debian/changelog

   1 apt (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
   2
   3   * New deb version compare function, that has no integer limits, and
   4     supports pre-versions using ~.  Code ported from dpkg.
   5   * Fix handling of [!arch] for build-dependencies. Closes: #88798, #149595
   6   * Fix handling of build-deps on unknown packages. Closes: #88664, #153307
   7   * "apt-get --arch-only build-dep" to install only architecture-
   8     dependent build dependencies. Bump minor shared lib number to reflect
   9     small change in BuildDepend API.
  10   * APT::Build-Essential configuration option (defaults to "build-essential")
  11     so that "apt-get build-dep" will ensure build essential packages are
  12     installed prior to installing other build-dependencies. Closes: #148879
  13   * LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #109430, #147529
  14   * /usr/doc reference in postinst. Closes: #126189
  15   * Doc updates. Closes: #120689
  16   * Possible apt-cache segfault. Closes: #120311, #118431, #117915, #135295,
  17           #131062, #136749
  18   * Print special message for EAI_AGAIN. Closes: #131397
  19   * libapt-pkg-dev needs to bring in the apt-inst library if linking
  20     is to work. Closes: #133943
  21   * Typos, Doc Stuff. Closes: #132772, #129970, #123642, #114892, #113786,
  22          #109591, #105920, #103678, #139752, #138186, #138054, #138050,
  23          #139994, #142955, #151654, #151834, #147611, #154268
  24   * Fix possibility for tag file parsing to fail in some unlikely situations.
  25     Closes: #139328
  26   * Use std C++ names for some header files. Closes: #128741,
  27   * Do not check for free space if --no-download. Closes: #117856
  28   * Actually implement or group handling for 'upgrade'. Closes: #133950
  29   * "Internal Error, Couldn't configure pre-depend" is not actually an
  30     internal error, it is a packaging error and now it says so, and
  31     pinpoints the problem dependency. Closes: #155621
  32   * Allows failure to write to a pipe for post-invoke stuff. Closes: #89830
  33   * Use usr/share/doc for dhelp. Closes: #115701
  34   * --print-uris works with 'update'. Closes: #57070
  35   * Options Dpkg::MaxArgs,Dpkg::MaxArgBytes to allow a much longer dpkg
  36     command line.
  37   * Fixed 2 little OR group bugs, thanks to Yann Dirson. Closes: #143995,
  38     #142298
  39   * Allow an uninstalled package to be marked for removal on an install
  40     line (meaning not to automatically install it), also fix some dodgy
  41     handling of protected packages. Closes: #92287, #116011
  42   * Fix errant prefix matching in version selection. Closes: #105968
  43   * Ensure that all files needed to run APT as a user are readable and
  44     ignore roots umask for these files. Closes: #108801
  45   * Support larger config spaces. Closes: #111914
  46   * 'apt-get update' no longer does 'Building Dependency Tree'.
  47   * When matching regexs allways print a message. Change regex activation
  48     charset. Closes: #147817
  49   * Don't die if lines in sources.list are too long. Closes: #146846
  50   * Show file name on apt-extracttemplate error messges. Closes: #151835
  51   * i18n gettext stuff, based on work from Michael Piefel: Closes: #95933
  52   * Some highly unlikely memory faults. Closes: #155842
  53   * C++ stuff for G++3.2. Closes: #162617, #165515,
  54   * apt-config dumps sends to stdout not stderr now.  Closes: #146294
  55   * Fix segfault in FindAny when /i is used, and there is no default.
  56     Closes: #165891
  57   * Add s390x to archtable.  Closese: #160992.
  58   * Update config.sub/config.guess in cvs, and add support to debian/rules
  59     to update them from /usr/share/misc if they exist.  Closes: #155014
  60   * Remove 'Sorry' from messages.  Closes: #148824.
  61   * Change wording of 'additional disk space usage' message.  Closes:
  62     #135021.
  63   * apt-extracttemplates now prepends the package name when extracting
  64     files.  Closes: #132776
  65   * Add -n synonym for --names-only for apt-cache.  Closes: #130689
  66   * Display both current version and new version in apt-get -s.  Closes:
  67     #92358
  68   * Add an options and timeout config item to ssh/rsh.  Closes: #90654
  69   * libapt-pkg-dev now depends on apt-utils.  Closes: #133942.
  70   * Change verbose logging output of apt-ftparchive to go to stderr,
  71     instead of stdout.  Also, errors that occur no longer go to stdout,
  72     but stderr.  Closes: #161592
  73   * Test for timegm in configure.  Closes: #165516.
  74   * s/st_mtime/mtime/ on our local stat structure in apt-ftparchive, to
  75     support compliation on platforms where st_mtime is a macro.  Closes:
  76     #165518
  77   * Check the currently mounted cdrom, to see if it's the one we are
  78     interested in.  Closes: #154602
  79
  80  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 17:16:59 -0600
  81
  82 apt (0.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
  83
  84   * M68k config.guess patch. Closes: #88913
  85   * Bi-yearly test on OpenBSD and Solaris
  86   * Doc updates. Closes: #89121, #89854, #99671, #98353, #95823, #93057,
  87           #97520, #102867, #101071, #102421, #101565, #98272, #106914,
  88           #105606, #105377
  89   * Various cosmetic code updates. Closes: #89066, #89066, #89152
  90   * Add "pre-auto" as an option for DSelect::Clean (run autoclean after
  91     update).
  92   * More patches from Alfredo for Vendors and more SHA-1 stuff
  93   * Fix for AJ's 'desire to remove perl-5.005' and possibly other
  94     similar situations. Closes: #56708, #59432
  95   * no_proxy and ftp. Closes: #89671
  96   * Philippe Batailler's man page patches.
  97   * Fix for display bug. Closes: #92033, #93652, #98468
  98   * Use more than 16bits for the dep ID. Some people ran out..
  99     Closes: #103020, #97809, #102951, #99974, #107362, #107395, #107362,
 100             #106911, #107395, #108968
 101   * Reordered some things to make dante and FTP happier. Closes: #92757
 102   * James R. Van Zandt's guide.sgml updates. Closes: #90027
 103   * apt-ftparchive copes with no uncompressed package files + contents.
 104   * French man pages from philippe batailler - well sort of. They
 105     don't build yet..
 106   * run-parts. Closes: #94286
 107   * 'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
 108   * Whatever. Closes: #89762
 109   * libstdc++ and HURD. Closes: #92025
 110   * More apt-utils verbage. Closes: #86954
 111   * Fliped comparision operator. Closes: #94618
 112   * Used the right copyright file. Closes: #65691
 113   * Randolph's G++3 patches.
 114   * Fixed no_proxy tokanizing. Closes: #100046
 115   * Strip Config-Version when copying status to available. Closes: #97520
 116   * Segfault with missing source files. Closes: #100325
 117   * EINTR check. Closes: #102293
 118   * Various changes to the locking metholodgy for --print-uris.
 119     Closes: #100590
 120   * Lame LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing. Closes: #98928
 121   * apt-cache search searchs provide names too now. Closes: #98695
 122   * Checksum and long lines problem. Closes: #106591
 123   * .aptignr and empty files are just a warning. Closes: #97364
 124
 125  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:21:59 -0500
 126
 127 apt (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
 128
 129   * JoeyH's dpkg::preconfig not working. Closes: #88675
 130   * Fixed apt override disparity
 131   * Alfredo's SHA-1 and related patches
 132
 133  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
 134
 135 apt (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
 136
 137   * Fixed mention of /usr/doc in the long description
 138   * JoeyH's downgrade bug -- don't use 0.5.1
 139   * Doc bug. Closes: #88538
 140   * Fault in building release strings. Closes: #88533
 141
 142  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Mar 2001 15:39:43 -0700
 143
 144 apt (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
 145
 146   * Fixed #82894 again, or should be and.
 147   * Process the option string right. Closes: #86921
 148   * Don't eat the last command for pipes. Closes: #86923
 149   * Ignore .* for configuration directory processing. Closes: #86923
 150   * Alfredo's no_proxy patch
 151   * Documentation fixes. Closes: #87091
 152   * JoeyH's double slash bug. Closes: #87266
 153   * Unintitialized buffer and apt-ftparchive contents generation.
 154      Closes: #87612
 155   * Build-deps on virtual packages. Closes: #87639
 156   * Fixes glibc/libstdc++ symbol dependencies by including glibc and
 157     libstdc++ version info in the library soname and in the package
 158     provides. Closes: #87426
 159   * Updated soname version to 0.3.2
 160   * apt-extracttemplates moved from debconf into apt-utils
 161   * s390 archtable entry. Closes: #88232
 162   * Dan's segfault
 163   * Some instances where the status file can source a package in a
 164     non-sensical way. Closes: #87390
 165   * Work better if there are duplicate sources.list entries.
 166   * Fixed the resetting of Dir with "dir {};". Closes: #87323
 167
 168  -- Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:37:38 -0700
 169
 170 apt (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
 171
 172   * Fixed an obscure bug with missing final double new lines in
 173     package files
 174   * Changed the apt-cdrom index copy routine to use the new section
 175     rewriter
 176   * Added a package file sorter, apt-sortpkgs
 177   * Parse obsolete Optional dependencies.
 178   * Added Ben's rsh method. Closes: #57794
 179   * Added IPv6 FTP support and better DNS rotation support.
 180   * Include the server IP in error messages when using a DNS rotation.
 181     Closes: #64895
 182   * Made most of the byte counters into doubles to prevent 32bit overflow.
 183     Closes: #65349
 184   * HTTP Authorization. Closes: #61158
 185   * Ability to parse and return source index build depends from Randolph.
 186   * new 'apt-get build-dep' command from Randolph. Closes: #63982
 187   * Added apt-ftparchive the all dancing all singing FTP archive
 188     maintinance program
 189   * Allow version specifications with =1.2.4-3 and /2.2 or /stable postfixes
 190     in apt-get.
 191   * Removed useless internal cruft including the xstatus file.
 192   * Fixed config parser bugs. Closes: #67848, #71108
 193   * Brain Damanged apt-get config options changed, does not change the command
 194     line interface, except to allow --enable-* to undo a configuration
 195     option:
 196       No-Remove -> Remove
 197       No-Download -> Download
 198       No-Upgrade -> Upgrade
 199   * Made this fix configable (DSelect::CheckDir) and default to disabled:
 200      * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
 201     Because it is stupid in the case where no files were downloaded due to
 202     a resumed-aborted install, or a full cache! Closes: #65952
 203   * Obscure divide by zero problem. Closes: #64394
 204   * Update sizetable for mips. Closes: #62288
 205   * Fixed a bug with passive FTP connections
 206   * Has sizetable entry for sparc64. Closes: #64869
 207   * Escape special characters in the ::Label section of the cdroms.lst
 208   * Created apt-utils and python-apt packages
 209   * Due to the new policy engine, the available file may contain entries
 210     from the status file. These are generated if the package is not obsolete
 211     but the policy engine prohibits using the version from the package files.
 212     They can be identified by the lack of a Filename field.
 213   * The new policy engine. Closes: #66509, #66944, #45122, #45094, #40006,
 214     #36223, #33468, #22551
 215   * Fixed deb-src line for non-us. Closes: #71501, #71601
 216   * Fixes for G++ 2.96, s/friend/friend class/
 217   * Fixed mis doc of APT::Get::Fix-Missing. Closes: #69269
 218   * Confirmed fix for missing new line problem. Closes: #69386
 219   * Fixed up dhelp files. Closes: #71312
 220   * Added some notes about dselect and offline usage. Closes: #66473, #38316
 221   * Lock files on read only file systems are ignored w/ warning.
 222     Closes: #61701
 223   * apt-get update foo now gives an error! Closes: #42891
 224   * Added test for shlibs on hurd. Closes: #71499
 225   * Clarified apt-cache document. Closes: #71934
 226   * DocBook SGML man pages and some improvements in the text..
 227   * sigwinch thing. Closes: #72382
 228   * Caching can be turned off by setting the cache file names blank.
 229   * Ignores arches it does not know about when autocleaning. Closes: #72862
 230   * New function in apt-config to return dirs, files, bools and integers.
 231   * Fixed an odd litle bug in MarkInstall and fixed it up to handle
 232     complex cases involving OR groups and provides.
 233     68754 describes confusing messages which are the result of this..
 234     Closes: #63149, #69394, #68754, #77683, #66806, #81486, #78712
 235   * Speeling mistake and return code for the 'wicked' resolver error
 236     Closes: #72621, #75226, #77464
 237   * Solved unable to upgrade libc6 from potato to woody due to 3 package
 238     libc6 dependency loop problem.
 239   * Leading sources.list spaces. Closes: #76010
 240   * Removed a possible infinite loop while processing installations.
 241   * Man page updates. Closes: #75411, #75560, #64292, #78469
 242   * ReduceSourceList bug. Closes: #76027
 243   * --only-source option. Closes: #76320
 244   * Typos. Closes: #77812, #77999
 245   * Different status messages. Closes: #76652, #78353
 246   * /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory for Joey and Matt and pipe protocol 2
 247   * OS detection an support for the new pseduo standard of os-arch for the
 248     Architecture string. Also uses regexing.. Closes: #39227, #72349
 249   * Various i18n stuff. Note that this still needs some i18n wizard
 250     to do the last gettextization right. Closes: #62386
 251   * Fixed a problem with some odd http servers/proxies that did not return
 252     the content size in the header. Closes: #79878, #44379
 253   * Little acquire bugs. Closes: #77029, #55820
 254   * _POSIX_THREADS may not be defined to anything, just defined..
 255     Closes: #78996
 256   * Spelling of Ignore-Hold correctly. Closes: #78042
 257   * Unlock the dpkg db if in download only mode. Closes: #84851
 258   * Brendan O'Dea's dselect admindir stuff. Closes: #62811
 259   * Patch from BenC. Closes: #80810
 260   * Single output of some names in lists. Closes: #80498, #43286
 261   * Nice message for people who can't read syserror output. Closes: #84734
 262   * OR search function. Closes: #82894
 263   * User's guide updates. Closes: #82469
 264   * The AJ/JoeyH var/state to var/lib transition patch. Closes: #59094
 265   * Various CD bugs, again thanks to Greenbush
 266     Closes: #80946, #76547, #71810, #70049, #69482
 267   * Using potato debhelper. Closes: #57977
 268   * I cannot self-terminate. Closes: #74928
 269
 270  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:39:15 -0500
 271
 272 apt (0.3.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low
 273
 274   * Updates to apt-cdrom to support integrated non-us nicely, thanks to
 275     Paul Wade.
 276   * Fixed that apt-get/cdrom deadlock thing. Closes: #59853, #62945, #61976
 277   * Fixed hardcoded path. Closes: #59743
 278   * Fixed Jay's relative path bug
 279   * Allowed source only CDs. Closes: #58952
 280   * Space check is supressed if --print-uris is given. Closes: #58965
 281   * Clarified the documenation examples for non-us. Closes: #58646
 282   * Typo in the package description. Closes: #60230
 283   * Man Page typo. Closes: #60347
 284   * Typo in Algorithms.cc. Closes: #63577
 285   * Evil dotty function in apt-cache for generating dependency graphs
 286     with the as-yet-unpackaged GraphVis.
 287   * Appears to have been fixed in Janurary.. Closes: #57981
 288   * New config.guess/sub for the new archs. Closes: #60874
 289   * Fixed error reporting for certain kinds of resolution failures.
 290     Closes: #61327
 291   * Made autoclean respect 'q' settings. Closes: #63023
 292   * Fixed up the example sources.list. Closes: #63676
 293   * Added DPkg::FlushSTDIN to control the flushing of stdin before
 294     forking dpkg. Closes: #63991
 295
 296  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Fri, 12 May 2000 21:10:54 -0700
 297
 298 apt (0.3.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
 299
 300   * Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
 301   * Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
 302   * Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
 303
 304  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:52:31 -0800
 305
 306 apt (0.3.17) unstable; urgency=low
 307
 308   * RFC 2732 usage for CDROM URIs and fixes to apt-cdrom
 309   * Fixed the configuration parser to not blow up if ; is in the config
 310     string
 311   * Applied visual patch to dselect install script . Closes #55214
 312   * Included the configure-index example
 313   * Minimal CD swaps
 314   * Library soname has increased
 315   * Fixed default sources.list to have correct URLs for potato when it
 316     becomes stable
 317   * Added a message about erasing sources.list to dselect setup script
 318     Closes: #55755
 319   * No remove prompt if the archives dir has not changed. Closes: #55709
 320   * Fixed inclusion of 2nd sample config file. Closes: #55374
 321   * Made file mtimes of 0 not confuse the methods If-Modifed-Since check.
 322     Closes: #55991
 323
 324  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:12:40 -0800
 325
 326 apt (0.3.16) unstable; urgency=low
 327
 328   * Made --no-download work. Closes: #52993
 329   * Now compiles on OpenBSD, Solaris and HP-UX
 330   * Clarify segfault errors
 331   * More debhelper fixes. Closes: #52662, #54566, #52090, #53531, #54769
 332   * Fix for Joel's discovery of glibc removal behavoir.
 333   * Fix for Ben Collins file: uri from slink upgrade.
 334   * Fixed resume code in FTP. Closes: #54323
 335   * Take more precautions to prevent the corruption Joey Hess saw.
 336   * Fixed --no-list-cleanup
 337   * RFC 2732 URI parsing ([] for hostnames).
 338   * Typo in apt-cache man page. Closes: #54949
 339
 340  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:04:15 -0800
 341
 342 apt (0.3.15) unstable; urgency=low
 343
 344   * Added DSelect::WaitAfterDownload Closes: #49549
 345   * Fixed cast error in byteswap macro and supporting code. Closes: #50093
 346   * Fixed buffer overflow for wide terminal sizes. Closes: #50295
 347   * Made -s and clean not do anything. Closes: #50238
 348   * Problem with Protected packages and the new OR code.
 349   * /usr/share/doc stuff. Closes: #51017, #50228, #51141
 350   * Remove doesn't require a package to be installable. Closes: #51175
 351   * FTP proxy touch ups in the mabn page. Closes: #51315, #51314
 352
 353  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sat,  4 Dec 1999 21:17:24 -0800
 354
 355 apt (0.3.14) unstable; urgency=low
 356
 357   * Fix Perl or group pre-depends thing Closes: #46091, #46096, #46233, #45901
 358   * Fix handling of dpkg's conversions from < -> <= Closes: #46094, #47088
 359   * Make unparsable priorities non-fatal Closes: #46266, #46267, #46293, #46298
 360   * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes: #43830, #45640, #45692
 361   * Fixed 'Method gave a blank filename' error from IMS queries onto CDs.
 362     Closes: #45034, #45695, #46537
 363   * Made OR group handling in the problem resolver more elaborate. Closes: #45646
 364   * Added APT::Clean-Installed option. Closes: #45973
 365   * Moves the free space check to after the calculated size is printed.
 366     Closes: #46639, #47498
 367   * mipsel arch Closes: #47614
 368   * Beautified URI printing to not include passwords Closes: #46857
 369   * Fixed little problem with --no-download Closes: #47557
 370   * Tweaked Dselect 'update' script to re-gen the avail file even in the
 371     event of a failure Closes: #47112
 372   * Retries for source archives too Closes: #47529
 373   * Unmounts CDROMs iff it mounted them Closes: #45299
 374   * Checks for the partial directories before doing downloads Closes: #47392
 375   * no_proxy environment variable (http only!) Closes: #43476
 376   * apt-cache showsrc Closes: #45799
 377   * De-Refs Single Pure virtual packages. Closes: #42437, #43555
 378   * Regexs for install. Closes: #35304, #38835
 379   * Dependency reports now show OR group relations
 380   * Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
 381   * Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
 382   * Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
 383   * Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
 384   * --trivial-only and --no-remove. Closes: #48518
 385   * Increased the cache size. Closes: #47648
 386   * Comment woopsie. Closes: #48789
 387   * Removes existing links when linking sources. Closes: #48775
 388   * Problem resolver does not install all virtual packages. Closes: #48591, #49252
 389   * Clearer usage message about 'source' Closes: #48858
 390   * Immediate configure internal error Closes: #49062, #48884
 391
 392  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun,  7 Nov 1999 20:21:25 -0800
 393
 394 apt (0.3.13) unstable; urgency=low
 395
 396   * Fix timestamp miss in FTP. Closes: #44363
 397   * Fix sorting of Kept packages. Closes: #44377
 398   * Fix Segfault for dselect-upgrade. Closes: #44436
 399   * Fix handling of '/' for the dist name. Closes #43830
 400   * Added APT::Get::Diff-Only and Tar-Only options. Closes #44384
 401   * Add commented-out deb-src URI to default sources.list file.
 402
 403  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:54:20 -0700
 404
 405 apt (0.3.12) unstable; urgency=low
 406
 407   * Fix for typo in the dhelp index. Closes: #40377
 408   * Multiple media swap support
 409   * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
 410   * Better handling of - remove notation. Closes: #41024
 411   * Purge support. Closes: #33291, #40694
 412   * Error code on failed update. Closes: #41053
 413   * apt-cdrom adds entries for source directories. Closes: #41231
 414   * Sorts the output of any list. Closes: #41107
 415   * Fixes the looping problem. Closes: #41784, #42414, #44022
 416   * Fixes the CRC mechanism to lowercase all strings. Closes: #41839
 417   * More checks to keep the display sane. Particularly when fail-over is
 418     used with local mirrors and CD-Roms. Closes: #42127, #43130, #43668
 419   * PThread lockup problem on certain sparc/m68k. Closes: #40628
 420   * apt-cdrom understands .gz Package files too. Closes: #42779
 421   * Spelling error in dselect method description. Closes: #43251
 422   * Added security to the default source list. Closes: #43356
 423
 424  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Fri,  3 Sep 1999 09:04:28 -0700
 425
 426 apt (0.3.11) unstable; urgency=low
 427
 428   * Fix for mis-parsed file: URIs. Closes: #40373, #40366, #40230
 429   * Fix for properly upgrading the system from perl 5.004 to 5.005
 430
 431  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:06:44 -0700
 432
 433 apt (0.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
 434
 435   * Spelling error in cachefile.cc. Closes: #39885
 436   * Trailing slash in dselect install if you try to use the
 437     default config file. Closes: #40011
 438   * Simulate works for autoclean. Closes: #39141
 439   * Fixed spelling errors. Closes: #39673
 440   * Changed url parsing a bit. Closes: #40070, #40069
 441   * Version 0.3.8 will be for slink/hamm (GNU libc 2).
 442
 443  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:02:52 -0700
 444
 445 apt (0.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
 446
 447   * Fixed missing text in the apt-get(8) page. Closes: #37596
 448   * Made --simulate and friends work with apt-get source. Closes: #37597, #37656
 449   * Fixed inclusion of man pages in the -doc/-dev package. Closes: #37633, #38651
 450   * Fixed handling of the -q option with not-entirely integer arguments
 451     Closes: #37499
 452   * Man page typo Closes: #37762
 453   * Fixed parsing of the Source: line. Closes: #37679
 454   * Dpkg/dpkg-hurd source bug. Closes: #38004, #38032
 455   * Added a check for an empty cache directory. Closes: #37963
 456   * Return a failure code if -d is given and packages fail to download.
 457     Closes: #38127
 458   * Arranged for an ftp proxy specifing an http server to work. See the
 459     important note in the sources.list man page.
 460   * Accounted for resumed files in the cps calculation. Closes: #36787
 461   * Deal with duplicate same version different packages. Closes: #30237
 462   * Added --no-download. Closes: #38095
 463   * Order of apt-cdrom dist detection. Closes: #38139
 464   * Fix apt-cdrom chop handling and missing lines. Closes: #37276
 465   * IPv6 http support
 466   * Suggests dpkg-dev for apt-get source. Closes: #38158
 467   * Fixed typo in apt-get help. Closes: #38712
 468   * Improved the error message in the case of broken held package. Closes: #38777
 469   * Fixed handling of MD5 failures
 470   * Documented list notation Closes: #39008
 471   * Change the 'b' to 'B'. Closes: #39007
 472
 473  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:36:20 -0700
 474
 475 apt (0.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
 476
 477   * Note that 0.3.5 never made it out the door..
 478   * Fix for apt-cdrom and unusual disk label locations. Closes: #35571
 479   * Made APT print numbers in decimal. Closes: #35617, #37319
 480   * Buffer munching fix for FTP. Closes: #35868
 481   * Typo in sample config file. Closes: #35907
 482   * Fixed whitespace in version compares. Closes: #35968, #36283, #37051
 483   * Changed installed size counter to only count unpacked packages.
 484     Closes: #36201
 485   * apt-get source support. Closes: #23934, #27190
 486   * Renames .debs that fail MD5 checking, provides automatic corruption
 487     recovery. Closes: #35931
 488   * Fixed autoconf verison. Closes: #37305
 489   * Random Segfaulting. Closes: #37312, #37530
 490   * Fixed apt-cache man page. Closes: #36904
 491   * Added a newline to apt-cache showpkg. Closes: #36903
 492
 493  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Wed, 12 May 1999 09:18:49 -0700
 494
 495 apt (0.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
 496
 497   * Release for Ben while he is out of town.
 498   * Checked the size of partial files. Closes: #33705
 499   * apt-get should not print progress on non-tty. Closes: #34944
 500   * s/guide.text.gz/users-guide.txt.gz/ debian/control: Closes: #35207
 501   * Applied cdrom patches from Torsten.  Closes: #35140, #35141
 502   * smbmounted cdrom fix. Closes: #35470
 503   * Changed ie to eg.  Closes: #35196
 504
 505  -- Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Apr 1999 18:26:44 -0500
 506
 507 apt (0.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
 508
 509   * Fixes bug with file:/ URIs and multi-CD handling. Closes: #34923
 510
 511  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:15:44 -0800
 512
 513 apt (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
 514
 515   * Major release into unstable of v3
 516   * These bugs have been fixed, explanations are in the bug system, read
 517     the man pages as well..
 518     Closes: #21113, #22507, #22675, #22836, #22892, #32883, #33006, #34121,
 519             #23984, #24685, #24799, #25001, #25019, #34223, #34296, #34355,
 520             #24021, #25022, #25026, #25104, #25176, #31557, #31691, #31853,
 521             #25458, #26019, #26433, #26592, #26670, #27100, #27100, #27601,
 522             #28184, #28391, #28778, #29293, #29351, #27841, #28172, #30260,
 523             #29382, #29441, #29903, #29920, #29983, #30027, #30076, #30112,
 524             #31009, #31155, #31381, #31883, #32140, #32395, #32584. #34465,
 525             #30383, #30441, #30472, #30643, #30827, #30324, #36425, #34596
 526
 527  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:14:25 -0800
 528
 529 apt (0.3.1) experimental; urgency=low
 530
 531   * Minor release of cvs version.
 532   * Added virtual package libapt-pkgx.x
 533
 534  -- Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:52:44 -0500
 535
 536 apt (0.3.0) experimental; urgency=low
 537
 538   * New experimental version.
 539
 540  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:53:21 -0800
 541
 542 apt (0.1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
 543
 544   * Return to the wacky numbering for when we build 0.1.8 for hamm
 545   * Important bug related to APT on the Alpha fixed
 546   * apt-get dist-upgrade problems fixed
 547   * tiny patch for http method to fix an endless loop
 548   * nice fix from /usr/doc/lintian/ to remove rpath nastiness from
 549     libtool and add proper shared lib dependancies
 550   * now dh_shlibdeps is called with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/tmp/usr/lib
 551     in case an old libpkg is installed while building APT to prevent
 552     spurious dependancies
 553
 554  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu,  5 Nov 1998 17:43:25 -0800
 555
 556 apt (0.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
 557
 558   * New build with libstdc++2.9.
 559   * Various fixes; read the Changelog.
 560
 561  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:29:18 -0700
 562
 563 apt (0.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
 564
 565   * Various fixes in the FTP method for error checking. Fixes: #26188.
 566   * Spelling corrections in dselect method. Fixes: #25884
 567   * Fixes for compilation on alpha/ppc. Fixes: #25313, #26108.
 568   * No more bo releases: we're using a normal numbering system now.
 569
 570  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue,  8 Sep 1998 19:27:13 -0700
 571
 572 apt (0.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
 573
 574   * Changed sources.list to point to 'unstable' by default, as
 575     'frozen' no longer exists!
 576
 577  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:00:18 -0700
 578
 579 apt (0.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
 580
 581   * New upstreamish version.
 582   * ftp method rewritten in C. Removes dependancies on all perl/perl
 583     related modules. This fixes many of the ftp method bugs.
 584
 585  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:19:00 -0700
 586
 587 apt (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
 588
 589   * Release for unstable.
 590
 591  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:48:30 -0700
 592
 593 apt (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 594
 595   * Kludge to fix problem in libnet-perl with illegal anonymous
 596     FTP passwords.
 597   * Moved to unstable; apt is in a useable state now.
 598   * Fixed version numbering. From now on, numbering will be:
 599     0.1 (no actual release) -> 0.1.0bo (release for libc5) ->
 600     0.1.1 (release for unstable). Thanks, Manoj.
 601
 602  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:40:58 -0700
 603
 604 apt (0.0.17-1) experimental; urgency=low
 605
 606   * Fixed problem with libc6 version compare
 607   * Scott's away for a while, so I'll be packaging apt for the time
 608     being.
 609
 610  -- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 19:02:03 -0700
 611
 612 apt (0.0.16-1) experimental; urgency=low
 613
 614   * Modifications to make apt-get more friendly when backgrounded.
 615   * Updated documentation.
 616   * Updates to graphic widgets
 617
 618  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Mon,  8 Jun 1998 11:22:02 -0400
 619
 620 apt (0.0.15-0.2bo) experimental; urgency=low
 621
 622   * Bo compilation
 623   * Bob Hilliards crash
 624
 625  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
 626
 627 apt (0.0.15-0.1bo) experimental; urgency=low
 628
 629   * Bo compilation
 630   * libstdc++272 patch
 631
 632  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Sun, 31 May 1998 20:18:35 -0600
 633
 634 apt (0.0.15) experimental; urgency=low
 635
 636   * Clean up source tarball (no user-visible changes)
 637
 638  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 26 May 1998 12:23:53 -0400
 639
 640 apt (0.0.14) experimental; urgency=low
 641
 642   * Updates in ordering code to make sure certain upgrades work correctly.
 643   * Made dselect/setup understand ftp as well as http
 644
 645  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Wed, 20 May 1998 13:33:32 -0400
 646
 647 apt (0.0.13-bo1) experimental; urgency=low
 648
 649   * Bo compilation
 650
 651  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Mon, 18 May 1998 15:10:49 -0600
 652
 653 apt (0.0.13) experimental; urgency=low
 654
 655   * Remove hardcoded egcc from debian/rules (#21575)
 656   * Fixes for ordering logic when system has a number of unpacked
 657     but unconfigured packages installed.
 658   * Spelling fix in dselect install method (#22556)
 659
 660  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Sun, 17 May 1998 20:08:33 -0400
 661
 662 apt (0.0.12) experimental; urgency=low
 663
 664   * Fixed problems with package cache corruption.
 665   * Made to depend on libc6 >= 2.0.7pre1 due to timezone problems with
 666     earlier versions.
 667   * Interface and documentation improvements.
 668
 669  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Sat, 16 May 1998 23:17:32 -0400
 670
 671 apt (0.0.11) experimental; urgency=low
 672
 673   * Change dependancies to pre-depends since breaking your packaging tools
 674     in the middle of an installation isn't very good.
 675   * Bug fixes to ftp method and general apt-get code
 676
 677  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri, 15 May 1998 08:57:38 -0400
 678
 679 apt (0.0.10) experimental; urgency=low
 680
 681   * Run "dpkg --configure -a" after an aborted dselect install
 682   * Fixed problem with install looping
 683   * Support for authenticating proxys: (note this isn't terribly secure)
 684     http_proxy="http://user:pass@firewall:port/"
 685   * Substitute $ARCH in sources.list
 686   * Fixes in the resumption code for ftp
 687
 688  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 12 May 1998 09:14:41 -0400
 689
 690 apt (0.0.9) experimental; urgency=low
 691
 692   * Added ftp support.
 693   * Various other less visible bug fixes.
 694   * Fixed problem with segfault when apt-get invoked in a non-existant
 695     directory (Bug #21863)
 696   * Bumped policy to 2.4.1
 697
 698  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri,  1 May 1998 09:18:19 -0400
 699
 700 apt (0.0.8) experimental; urgency=low
 701
 702   * Fixed generated available file (Bug #21836)
 703   * Added download ETA (Bug #21774).
 704   * Fixed hardcoded ARCH (Bug #21751).
 705   * Fixed check on http_proxy (Bug #21795).
 706   * Added download speed indicator.
 707
 708  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:58:32 -0400
 709
 710 apt (0.0.7) experimental; urgency=low
 711
 712   * Remove libdeity and apt from package for now, since only apt-get and
 713     apt-cache are actually useful right now.
 714   * Clean up handling of package installation errors.
 715   * Added timeout to http transfers (#21269)
 716   * Updated setup for dselect/apt method.
 717   * Updated man pages
 718   * Long options (added in 0.0.6)
 719
 720  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:06:49 -0400
 721
 722 apt (0.0.6) experimental; urgency=low
 723
 724   * Spelling changes.
 725   * Revamped download status display.
 726   * Call apt-get clean after successful install in dselect.
 727   * Added "apt-get clean" which deletes package files from /var/cache/apt
 728
 729  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Thu,  9 Apr 1998 15:13:59 -0400
 730
 731 apt (0.0.5) experimental; urgency=low
 732
 733   * Ignore signals while dpkg is running so we don't leave dpkg running in
 734     the background (#20804)
 735   * Check Packages as well as Packages.gz for file URIs (#20784)
 736   * Spelling cleanup (#20800)
 737   * Added -m option to permit upgrade to go on in the case of a bad mirror.
 738     This option may result in incomplete upgrades when used with -f.
 739
 740  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue,  7 Apr 1998 12:40:29 -0400
 741
 742 apt (0.0.4) experimental; urgency=low
 743
 744   * New usage guide.
 745   * Various documentation updates and cleanup.
 746   * Added '-f' option to apt-get attempt to fix broken dependancies.
 747
 748  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Sat,  4 Apr 1998 14:36:00 -0500
 749
 750 apt (0.0.3) experimental; urgency=low
 751
 752   * Added a shlibs.local file to prevent apt from depending on itself.
 753   * Updates to how apt-get handles bad states in installed packages.
 754   * Updated rules to make sure build works from a freshly checked out source
 755     archive.  Building from CVS needs libtool/automake/autoconf, builds from
 756     the distributed source package should have no such dependancy.
 757
 758  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri,  3 Apr 1998 11:49:47 -0500
 759
 760 apt (0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
 761
 762   * Updates to apt-get and http binding for dselect method (apt).
 763   * Updating version number from 0.0.1, which was released only on IRC.
 764
 765  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Fri,  3 Apr 1998 00:35:18 -0500
 766
 767 apt (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 768
 769   * Initial Release.
 770
 771  -- Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:49:28 -0500
 772