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Updated news file to be more relevant with previous release of pacman;

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ommitted many of the bugfixes in 'unreleased' versions, at least on the Arch
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VERSION DESCRIPTION
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3.0.0 - TODO this needs alot of work
- switched to libfetch in place of libftp
- attempt to speed up file reading by reading /desc and /depends
on demand
- bugfix for holdpkgs during an upgrade
- fix building with --enable-debug
- fixed the download progressbar
- -Ss works again for multiple repos
- bugfix for -Sp
- downloads are interruptable again
- new libalpm function: alpm_db_search()
- pactest: initial import, run make check to call it
- new libalpm function: alpm_parse_config()
- new libalpm function: alpm_fetch_pkgurl()
- implemented the progressbar for pacman -R
- the package name is now properly displayed in the progressbar
during install/upgrade
- updatesync: bugfix when deleting packages from the repo
- create /tmp before locking the database, useful when -r is used
in an empty dir
- makepkg: recoginze .TGZ, .ZIP and other uppercase extensions
- python: added a few casting functions
- ported libalpm to Solaris/Sparc
- bugfixes in the Hungarian translation
- bugfix for pacman -Qi -p
- new function in libalpm: alpm_db_setserver()
- incremented libalpm's sover due to new error codes intruduced
by alpm_db_setserver()
- added python bindings
- fixed a stale lockfile problem (when packages were corrupted)
- fixed problem when sometimes ^C was ignored
- new pacman option: --ask
- libalpm: prefixed all internal functions with _alpm
- makepkg: bugfix for suboptions=('nostrip')
- new package property: "build type" - it can be "chroot" or
custom
- updated Hungarian translation
- the old extra repo is now merged to the frugalware one
- handle the case properly when the user hits ^C during a
package install
- fix the output of scriptlet messages
- check if enough free space if available
- pipe and parse scriptlet messages. see man FrugalBuild
- new mirror: ftp10
- udatesync: use bzip2 instead of gzip for package databases
- update/gensync: bugfix for the pkgdesc_localized directive
- Hungarian translation update
- fixed several compilation warning
- ia64 support
- manpage split: moved the FrugalBuild specific part from
man makepkg to man FrugalBuild
- minor bugfixes in makepkg
- gettext improvements
- French translation
- makepkg support and documentation for pkgdesc localization
- pacman: display uncompressed package size by default on upgrade
- initial support for pkgdesc localization
- bugfix for -Qi and -Qm
- fix -Sg for multiple repos
- drop the NoUpgrade lines from the default config
- makepkg: when removing the pkg dir, remove the subpkgs' pkg
dir, too
- significant speedup while sorting dependencies with libalpm
- fixes for pacman's -r option in pacman and libalpm
- initial support for uncompressed package sizes in a sync repo
- minor fixes for de_DE, hu_HU and tr_TR
- seems that the original pacman3's release is delayed so it's
no good in waiting for it. changed the versioning scheme to
our usual x.y.z
- i18n fixes:
in the german translation
in makepkg
- gpg support in makepkg
2.8.99.28 - added gettext support
- added German and Hungarian translation for libalpm and pacman
2.9.99.27 - scripts: cleanup, they now require util.sh from FST
- makepkg: handle spaces in source filenames
- makepkg: spelling fixes
- libalpm: fixed a few messages' verbosity level
- ./autogen.sh --dist now allows to build a snapshot fpm
2.9.99.26 - makepkg: new option -t (to be used with -R)
- added i386, OpenBSD and OS X support
- updated mirror list
- spelling fixes
- bugfix in pacman (dbpath initialization)
2.9.99.25 - bugfix in the conflicts/provides handling code
- spelling fix in makepkg
- include the root string (ie. a slash) in file conflict error
messages
- gensync: bugfix for subpkgs
2.9.99.24 - fixed the location of the locally installed packages'
install/changelog file (so that pre/post_remove and -Qc works
perfectly again)
- allow repo names to be longer than 128 chars
- fixed pacman -v output (not a bug just it was ugly)
2.9.99.23 - bugfix for -Sy
- gensync: ignore _darcs/ directories
2.9.99.22 - new feature: options=('scriptlet') to force executing the
install scriptlets even if one builds in a chroot
- makepkg -RC now uses the chroot's pacman.conf to determine
what packages need to be removed. this is especially useful
if you use unofficial repos only in chroot
- the testsuite is replaced by pactest, see HACKING
2.9.99.21 - bugfix release
2.9.99.20 - handle --noprogress on install/upgrade, too
- disable progressbar by default if the output is redirected
- offer deleting a packages if it is corrupted
- makepkg: install subpackages with -i, too
in chroot sync /etc/pacman.d/* from the host system
use the chroot's pacman.conf when it's available
- new pacman option: --noscriptlet for disabling install
scriptlets
- new variable in makepkg: $FCC in case the package would use
gcc directly (not from $PATH)
2.9.99.19 - more verbose error messages on corrupted packages
- makepkg: added support for clearing the cache of ccache
slice warnings for LANG!=C
- gen/updatesync: bugfix for subdescs() and subarchs()
no longer ignore the Finclude function call
2.9.99.18 - makepkg now allows to inherit install scriptlets from a
scheme
- allow multiple packages to be installed at once with -U
- added SBU variable to makepkg.conf
- 3 major bugfixes from upstream
2.9.99.17 - support for having subpkgs in an other repo. this affects
gensync and updatesync, also makepkg's manpage is updated
- support for handle version comparators in makepkg
- bugfix for Finclude in makepkg
- removed exit() calls from libalpm
- bugfix for nobuild packages in sync
2.9.99.16 - fixed a possible infinite loop during -S
- remove stale lockfile when pacman is interrupted
- new directive: added suboptions() and subarchs() for
FrugalBuilds
- added 'nofakeroot' to options()
- new makepkg witch: -RCC, now -RC only cleans the chroot
2.9.99.15 - fix 'error: transaction already initialized' when using -D
2.9.99.14 - documentation: improved libalpm manpages an added a main
libalpm(3) manpage
- yet another bugfix for the install/upgrade progressbar
- remove stale lockfile after -R/-A
- fixed a segfault when removing a package that is reqired by
other packages
2.9.99.13 - Allow queries (-Q, -Si, etc) during an other pacman is
running (ie. -Syu)
- Two bugfixes in connection with provides
- Improved makepkg output for subpackages (crazy)
2.9.99.12 - fixed preparing docs, 2.9.99.11 always supposed we want to
disable that feature
2.9.99.11 - fixed progressbar when installing and upgrading packages at
the same time
- in general, modified makeworld to work properly on Frugalware
- makepkg: if build fails, save the buildlog when using -R
- sudo improvements for makepkg & makeworld
- display "checking for conflicting files..." during -S
- initial doxygen support
2.9.99.10 - fixed -Sg output - now frugalpkg works again
- fixed a double free() when installing conflicting packages
- fixed an annoying bug with progressbar, now works as it did
in the pacman 2.x times
- don't care about a to-be-replaced package's newer version
2.9.99.9 - fixed -S/-U/-A segfault. hopefully not everybody upgraded
yet...
2.9.99.8 - if you have foo installed, and bar replaces + provides foo,
then remove foo, and install bar (now works again)
- upgrade only pacman first during a -Su
- removed duplicated error messages
- more verbose error message for conflicting files when using
-S
2.9.99.7 - bugfix for -Sg
- if pacman can't create its cachedir, then use /tmp (bugfix)
2.9.99.6 - bugfix for -Rs
- pre_install/pre_upgrade scripts are working again
- added a -f option to gensync/updatesync (don't die if the fpm
is missing)
- bugfix for --ignore
- added ppc support (to configure)
- handle broken databases (just print an error message, don't
segfault)
- more verbose error messages for unsatisfied dependencies
2.9.99.5 - re-added SBU support to makepkg (which was accidently dropped
by 2.9.99.0)
- initial package splitting support
- memleak fixes
- more verbose error messages on file conflicts
2.9.99.4 - fixed running scriptlets when -r is used
- don't die on up to date databases (when you do -Sy twice)
- more verbose error messages (ie. when there is a missing
dependency)
2.9.99.3 - fixed -v option
- allow c++ usage in alpm.h
- fixed logging everything twice to pacman.log
2.9.99.2 - makepkg -R works again if you haven't had a chroot yet (was a
pacman bug)
- output fix for -Sy
- if you have installed foo, and then you do a -S bar, then now
pacman offers you to remove foo (as it should)
2.9.99.1 - fix makepkg -g
- makepkg: fixed changelog generation
- fixed --noconfirm
2.9.99.0 - this is the first release which is based on pacman-lib
(converted the initial cvs repo to darcs)
3.0.0 - first release based on libalpm backend
- added internationalization (gettext) support
- prompt to delete corrupted packages
- **TODO** documentation - multiple man pages updated
- added support for package changelogs
- logging of all install scriptlet messages to pacman.log
- repository mirror list updates
- orphans search (-Qe) now shows true orphans
- dependency sorting on install and removal
- new uncompressed size field, shown on sync upgrade
- check for free space before installing packages
- improved progress and progressbar output
- reduced unnecessary calling of ldconfig
- selective loading of database to speed up certain operations
- switch to usage of libdownload and libarchive
- debugging output improved with --debug flag
- added 'rankmirrors' - script to show best available mirrors
- added 'repo-add' - the backbone script for building repos
- added pactest testing suite
- abs - supports cvsup/csup, expanded configuration
- makepkg fixes:
- support alternate integrity checks
- extract files using filetype, not extension
- added noextract array
- added option to log build process
- added repackage option - repackage pkg/ w/o building
- configurable source cache location
- pacman-optimize - support DB's on separate filesystem
2.9.8 - Changed behaviour with original=X,current=Y,new=Z scenario
- keep old in place, install new as .pacnew
- Search package provides when finding matching targets with -S
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- Changed db_find_conflicts() to ignore directories
1.0 - Initial Release
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