer when comparing versions.
38 Patch from Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu> (Closes: #194327)
39 - Minor fixes to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #118156)
40 - Fix typo in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #119072)
41 - More typos in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #190936)
42 - Update config.guess, config.sub to latest versions
43 - Modify the description for apt-utils to reflect the fact that it is not
44 (any longer) infrequently used (Closes: #138045)
45 - Make setup script for dselect method more explicit about
46 overwriting sources.list (Closes: #151727)
47 - Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #161243)
48 - Remove duplicate 'showpkg' from synopsis on apt-cache(8)
50 - Document in apt-get(8) the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is that
51 the package is being purged (Closes: #182369)
52 - Fix extra "/" character in apt.conf(5) (Closes: #185545)
53 - Fix typo in tar error message (Closes: #191424)
54 - Clarify description of 'search' on apt-cache(8) (Closes: #192216)
55 - Fix incorrect path for 'partial' directory on apt-get(8)
57 - Fixes to pt_BR translation from Andre Luis Lopes <andrelop@ig.com.br>
59 - Updated apt_preferences(5) man page with many corrections and
60 clarifications from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
62 - Fix SGML validation errors in apt-cache.8.sgml introduced in 0.5.5 or so
63 - Add a simple example to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #95257)
64 - Add bug script for collecting configuration info (Closes: #176482)
66 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:59:43 -0400
68 apt (0.5.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Move the target of the example docs from doc to binary. Closes:
72 * Fix api breakage that broke apt-ftparchive and apt-cache dumpavail, by
73 backing out change that incorretly attempted to handle Package sections
74 larger than 32k. Closes: #192373
75 * Fix never-ending loop with apt-get install -V. Closes: #192355.
77 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Mon, 19 May 2003 12:30:16 -0500
79 apt (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
81 * New deb version compare function, that has no integer limits, and
82 supports pre-versions using ~. Code ported from dpkg.
83 * Fix handling of [!arch] for build-dependencies. Closes: #88798, #149595
84 * Fix handling of build-deps on unknown packages. Closes: #88664, #153307
85 * "apt-get --arch-only build-dep" to install only architecture-
86 dependent build dependencies. Bump minor shared lib number to reflect
87 small change in BuildDepend API.
88 * APT::Build-Essential configuration option (defaults to "build-essential")
89 so that "apt-get build-dep" will ensure build essential packages are
90 installed prior to installing other build-dependencies. Closes: #148879
91 * LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #109430, #147529
92 * /usr/doc reference in postinst. Closes: #126189
93 * Doc updates. Closes: #120689
94 * Possible apt-cache segfault. Closes: #120311, #118431, #117915, #135295,
96 * Print special message for EAI_AGAIN. Closes: #131397
97 * libapt-pkg-dev needs to bring in the apt-inst library if linking
98 is to work. Closes: #133943
99 * Typos, Doc Stuff. Closes: #132772, #129970, #123642, #114892, #113786,
100 #109591, #105920, #103678, #139752, #138186, #138054, #138050,
101 #139994, #142955, #151654, #151834, #147611, #154268, #173971
102 * Fix possibility for tag file parsing to fail in some unlikely situations.
104 * Use std C++ names for some header files. Closes: #128741
105 * Do not check for free space if --no-download. Closes: #117856
106 * Actually implement or group handling for 'upgrade'. Closes: #133950
107 * "Internal Error, Couldn't configure pre-depend" is not actually an
108 internal error, it is a packaging error and now it says so, and
109 pinpoints the problem dependency. Closes: #155621
110 * Allows failure to write to a pipe for post-invoke stuff. Closes: #89830
111 * Use usr/share/doc for dhelp. Closes: #115701
112 * --print-uris works with 'update'. Closes: #57070
113 * Options Dpkg::MaxArgs,Dpkg::MaxArgBytes to allow a much longer dpkg
115 * Fixed 2 little OR group bugs, thanks to Yann Dirson. Closes: #143995,
117 * Allow an uninstalled package to be marked for removal on an install
118 line (meaning not to automatically install it), also fix some dodgy
119 handling of protected packages. Closes: #92287, #116011
120 * Fix errant prefix matching in version selection. Closes: #105968
121 * Ensure that all files needed to run APT as a user are readable and
122 ignore roots umask for these files. Closes: #108801
123 * Support larger config spaces. Closes: #111914
124 * 'apt-get update' no longer does 'Building Dependency Tree'.
125 * When matching regexs allways print a message. Change regex activation
126 charset. Closes: #147817
127 * Don't die if lines in sources.list are too long. Closes: #146846
128 * Show file name on apt-extracttemplate error messges. Closes: #151835
129 * i18n gettext stuff, based on work from Michael Piefel: Closes: #95933
130 * Some highly unlikely memory faults. Closes: #155842
131 * C++ stuff for G++3.2. Closes: #162617, #165515,
132 * apt-config dumps sends to stdout not stderr now. Closes: #146294
133 * Fix segfault in FindAny when /i is used, and there is no default.
135 * Add s390x to archtable. Closese: #160992.
136 * Update config.sub/config.guess in cvs, and add support to debian/rules
137 to update them from /usr/share/misc if they exist. Closes: #155014
138 * Remove 'Sorry' from messages. Closes: #148824.
139 * Change wording of 'additional disk space usage' message. Closes:
141 * apt-extracttemplates now prepends the package name when extracting
142 files. Closes: #132776
143 * Add -n synonym for --names-only for apt-cache. Closes: #130689
144 * Display both current version and new version in apt-get -s. Closes:
146 * Add an options and timeout config item to ssh/rsh. Closes: #90654
147 * libapt-pkg-dev now depends on apt-utils. Closes: #133942.
148 * Change verbose logging output of apt-ftparchive to go to stderr,
149 instead of stdout. Also, errors that occur no longer go to stdout,
150 but stderr. Closes: #161592
151 * Test for timegm in configure. Closes: #165516.
152 * s/st_mtime/mtime/ on our local stat structure in apt-ftparchive, to
153 support compliation on platforms where st_mtime is a macro. Closes:
155 * Check the currently mounted cdrom, to see if it's the one we are
156 interested in. Closes: #154602
157 * Refer to reportbug instead of bug in the man pages. Closes: #173745
158 * Link apt-inst to apt-pkg. Closes: #175055
159 * New apt_preferences man page from Thomas Hood, Susan Kleinmann,
161 * Fix > 300 col screen segfault. Closes: #176052
162 * Rebuild with gcc-3.2. Closes: #177752, #178008.
163 * Fix build-dep handling of | dependencies.
164 Closes: #98640, #145997, #158896, #172901
165 * Double default value of APT::Cache-Limit, until such time as it
166 can be made more dynamic. Closes: #178623.
167 * Report uris with '.gz' when there are errors. Closes: #178435.
168 * When installing build-deps, make sure the new version will
169 satisfy build requirements. Closes: #178121
170 * Split offline and guide documentation into apt-doc. This was done so
171 that binary-arch builds do not require documention deps. Note, that
172 apt-doc is not installed on upgrades.
173 * Use doc-base, instead of dhelp directly. Closes: #110389
174 * Change http message 'Waiting for file' to 'Waiting for headers'.
176 * Remove trailing lines on package lists in apt-get. Closes: #178736.
177 * Fix origin pins for file:// uris. Closes: #189014.
178 * Apply typo and syntax patch from bug to apt-cache.8.sgml. Closes:
180 * s/dpkg-preconfig/dpkg-preconfigure/ in examples/configure-index.
182 * Fix some typos in the apt-get manual. Closes: #163932.
183 * Apply patch from bug, to change frozen to testing, and then do it
184 everywhere else. Closes: #165085.
185 * Update es.po. Closes: #183111.
186 * Add pt_BR translation of apt_preferences(5). Also, build fr manpages.
188 * Add a vcg command to apt-cache, similiar to dotty. Closes: #150512.
189 * Add option to apt-get to show versions of packages being
191 * Be quiet in apt.post{inst,rm}. Closes: #70685.
192 * apt-get now prints out suggested and recommended packages. Closes:
194 * Insert some newlines in the cdrom change media message. Closes:
196 * Add a rdepends command to apt-cache. Closes: #159864.
197 * When building the dpkg command line, allow for 8192 chars to be used,
198 instead of only 1024.
199 * APT::Immediate-Configure had inverted semantics(false meant it was
200 enabled). Closes: #173619.
201 * Fix status file parser so that if a record is larger than 32k, the
202 buffer size will be doubled, and the read attempted again. Closes:
205 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 27 Apr 2003 01:23:12 -0500
207 apt (0.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
209 * M68k config.guess patch. Closes: #88913
210 * Bi-yearly test on OpenBSD and Solaris
211 * Doc updates. Closes: #89121, #89854, #99671, #98353, #95823, #93057,
212 #97520, #102867, #101071, #102421, #101565, #98272, #106914,
214 * Various cosmetic code updates. Closes: #89066, #89066, #89152
215 * Add "pre-auto" as an option for DSelect::Clean (run autoclean after
217 * More patches from Alfredo for Vendors and more SHA-1 stuff
218 * Fix for AJ's 'desire to remove perl-5.005' and possibly other
219 similar situations. Closes: #56708, #59432
220 * no_proxy and ftp. Closes: #89671
221 * Philippe Batailler's man page patches.
222 * Fix for display bug. Closes: #92033, #93652, #98468
223 * Use more than 16bits for the dep ID. Some people ran out..
224 Closes: #103020, #97809, #102951, #99974, #107362, #107395, #107362,
225 #106911, #107395, #108968
226 * Reordered some things to make dante and FTP happier. Closes: #92757
227 * James R. Van Zandt's guide.sgml updates. Closes: #90027
228 * apt-ftparchive copes with no uncompressed package files + contents.
229 * French man pages from philippe batailler - well sort of. They
231 * run-parts. Closes: #94286
232 * 'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
233 * Whatever. Closes: #89762
234 * libstdc++ and HURD. Closes: #92025
235 * More apt-utils verbage. Closes: #86954
236 * Fliped comparision operator. Closes: #94618
237 * Used the right copyright file. Closes: #65691
238 * Randolph's G++3 patches.
239 * Fixed no_proxy tokanizing. Closes: #100046
240 * Strip Config-Version when copying status to available. Closes: #97520
241 * Segfault with missing source files. Closes: #100325
242 * EINTR check. Closes: #102293
243 * Various changes to the locking metholodgy for --print-uris.
245 * Lame LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #98928
246 * apt-cache search searchs provide names too now. Closes: #98695
247 * Checksum and long lines problem. Closes: #106591
248 * .aptignr and empty files are just a warning. Closes: #97364
250 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:21:59 -0500
252 apt (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
254 * JoeyH's dpkg::preconfig not working. Closes: #88675
255 * Fixed apt override disparity
256 * Alfredo's SHA-1 and related patches
258 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
260 apt (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Fixed mention of /usr/doc in the long description
263 * JoeyH's downgrade bug -- don't use 0.5.1
264 * Doc bug. Closes: #88538
265 * Fault in building release strings. Closes: #88533
267 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
269 apt (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
271 * Fixed #82894 again, or should be and.
272 * Process the option string right. Closes: #86921
273 * Don't eat the last command for pipes. Closes: #86923
274 * Ignore .* for configuration directory processing. Closes: #86923
275 * Alfredo's no_proxy patch
276 * Documentation fixes. Closes: #87091
277 * JoeyH's double slash bug. Closes: #87266
278 * Unintitialized buffer and apt-ftparchive contents generation.
280 * Build-deps on virtual packages. Closes: #87639
281 * Fixes glibc/libstdc++ symbol dependencies by including glibc and
282 libstdc++ version info in the library soname and in the package
283 provides. Closes: #87426
284 * Updated soname version to 0.3.2
285 * apt-extracttemplates moved from debconf into apt-utils
286 * s390 archtable entry. Closes: #88232
288 * Some instances where the status file can source a package in a
289 non-sensical way. Closes: #87390
290 * Work better if there are duplicate sources.list entries.
291 * Fixed the resetting of Dir with "dir {};". Closes: #87323
293 -- Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:37:38 -0700
295 apt (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
297 * Fixed an obscure bug with missing final double new lines in
299 * Changed the apt-cdrom index copy routine to use the new section
301 * Added a package file sorter, apt-sortpkgs
302 * Parse obsolete Optional dependencies.
303 * Added Ben's rsh method. Closes: #57794
304 * Added IPv6 FTP support and better DNS rotation support.
305 * Include the server IP in error messages when using a DNS rotation.
307 * Made most of the byte counters into doubles to prevent 32bit overflow.
309 * HTTP Authorization. Closes: #61158
310 * Ability to parse and return source index build depends from Randolph.
311 * new 'apt-get build-dep' command from Randolph. Closes: #63982
312 * Added apt-ftparchive the all dancing all singing FTP archive
314 * Allow version specifications with =1.2.4-3 and /2.2 or /stable postfixes
316 * Removed useless internal cruft including the xstatus file.
317 * Fixed config parser bugs. Closes: #67848, #71108
318 * Brain Damanged apt-get config options changed, does not change the command
319 line interface, except to allow --enable-* to undo a configuration
322 No-Download -> Download
323 No-Upgrade -> Upgrade
324 * Made this fix configable (DSelect::CheckDir) and default to disabled:
325 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
326 Because it is stupid in the case where no files were downloaded due to
327 a resumed-aborted install, or a full cache! Closes: #65952
328 * Obscure divide by zero problem. Closes: #64394
329 * Update sizetable for mips. Closes: #62288
330 * Fixed a bug with passive FTP connections
331 * Has sizetable entry for sparc64. Closes: #64869
332 * Escape special characters in the ::Label section of the cdroms.lst
333 * Created apt-utils and python-apt packages
334 * Due to the new policy engine, the available file may contain entries
335 from the status file. These are generated if the package is not obsolete
336 but the policy engine prohibits using the version from the package files.
337 They can be identified by the lack of a Filename field.
338 * The new policy engine. Closes: #66509, #66944, #45122, #45094, #40006,
339 #36223, #33468, #22551
340 * Fixed deb-src line for non-us. Closes: #71501, #71601
341 * Fixes for G++ 2.96, s/friend/friend class/
342 * Fixed mis doc of APT::Get::Fix-Missing. Closes: #69269
343 * Confirmed fix for missing new line problem. Closes: #69386
344 * Fixed up dhelp files. Closes: #71312
345 * Added some notes about dselect and offline usage. Closes: #66473, #38316
346 * Lock files on read only file systems are ignored w/ warning.
348 * apt-get update foo now gives an error! Closes: #42891
349 * Added test for shlibs on hurd. Closes: #71499
350 * Clarified apt-cache document. Closes: #71934
351 * DocBook SGML man pages and some improvements in the text..
352 * sigwinch thing. Closes: #72382
353 * Caching can be turned off by setting the cache file names blank.
354 * Ignores arches it does not know about when autocleaning. Closes: #72862
355 * New function in apt-config to return dirs, files, bools and integers.
356 * Fixed an odd litle bug in MarkInstall and fixed it up to handle
357 complex cases involving OR groups and provides.
358 68754 describes confusing messages which are the result of this..
359 Closes: #63149, #69394, #68754, #77683, #66806, #81486, #78712
360 * Speeling mistake and return code for the 'wicked' resolver error
361 Closes: #72621, #75226, #77464
362 * Solved unable to upgrade libc6 from potato to woody due to 3 package
363 libc6 dependency loop problem.
364 * Leading sources.list spaces. Closes: #76010
365 * Removed a possible infinite loop while processing installations.
366 * Man page updates. Closes: #75411, #75560, #64292, #78469
367 * ReduceSourceList bug. Closes: #76027
368 * --only-source option. Closes: #76320
369 * Typos. Closes: #77812, #77999
370 * Different status messages. Closes: #76652, #78353
371 * /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory for Joey and Matt and pipe protocol 2
372 * OS detection an support for the new pseduo standard of os-arch for the
373 Architecture string. Also uses regexing.. Closes: #39227, #72349
374 * Various i18n stuff. Note that this still needs some i18n wizard
375 to do the last gettextization right. Closes: #62386
376 * Fixed a problem with some odd http servers/proxies that did not return
377 the content size in the header. Closes: #79878, #44379
378 * Little acquire bugs. Closes: #77029, #55820
379 * _POSIX_THREADS may not be defined to anything, just defined..
381 * Spelling of Ignore-Hold correctly. Closes: #78042
382 * Unlock the dpkg db if in download only mode. Closes: #84851
383 * Brendan O'Dea's dselect admindir stuff. Closes: #62811
384 * Patch from BenC. Closes: #80810
385 * Single output of some names in lists. Closes: #80498, #43286
386 * Nice message for people who can't read syserror output. Closes: #84734
387 * OR search function. Closes: #82894
388 * User's guide updates. Closes: #82469
389 * The AJ/JoeyH var/state to var/lib transition patch. Closes: #59094
390 * Various CD bugs, again thanks to Greenbush
391 Closes: #80946, #76547, #71810, #70049, #69482
392 * Using potato debhelper. Closes: #57977
393 * I cannot self-terminate. Closes: #74928
395 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:39:15 -0500
397 apt (0.3.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low
399 * Updates to apt-cdrom to support integrated non-us nicely, thanks to
401 * Fixed that apt-get/cdrom deadlock thing. Closes: #59853, #62945, #61976
402 * Fixed hardcoded path. Closes: #59743
403 * Fixed Jay's relative path bug
404 * Allowed source only CDs. Closes: #58952
405 * Space check is supressed if --print-uris is given. Closes: #58965
406 * Clarified the documenation examples for non-us. Closes: #58646
407 * Typo in the package description. Closes: #60230
408 * Man Page typo. Closes: #60347
409 * Typo in Algorithms.cc. Closes: #63577
410 * Evil dotty function in apt-cache for generating dependency graphs
411 with the as-yet-unpackaged GraphVis.
412 * Appears to have been fixed in Janurary.. Closes: #57981
413 * New config.guess/sub for the new archs. Closes: #60874
414 * Fixed error reporting for certain kinds of resolution failures.
416 * Made autoclean respect 'q' settings. Closes: #63023
417 * Fixed up the example sources.list. Closes: #63676
418 * Added DPkg::FlushSTDIN to control the flushing of stdin before
419 forking dpkg. Closes: #63991
421 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 12 May 2000 21:10:54 -0700
423 apt (0.3.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
425 * Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
426 * Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
427 * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
429 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:52:31 -0800
431 apt (0.3.17) unstable; urgency=low
433 * RFC 2732 usage for CDROM URIs and fixes to apt-cdrom
434 * Fixed the configuration parser to not blow up if ; is in the config
436 * Applied visual patch to dselect install script . Closes #55214
437 * Included the configure-index example
439 * Library soname has increased
440 * Fixed default sources.list to have correct URLs for potato when it
442 * Added a message about erasing sources.list to dselect setup script
444 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
445 * Fixed inclusion of 2nd sample config file. Closes: #55374
446 * Made file mtimes of 0 not confuse the methods If-Modifed-Since check.
449 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:12:40 -0800
451 apt (0.3.16) unstable; urgency=low
453 * Made --no-download work. Closes: #52993
454 * Now compiles on OpenBSD, Solaris and HP-UX
455 * Clarify segfault errors
456 * More debhelper fixes. Closes: #52662, #54566, #52090, #53531, #54769
457 * Fix for Joel's discovery of glibc removal behavoir.
458 * Fix for Ben Collins file: uri from slink upgrade.
459 * Fixed resume code in FTP. Closes: #54323
460 * Take more precautions to prevent the corruption Joey Hess saw.
461 * Fixed --no-list-cleanup
462 * RFC 2732 URI parsing ([] for hostnames).
463 * Typo in apt-cache man page. Closes: #54949
465 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:04:15 -0800
467 apt (0.3.15) unstable; urgency=low
469 * Added DSelect::WaitAfterDownload Closes: #49549
470 * Fixed cast error in byteswap macro and supporting code. Closes: #50093
471 * Fixed buffer overflow for wide terminal sizes. Closes: #50295
472 * Made -s and clean not do anything. Closes: #50238
473 * Problem with Protected packages and the new OR code.
474 * /usr/share/doc stuff. Closes: #51017, #50228, #51141
475 * Remove doesn't require a package to be installable. Closes: #51175
476 * FTP proxy touch ups in the mabn page. Closes: #51315, #51314
478 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:17:24 -0800
480 apt (0.3.14) unstable; urgency=low
482 * Fix Perl or group pre-depends thing Closes: #46091, #46096, #46233, #45901
483 * Fix handling of dpkg's conversions from < -> <= Closes: #46094, #47088
484 * Make unparsable priorities non-fatal Closes: #46266, #46267, #46293, #46298
485 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes: #43830, #45640, #45692
486 * Fixed 'Method gave a blank filename' error from IMS queries onto CDs.
487 Closes: #45034, #45695, #46537
488 * Made OR group handling in the problem resolver more elaborate. Closes: #45646
489 * Added APT::Clean-Installed option. Closes: #45973
490 * Moves the free space check to after the calculated size is printed.
491 Closes: #46639, #47498
492 * mipsel arch Closes: #47614
493 * Beautified URI printing to not include passwords Closes: #46857
494 * Fixed little problem with --no-download Closes: #47557
495 * Tweaked Dselect 'update' script to re-gen the avail file even in the
496 event of a failure Closes: #47112
497 * Retries for source archives too Closes: #47529
498 * Unmounts CDROMs iff it mounted them Closes: #45299
499 * Checks for the partial directories before doing downloads Closes: #47392
500 * no_proxy environment variable (http only!) Closes: #43476
501 * apt-cache showsrc Closes: #45799
502 * De-Refs Single Pure virtual packages. Closes: #42437, #43555
503 * Regexs for install. Closes: #35304, #38835
504 * Dependency reports now show OR group relations
505 * Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
506 * Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
507 * Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
508 * Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
509 * --trivial-only and --no-remove. Closes: #48518
510 * Increased the cache size. Closes: #47648
511 * Comment woopsie. Closes: #48789
512 * Removes existing links when linking sources. Closes: #48775
513 * Problem resolver does not install all virtual packages. Closes: #48591, #49252
514 * Clearer usage message about 'source' Closes: #48858
515 * Immediate configure internal error Closes: #49062, #48884
517 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:21:25 -0800
519 apt (0.3.13) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Fix timestamp miss in FTP. Closes: #44363
522 * Fix sorting of Kept packages. Closes: #44377
523 * Fix Segfault for dselect-upgrade. Closes: #44436
524 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes #43830
525 * Added APT::Get::Diff-Only and Tar-Only options. Closes #44384
526 * Add commented-out deb-src URI to default sources.list file.
528 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:54:20 -0700
530 apt (0.3.12) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Fix for typo in the dhelp index. Closes: #40377
533 * Multiple media swap support
534 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
535 * Better handling of - remove notation. Closes: #41024
536 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
537 * Error code on failed update. Closes: #41053
538 * apt-cdrom adds entries for source directories. Closes: #41231
539 * Sorts the output of any list. Closes: #41107
540 * Fixes the looping problem. Closes: #41784, #42414, #44022
541 * Fixes the CRC mechanism to lowercase all strings. Closes: #41839
542 * More checks to keep the display sane. Particularly when fail-over is
543 used with local mirrors and CD-Roms. Closes: #42127, #43130, #43668
544 * PThread lockup problem on certain sparc/m68k. Closes: #40628
545 * apt-cdrom understands .gz Package files too. Closes: #42779
546 * Spelling error in dselect method description. Closes: #43251
547 * Added security to the default source list. Closes: #43356
549 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:04:28 -0700
551 apt (0.3.11) unstable; urgency=low
553 * Fix for mis-parsed file: URIs. Closes: #40373, #40366, #40230
554 * Fix for properly upgrading the system from perl 5.004 to 5.005
556 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:06:44 -0700
558 apt (0.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Spelling error in cachefile.cc. Closes: #39885
561 * Trailing slash in dselect install if you try to use the
562 default config file. Closes: #40011
563 * Simulate works for autoclean. Closes: #39141
564 * Fixed spelling errors. Closes: #39673
565 * Changed url parsing a bit. Closes: #40070, #40069
566 * Version 0.3.8 will be for slink/hamm (GNU libc 2).
568 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:02:52 -0700
570 apt (0.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Fixed missing text in the apt-get(8) page. Closes: #37596
573 * Made --simulate and friends work with apt-get source. Closes: #37597, #37656
574 * Fixed inclusion of man pages in the -doc/-dev package. Closes: #37633, #38651
575 * Fixed handling of the -q option with not-entirely integer arguments
577 * Man page typo Closes: #37762
578 * Fixed parsing of the Source: line. Closes: #37679
579 * Dpkg/dpkg-hurd source bug. Closes: #38004, #38032
580 * Added a check for an empty cache directory. Closes: #37963
581 * Return a failure code if -d is given and packages fail to download.
583 * Arranged for an ftp proxy specifing an http server to work. See the
584 important note in the sources.list man page.
585 * Accounted for resumed files in the cps calculation. Closes: #36787
586 * Deal with duplicate same version different packages. Closes: #30237
587 * Added --no-download. Closes: #38095
588 * Order of apt-cdrom dist detection. Closes: #38139
589 * Fix apt-cdrom chop handling and missing lines. Closes: #37276
591 * Suggests dpkg-dev for apt-get source. Closes: #38158
592 * Fixed typo in apt-get help. Closes: #38712
593 * Improved the error message in the case of broken held package. Closes: #38777
594 * Fixed handling of MD5 failures
595 * Documented list notation Closes: #39008
596 * Change the 'b' to 'B'. Closes: #39007
598 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:36:20 -0700
600 apt (0.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
602 * Note that 0.3.5 never made it out the door..
603 * Fix for apt-cdrom and unusual disk label locations. Closes: #35571
604 * Made APT print numbers in decimal. Closes: #35617, #37319
605 * Buffer munching fix for FTP. Closes: #35868
606 * Typo in sample config file. Closes: #35907
607 * Fixed whitespace in version compares. Closes: #35968, #36283, #37051
608 * Changed installed size counter to only count unpacked packages.
610 * apt-get source support. Closes: #23934, #27190
611 * Renames .debs that fail MD5 checking, provides automatic corruption
612 recovery. Closes: #35931
613 * Fixed autoconf verison. Closes: #37305
614 * Random Segfaulting. Closes: #37312, #37530
615 * Fixed apt-cache man page. Closes: #36904
616 * Added a newline to apt-cache showpkg. Closes: #36903
618 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 09:18:49 -0700
620 apt (0.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Release for Ben while he is out of town.
623 * Checked the size of partial files. Closes: #33705
624 * apt-get should not print progress on non-tty. Closes: #34944
625 * s/guide.text.gz/users-guide.txt.gz/ debian/control: Closes: #35207
626 * Applied cdrom patches from Torsten. Closes: #35140, #35141
627 * smbmounted cdrom fix. Closes: #35470
628 * Changed ie to eg. Closes: #35196
630 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:26:44 -0500
632 apt (0.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
634 * Fixes bug with file:/ URIs and multi-CD handling. Closes: #34923
636 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:15:44 -0800
638 apt (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
640 * Major release into unstable of v3
641 * These bugs have been fixed, explanations are in the bug system, read
642 the man pages as well..
643 Closes: #21113, #22507, #22675, #22836, #22892, #32883, #33006, #34121,
644 #23984, #24685, #24799, #25001, #25019, #34223, #34296, #34355,
645 #24021, #25022, #25026, #25104, #25176, #31557, #31691, #31853,
646 #25458, #26019, #26433, #26592, #26670, #27100, #27100, #27601,
647 #28184, #28391, #28778, #29293, #29351, #27841, #28172, #30260,
648 #29382, #29441, #29903, #29920, #29983, #30027, #30076, #30112,
649 #31009, #31155, #31381, #31883, #32140, #32395, #32584. #34465,
650 #30383, #30441, #30472, #30643, #30827, #30324, #36425, #34596
652 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:14:25 -0800
654 apt (0.3.1) experimental; urgency=low
656 * Minor release of cvs version.
657 * Added virtual package libapt-pkgx.x
659 -- Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org> Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:52:44 -0500
661 apt (0.3.0) experimental; urgency=low
663 * New experimental version.
665 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:53:21 -0800
667 apt (0.1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
669 * Return to the wacky numbering for when we build 0.1.8 for hamm
670 * Important bug related to APT on the Alpha fixed
671 * apt-get dist-upgrade problems fixed
672 * tiny patch for http method to fix an endless loop
673 * nice fix from /usr/doc/lintian/ to remove rpath nastiness from
674 libtool and add proper shared lib dependancies
675 * now dh_shlibdeps is called with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/tmp/usr/lib
676 in case an old libpkg is installed while building APT to prevent
677 spurious dependancies
679 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:43:25 -0800
681 apt (0.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
683 * New build with libstdc++2.9.
684 * Various fixes; read the Changelog.
686 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:29:18 -0700
688 apt (0.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Various fixes in the FTP method for error checking. Fixes: #26188.
691 * Spelling corrections in dselect method. Fixes: #25884
692 * Fixes for compilation on alpha/ppc. Fixes: #25313, #26108.
693 * No more bo releases: we're using a normal numbering system now.
695 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:27:13 -0700
697 apt (0.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Changed sources.list to point to 'unstable' by default, as
700 'frozen' no longer exists!
702 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:00:18 -0700
704 apt (0.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
706 * New upstreamish version.
707 * ftp method rewritten in C. Removes dependancies on all perl/perl
708 related modules. This fixes many of the ftp method bugs.
710 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:19:00 -0700
712 apt (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
714 * Release for unstable.
716 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:48:30 -0700
718 apt (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Kludge to fix problem in libnet-perl with illegal anonymous
722 * Moved to unstable; apt is in a useable state now.
723 * Fixed version numbering. From now on, numbering will be:
724 0.1 (no actual release) -> 0.1.0bo (release for libc5) ->
725 0.1.1 (release for unstable). Thanks, Manoj.
727 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:40:58 -0700
729 apt (0.0.17-1) experimental; urgency=low
731 * Fixed problem with libc6 version compare
732 * Scott's away for a while, so I'll be packaging apt for the time
735 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 25 Jun 1998 19:02:03 -0700
737 apt (0.0.16-1) experimental; urgency=low
739 * Modifications to make apt-get more friendly when backgrounded.
740 * Updated documentation.
741 * Updates to graphic widgets
743 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:22:02 -0400
745 apt (0.0.15-0.2bo) experimental; urgency=low
748 * Bob Hilliards crash
750 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
752 apt (0.0.15-0.1bo) experimental; urgency=low
757 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
759 apt (0.0.15) experimental; urgency=low
761 * Clean up source tarball (no user-visible changes)
763 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 26 May 1998 12:23:53 -0400
765 apt (0.0.14) experimental; urgency=low
767 * Updates in ordering code to make sure certain upgrades work correctly.
768 * Made dselect/setup understand ftp as well as http
770 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Wed, 20 May 1998 13:33:32 -0400
772 apt (0.0.13-bo1) experimental; urgency=low
776 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Mon, 18 May 1998 15:10:49 -0600
778 apt (0.0.13) experimental; urgency=low
780 * Remove hardcoded egcc from debian/rules (#21575)
781 * Fixes for ordering logic when system has a number of unpacked
782 but unconfigured packages installed.
783 * Spelling fix in dselect install method (#22556)
785 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 20:08:33 -0400
787 apt (0.0.12) experimental; urgency=low
789 * Fixed problems with package cache corruption.
790 * Made to depend on libc6 >= 2.0.7pre1 due to timezone problems with
792 * Interface and documentation improvements.
794 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 16 May 1998 23:17:32 -0400
796 apt (0.0.11) experimental; urgency=low
798 * Change dependancies to pre-depends since breaking your packaging tools
799 in the middle of an installation isn't very good.
800 * Bug fixes to ftp method and general apt-get code
802 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 15 May 1998 08:57:38 -0400
804 apt (0.0.10) experimental; urgency=low
806 * Run "dpkg --configure -a" after an aborted dselect install
807 * Fixed problem with install looping
808 * Support for authenticating proxys: (note this isn't terribly secure)
809 http_proxy="http://user:pass@firewall:port/"
810 * Substitute $ARCH in sources.list
811 * Fixes in the resumption code for ftp
813 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 12 May 1998 09:14:41 -0400
815 apt (0.0.9) experimental; urgency=low
818 * Various other less visible bug fixes.
819 * Fixed problem with segfault when apt-get invoked in a non-existant
820 directory (Bug #21863)
821 * Bumped policy to 2.4.1
823 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 1 May 1998 09:18:19 -0400
825 apt (0.0.8) experimental; urgency=low
827 * Fixed generated available file (Bug #21836)
828 * Added download ETA (Bug #21774).
829 * Fixed hardcoded ARCH (Bug #21751).
830 * Fixed check on http_proxy (Bug #21795).
831 * Added download speed indicator.
833 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:58:32 -0400
835 apt (0.0.7) experimental; urgency=low
837 * Remove libdeity and apt from package for now, since only apt-get and
838 apt-cache are actually useful right now.
839 * Clean up handling of package installation errors.
840 * Added timeout to http transfers (#21269)
841 * Updated setup for dselect/apt method.
843 * Long options (added in 0.0.6)
845 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:06:49 -0400
847 apt (0.0.6) experimental; urgency=low
850 * Revamped download status display.
851 * Call apt-get clean after successful install in dselect.
852 * Added "apt-get clean" which deletes package files from /var/cache/apt
854 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:13:59 -0400
856 apt (0.0.5) experimental; urgency=low
858 * Ignore signals while dpkg is running so we don't leave dpkg running in
859 the background (#20804)
860 * Check Packages as well as Packages.gz for file URIs (#20784)
861 * Spelling cleanup (#20800)
862 * Added -m option to permit upgrade to go on in the case of a bad mirror.
863 This option may result in incomplete upgrades when used with -f.
865 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:40:29 -0400
867 apt (0.0.4) experimental; urgency=low
870 * Various documentation updates and cleanup.
871 * Added '-f' option to apt-get attempt to fix broken dependancies.
873 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:36:00 -0500
875 apt (0.0.3) experimental; urgency=low
877 * Added a shlibs.local file to prevent apt from depending on itself.
878 * Updates to how apt-get handles bad states in installed packages.
879 * Updated rules to make sure build works from a freshly checked out source
880 archive. Building from CVS needs libtool/automake/autoconf, builds from
881 the distributed source package should have no such dependancy.
883 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 11:49:47 -0500
885 apt (0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Updates to apt-get and http binding for dselect method (apt).
888 * Updating version number from 0.0.1, which was released only on IRC.
890 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 00:35:18 -0500
892 apt (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
896 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:49:28 -0500
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