1 apt (0.5.13) unstable; urgency=medium
3 * Document configuration file comment syntax in apt.conf(5)
5 * s/removed/installed/ in a comment in apt-get.cc
6 * Move comment for ListParser::ParseDepends into the right place
7 * Don't preserve ownership when copying config.guess and config.sub.
8 This broke builds where the clean target was run with different
9 privileges than the rest of the build (i.e., root) (Closes: #212183)
10 * On second thought, don't copy config.guess and config.sub at all. I'd
11 rather they always match what is in CVS.
13 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:28:17 -0400
15 apt (0.5.12) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Exclude subdirectories named 'debian-installer' from the apt-cdrom
18 search (Closes: #210485 -- release-critical)
20 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:48:14 -0400
22 apt (0.5.11) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Updated pt_BR translations from Andre Luis Lopes <andrelop@debian.org>
26 * In apt.conf(5), give the fully qualified name of Dir::Bin::Methods,
27 rather than just "methods"
28 * Add new nb and nn translations from Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
29 * Clean up reportbug script a bit, and extend it to distinguish between a
30 configuration file not existing and the user declining to submit it with
32 * Add #include <langinfo.h> to cmdline/apt-get.cc. This apparently gets
33 pulled in by something else with recent g++ and/or glibc, but is
34 required when building on, e.g., stable
35 * Patch from Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu> to fix version
36 comparisons with '~' (Closes: #205960)
37 * Disable Russian translation until someone can review it
40 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:41:28 -0400
42 apt (0.5.10) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Correct the section in apt_preferences(5) on interpreting priorities
45 to show that zero is not a valid priority, and print a warning if such
46 a pin is encountered in the preferences file (Closes: #204971)
47 * Regenerate French man pages from sgml source (Closes: #205886)
48 * Get self-tests compiling again, updated for latest library API
50 * Add version comparison tests for #194327 and #205960
51 * Fix error message in version test to output versions in the order in
52 which they were compared when the reverse comparison fails
53 * Reference the source package bug page rather than the one for the
54 binary package 'apt' in the man pages (Closes: #205290)
55 * Updated Polish po file from Marcin Owsiany <porridge@debian.org>
57 * Mention some of the available frontends in apt-get(8) (Closes: #205829)
58 * Add apt-config to SEE ALSO section of apt-get (Closes: #205036)
59 * Add missing "lang" attributes to refentry tags in French man pages
60 (apt-cdrom, apt-extracttemplates, apt-sortpkgs)
61 * Change upgraded/newly installed/not fully installed or removed
62 messages to be consistent and somewhat shorter (some translations
63 exceeded 80 characters even in the simplest case)
64 * Make APT::Get::Show-Upgraded (aka apt-get -u) default to true.
65 * Updates to Dutch translation from Bart Cornelis <cobaco@linux.be>
68 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:12:39 -0400
70 apt (0.5.9) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Oh well, apt isn't going to make it into testing anytime soon due to
73 new glibc and gcc deps, so we might as well fix more bugs
74 * Fix typo in example ftp-archive.conf (Closes: #203295)
75 * Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #203298)
76 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to have --version
77 only print the version (and not usage as well) (Closes: #203418)
78 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to switch from
79 dh_installmanpages to dh_installman. Fixes the problem where the
80 pt_BR man page was installed in the wrong location (Closes: #194558)
81 * Move the French apt-ftparchive man page into apt-utils where it
82 belongs. apt-utils Replaces: apt (<< 0.5.9)
83 * Write records from "apt-cache show" using fwrite(3) rather than
84 write(2), in case for some reason the entire record doesn't get
85 written by a single write(2)
86 * Add new French man pages to doc/fr/.cvsignore
87 * Add freebsd to buildlib/ostable (Closes: #193430)
88 * Avoid segfault if a package name is specified which consists
89 entirely of characters which look like end tags ('+', '-')
91 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to avoid listing
92 suggests/recommends for packages which are selected for installation
93 at the same time as the package which suggests/recommends them
95 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to avoid listing
96 suggests/recommends which are Provided by a package which is already
97 installed (Closes: #200395)
98 * Patch to update pt_BR man page for apt_preferences(5) from Andre Luis
99 Lopes <andrelop@debian.org> (Closes: #202245)
100 * Use nl_langinfo(YESEXPR) rather than comparing to the translated
101 string "Y". Closes: #200953 and should make the prompting generally
102 more robust in the face of i18n. In the particular case of #200953,
103 it was being fooled because of signedness issues with toupper(3)
105 * apt Suggests: aptitude | synaptic | gnome-apt | wajig
107 * Clean up whitespace in translated strings in ru.po, which messed up
108 indentation (some other translations probably have similar problems)
110 * Run ispell -h over the man page sources and fix a bunch of typos
111 * Use debian/compat rather than DH_COMPAT
112 * Update to debhelper compatibility level 3
113 - remove ldconfig calls from debian/{postinst,postrm} as dh_makeshlibs
115 - echo 3 > debian/compat
116 - Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 3)
117 * Exclude '.#*' from cvs-build
118 * Let the ftp method work with ftp servers which do not require a
119 password (Closes: #199425)
120 * Build-depend on debhelper >= 4.1.62, because we need the fix for
121 #204731 in order for dh_installman to work correctly
122 with our SGML man pages
123 * Move dh_makeshlibs ahead of dh_installdeb so that its postinst
124 fragments are properly substituted
126 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:54:39 -0400
128 apt (0.5.8) unstable; urgency=medium
130 * urgency=medium because the changes since 0.5.5.1 are pretty safe as
131 far as core functionality, 0.5.5.1 survived unstable for 10 days, and
132 I don't want to delay apt's progress into testing any further. It's
133 decidedly better than 0.5.4.
134 * Clarify the meaning of the only-source option in apt-get(8)
136 * Updated French man pages from Philippe Batailler
137 <philippe.batailler@free.fr> (Closes: #182194)
138 * Give a warning if an illegal type abbreviation is used when looking up a
139 configuration item (Closes: #168453)
140 * Improve build-depends handling of virtual packages even further, so that
141 it will now also try to satisfy build-depends on virtual packages if they
142 are not installed. Note that this only works if there is only one
143 package providing the virtual package, as in other cases (Closes: #165404)
144 * Update config.guess and config.sub from autotools-dev 20030717.1
145 * Tweak SGML in apt-extracttemplates.1.sgml so that literal '>' doesn't end
147 * Document SrcDirectory in apt-ftparchive.1.sgml (Closes: #156370)
148 * Support TMPDIR in apt-extracttemplates (Closes: #191656)
149 * Fix ru.po to use a capital letter for the translation of 'Y' so that
150 YnPrompt works correctly (Closes: #200953). No other translations seem
152 * Regenerate POT file and sync .po files
153 * Only try to clear stdin if it is a tty, to avoid looping if there is
154 lots of stuff (perhaps an infinite amount) to read (Closes: #192228)
156 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:21:53 -0400
158 apt (0.5.7) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Update control file to match overrides (apt priority important,
161 libapt-pkg-dev section libdevel)
162 * Silence the essential packages check if we are only downloading
163 archives and not changing the system (Closes: #190862)
164 * Skip version check if a build-dependency is provided by an installed package
166 * Have apt-cache show exit with an error if it cannot find any of the
167 specified packages (Closes: #101490)
169 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:43:24 -0400
171 apt (0.5.6) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
174 - Fix segfault when handling /etc/apt/preferences. Closes: #192409.
175 * Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
176 - Clean up some string handling, patch from Peter Lundkvist
177 <p.lundkvist@telia.com> (Closes: #192225)
178 - Don't fall off the end of the buffer when comparing versions.
179 Patch from Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu> (Closes: #194327)
180 - Minor fixes to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #118156)
181 - Fix typo in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #119072)
182 - More typos in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #190936)
183 - Update config.guess, config.sub to latest versions
184 - Modify the description for apt-utils to reflect the fact that it is not
185 (any longer) infrequently used (Closes: #138045)
186 - Make setup script for dselect method more explicit about
187 overwriting sources.list (Closes: #151727)
188 - Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #161243)
189 - Remove duplicate 'showpkg' from synopsis on apt-cache(8)
191 - Document in apt-get(8) the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is that
192 the package is being purged (Closes: #182369)
193 - Fix extra "/" character in apt.conf(5) (Closes: #185545)
194 - Fix typo in tar error message (Closes: #191424)
195 - Clarify description of 'search' on apt-cache(8) (Closes: #192216)
196 - Fix incorrect path for 'partial' directory on apt-get(8)
198 - Fixes to pt_BR translation from Andre Luis Lopes <andrelop@ig.com.br>
200 - Updated apt_preferences(5) man page with many corrections and
201 clarifications from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
203 - Fix SGML validation errors in apt-cache.8.sgml introduced in 0.5.5 or so
204 - Add a simple example to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #95257)
205 - Add bug script for collecting configuration info (Closes: #176482)
207 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:59:43 -0400
209 apt (0.5.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Move the target of the example docs from doc to binary. Closes:
213 * Fix api breakage that broke apt-ftparchive and apt-cache dumpavail, by
214 backing out change that incorretly attempted to handle Package sections
215 larger than 32k. Closes: #192373
216 * Fix never-ending loop with apt-get install -V. Closes: #192355.
218 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Mon, 19 May 2003 12:30:16 -0500
220 apt (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
222 * New deb version compare function, that has no integer limits, and
223 supports pre-versions using ~. Code ported from dpkg.
224 * Fix handling of [!arch] for build-dependencies. Closes: #88798, #149595
225 * Fix handling of build-deps on unknown packages. Closes: #88664, #153307
226 * "apt-get --arch-only build-dep" to install only architecture-
227 dependent build dependencies. Bump minor shared lib number to reflect
228 small change in BuildDepend API.
229 * APT::Build-Essential configuration option (defaults to "build-essential")
230 so that "apt-get build-dep" will ensure build essential packages are
231 installed prior to installing other build-dependencies. Closes: #148879
232 * LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #109430, #147529
233 * /usr/doc reference in postinst. Closes: #126189
234 * Doc updates. Closes: #120689
235 * Possible apt-cache segfault. Closes: #120311, #118431, #117915, #135295,
237 * Print special message for EAI_AGAIN. Closes: #131397
238 * libapt-pkg-dev needs to bring in the apt-inst library if linking
239 is to work. Closes: #133943
240 * Typos, Doc Stuff. Closes: #132772, #129970, #123642, #114892, #113786,
241 #109591, #105920, #103678, #139752, #138186, #138054, #138050,
242 #139994, #142955, #151654, #151834, #147611, #154268, #173971
243 * Fix possibility for tag file parsing to fail in some unlikely situations.
245 * Use std C++ names for some header files. Closes: #128741
246 * Do not check for free space if --no-download. Closes: #117856
247 * Actually implement or group handling for 'upgrade'. Closes: #133950
248 * "Internal Error, Couldn't configure pre-depend" is not actually an
249 internal error, it is a packaging error and now it says so, and
250 pinpoints the problem dependency. Closes: #155621
251 * Allows failure to write to a pipe for post-invoke stuff. Closes: #89830
252 * Use usr/share/doc for dhelp. Closes: #115701
253 * --print-uris works with 'update'. Closes: #57070
254 * Options Dpkg::MaxArgs,Dpkg::MaxArgBytes to allow a much longer dpkg
256 * Fixed 2 little OR group bugs, thanks to Yann Dirson. Closes: #143995,
258 * Allow an uninstalled package to be marked for removal on an install
259 line (meaning not to automatically install it), also fix some dodgy
260 handling of protected packages. Closes: #92287, #116011
261 * Fix errant prefix matching in version selection. Closes: #105968
262 * Ensure that all files needed to run APT as a user are readable and
263 ignore roots umask for these files. Closes: #108801
264 * Support larger config spaces. Closes: #111914
265 * 'apt-get update' no longer does 'Building Dependency Tree'.
266 * When matching regexs allways print a message. Change regex activation
267 charset. Closes: #147817
268 * Don't die if lines in sources.list are too long. Closes: #146846
269 * Show file name on apt-extracttemplate error messges. Closes: #151835
270 * i18n gettext stuff, based on work from Michael Piefel: Closes: #95933
271 * Some highly unlikely memory faults. Closes: #155842
272 * C++ stuff for G++3.2. Closes: #162617, #165515,
273 * apt-config dumps sends to stdout not stderr now. Closes: #146294
274 * Fix segfault in FindAny when /i is used, and there is no default.
276 * Add s390x to archtable. Closese: #160992.
277 * Update config.sub/config.guess in cvs, and add support to debian/rules
278 to update them from /usr/share/misc if they exist. Closes: #155014
279 * Remove 'Sorry' from messages. Closes: #148824.
280 * Change wording of 'additional disk space usage' message. Closes:
282 * apt-extracttemplates now prepends the package name when extracting
283 files. Closes: #132776
284 * Add -n synonym for --names-only for apt-cache. Closes: #130689
285 * Display both current version and new version in apt-get -s. Closes:
287 * Add an options and timeout config item to ssh/rsh. Closes: #90654
288 * libapt-pkg-dev now depends on apt-utils. Closes: #133942.
289 * Change verbose logging output of apt-ftparchive to go to stderr,
290 instead of stdout. Also, errors that occur no longer go to stdout,
291 but stderr. Closes: #161592
292 * Test for timegm in configure. Closes: #165516.
293 * s/st_mtime/mtime/ on our local stat structure in apt-ftparchive, to
294 support compliation on platforms where st_mtime is a macro. Closes:
296 * Check the currently mounted cdrom, to see if it's the one we are
297 interested in. Closes: #154602
298 * Refer to reportbug instead of bug in the man pages. Closes: #173745
299 * Link apt-inst to apt-pkg. Closes: #175055
300 * New apt_preferences man page from Thomas Hood, Susan Kleinmann,
302 * Fix > 300 col screen segfault. Closes: #176052
303 * Rebuild with gcc-3.2. Closes: #177752, #178008.
304 * Fix build-dep handling of | dependencies.
305 Closes: #98640, #145997, #158896, #172901
306 * Double default value of APT::Cache-Limit, until such time as it
307 can be made more dynamic. Closes: #178623.
308 * Report uris with '.gz' when there are errors. Closes: #178435.
309 * When installing build-deps, make sure the new version will
310 satisfy build requirements. Closes: #178121
311 * Split offline and guide documentation into apt-doc. This was done so
312 that binary-arch builds do not require documention deps. Note, that
313 apt-doc is not installed on upgrades.
314 * Use doc-base, instead of dhelp directly. Closes: #110389
315 * Change http message 'Waiting for file' to 'Waiting for headers'.
317 * Remove trailing lines on package lists in apt-get. Closes: #178736.
318 * Fix origin pins for file:// uris. Closes: #189014.
319 * Apply typo and syntax patch from bug to apt-cache.8.sgml. Closes:
321 * s/dpkg-preconfig/dpkg-preconfigure/ in examples/configure-index.
323 * Fix some typos in the apt-get manual. Closes: #163932.
324 * Apply patch from bug, to change frozen to testing, and then do it
325 everywhere else. Closes: #165085.
326 * Update es.po. Closes: #183111.
327 * Add pt_BR translation of apt_preferences(5). Also, build fr manpages.
329 * Add a vcg command to apt-cache, similiar to dotty. Closes: #150512.
330 * Add option to apt-get to show versions of packages being
332 * Be quiet in apt.post{inst,rm}. Closes: #70685.
333 * apt-get now prints out suggested and recommended packages. Closes:
335 * Insert some newlines in the cdrom change media message. Closes:
337 * Add a rdepends command to apt-cache. Closes: #159864.
338 * When building the dpkg command line, allow for 8192 chars to be used,
339 instead of only 1024.
340 * APT::Immediate-Configure had inverted semantics(false meant it was
341 enabled). Closes: #173619.
342 * Fix status file parser so that if a record is larger than 32k, the
343 buffer size will be doubled, and the read attempted again. Closes:
346 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 27 Apr 2003 01:23:12 -0500
348 apt (0.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
350 * M68k config.guess patch. Closes: #88913
351 * Bi-yearly test on OpenBSD and Solaris
352 * Doc updates. Closes: #89121, #89854, #99671, #98353, #95823, #93057,
353 #97520, #102867, #101071, #102421, #101565, #98272, #106914,
355 * Various cosmetic code updates. Closes: #89066, #89066, #89152
356 * Add "pre-auto" as an option for DSelect::Clean (run autoclean after
358 * More patches from Alfredo for Vendors and more SHA-1 stuff
359 * Fix for AJ's 'desire to remove perl-5.005' and possibly other
360 similar situations. Closes: #56708, #59432
361 * no_proxy and ftp. Closes: #89671
362 * Philippe Batailler's man page patches.
363 * Fix for display bug. Closes: #92033, #93652, #98468
364 * Use more than 16bits for the dep ID. Some people ran out..
365 Closes: #103020, #97809, #102951, #99974, #107362, #107395, #107362,
366 #106911, #107395, #108968
367 * Reordered some things to make dante and FTP happier. Closes: #92757
368 * James R. Van Zandt's guide.sgml updates. Closes: #90027
369 * apt-ftparchive copes with no uncompressed package files + contents.
370 * French man pages from philippe batailler - well sort of. They
372 * run-parts. Closes: #94286
373 * 'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
374 * Whatever. Closes: #89762
375 * libstdc++ and HURD. Closes: #92025
376 * More apt-utils verbage. Closes: #86954
377 * Fliped comparision operator. Closes: #94618
378 * Used the right copyright file. Closes: #65691
379 * Randolph's G++3 patches.
380 * Fixed no_proxy tokanizing. Closes: #100046
381 * Strip Config-Version when copying status to available. Closes: #97520
382 * Segfault with missing source files. Closes: #100325
383 * EINTR check. Closes: #102293
384 * Various changes to the locking metholodgy for --print-uris.
386 * Lame LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #98928
387 * apt-cache search searchs provide names too now. Closes: #98695
388 * Checksum and long lines problem. Closes: #106591
389 * .aptignr and empty files are just a warning. Closes: #97364
391 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:21:59 -0500
393 apt (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
395 * JoeyH's dpkg::preconfig not working. Closes: #88675
396 * Fixed apt override disparity
397 * Alfredo's SHA-1 and related patches
399 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
401 apt (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
403 * Fixed mention of /usr/doc in the long description
404 * JoeyH's downgrade bug -- don't use 0.5.1
405 * Doc bug. Closes: #88538
406 * Fault in building release strings. Closes: #88533
408 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
410 apt (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
412 * Fixed #82894 again, or should be and.
413 * Process the option string right. Closes: #86921
414 * Don't eat the last command for pipes. Closes: #86923
415 * Ignore .* for configuration directory processing. Closes: #86923
416 * Alfredo's no_proxy patch
417 * Documentation fixes. Closes: #87091
418 * JoeyH's double slash bug. Closes: #87266
419 * Unintitialized buffer and apt-ftparchive contents generation.
421 * Build-deps on virtual packages. Closes: #87639
422 * Fixes glibc/libstdc++ symbol dependencies by including glibc and
423 libstdc++ version info in the library soname and in the package
424 provides. Closes: #87426
425 * Updated soname version to 0.3.2
426 * apt-extracttemplates moved from debconf into apt-utils
427 * s390 archtable entry. Closes: #88232
429 * Some instances where the status file can source a package in a
430 non-sensical way. Closes: #87390
431 * Work better if there are duplicate sources.list entries.
432 * Fixed the resetting of Dir with "dir {};". Closes: #87323
434 -- Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:37:38 -0700
436 apt (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Fixed an obscure bug with missing final double new lines in
440 * Changed the apt-cdrom index copy routine to use the new section
442 * Added a package file sorter, apt-sortpkgs
443 * Parse obsolete Optional dependencies.
444 * Added Ben's rsh method. Closes: #57794
445 * Added IPv6 FTP support and better DNS rotation support.
446 * Include the server IP in error messages when using a DNS rotation.
448 * Made most of the byte counters into doubles to prevent 32bit overflow.
450 * HTTP Authorization. Closes: #61158
451 * Ability to parse and return source index build depends from Randolph.
452 * new 'apt-get build-dep' command from Randolph. Closes: #63982
453 * Added apt-ftparchive the all dancing all singing FTP archive
455 * Allow version specifications with =1.2.4-3 and /2.2 or /stable postfixes
457 * Removed useless internal cruft including the xstatus file.
458 * Fixed config parser bugs. Closes: #67848, #71108
459 * Brain Damanged apt-get config options changed, does not change the command
460 line interface, except to allow --enable-* to undo a configuration
463 No-Download -> Download
464 No-Upgrade -> Upgrade
465 * Made this fix configable (DSelect::CheckDir) and default to disabled:
466 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
467 Because it is stupid in the case where no files were downloaded due to
468 a resumed-aborted install, or a full cache! Closes: #65952
469 * Obscure divide by zero problem. Closes: #64394
470 * Update sizetable for mips. Closes: #62288
471 * Fixed a bug with passive FTP connections
472 * Has sizetable entry for sparc64. Closes: #64869
473 * Escape special characters in the ::Label section of the cdroms.lst
474 * Created apt-utils and python-apt packages
475 * Due to the new policy engine, the available file may contain entries
476 from the status file. These are generated if the package is not obsolete
477 but the policy engine prohibits using the version from the package files.
478 They can be identified by the lack of a Filename field.
479 * The new policy engine. Closes: #66509, #66944, #45122, #45094, #40006,
480 #36223, #33468, #22551
481 * Fixed deb-src line for non-us. Closes: #71501, #71601
482 * Fixes for G++ 2.96, s/friend/friend class/
483 * Fixed mis doc of APT::Get::Fix-Missing. Closes: #69269
484 * Confirmed fix for missing new line problem. Closes: #69386
485 * Fixed up dhelp files. Closes: #71312
486 * Added some notes about dselect and offline usage. Closes: #66473, #38316
487 * Lock files on read only file systems are ignored w/ warning.
489 * apt-get update foo now gives an error! Closes: #42891
490 * Added test for shlibs on hurd. Closes: #71499
491 * Clarified apt-cache document. Closes: #71934
492 * DocBook SGML man pages and some improvements in the text..
493 * sigwinch thing. Closes: #72382
494 * Caching can be turned off by setting the cache file names blank.
495 * Ignores arches it does not know about when autocleaning. Closes: #72862
496 * New function in apt-config to return dirs, files, bools and integers.
497 * Fixed an odd litle bug in MarkInstall and fixed it up to handle
498 complex cases involving OR groups and provides.
499 68754 describes confusing messages which are the result of this..
500 Closes: #63149, #69394, #68754, #77683, #66806, #81486, #78712
501 * Speeling mistake and return code for the 'wicked' resolver error
502 Closes: #72621, #75226, #77464
503 * Solved unable to upgrade libc6 from potato to woody due to 3 package
504 libc6 dependency loop problem.
505 * Leading sources.list spaces. Closes: #76010
506 * Removed a possible infinite loop while processing installations.
507 * Man page updates. Closes: #75411, #75560, #64292, #78469
508 * ReduceSourceList bug. Closes: #76027
509 * --only-source option. Closes: #76320
510 * Typos. Closes: #77812, #77999
511 * Different status messages. Closes: #76652, #78353
512 * /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory for Joey and Matt and pipe protocol 2
513 * OS detection an support for the new pseduo standard of os-arch for the
514 Architecture string. Also uses regexing.. Closes: #39227, #72349
515 * Various i18n stuff. Note that this still needs some i18n wizard
516 to do the last gettextization right. Closes: #62386
517 * Fixed a problem with some odd http servers/proxies that did not return
518 the content size in the header. Closes: #79878, #44379
519 * Little acquire bugs. Closes: #77029, #55820
520 * _POSIX_THREADS may not be defined to anything, just defined..
522 * Spelling of Ignore-Hold correctly. Closes: #78042
523 * Unlock the dpkg db if in download only mode. Closes: #84851
524 * Brendan O'Dea's dselect admindir stuff. Closes: #62811
525 * Patch from BenC. Closes: #80810
526 * Single output of some names in lists. Closes: #80498, #43286
527 * Nice message for people who can't read syserror output. Closes: #84734
528 * OR search function. Closes: #82894
529 * User's guide updates. Closes: #82469
530 * The AJ/JoeyH var/state to var/lib transition patch. Closes: #59094
531 * Various CD bugs, again thanks to Greenbush
532 Closes: #80946, #76547, #71810, #70049, #69482
533 * Using potato debhelper. Closes: #57977
534 * I cannot self-terminate. Closes: #74928
536 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:39:15 -0500
538 apt (0.3.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low
540 * Updates to apt-cdrom to support integrated non-us nicely, thanks to
542 * Fixed that apt-get/cdrom deadlock thing. Closes: #59853, #62945, #61976
543 * Fixed hardcoded path. Closes: #59743
544 * Fixed Jay's relative path bug
545 * Allowed source only CDs. Closes: #58952
546 * Space check is supressed if --print-uris is given. Closes: #58965
547 * Clarified the documenation examples for non-us. Closes: #58646
548 * Typo in the package description. Closes: #60230
549 * Man Page typo. Closes: #60347
550 * Typo in Algorithms.cc. Closes: #63577
551 * Evil dotty function in apt-cache for generating dependency graphs
552 with the as-yet-unpackaged GraphVis.
553 * Appears to have been fixed in Janurary.. Closes: #57981
554 * New config.guess/sub for the new archs. Closes: #60874
555 * Fixed error reporting for certain kinds of resolution failures.
557 * Made autoclean respect 'q' settings. Closes: #63023
558 * Fixed up the example sources.list. Closes: #63676
559 * Added DPkg::FlushSTDIN to control the flushing of stdin before
560 forking dpkg. Closes: #63991
562 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 12 May 2000 21:10:54 -0700
564 apt (0.3.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
566 * Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
567 * Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
568 * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
570 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:52:31 -0800
572 apt (0.3.17) unstable; urgency=low
574 * RFC 2732 usage for CDROM URIs and fixes to apt-cdrom
575 * Fixed the configuration parser to not blow up if ; is in the config
577 * Applied visual patch to dselect install script . Closes #55214
578 * Included the configure-index example
580 * Library soname has increased
581 * Fixed default sources.list to have correct URLs for potato when it
583 * Added a message about erasing sources.list to dselect setup script
585 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
586 * Fixed inclusion of 2nd sample config file. Closes: #55374
587 * Made file mtimes of 0 not confuse the methods If-Modifed-Since check.
590 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:12:40 -0800
592 apt (0.3.16) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Made --no-download work. Closes: #52993
595 * Now compiles on OpenBSD, Solaris and HP-UX
596 * Clarify segfault errors
597 * More debhelper fixes. Closes: #52662, #54566, #52090, #53531, #54769
598 * Fix for Joel's discovery of glibc removal behavoir.
599 * Fix for Ben Collins file: uri from slink upgrade.
600 * Fixed resume code in FTP. Closes: #54323
601 * Take more precautions to prevent the corruption Joey Hess saw.
602 * Fixed --no-list-cleanup
603 * RFC 2732 URI parsing ([] for hostnames).
604 * Typo in apt-cache man page. Closes: #54949
606 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:04:15 -0800
608 apt (0.3.15) unstable; urgency=low
610 * Added DSelect::WaitAfterDownload Closes: #49549
611 * Fixed cast error in byteswap macro and supporting code. Closes: #50093
612 * Fixed buffer overflow for wide terminal sizes. Closes: #50295
613 * Made -s and clean not do anything. Closes: #50238
614 * Problem with Protected packages and the new OR code.
615 * /usr/share/doc stuff. Closes: #51017, #50228, #51141
616 * Remove doesn't require a package to be installable. Closes: #51175
617 * FTP proxy touch ups in the mabn page. Closes: #51315, #51314
619 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:17:24 -0800
621 apt (0.3.14) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Fix Perl or group pre-depends thing Closes: #46091, #46096, #46233, #45901
624 * Fix handling of dpkg's conversions from < -> <= Closes: #46094, #47088
625 * Make unparsable priorities non-fatal Closes: #46266, #46267, #46293, #46298
626 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes: #43830, #45640, #45692
627 * Fixed 'Method gave a blank filename' error from IMS queries onto CDs.
628 Closes: #45034, #45695, #46537
629 * Made OR group handling in the problem resolver more elaborate. Closes: #45646
630 * Added APT::Clean-Installed option. Closes: #45973
631 * Moves the free space check to after the calculated size is printed.
632 Closes: #46639, #47498
633 * mipsel arch Closes: #47614
634 * Beautified URI printing to not include passwords Closes: #46857
635 * Fixed little problem with --no-download Closes: #47557
636 * Tweaked Dselect 'update' script to re-gen the avail file even in the
637 event of a failure Closes: #47112
638 * Retries for source archives too Closes: #47529
639 * Unmounts CDROMs iff it mounted them Closes: #45299
640 * Checks for the partial directories before doing downloads Closes: #47392
641 * no_proxy environment variable (http only!) Closes: #43476
642 * apt-cache showsrc Closes: #45799
643 * De-Refs Single Pure virtual packages. Closes: #42437, #43555
644 * Regexs for install. Closes: #35304, #38835
645 * Dependency reports now show OR group relations
646 * Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
647 * Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
648 * Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
649 * Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
650 * --trivial-only and --no-remove. Closes: #48518
651 * Increased the cache size. Closes: #47648
652 * Comment woopsie. Closes: #48789
653 * Removes existing links when linking sources. Closes: #48775
654 * Problem resolver does not install all virtual packages. Closes: #48591, #49252
655 * Clearer usage message about 'source' Closes: #48858
656 * Immediate configure internal error Closes: #49062, #48884
658 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:21:25 -0800
660 apt (0.3.13) unstable; urgency=low
662 * Fix timestamp miss in FTP. Closes: #44363
663 * Fix sorting of Kept packages. Closes: #44377
664 * Fix Segfault for dselect-upgrade. Closes: #44436
665 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes #43830
666 * Added APT::Get::Diff-Only and Tar-Only options. Closes #44384
667 * Add commented-out deb-src URI to default sources.list file.
669 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:54:20 -0700
671 apt (0.3.12) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Fix for typo in the dhelp index. Closes: #40377
674 * Multiple media swap support
675 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
676 * Better handling of - remove notation. Closes: #41024
677 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
678 * Error code on failed update. Closes: #41053
679 * apt-cdrom adds entries for source directories. Closes: #41231
680 * Sorts the output of any list. Closes: #41107
681 * Fixes the looping problem. Closes: #41784, #42414, #44022
682 * Fixes the CRC mechanism to lowercase all strings. Closes: #41839
683 * More checks to keep the display sane. Particularly when fail-over is
684 used with local mirrors and CD-Roms. Closes: #42127, #43130, #43668
685 * PThread lockup problem on certain sparc/m68k. Closes: #40628
686 * apt-cdrom understands .gz Package files too. Closes: #42779
687 * Spelling error in dselect method description. Closes: #43251
688 * Added security to the default source list. Closes: #43356
690 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:04:28 -0700
692 apt (0.3.11) unstable; urgency=low
694 * Fix for mis-parsed file: URIs. Closes: #40373, #40366, #40230
695 * Fix for properly upgrading the system from perl 5.004 to 5.005
697 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:06:44 -0700
699 apt (0.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Spelling error in cachefile.cc. Closes: #39885
702 * Trailing slash in dselect install if you try to use the
703 default config file. Closes: #40011
704 * Simulate works for autoclean. Closes: #39141
705 * Fixed spelling errors. Closes: #39673
706 * Changed url parsing a bit. Closes: #40070, #40069
707 * Version 0.3.8 will be for slink/hamm (GNU libc 2).
709 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:02:52 -0700
711 apt (0.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Fixed missing text in the apt-get(8) page. Closes: #37596
714 * Made --simulate and friends work with apt-get source. Closes: #37597, #37656
715 * Fixed inclusion of man pages in the -doc/-dev package. Closes: #37633, #38651
716 * Fixed handling of the -q option with not-entirely integer arguments
718 * Man page typo Closes: #37762
719 * Fixed parsing of the Source: line. Closes: #37679
720 * Dpkg/dpkg-hurd source bug. Closes: #38004, #38032
721 * Added a check for an empty cache directory. Closes: #37963
722 * Return a failure code if -d is given and packages fail to download.
724 * Arranged for an ftp proxy specifing an http server to work. See the
725 important note in the sources.list man page.
726 * Accounted for resumed files in the cps calculation. Closes: #36787
727 * Deal with duplicate same version different packages. Closes: #30237
728 * Added --no-download. Closes: #38095
729 * Order of apt-cdrom dist detection. Closes: #38139
730 * Fix apt-cdrom chop handling and missing lines. Closes: #37276
732 * Suggests dpkg-dev for apt-get source. Closes: #38158
733 * Fixed typo in apt-get help. Closes: #38712
734 * Improved the error message in the case of broken held package. Closes: #38777
735 * Fixed handling of MD5 failures
736 * Documented list notation Closes: #39008
737 * Change the 'b' to 'B'. Closes: #39007
739 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:36:20 -0700
741 apt (0.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
743 * Note that 0.3.5 never made it out the door..
744 * Fix for apt-cdrom and unusual disk label locations. Closes: #35571
745 * Made APT print numbers in decimal. Closes: #35617, #37319
746 * Buffer munching fix for FTP. Closes: #35868
747 * Typo in sample config file. Closes: #35907
748 * Fixed whitespace in version compares. Closes: #35968, #36283, #37051
749 * Changed installed size counter to only count unpacked packages.
751 * apt-get source support. Closes: #23934, #27190
752 * Renames .debs that fail MD5 checking, provides automatic corruption
753 recovery. Closes: #35931
754 * Fixed autoconf verison. Closes: #37305
755 * Random Segfaulting. Closes: #37312, #37530
756 * Fixed apt-cache man page. Closes: #36904
757 * Added a newline to apt-cache showpkg. Closes: #36903
759 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 09:18:49 -0700
761 apt (0.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
763 * Release for Ben while he is out of town.
764 * Checked the size of partial files. Closes: #33705
765 * apt-get should not print progress on non-tty. Closes: #34944
766 * s/guide.text.gz/users-guide.txt.gz/ debian/control: Closes: #35207
767 * Applied cdrom patches from Torsten. Closes: #35140, #35141
768 * smbmounted cdrom fix. Closes: #35470
769 * Changed ie to eg. Closes: #35196
771 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:26:44 -0500
773 apt (0.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Fixes bug with file:/ URIs and multi-CD handling. Closes: #34923
777 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:15:44 -0800
779 apt (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
781 * Major release into unstable of v3
782 * These bugs have been fixed, explanations are in the bug system, read
783 the man pages as well..
784 Closes: #21113, #22507, #22675, #22836, #22892, #32883, #33006, #34121,
785 #23984, #24685, #24799, #25001, #25019, #34223, #34296, #34355,
786 #24021, #25022, #25026, #25104, #25176, #31557, #31691, #31853,
787 #25458, #26019, #26433, #26592, #26670, #27100, #27100, #27601,
788 #28184, #28391, #28778, #29293, #29351, #27841, #28172, #30260,
789 #29382, #29441, #29903, #29920, #29983, #30027, #30076, #30112,
790 #31009, #31155, #31381, #31883, #32140, #32395, #32584. #34465,
791 #30383, #30441, #30472, #30643, #30827, #30324, #36425, #34596
793 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:14:25 -0800
795 apt (0.3.1) experimental; urgency=low
797 * Minor release of cvs version.
798 * Added virtual package libapt-pkgx.x
800 -- Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org> Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:52:44 -0500
802 apt (0.3.0) experimental; urgency=low
804 * New experimental version.
806 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:53:21 -0800
808 apt (0.1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
810 * Return to the wacky numbering for when we build 0.1.8 for hamm
811 * Important bug related to APT on the Alpha fixed
812 * apt-get dist-upgrade problems fixed
813 * tiny patch for http method to fix an endless loop
814 * nice fix from /usr/doc/lintian/ to remove rpath nastiness from
815 libtool and add proper shared lib dependancies
816 * now dh_shlibdeps is called with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/tmp/usr/lib
817 in case an old libpkg is installed while building APT to prevent
818 spurious dependancies
820 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:43:25 -0800
822 apt (0.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
824 * New build with libstdc++2.9.
825 * Various fixes; read the Changelog.
827 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:29:18 -0700
829 apt (0.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
831 * Various fixes in the FTP method for error checking. Fixes: #26188.
832 * Spelling corrections in dselect method. Fixes: #25884
833 * Fixes for compilation on alpha/ppc. Fixes: #25313, #26108.
834 * No more bo releases: we're using a normal numbering system now.
836 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:27:13 -0700
838 apt (0.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Changed sources.list to point to 'unstable' by default, as
841 'frozen' no longer exists!
843 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:00:18 -0700
845 apt (0.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
847 * New upstreamish version.
848 * ftp method rewritten in C. Removes dependancies on all perl/perl
849 related modules. This fixes many of the ftp method bugs.
851 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:19:00 -0700
853 apt (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
855 * Release for unstable.
857 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:48:30 -0700
859 apt (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
861 * Kludge to fix problem in libnet-perl with illegal anonymous
863 * Moved to unstable; apt is in a useable state now.
864 * Fixed version numbering. From now on, numbering will be:
865 0.1 (no actual release) -> 0.1.0bo (release for libc5) ->
866 0.1.1 (release for unstable). Thanks, Manoj.
868 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:40:58 -0700
870 apt (0.0.17-1) experimental; urgency=low
872 * Fixed problem with libc6 version compare
873 * Scott's away for a while, so I'll be packaging apt for the time
876 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 25 Jun 1998 19:02:03 -0700
878 apt (0.0.16-1) experimental; urgency=low
880 * Modifications to make apt-get more friendly when backgrounded.
881 * Updated documentation.
882 * Updates to graphic widgets
884 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:22:02 -0400
886 apt (0.0.15-0.2bo) experimental; urgency=low
889 * Bob Hilliards crash
891 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
893 apt (0.0.15-0.1bo) experimental; urgency=low
898 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
900 apt (0.0.15) experimental; urgency=low
902 * Clean up source tarball (no user-visible changes)
904 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 26 May 1998 12:23:53 -0400
906 apt (0.0.14) experimental; urgency=low
908 * Updates in ordering code to make sure certain upgrades work correctly.
909 * Made dselect/setup understand ftp as well as http
911 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Wed, 20 May 1998 13:33:32 -0400
913 apt (0.0.13-bo1) experimental; urgency=low
917 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Mon, 18 May 1998 15:10:49 -0600
919 apt (0.0.13) experimental; urgency=low
921 * Remove hardcoded egcc from debian/rules (#21575)
922 * Fixes for ordering logic when system has a number of unpacked
923 but unconfigured packages installed.
924 * Spelling fix in dselect install method (#22556)
926 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 20:08:33 -0400
928 apt (0.0.12) experimental; urgency=low
930 * Fixed problems with package cache corruption.
931 * Made to depend on libc6 >= 2.0.7pre1 due to timezone problems with
933 * Interface and documentation improvements.
935 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 16 May 1998 23:17:32 -0400
937 apt (0.0.11) experimental; urgency=low
939 * Change dependancies to pre-depends since breaking your packaging tools
940 in the middle of an installation isn't very good.
941 * Bug fixes to ftp method and general apt-get code
943 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 15 May 1998 08:57:38 -0400
945 apt (0.0.10) experimental; urgency=low
947 * Run "dpkg --configure -a" after an aborted dselect install
948 * Fixed problem with install looping
949 * Support for authenticating proxys: (note this isn't terribly secure)
950 http_proxy="http://user:pass@firewall:port/"
951 * Substitute $ARCH in sources.list
952 * Fixes in the resumption code for ftp
954 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 12 May 1998 09:14:41 -0400
956 apt (0.0.9) experimental; urgency=low
959 * Various other less visible bug fixes.
960 * Fixed problem with segfault when apt-get invoked in a non-existant
961 directory (Bug #21863)
962 * Bumped policy to 2.4.1
964 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 1 May 1998 09:18:19 -0400
966 apt (0.0.8) experimental; urgency=low
968 * Fixed generated available file (Bug #21836)
969 * Added download ETA (Bug #21774).
970 * Fixed hardcoded ARCH (Bug #21751).
971 * Fixed check on http_proxy (Bug #21795).
972 * Added download speed indicator.
974 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:58:32 -0400
976 apt (0.0.7) experimental; urgency=low
978 * Remove libdeity and apt from package for now, since only apt-get and
979 apt-cache are actually useful right now.
980 * Clean up handling of package installation errors.
981 * Added timeout to http transfers (#21269)
982 * Updated setup for dselect/apt method.
984 * Long options (added in 0.0.6)
986 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:06:49 -0400
988 apt (0.0.6) experimental; urgency=low
991 * Revamped download status display.
992 * Call apt-get clean after successful install in dselect.
993 * Added "apt-get clean" which deletes package files from /var/cache/apt
995 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:13:59 -0400
997 apt (0.0.5) experimental; urgency=low
999 * Ignore signals while dpkg is running so we don't leave dpkg running in
1000 the background (#20804)
1001 * Check Packages as well as Packages.gz for file URIs (#20784)
1002 * Spelling cleanup (#20800)
1003 * Added -m option to permit upgrade to go on in the case of a bad mirror.
1004 This option may result in incomplete upgrades when used with -f.
1006 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:40:29 -0400
1008 apt (0.0.4) experimental; urgency=low
1011 * Various documentation updates and cleanup.
1012 * Added '-f' option to apt-get attempt to fix broken dependancies.
1014 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:36:00 -0500
1016 apt (0.0.3) experimental; urgency=low
1018 * Added a shlibs.local file to prevent apt from depending on itself.
1019 * Updates to how apt-get handles bad states in installed packages.
1020 * Updated rules to make sure build works from a freshly checked out source
1021 archive. Building from CVS needs libtool/automake/autoconf, builds from
1022 the distributed source package should have no such dependancy.
1024 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 11:49:47 -0500
1026 apt (0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * Updates to apt-get and http binding for dselect method (apt).
1029 * Updating version number from 0.0.1, which was released only on IRC.
1031 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 00:35:18 -0500
1033 apt (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1037 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:49:28 -0500