1 apt (0.5.23) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Cosmetic updates to XML man pages from Richard Bos <radoeka@xs4all.nl>
4 * Use the 'binary' target rather than 'all' so that the ssh and bzip2
5 symlinks are created correctly
6 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation of message catalog from Tchaikov
7 <chaisave@263.net> (Closes: #234186)
8 * Set Cache-Control: max-age=0 for index files to prevent them being out
9 of sync with each other (important with Release.gpg)
10 * Add an assert() to make sure that we don't overflow a fixed-size
11 buffer in the very unlikely event that someone adds 10 packaging
12 systems to apt (Closes: #233678)
13 * Fix whitespace in French translation of "Yes, do as I say!", which
14 made it tricky to type, again. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche
15 <sylvain.pasche@switzerland.org> (Closes: #234494)
16 * Print a slightly clearer error message if no packaging systems are
17 available (Closes: #233681)
21 apt (0.5.22) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Updated French translation of man pages from Philippe Batailler
24 <philippe.batailler@free.fr> (Closes: #203119)
25 * Initialize StatusFile in debSystem (Closes: #229791)
26 * Fix apt-get's suggests/recommends printing, which was skipping every
27 other dependency due to both using GlobOr and incrementing the DepIterator
29 * Restore SIGINT/SIGQUIT handlers to their old values (rather than
30 SIG_DFL) after invoking dpkg (Closes: #229854)
31 * Updated Dutch translation of message catalog from cobaco
32 <cobaco@linux.be> (Closes: #229601)
33 * Catalan translation from Antoni Bella, Matt Bonner and Jordi Mallach
35 * Simplified Chinese translation of message catalog from "Carlos
36 Z.F. Liu" <carlos_liu@yahoo.com> (Closes: #230960)
37 * Replace SGML manpages with XML man pages from richard.bos@xs4all.nl
39 * Updated Spanish translation of man pages from Ruben Porras
40 <nahoo82@telefonica.net> (Closes: #231539)
41 * New Czech translation of message catalog from Miroslav Kure
42 <kurem@upcase.inf.upol.cz> (Closes: #231921)
44 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:44:54 -0800
46 apt (0.5.21) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Patch from Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> to include apt18n.h after
49 other headers to avoid breaking locale.h when setlocale() is defined
50 as an empty macro. This was not a problem on Debian, but broke
51 compilation on Solaris. (Closes: #226509)
52 * Updated French translation from Pierre Machard <pmachard@debian.org>
54 * Add colons to apt-get's "kept back"/"upgraded"/"downgraded" messages
56 * Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #226351)
57 * Clearer error message in place of "...has no available version, but
58 exists in the database" (Closes: #212203)
59 * Patch from Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx> to use AC_CACHE_VAL for
60 GLIBC_VER to make cross-compilation easier (Closes: #221528)
61 * Add example preferences file (Closes: #220799)
62 * Updated Greek translation from Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
64 * Updated Spanish translation of man pages from Ruben Porras
65 <nahoo82@telefonica.net> (Closes: #227729)
67 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:54:39 -0800
69 apt (0.5.20) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Fixed German translations of "Suggested" from Christian Garbs
72 <debian@cgarbs.de> (Closes: #197960)
73 * Add an "apt-cache madison" command with an output format similar to
74 the katie tool of the same name (but less functionality)
75 * Fix debSourcesIndex::Describe() to correctly say "Sources" rather than
78 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 2004 23:42:50 -0800
80 apt (0.5.19) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Fix Packages::Extensions support in apt-ftparchive generate
85 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:20:31 -0800
87 apt (0.5.18) unstable; urgency=low
89 * New no_NO.po file from Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@debian.org> to fix
90 encoding problems (Closes: #225602)
91 * Have "apt-ftparchive release" strip the leading path component from
94 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 2 Jan 2004 11:24:35 -0800
96 apt (0.5.17) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Enable apt-ftparchive to generate Release files. Hopefully this will
99 make it easier for folks to secure their apt-able packages
101 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:53:21 -0800
103 apt (0.5.16) unstable; urgency=low
105 * po/de.po update from Michael Karcher <karcher@physik.fu-berlin.de>
107 * Update config.guess and config.sub from autotools-dev 20031007.1
108 * Add knetbsd to buildlib/ostable (Closes: #212344)
109 * Don't suggest apt-get -f install to correct broken build-deps; broken
110 installed packages are rarely the cause (Closes: #220858)
111 * Avoid clobbering configure.in if sed fails
113 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:54:40 -0800
115 apt (0.5.15) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Spanish man pages, patch from Ruben Porras <nahoo82@telefonica.net>
119 - apt.es.8 wasn't included in the patch, but was referenced. Fetched
120 version 1.3 from debian-doc cvs
121 - Create doc/es/.cvsignore
122 * Patch from Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu> to fix
123 pkgCache::PkgFileIterator::Label() to correctly refer to File->Label
124 rather than File->Origin (Closes: #213311)
125 * Add missing comma and space to German translation of "downgraded"
127 * Add missing comma in apt_preferences(5) (Closes: #215362)
128 * Fix whitespace in French translation of "Yes, do as I say!", which
129 made it tricky to type. Thanks to Sylvain Pasche
130 <sylvain.pasche@switzerland.org> (Closes: #217152)
131 * Let apt-get build-dep try alternatives if the installed package
132 doesn't meet version requirements (Closes: #214736)
133 * Fix version display for recommends (Closes: #219900)
134 * Use isatty rather than ttyname for checking if stdin is a terminal.
135 isatty has the advantage of not requiring /proc under Linux, and thus
137 * Correctly implement -n as a synonym for --names-only (Closes: #224515)
138 * Update apt-cache(8)
139 - Document --installed
140 - --recursive applies to both depends and rdepends
141 * Japanese translation of documentation from Kurasawa Nozomu <nabetaro@slug.jp>
143 * Clarify documentation of --no-upgrade in apt-get(8) (Closes: #219743)
144 * Clean up and simplify some of the suggests/recommends display in apt-get
145 * Use cvs update -d in debian/rules cvs-build rather than just update
146 * Pass --preserve-envvar PATH --preserve-envvar CCACHE_DIR to debuild. apt
147 takes a long time to build, and ccache helps
149 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:34:30 -0800
151 apt (0.5.14) unstable; urgency=low
153 * apt-get build-dep, when trying to skip over the remaining elements of
154 an or-expression, would accidentally inherit the version requirements of a
155 later item in the or-expression. Fixed it.
156 * Let apt-get build-dep try alternatives if the first dependency in an
157 or-expression is not available
158 * Add a Debug::BuildDeps to generate some trace output
159 * Help apt-get build-dep produce more useful error messages
160 * Process build-dependencies in forward rather than reverse order
161 * Error out if an installed package is too new for a << or <=
163 * apt-get build-dep should now be able to handle almost any package with
164 correct build-depends. The primary exception is build-dependencies on
165 virtual packages with more than one provider, and these are
166 discouraged for automated processing (but still common,
169 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:57:31 -0400
171 apt (0.5.13) unstable; urgency=medium
173 * Document configuration file comment syntax in apt.conf(5)
175 * s/removed/installed/ in a comment in apt-get.cc
176 * Move comment for ListParser::ParseDepends into the right place
177 * Don't preserve ownership when copying config.guess and config.sub.
178 This broke builds where the clean target was run with different
179 privileges than the rest of the build (i.e., root) (Closes: #212183)
180 * On second thought, don't copy config.guess and config.sub at all. I'd
181 rather they always match what is in CVS.
183 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:28:17 -0400
185 apt (0.5.12) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Exclude subdirectories named 'debian-installer' from the apt-cdrom
188 search (Closes: #210485 -- release-critical)
190 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:48:14 -0400
192 apt (0.5.11) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Updated pt_BR translations from Andre Luis Lopes <andrelop@debian.org>
196 * In apt.conf(5), give the fully qualified name of Dir::Bin::Methods,
197 rather than just "methods"
198 * Add new nb and nn translations from Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
199 * Clean up reportbug script a bit, and extend it to distinguish between a
200 configuration file not existing and the user declining to submit it with
202 * Add #include <langinfo.h> to cmdline/apt-get.cc. This apparently gets
203 pulled in by something else with recent g++ and/or glibc, but is
204 required when building on, e.g., stable
205 * Patch from Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu> to fix version
206 comparisons with '~' (Closes: #205960)
207 * Disable Russian translation until someone can review it
210 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:41:28 -0400
212 apt (0.5.10) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Correct the section in apt_preferences(5) on interpreting priorities
215 to show that zero is not a valid priority, and print a warning if such
216 a pin is encountered in the preferences file (Closes: #204971)
217 * Regenerate French man pages from sgml source (Closes: #205886)
218 * Get self-tests compiling again, updated for latest library API
220 * Add version comparison tests for #194327 and #205960
221 * Fix error message in version test to output versions in the order in
222 which they were compared when the reverse comparison fails
223 * Reference the source package bug page rather than the one for the
224 binary package 'apt' in the man pages (Closes: #205290)
225 * Updated Polish po file from Marcin Owsiany <porridge@debian.org>
227 * Mention some of the available frontends in apt-get(8) (Closes: #205829)
228 * Add apt-config to SEE ALSO section of apt-get (Closes: #205036)
229 * Add missing "lang" attributes to refentry tags in French man pages
230 (apt-cdrom, apt-extracttemplates, apt-sortpkgs)
231 * Change upgraded/newly installed/not fully installed or removed
232 messages to be consistent and somewhat shorter (some translations
233 exceeded 80 characters even in the simplest case)
234 * Make APT::Get::Show-Upgraded (aka apt-get -u) default to true.
235 * Updates to Dutch translation from Bart Cornelis <cobaco@linux.be>
238 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:12:39 -0400
240 apt (0.5.9) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Oh well, apt isn't going to make it into testing anytime soon due to
243 new glibc and gcc deps, so we might as well fix more bugs
244 * Fix typo in example ftp-archive.conf (Closes: #203295)
245 * Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #203298)
246 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to have --version
247 only print the version (and not usage as well) (Closes: #203418)
248 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to switch from
249 dh_installmanpages to dh_installman. Fixes the problem where the
250 pt_BR man page was installed in the wrong location (Closes: #194558)
251 * Move the French apt-ftparchive man page into apt-utils where it
252 belongs. apt-utils Replaces: apt (<< 0.5.9)
253 * Write records from "apt-cache show" using fwrite(3) rather than
254 write(2), in case for some reason the entire record doesn't get
255 written by a single write(2)
256 * Add new French man pages to doc/fr/.cvsignore
257 * Add freebsd to buildlib/ostable (Closes: #193430)
258 * Avoid segfault if a package name is specified which consists
259 entirely of characters which look like end tags ('+', '-')
261 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to avoid listing
262 suggests/recommends for packages which are selected for installation
263 at the same time as the package which suggests/recommends them
265 * Patch from Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> to avoid listing
266 suggests/recommends which are Provided by a package which is already
267 installed (Closes: #200395)
268 * Patch to update pt_BR man page for apt_preferences(5) from Andre Luis
269 Lopes <andrelop@debian.org> (Closes: #202245)
270 * Use nl_langinfo(YESEXPR) rather than comparing to the translated
271 string "Y". Closes: #200953 and should make the prompting generally
272 more robust in the face of i18n. In the particular case of #200953,
273 it was being fooled because of signedness issues with toupper(3)
275 * apt Suggests: aptitude | synaptic | gnome-apt | wajig
277 * Clean up whitespace in translated strings in ru.po, which messed up
278 indentation (some other translations probably have similar problems)
280 * Run ispell -h over the man page sources and fix a bunch of typos
281 * Use debian/compat rather than DH_COMPAT
282 * Update to debhelper compatibility level 3
283 - remove ldconfig calls from debian/{postinst,postrm} as dh_makeshlibs
285 - echo 3 > debian/compat
286 - Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 3)
287 * Exclude '.#*' from cvs-build
288 * Let the ftp method work with ftp servers which do not require a
289 password (Closes: #199425)
290 * Build-depend on debhelper >= 4.1.62, because we need the fix for
291 #204731 in order for dh_installman to work correctly
292 with our SGML man pages
293 * Move dh_makeshlibs ahead of dh_installdeb so that its postinst
294 fragments are properly substituted
296 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:54:39 -0400
298 apt (0.5.8) unstable; urgency=medium
300 * urgency=medium because the changes since 0.5.5.1 are pretty safe as
301 far as core functionality, 0.5.5.1 survived unstable for 10 days, and
302 I don't want to delay apt's progress into testing any further. It's
303 decidedly better than 0.5.4.
304 * Clarify the meaning of the only-source option in apt-get(8)
306 * Updated French man pages from Philippe Batailler
307 <philippe.batailler@free.fr> (Closes: #182194)
308 * Give a warning if an illegal type abbreviation is used when looking up a
309 configuration item (Closes: #168453)
310 * Improve build-depends handling of virtual packages even further, so that
311 it will now also try to satisfy build-depends on virtual packages if they
312 are not installed. Note that this only works if there is only one
313 package providing the virtual package, as in other cases (Closes: #165404)
314 * Update config.guess and config.sub from autotools-dev 20030717.1
315 * Tweak SGML in apt-extracttemplates.1.sgml so that literal '>' doesn't end
317 * Document SrcDirectory in apt-ftparchive.1.sgml (Closes: #156370)
318 * Support TMPDIR in apt-extracttemplates (Closes: #191656)
319 * Fix ru.po to use a capital letter for the translation of 'Y' so that
320 YnPrompt works correctly (Closes: #200953). No other translations seem
322 * Regenerate POT file and sync .po files
323 * Only try to clear stdin if it is a tty, to avoid looping if there is
324 lots of stuff (perhaps an infinite amount) to read (Closes: #192228)
326 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:21:53 -0400
328 apt (0.5.7) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Update control file to match overrides (apt priority important,
331 libapt-pkg-dev section libdevel)
332 * Silence the essential packages check if we are only downloading
333 archives and not changing the system (Closes: #190862)
334 * Skip version check if a build-dependency is provided by an installed package
336 * Have apt-cache show exit with an error if it cannot find any of the
337 specified packages (Closes: #101490)
339 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:43:24 -0400
341 apt (0.5.6) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
344 - Fix segfault when handling /etc/apt/preferences. Closes: #192409.
345 * Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
346 - Clean up some string handling, patch from Peter Lundkvist
347 <p.lundkvist@telia.com> (Closes: #192225)
348 - Don't fall off the end of the buffer when comparing versions.
349 Patch from Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu> (Closes: #194327)
350 - Minor fixes to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #118156)
351 - Fix typo in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #119072)
352 - More typos in apt-ftparchive help text (Closes: #190936)
353 - Update config.guess, config.sub to latest versions
354 - Modify the description for apt-utils to reflect the fact that it is not
355 (any longer) infrequently used (Closes: #138045)
356 - Make setup script for dselect method more explicit about
357 overwriting sources.list (Closes: #151727)
358 - Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #161243)
359 - Remove duplicate 'showpkg' from synopsis on apt-cache(8)
361 - Document in apt-get(8) the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is that
362 the package is being purged (Closes: #182369)
363 - Fix extra "/" character in apt.conf(5) (Closes: #185545)
364 - Fix typo in tar error message (Closes: #191424)
365 - Clarify description of 'search' on apt-cache(8) (Closes: #192216)
366 - Fix incorrect path for 'partial' directory on apt-get(8)
368 - Fixes to pt_BR translation from Andre Luis Lopes <andrelop@ig.com.br>
370 - Updated apt_preferences(5) man page with many corrections and
371 clarifications from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
373 - Fix SGML validation errors in apt-cache.8.sgml introduced in 0.5.5 or so
374 - Add a simple example to apt-ftparchive(1) (Closes: #95257)
375 - Add bug script for collecting configuration info (Closes: #176482)
377 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:59:43 -0400
379 apt (0.5.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
381 * Move the target of the example docs from doc to binary. Closes:
383 * Fix api breakage that broke apt-ftparchive and apt-cache dumpavail, by
384 backing out change that incorretly attempted to handle Package sections
385 larger than 32k. Closes: #192373
386 * Fix never-ending loop with apt-get install -V. Closes: #192355.
388 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Mon, 19 May 2003 12:30:16 -0500
390 apt (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
392 * New deb version compare function, that has no integer limits, and
393 supports pre-versions using ~. Code ported from dpkg.
394 * Fix handling of [!arch] for build-dependencies. Closes: #88798, #149595
395 * Fix handling of build-deps on unknown packages. Closes: #88664, #153307
396 * "apt-get --arch-only build-dep" to install only architecture-
397 dependent build dependencies. Bump minor shared lib number to reflect
398 small change in BuildDepend API.
399 * APT::Build-Essential configuration option (defaults to "build-essential")
400 so that "apt-get build-dep" will ensure build essential packages are
401 installed prior to installing other build-dependencies. Closes: #148879
402 * LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #109430, #147529
403 * /usr/doc reference in postinst. Closes: #126189
404 * Doc updates. Closes: #120689
405 * Possible apt-cache segfault. Closes: #120311, #118431, #117915, #135295,
407 * Print special message for EAI_AGAIN. Closes: #131397
408 * libapt-pkg-dev needs to bring in the apt-inst library if linking
409 is to work. Closes: #133943
410 * Typos, Doc Stuff. Closes: #132772, #129970, #123642, #114892, #113786,
411 #109591, #105920, #103678, #139752, #138186, #138054, #138050,
412 #139994, #142955, #151654, #151834, #147611, #154268, #173971
413 * Fix possibility for tag file parsing to fail in some unlikely situations.
415 * Use std C++ names for some header files. Closes: #128741
416 * Do not check for free space if --no-download. Closes: #117856
417 * Actually implement or group handling for 'upgrade'. Closes: #133950
418 * "Internal Error, Couldn't configure pre-depend" is not actually an
419 internal error, it is a packaging error and now it says so, and
420 pinpoints the problem dependency. Closes: #155621
421 * Allows failure to write to a pipe for post-invoke stuff. Closes: #89830
422 * Use usr/share/doc for dhelp. Closes: #115701
423 * --print-uris works with 'update'. Closes: #57070
424 * Options Dpkg::MaxArgs,Dpkg::MaxArgBytes to allow a much longer dpkg
426 * Fixed 2 little OR group bugs, thanks to Yann Dirson. Closes: #143995,
428 * Allow an uninstalled package to be marked for removal on an install
429 line (meaning not to automatically install it), also fix some dodgy
430 handling of protected packages. Closes: #92287, #116011
431 * Fix errant prefix matching in version selection. Closes: #105968
432 * Ensure that all files needed to run APT as a user are readable and
433 ignore roots umask for these files. Closes: #108801
434 * Support larger config spaces. Closes: #111914
435 * 'apt-get update' no longer does 'Building Dependency Tree'.
436 * When matching regexs allways print a message. Change regex activation
437 charset. Closes: #147817
438 * Don't die if lines in sources.list are too long. Closes: #146846
439 * Show file name on apt-extracttemplate error messges. Closes: #151835
440 * i18n gettext stuff, based on work from Michael Piefel: Closes: #95933
441 * Some highly unlikely memory faults. Closes: #155842
442 * C++ stuff for G++3.2. Closes: #162617, #165515,
443 * apt-config dumps sends to stdout not stderr now. Closes: #146294
444 * Fix segfault in FindAny when /i is used, and there is no default.
446 * Add s390x to archtable. Closese: #160992.
447 * Update config.sub/config.guess in cvs, and add support to debian/rules
448 to update them from /usr/share/misc if they exist. Closes: #155014
449 * Remove 'Sorry' from messages. Closes: #148824.
450 * Change wording of 'additional disk space usage' message. Closes:
452 * apt-extracttemplates now prepends the package name when extracting
453 files. Closes: #132776
454 * Add -n synonym for --names-only for apt-cache. Closes: #130689
455 * Display both current version and new version in apt-get -s. Closes:
457 * Add an options and timeout config item to ssh/rsh. Closes: #90654
458 * libapt-pkg-dev now depends on apt-utils. Closes: #133942.
459 * Change verbose logging output of apt-ftparchive to go to stderr,
460 instead of stdout. Also, errors that occur no longer go to stdout,
461 but stderr. Closes: #161592
462 * Test for timegm in configure. Closes: #165516.
463 * s/st_mtime/mtime/ on our local stat structure in apt-ftparchive, to
464 support compliation on platforms where st_mtime is a macro. Closes:
466 * Check the currently mounted cdrom, to see if it's the one we are
467 interested in. Closes: #154602
468 * Refer to reportbug instead of bug in the man pages. Closes: #173745
469 * Link apt-inst to apt-pkg. Closes: #175055
470 * New apt_preferences man page from Thomas Hood, Susan Kleinmann,
472 * Fix > 300 col screen segfault. Closes: #176052
473 * Rebuild with gcc-3.2. Closes: #177752, #178008.
474 * Fix build-dep handling of | dependencies.
475 Closes: #98640, #145997, #158896, #172901
476 * Double default value of APT::Cache-Limit, until such time as it
477 can be made more dynamic. Closes: #178623.
478 * Report uris with '.gz' when there are errors. Closes: #178435.
479 * When installing build-deps, make sure the new version will
480 satisfy build requirements. Closes: #178121
481 * Split offline and guide documentation into apt-doc. This was done so
482 that binary-arch builds do not require documention deps. Note, that
483 apt-doc is not installed on upgrades.
484 * Use doc-base, instead of dhelp directly. Closes: #110389
485 * Change http message 'Waiting for file' to 'Waiting for headers'.
487 * Remove trailing lines on package lists in apt-get. Closes: #178736.
488 * Fix origin pins for file:// uris. Closes: #189014.
489 * Apply typo and syntax patch from bug to apt-cache.8.sgml. Closes:
491 * s/dpkg-preconfig/dpkg-preconfigure/ in examples/configure-index.
493 * Fix some typos in the apt-get manual. Closes: #163932.
494 * Apply patch from bug, to change frozen to testing, and then do it
495 everywhere else. Closes: #165085.
496 * Update es.po. Closes: #183111.
497 * Add pt_BR translation of apt_preferences(5). Also, build fr manpages.
499 * Add a vcg command to apt-cache, similiar to dotty. Closes: #150512.
500 * Add option to apt-get to show versions of packages being
502 * Be quiet in apt.post{inst,rm}. Closes: #70685.
503 * apt-get now prints out suggested and recommended packages. Closes:
505 * Insert some newlines in the cdrom change media message. Closes:
507 * Add a rdepends command to apt-cache. Closes: #159864.
508 * When building the dpkg command line, allow for 8192 chars to be used,
509 instead of only 1024.
510 * APT::Immediate-Configure had inverted semantics(false meant it was
511 enabled). Closes: #173619.
512 * Fix status file parser so that if a record is larger than 32k, the
513 buffer size will be doubled, and the read attempted again. Closes:
516 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 27 Apr 2003 01:23:12 -0500
518 apt (0.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
520 * M68k config.guess patch. Closes: #88913
521 * Bi-yearly test on OpenBSD and Solaris
522 * Doc updates. Closes: #89121, #89854, #99671, #98353, #95823, #93057,
523 #97520, #102867, #101071, #102421, #101565, #98272, #106914,
525 * Various cosmetic code updates. Closes: #89066, #89066, #89152
526 * Add "pre-auto" as an option for DSelect::Clean (run autoclean after
528 * More patches from Alfredo for Vendors and more SHA-1 stuff
529 * Fix for AJ's 'desire to remove perl-5.005' and possibly other
530 similar situations. Closes: #56708, #59432
531 * no_proxy and ftp. Closes: #89671
532 * Philippe Batailler's man page patches.
533 * Fix for display bug. Closes: #92033, #93652, #98468
534 * Use more than 16bits for the dep ID. Some people ran out..
535 Closes: #103020, #97809, #102951, #99974, #107362, #107395, #107362,
536 #106911, #107395, #108968
537 * Reordered some things to make dante and FTP happier. Closes: #92757
538 * James R. Van Zandt's guide.sgml updates. Closes: #90027
539 * apt-ftparchive copes with no uncompressed package files + contents.
540 * French man pages from philippe batailler - well sort of. They
542 * run-parts. Closes: #94286
543 * 'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
544 * Whatever. Closes: #89762
545 * libstdc++ and HURD. Closes: #92025
546 * More apt-utils verbage. Closes: #86954
547 * Fliped comparision operator. Closes: #94618
548 * Used the right copyright file. Closes: #65691
549 * Randolph's G++3 patches.
550 * Fixed no_proxy tokanizing. Closes: #100046
551 * Strip Config-Version when copying status to available. Closes: #97520
552 * Segfault with missing source files. Closes: #100325
553 * EINTR check. Closes: #102293
554 * Various changes to the locking metholodgy for --print-uris.
556 * Lame LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #98928
557 * apt-cache search searchs provide names too now. Closes: #98695
558 * Checksum and long lines problem. Closes: #106591
559 * .aptignr and empty files are just a warning. Closes: #97364
561 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:21:59 -0500
563 apt (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
565 * JoeyH's dpkg::preconfig not working. Closes: #88675
566 * Fixed apt override disparity
567 * Alfredo's SHA-1 and related patches
569 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
571 apt (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
573 * Fixed mention of /usr/doc in the long description
574 * JoeyH's downgrade bug -- don't use 0.5.1
575 * Doc bug. Closes: #88538
576 * Fault in building release strings. Closes: #88533
578 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
580 apt (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
582 * Fixed #82894 again, or should be and.
583 * Process the option string right. Closes: #86921
584 * Don't eat the last command for pipes. Closes: #86923
585 * Ignore .* for configuration directory processing. Closes: #86923
586 * Alfredo's no_proxy patch
587 * Documentation fixes. Closes: #87091
588 * JoeyH's double slash bug. Closes: #87266
589 * Unintitialized buffer and apt-ftparchive contents generation.
591 * Build-deps on virtual packages. Closes: #87639
592 * Fixes glibc/libstdc++ symbol dependencies by including glibc and
593 libstdc++ version info in the library soname and in the package
594 provides. Closes: #87426
595 * Updated soname version to 0.3.2
596 * apt-extracttemplates moved from debconf into apt-utils
597 * s390 archtable entry. Closes: #88232
599 * Some instances where the status file can source a package in a
600 non-sensical way. Closes: #87390
601 * Work better if there are duplicate sources.list entries.
602 * Fixed the resetting of Dir with "dir {};". Closes: #87323
604 -- Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:37:38 -0700
606 apt (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Fixed an obscure bug with missing final double new lines in
610 * Changed the apt-cdrom index copy routine to use the new section
612 * Added a package file sorter, apt-sortpkgs
613 * Parse obsolete Optional dependencies.
614 * Added Ben's rsh method. Closes: #57794
615 * Added IPv6 FTP support and better DNS rotation support.
616 * Include the server IP in error messages when using a DNS rotation.
618 * Made most of the byte counters into doubles to prevent 32bit overflow.
620 * HTTP Authorization. Closes: #61158
621 * Ability to parse and return source index build depends from Randolph.
622 * new 'apt-get build-dep' command from Randolph. Closes: #63982
623 * Added apt-ftparchive the all dancing all singing FTP archive
625 * Allow version specifications with =1.2.4-3 and /2.2 or /stable postfixes
627 * Removed useless internal cruft including the xstatus file.
628 * Fixed config parser bugs. Closes: #67848, #71108
629 * Brain Damanged apt-get config options changed, does not change the command
630 line interface, except to allow --enable-* to undo a configuration
633 No-Download -> Download
634 No-Upgrade -> Upgrade
635 * Made this fix configable (DSelect::CheckDir) and default to disabled:
636 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
637 Because it is stupid in the case where no files were downloaded due to
638 a resumed-aborted install, or a full cache! Closes: #65952
639 * Obscure divide by zero problem. Closes: #64394
640 * Update sizetable for mips. Closes: #62288
641 * Fixed a bug with passive FTP connections
642 * Has sizetable entry for sparc64. Closes: #64869
643 * Escape special characters in the ::Label section of the cdroms.lst
644 * Created apt-utils and python-apt packages
645 * Due to the new policy engine, the available file may contain entries
646 from the status file. These are generated if the package is not obsolete
647 but the policy engine prohibits using the version from the package files.
648 They can be identified by the lack of a Filename field.
649 * The new policy engine. Closes: #66509, #66944, #45122, #45094, #40006,
650 #36223, #33468, #22551
651 * Fixed deb-src line for non-us. Closes: #71501, #71601
652 * Fixes for G++ 2.96, s/friend/friend class/
653 * Fixed mis doc of APT::Get::Fix-Missing. Closes: #69269
654 * Confirmed fix for missing new line problem. Closes: #69386
655 * Fixed up dhelp files. Closes: #71312
656 * Added some notes about dselect and offline usage. Closes: #66473, #38316
657 * Lock files on read only file systems are ignored w/ warning.
659 * apt-get update foo now gives an error! Closes: #42891
660 * Added test for shlibs on hurd. Closes: #71499
661 * Clarified apt-cache document. Closes: #71934
662 * DocBook SGML man pages and some improvements in the text..
663 * sigwinch thing. Closes: #72382
664 * Caching can be turned off by setting the cache file names blank.
665 * Ignores arches it does not know about when autocleaning. Closes: #72862
666 * New function in apt-config to return dirs, files, bools and integers.
667 * Fixed an odd litle bug in MarkInstall and fixed it up to handle
668 complex cases involving OR groups and provides.
669 68754 describes confusing messages which are the result of this..
670 Closes: #63149, #69394, #68754, #77683, #66806, #81486, #78712
671 * Speeling mistake and return code for the 'wicked' resolver error
672 Closes: #72621, #75226, #77464
673 * Solved unable to upgrade libc6 from potato to woody due to 3 package
674 libc6 dependency loop problem.
675 * Leading sources.list spaces. Closes: #76010
676 * Removed a possible infinite loop while processing installations.
677 * Man page updates. Closes: #75411, #75560, #64292, #78469
678 * ReduceSourceList bug. Closes: #76027
679 * --only-source option. Closes: #76320
680 * Typos. Closes: #77812, #77999
681 * Different status messages. Closes: #76652, #78353
682 * /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory for Joey and Matt and pipe protocol 2
683 * OS detection an support for the new pseduo standard of os-arch for the
684 Architecture string. Also uses regexing.. Closes: #39227, #72349
685 * Various i18n stuff. Note that this still needs some i18n wizard
686 to do the last gettextization right. Closes: #62386
687 * Fixed a problem with some odd http servers/proxies that did not return
688 the content size in the header. Closes: #79878, #44379
689 * Little acquire bugs. Closes: #77029, #55820
690 * _POSIX_THREADS may not be defined to anything, just defined..
692 * Spelling of Ignore-Hold correctly. Closes: #78042
693 * Unlock the dpkg db if in download only mode. Closes: #84851
694 * Brendan O'Dea's dselect admindir stuff. Closes: #62811
695 * Patch from BenC. Closes: #80810
696 * Single output of some names in lists. Closes: #80498, #43286
697 * Nice message for people who can't read syserror output. Closes: #84734
698 * OR search function. Closes: #82894
699 * User's guide updates. Closes: #82469
700 * The AJ/JoeyH var/state to var/lib transition patch. Closes: #59094
701 * Various CD bugs, again thanks to Greenbush
702 Closes: #80946, #76547, #71810, #70049, #69482
703 * Using potato debhelper. Closes: #57977
704 * I cannot self-terminate. Closes: #74928
706 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:39:15 -0500
708 apt (0.3.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low
710 * Updates to apt-cdrom to support integrated non-us nicely, thanks to
712 * Fixed that apt-get/cdrom deadlock thing. Closes: #59853, #62945, #61976
713 * Fixed hardcoded path. Closes: #59743
714 * Fixed Jay's relative path bug
715 * Allowed source only CDs. Closes: #58952
716 * Space check is supressed if --print-uris is given. Closes: #58965
717 * Clarified the documenation examples for non-us. Closes: #58646
718 * Typo in the package description. Closes: #60230
719 * Man Page typo. Closes: #60347
720 * Typo in Algorithms.cc. Closes: #63577
721 * Evil dotty function in apt-cache for generating dependency graphs
722 with the as-yet-unpackaged GraphVis.
723 * Appears to have been fixed in Janurary.. Closes: #57981
724 * New config.guess/sub for the new archs. Closes: #60874
725 * Fixed error reporting for certain kinds of resolution failures.
727 * Made autoclean respect 'q' settings. Closes: #63023
728 * Fixed up the example sources.list. Closes: #63676
729 * Added DPkg::FlushSTDIN to control the flushing of stdin before
730 forking dpkg. Closes: #63991
732 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 12 May 2000 21:10:54 -0700
734 apt (0.3.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
736 * Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
737 * Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
738 * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
740 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:52:31 -0800
742 apt (0.3.17) unstable; urgency=low
744 * RFC 2732 usage for CDROM URIs and fixes to apt-cdrom
745 * Fixed the configuration parser to not blow up if ; is in the config
747 * Applied visual patch to dselect install script . Closes #55214
748 * Included the configure-index example
750 * Library soname has increased
751 * Fixed default sources.list to have correct URLs for potato when it
753 * Added a message about erasing sources.list to dselect setup script
755 * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
756 * Fixed inclusion of 2nd sample config file. Closes: #55374
757 * Made file mtimes of 0 not confuse the methods If-Modifed-Since check.
760 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:12:40 -0800
762 apt (0.3.16) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Made --no-download work. Closes: #52993
765 * Now compiles on OpenBSD, Solaris and HP-UX
766 * Clarify segfault errors
767 * More debhelper fixes. Closes: #52662, #54566, #52090, #53531, #54769
768 * Fix for Joel's discovery of glibc removal behavoir.
769 * Fix for Ben Collins file: uri from slink upgrade.
770 * Fixed resume code in FTP. Closes: #54323
771 * Take more precautions to prevent the corruption Joey Hess saw.
772 * Fixed --no-list-cleanup
773 * RFC 2732 URI parsing ([] for hostnames).
774 * Typo in apt-cache man page. Closes: #54949
776 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:04:15 -0800
778 apt (0.3.15) unstable; urgency=low
780 * Added DSelect::WaitAfterDownload Closes: #49549
781 * Fixed cast error in byteswap macro and supporting code. Closes: #50093
782 * Fixed buffer overflow for wide terminal sizes. Closes: #50295
783 * Made -s and clean not do anything. Closes: #50238
784 * Problem with Protected packages and the new OR code.
785 * /usr/share/doc stuff. Closes: #51017, #50228, #51141
786 * Remove doesn't require a package to be installable. Closes: #51175
787 * FTP proxy touch ups in the mabn page. Closes: #51315, #51314
789 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:17:24 -0800
791 apt (0.3.14) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Fix Perl or group pre-depends thing Closes: #46091, #46096, #46233, #45901
794 * Fix handling of dpkg's conversions from < -> <= Closes: #46094, #47088
795 * Make unparsable priorities non-fatal Closes: #46266, #46267, #46293, #46298
796 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes: #43830, #45640, #45692
797 * Fixed 'Method gave a blank filename' error from IMS queries onto CDs.
798 Closes: #45034, #45695, #46537
799 * Made OR group handling in the problem resolver more elaborate. Closes: #45646
800 * Added APT::Clean-Installed option. Closes: #45973
801 * Moves the free space check to after the calculated size is printed.
802 Closes: #46639, #47498
803 * mipsel arch Closes: #47614
804 * Beautified URI printing to not include passwords Closes: #46857
805 * Fixed little problem with --no-download Closes: #47557
806 * Tweaked Dselect 'update' script to re-gen the avail file even in the
807 event of a failure Closes: #47112
808 * Retries for source archives too Closes: #47529
809 * Unmounts CDROMs iff it mounted them Closes: #45299
810 * Checks for the partial directories before doing downloads Closes: #47392
811 * no_proxy environment variable (http only!) Closes: #43476
812 * apt-cache showsrc Closes: #45799
813 * De-Refs Single Pure virtual packages. Closes: #42437, #43555
814 * Regexs for install. Closes: #35304, #38835
815 * Dependency reports now show OR group relations
816 * Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
817 * Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
818 * Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
819 * Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
820 * --trivial-only and --no-remove. Closes: #48518
821 * Increased the cache size. Closes: #47648
822 * Comment woopsie. Closes: #48789
823 * Removes existing links when linking sources. Closes: #48775
824 * Problem resolver does not install all virtual packages. Closes: #48591, #49252
825 * Clearer usage message about 'source' Closes: #48858
826 * Immediate configure internal error Closes: #49062, #48884
828 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:21:25 -0800
830 apt (0.3.13) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Fix timestamp miss in FTP. Closes: #44363
833 * Fix sorting of Kept packages. Closes: #44377
834 * Fix Segfault for dselect-upgrade. Closes: #44436
835 * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes #43830
836 * Added APT::Get::Diff-Only and Tar-Only options. Closes #44384
837 * Add commented-out deb-src URI to default sources.list file.
839 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:54:20 -0700
841 apt (0.3.12) unstable; urgency=low
843 * Fix for typo in the dhelp index. Closes: #40377
844 * Multiple media swap support
845 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
846 * Better handling of - remove notation. Closes: #41024
847 * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
848 * Error code on failed update. Closes: #41053
849 * apt-cdrom adds entries for source directories. Closes: #41231
850 * Sorts the output of any list. Closes: #41107
851 * Fixes the looping problem. Closes: #41784, #42414, #44022
852 * Fixes the CRC mechanism to lowercase all strings. Closes: #41839
853 * More checks to keep the display sane. Particularly when fail-over is
854 used with local mirrors and CD-Roms. Closes: #42127, #43130, #43668
855 * PThread lockup problem on certain sparc/m68k. Closes: #40628
856 * apt-cdrom understands .gz Package files too. Closes: #42779
857 * Spelling error in dselect method description. Closes: #43251
858 * Added security to the default source list. Closes: #43356
860 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:04:28 -0700
862 apt (0.3.11) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Fix for mis-parsed file: URIs. Closes: #40373, #40366, #40230
865 * Fix for properly upgrading the system from perl 5.004 to 5.005
867 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:06:44 -0700
869 apt (0.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
871 * Spelling error in cachefile.cc. Closes: #39885
872 * Trailing slash in dselect install if you try to use the
873 default config file. Closes: #40011
874 * Simulate works for autoclean. Closes: #39141
875 * Fixed spelling errors. Closes: #39673
876 * Changed url parsing a bit. Closes: #40070, #40069
877 * Version 0.3.8 will be for slink/hamm (GNU libc 2).
879 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:02:52 -0700
881 apt (0.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
883 * Fixed missing text in the apt-get(8) page. Closes: #37596
884 * Made --simulate and friends work with apt-get source. Closes: #37597, #37656
885 * Fixed inclusion of man pages in the -doc/-dev package. Closes: #37633, #38651
886 * Fixed handling of the -q option with not-entirely integer arguments
888 * Man page typo Closes: #37762
889 * Fixed parsing of the Source: line. Closes: #37679
890 * Dpkg/dpkg-hurd source bug. Closes: #38004, #38032
891 * Added a check for an empty cache directory. Closes: #37963
892 * Return a failure code if -d is given and packages fail to download.
894 * Arranged for an ftp proxy specifing an http server to work. See the
895 important note in the sources.list man page.
896 * Accounted for resumed files in the cps calculation. Closes: #36787
897 * Deal with duplicate same version different packages. Closes: #30237
898 * Added --no-download. Closes: #38095
899 * Order of apt-cdrom dist detection. Closes: #38139
900 * Fix apt-cdrom chop handling and missing lines. Closes: #37276
902 * Suggests dpkg-dev for apt-get source. Closes: #38158
903 * Fixed typo in apt-get help. Closes: #38712
904 * Improved the error message in the case of broken held package. Closes: #38777
905 * Fixed handling of MD5 failures
906 * Documented list notation Closes: #39008
907 * Change the 'b' to 'B'. Closes: #39007
909 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:36:20 -0700
911 apt (0.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
913 * Note that 0.3.5 never made it out the door..
914 * Fix for apt-cdrom and unusual disk label locations. Closes: #35571
915 * Made APT print numbers in decimal. Closes: #35617, #37319
916 * Buffer munching fix for FTP. Closes: #35868
917 * Typo in sample config file. Closes: #35907
918 * Fixed whitespace in version compares. Closes: #35968, #36283, #37051
919 * Changed installed size counter to only count unpacked packages.
921 * apt-get source support. Closes: #23934, #27190
922 * Renames .debs that fail MD5 checking, provides automatic corruption
923 recovery. Closes: #35931
924 * Fixed autoconf verison. Closes: #37305
925 * Random Segfaulting. Closes: #37312, #37530
926 * Fixed apt-cache man page. Closes: #36904
927 * Added a newline to apt-cache showpkg. Closes: #36903
929 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Wed, 12 May 1999 09:18:49 -0700
931 apt (0.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Release for Ben while he is out of town.
934 * Checked the size of partial files. Closes: #33705
935 * apt-get should not print progress on non-tty. Closes: #34944
936 * s/guide.text.gz/users-guide.txt.gz/ debian/control: Closes: #35207
937 * Applied cdrom patches from Torsten. Closes: #35140, #35141
938 * smbmounted cdrom fix. Closes: #35470
939 * Changed ie to eg. Closes: #35196
941 -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:26:44 -0500
943 apt (0.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
945 * Fixes bug with file:/ URIs and multi-CD handling. Closes: #34923
947 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:15:44 -0800
949 apt (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
951 * Major release into unstable of v3
952 * These bugs have been fixed, explanations are in the bug system, read
953 the man pages as well..
954 Closes: #21113, #22507, #22675, #22836, #22892, #32883, #33006, #34121,
955 #23984, #24685, #24799, #25001, #25019, #34223, #34296, #34355,
956 #24021, #25022, #25026, #25104, #25176, #31557, #31691, #31853,
957 #25458, #26019, #26433, #26592, #26670, #27100, #27100, #27601,
958 #28184, #28391, #28778, #29293, #29351, #27841, #28172, #30260,
959 #29382, #29441, #29903, #29920, #29983, #30027, #30076, #30112,
960 #31009, #31155, #31381, #31883, #32140, #32395, #32584. #34465,
961 #30383, #30441, #30472, #30643, #30827, #30324, #36425, #34596
963 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:14:25 -0800
965 apt (0.3.1) experimental; urgency=low
967 * Minor release of cvs version.
968 * Added virtual package libapt-pkgx.x
970 -- Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org> Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:52:44 -0500
972 apt (0.3.0) experimental; urgency=low
974 * New experimental version.
976 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:53:21 -0800
978 apt (0.1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
980 * Return to the wacky numbering for when we build 0.1.8 for hamm
981 * Important bug related to APT on the Alpha fixed
982 * apt-get dist-upgrade problems fixed
983 * tiny patch for http method to fix an endless loop
984 * nice fix from /usr/doc/lintian/ to remove rpath nastiness from
985 libtool and add proper shared lib dependancies
986 * now dh_shlibdeps is called with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/tmp/usr/lib
987 in case an old libpkg is installed while building APT to prevent
988 spurious dependancies
990 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:43:25 -0800
992 apt (0.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
994 * New build with libstdc++2.9.
995 * Various fixes; read the Changelog.
997 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:29:18 -0700
999 apt (0.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Various fixes in the FTP method for error checking. Fixes: #26188.
1002 * Spelling corrections in dselect method. Fixes: #25884
1003 * Fixes for compilation on alpha/ppc. Fixes: #25313, #26108.
1004 * No more bo releases: we're using a normal numbering system now.
1006 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:27:13 -0700
1008 apt (0.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Changed sources.list to point to 'unstable' by default, as
1011 'frozen' no longer exists!
1013 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:00:18 -0700
1015 apt (0.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * New upstreamish version.
1018 * ftp method rewritten in C. Removes dependancies on all perl/perl
1019 related modules. This fixes many of the ftp method bugs.
1021 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:19:00 -0700
1023 apt (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * Release for unstable.
1027 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:48:30 -0700
1029 apt (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Kludge to fix problem in libnet-perl with illegal anonymous
1033 * Moved to unstable; apt is in a useable state now.
1034 * Fixed version numbering. From now on, numbering will be:
1035 0.1 (no actual release) -> 0.1.0bo (release for libc5) ->
1036 0.1.1 (release for unstable). Thanks, Manoj.
1038 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:40:58 -0700
1040 apt (0.0.17-1) experimental; urgency=low
1042 * Fixed problem with libc6 version compare
1043 * Scott's away for a while, so I'll be packaging apt for the time
1046 -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Thu, 25 Jun 1998 19:02:03 -0700
1048 apt (0.0.16-1) experimental; urgency=low
1050 * Modifications to make apt-get more friendly when backgrounded.
1051 * Updated documentation.
1052 * Updates to graphic widgets
1054 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:22:02 -0400
1056 apt (0.0.15-0.2bo) experimental; urgency=low
1059 * Bob Hilliards crash
1061 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
1063 apt (0.0.15-0.1bo) experimental; urgency=low
1066 * libstdc++272 patch
1068 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
1070 apt (0.0.15) experimental; urgency=low
1072 * Clean up source tarball (no user-visible changes)
1074 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 26 May 1998 12:23:53 -0400
1076 apt (0.0.14) experimental; urgency=low
1078 * Updates in ordering code to make sure certain upgrades work correctly.
1079 * Made dselect/setup understand ftp as well as http
1081 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Wed, 20 May 1998 13:33:32 -0400
1083 apt (0.0.13-bo1) experimental; urgency=low
1087 -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> Mon, 18 May 1998 15:10:49 -0600
1089 apt (0.0.13) experimental; urgency=low
1091 * Remove hardcoded egcc from debian/rules (#21575)
1092 * Fixes for ordering logic when system has a number of unpacked
1093 but unconfigured packages installed.
1094 * Spelling fix in dselect install method (#22556)
1096 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sun, 17 May 1998 20:08:33 -0400
1098 apt (0.0.12) experimental; urgency=low
1100 * Fixed problems with package cache corruption.
1101 * Made to depend on libc6 >= 2.0.7pre1 due to timezone problems with
1103 * Interface and documentation improvements.
1105 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 16 May 1998 23:17:32 -0400
1107 apt (0.0.11) experimental; urgency=low
1109 * Change dependancies to pre-depends since breaking your packaging tools
1110 in the middle of an installation isn't very good.
1111 * Bug fixes to ftp method and general apt-get code
1113 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 15 May 1998 08:57:38 -0400
1115 apt (0.0.10) experimental; urgency=low
1117 * Run "dpkg --configure -a" after an aborted dselect install
1118 * Fixed problem with install looping
1119 * Support for authenticating proxys: (note this isn't terribly secure)
1120 http_proxy="http://user:pass@firewall:port/"
1121 * Substitute $ARCH in sources.list
1122 * Fixes in the resumption code for ftp
1124 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 12 May 1998 09:14:41 -0400
1126 apt (0.0.9) experimental; urgency=low
1128 * Added ftp support.
1129 * Various other less visible bug fixes.
1130 * Fixed problem with segfault when apt-get invoked in a non-existant
1131 directory (Bug #21863)
1132 * Bumped policy to 2.4.1
1134 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 1 May 1998 09:18:19 -0400
1136 apt (0.0.8) experimental; urgency=low
1138 * Fixed generated available file (Bug #21836)
1139 * Added download ETA (Bug #21774).
1140 * Fixed hardcoded ARCH (Bug #21751).
1141 * Fixed check on http_proxy (Bug #21795).
1142 * Added download speed indicator.
1144 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:58:32 -0400
1146 apt (0.0.7) experimental; urgency=low
1148 * Remove libdeity and apt from package for now, since only apt-get and
1149 apt-cache are actually useful right now.
1150 * Clean up handling of package installation errors.
1151 * Added timeout to http transfers (#21269)
1152 * Updated setup for dselect/apt method.
1154 * Long options (added in 0.0.6)
1156 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:06:49 -0400
1158 apt (0.0.6) experimental; urgency=low
1161 * Revamped download status display.
1162 * Call apt-get clean after successful install in dselect.
1163 * Added "apt-get clean" which deletes package files from /var/cache/apt
1165 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:13:59 -0400
1167 apt (0.0.5) experimental; urgency=low
1169 * Ignore signals while dpkg is running so we don't leave dpkg running in
1170 the background (#20804)
1171 * Check Packages as well as Packages.gz for file URIs (#20784)
1172 * Spelling cleanup (#20800)
1173 * Added -m option to permit upgrade to go on in the case of a bad mirror.
1174 This option may result in incomplete upgrades when used with -f.
1176 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:40:29 -0400
1178 apt (0.0.4) experimental; urgency=low
1181 * Various documentation updates and cleanup.
1182 * Added '-f' option to apt-get attempt to fix broken dependancies.
1184 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:36:00 -0500
1186 apt (0.0.3) experimental; urgency=low
1188 * Added a shlibs.local file to prevent apt from depending on itself.
1189 * Updates to how apt-get handles bad states in installed packages.
1190 * Updated rules to make sure build works from a freshly checked out source
1191 archive. Building from CVS needs libtool/automake/autoconf, builds from
1192 the distributed source package should have no such dependancy.
1194 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 11:49:47 -0500
1196 apt (0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * Updates to apt-get and http binding for dselect method (apt).
1199 * Updating version number from 0.0.1, which was released only on IRC.
1201 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Fri, 3 Apr 1998 00:35:18 -0500
1203 apt (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1207 -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:49:28 -0500