$Id: NEWS.xml,v 1.8 2008/02/24 23:19:53 mis Exp $ Support for conf.d style
%include (https://bugs.pld-linux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79) dependency solver big
cleanup: faster, simplified, improved a lot multilib, backtracking, fixes.
cli.conf with interactive shell configuration, aliases.conf has been removed
improved package repositories management mode: instalation to multiple repos,
working --destination and --jutstdb cli: --nohold command line option not
longer ignored (#68) (Marcin Banasiak <megabajt att pld-linux org>) supported
RPM up to 5.0.2 (with help of Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm att pld-linux org>)
support fo UTF-8 encoded package summaries and descriptions (Witold Filipczyk
<witekfl att pld-linux org>) package Suggests supported (with help of Marcin
Banasiak <megabajt att pld-linux org>) pythonized Python module, new pyldek.py
as general example of module usage. support for RPM 4.4.6's new internal
sysinfo(),getconf(),uname() and cpuinfo() capabilities and auto-dependecies
based on package directories let a user to choose equivalents selected by
--caplookup option choosing equivalents prompt are interrupt-able now. new --mo
=OPTION[,OPTION...] replaces --no{compress,desc,diff} index creation options,
with --mo=v018x created 'pdir' index is compatibile with versions prior 0.18.9
(without package files mtime included) fixed path validation ("/foo../" is not
a relative path) vfcompr: temporary *vfcompr.md5 files moved from source to
destination (cache) directory orphaned package are upgraded if its successor
drags more new packages than orphaned one "use sudo" default value is explicit
set to "auto" (new 3var boolean-like type is added). configuration for CentOS
has been added. (Arkadiusz Patyk <areq att areq eu org>) This release
introduces new series of poldek. Significant changes and differences from
0.18.x series repositories code has been redesigned and totally rewritten in
the modular, plugin-like way, so is is quite easy to add support for new
formats. new 'pndir' is the default format now. It is based on tndb (cdb like)
DBM library. To save bandwidth package descriptions (Description, Summary, etc)
are stored in 2 separate files: first named packages.ndir.dscr with common
(BuildHost, Distribution, etc) and "C" descriptions and second with all non-C
descriptions). 'hdrl' aka 'apt' format are update-able support for Yum and
Metadata XML repositories repository indexes could be created in many formats
at once using --mt switch, ex: $ poldek -s /foo/bar --mkdix --mt=pdir,pndir
indexes may be created from any index format, i.e conversion to to another
format is supported, ex: $ poldek --st apt -s /foo/bar --mkidx=/ala/ma --mt=
pdir (re)creation of native poldek's indexes (pdir, pndir) is much faster now
package headers are not loaded at all if package's file modification time is
the same as saved one in existing index. uninstallation code has been rewritten
and improved. Packages are removed with its reverse dependencies and in the
right order, according to {pre,post}un requirements poldek can perform 'to
repository' installation, i.e packages are copied from source to destination
repository with full dependency checking, ex: $ poldek -n ... --dt pdir
--destination /foo/bar/RPMS --upgrade-dist -v $ poldek -n ... --dn name
--upgrade-dist -v interactive mode commands are available directly from command
line $ poldek --cmd ls foo $ ipoldek ls foo command aliases are defined in
external configuration file (Mariusz Mazur <mmazur a kernel pl>) commands may
be piped, ex: poldek> rsearch /poldek/ | ls -l external commands are supported:
poldek> rsearch /pol/ | !grep ^pol multi word option names may be written with
spaces or underscore separator, i.e: both forms "this is = foo" and "this_is =
foo" are valid. default location of configuration file has been changed to "$
{_sysconfdir}/poldek/poldek.conf", old /etc location is still supported.
configuration file format has been changed to ini-like one. Sources and
external file getters should be configured in its own sections "source" and
"fetcher", see sample configs. Old configuration format is still supported.
environment variables in config files are expanded, for example: cachedir =
$HOME/.cache support for simple macros has been added to make configuration
easier to write and read, for example: _arch = i686 _prefix = ftp://
ftp.pld.org.pl/dists [source] type = pdir name = pld-ra path = %{_prefix}/ra/
PLD/%{_arch}/PLD/RPMS/ [source] type = pdir name = pld-ra-updates path = %
{_prefix}/ra/updates/general/%{_arch}/ %include directive has been added, it
can include both local and remote files: %include source.conf %include ftp://
ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/source.conf Remote files once downloaded are stored in
cache directory. To resynchronize them with it's remote copy use --upconf
option. support for APT sources configuration has been added - new "load apt
sources list" configuration option. some command line switches has been
changed, but all obsoleted switches are still supported *except* "-f" (not
important IMO). Changes: 0.18.x 0.20 ------------------------------------ -f,
--fast => --skip-installed --mkidxz => --mkidx (compression is on by default)
--sidx, --sdir, --shdrl => (use --st=TYPE -s instead) --unique-pkg-names =>
--uniq --shcmd => (use --cmd or run ipoldek) configuration options may be set
from command line by -O switch, for example: $ poldek -Ovfile_external_compress
=yes PLD-FreeBSD port (ftp://beliar.pld-freebsd.org/dists/1.0/ready/i386/RPMS/)
(Tomasz Trojanowski <tomek att uninet com pl>) manual have been rewritten and
enhanced fixed writing diff list file (packages.diff.toc) update to rpm 4.4
(dropped legacy PreReq support) (Jakub Bogusz <qboosh att pld-linux org>)
renamed trurlib's nstream members to avoid conflicts with stdio macros (Olivier
Thauvin <olivier.thauvin att aerov jussieu fr>) fixed package version selection
on greedy upgrade handle package file 'mtime' tag ('t' tag) to be compatible
with devel branch. fixes related to glibc 2.3.5 (Jakub Bogusz <qboosh att
pld-linux org>, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm att pld-linux org>) fixed
compilation with gcc 4.x (PLD's poldek-gcc4.patch) dependency resolving issues
(Mariusz Krynski <mrk att sed pl>) new --pmcmd to set rpm binary in place of
default /bin/rpm (Jan Rekorajski <baggins att sith mimuw edu pl>) fixed
checking file-based dependencies of packages being removed fixed another
dependency processing bug (hard to explain) 'ls' output fixes to be parsable by
external scripts (Patryk Zawadzki <patrys att pld-linux org>) removed usage of
superfluous n_free() (Tomasz Wittner <twittner att o2 pl>) vfile's progress
bar: fixed displaying total transfer and rate (Lukasz Masko <lukasz.masko att
ipipan waw pl>) support for RPM 4.4 fixed build under Owl (rpm 4.0.2 without
libelf) workaround for "group not found" bug pl and de translation fixes (PLD
Team) another stupid SIGSEGV killed (happened occasionally while dependency
processing) vfile's progress bar improvements (Patryk Zawadzki <patrys att
pld-linux org>) fix: disabled package Epoch's autopromotion while checking if
it matches requirement with rpm >= 4.1 packages with same provide are
obsoleted, not just name fixed processing dependencies of orphaned packages
SIGSEGV killed while reading packages with dir/file names longer than 127 bytes
fixed package ordering bug with --caplookup packages may be installed by
specifying its capabilities, i.e: "poldek --caplookup -uv foo" will install
package provides "foo" (if any). fixed broken dist installation fixed serious
bug with dependency processing of obsoleted packages fixed --rpmdef '_dbpath
DIR' (do not read rpm's configs many times) fix: --nofollow with --install-dist
works as expected (#920) vfile: fixed progress bar displaying on std sized
terminal (79 cols) fixed dowloading packages from apt-like sources package
filenames in "non-standard" form (N-V.R.ARCH.rpm) are supported killed SIGSEGVs
on 64bit architecture (Jakub Bogusz <qboosh att pld-linux org>) fixed Epoch
comparison bug while checking uninstalled capabilities vfile: progress bar
shows remaining time and transfer rate (Patryk Zawadzki <patrys att pld-linux
org>) fixed setting cache directory bug (Andreas Piesk <a.piesk att gmx net>)
fixed serious bug of checking unversioned dependencies --ignore{arch,os} rpm
options are honored rpm options could be passed as --rpm=OPTION too, i.e. --rpm
=ignorearch is equivalent of -- --rpm-ignorearch new cmdline options --rpm-
{force,nodeps} which are passed as --force and --nodeps to /bin/rpm only. more
aggressive package upgrades - orphaned packages are upgraded instead of
processing its dependencies. This behavior is enabled by "greedy" option. To
disable put "aggressive_greedy = no" to config. "greedy" upgrade mode is
enabled by default conflicts with already installed packages are treated as
resolved if at least one of multiple-installed package satisfies conflict. Of
course RPM doesn't support such cases, so additionally --rpm-nodepsis needed
(use with care). This behavior is enabled by default, put "allow_duplicates=no"
to config to disable it. displaying package size summary of installed package
set --unique-pkg-names (-Q) behavior is more intuitive now - highest version of
package are taken instead of one from highest prioritizedsource internal HTTP
client does not prevent proxy caching (Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm att
pld-linux org>) fixed bug on getting package capabilities having EVR with empty
Epoch like "foo = :1.0-1" do not die if rpmdb iterator returns NULL (possibly
broken rpm database) (Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm att pld-linux org>)
vfile_external_compress=yes in config allows gzipped indexes to be used on
systems with broken zlib linked in rpmio library(rpm 4.2 from RedHat 9, Fedora)
kill unaligned traps on Alpha, time_t is not 32bit long (Jakub Bogusz <qboosh
att pld-linux org>) (Jakub Bogusz <qboosh att pld-linux org>) new
"promoteepoch" config and cmdline option switches Epoch to comparision
compatible with rpm prior to 4.2.1 (with help of Jakub Bogusz <qboosh att
pld-linux org>) support for RPM 4.2/4.3 dependency processing fixes RPM 4.1
related fixes ability of creation empty indexes killed SIGSEV on '$ poldek -s /
' (#443) fixed presentation of dependency tree during unistallations;
information about what package marks an others was completely broken killed
SIGSEV during dependencies processing fixed vfile's progress bar fixed 'hold'
and 'ignore' package patterns matching fixed bug of interactive mode; after
interrupted installation selected packages are properly unmarked now. support
for RPM 4.1 (with help of Artur Frysiak <wiget att pld-linux org>) few
dependency processing improvements 'hold' and 'ignore' package masks are
matched with source name, package epoch, version and release, i.e. masks
apache-1.3.2* or ra:apache-1* are valid ones now. new: with --unique-pkg-names
(-Q) packages with the same name are removed from available package set sources
are prioritized in order they are passed in cmdline, i.e. with $ poldek -s /foo
/bar -n pld, source 'foo/bar' obtains highest priority than 'pld', no matter
what priority 'pld' has in config file. fixed available package list management
in interactive mode AM/AC stuff cleanup and adaptation to their new versions
(automake 1.7 and autoconf 2.54) (Artur Frysiak <wiget att pld-linux org>)
Polish translation of manual page (Tomasz Pala <gotar att pld-linux org>) fix:
progress bar isn't refreshed so frequently (#367) Obsoletes tag is used during
upgrades (if --greedy is set) fixed dependency EVR matching source priorities
(new 'pri' source option) -- if the same package is availablein more than one
source than program takes package from source with highest priority.If
priorities aren't set sources are prioritized in order they are appear in
config file. bugfix: -s URL works fine added poldek's logo (Karol Krenski
<mimooh att sgsp edu pl>) package installation is verified with rpm database if
rpm reports failure fixed obsoletes matching (Jakub Bogusz <qboosh att
pld-linux org>) improved and fixed file based conflicts detection fixed size
units display (Tomasz Pala <gotar att poczta.onet.pl>) improved package
conflicts resolving split: SIGSEV killed fixed package removal shell: search:
fixed default options processing another "desynchronized index" bug is fixed
fixed Epoch matching vhttp: program doesn't die on doubled HTTP headers new
"--ignore" option makes packages invisible to the poldek "hdrl" sources can be
refreshed with --upa fixed package removal: don't follow dependencies if only
one of multiple-installed packages is intended to uninstall shell: search:
pattern is treated as shell wildcard (matched by fnmatch(3)) by default;
previous behavior (Perl regular expression matching) is available with --perlre
or "rsearch" alias. fixed package auto-selection among equivalents:
dependencies aren't verified strictly during package scoring. fixed bug of
equivalent package selection (<Enter> was select first, notdefault package).
shell: with 'upgrade' and 'greedy-upgrade' commands only upgradeable packages
are auto-completed. about 75% less memory is used by incremental update of
packages.dir improved package auto-selection among equivalents: package which
marks less packages to install is preferred vftp: fixed logging in when server
doesn't ask for password (Przemyslaw Frasunek <venglin att freebsd.lublin.pl>)
bugfix: root directory (--rootdir) is always passed to rpm as absolute path
shell: desc: file mode is displayed in human readable form fixed vfjuggle:
packages.dir.md* are copied to hdd too few SIGSEVs killed on "search" command
when APT's pkglist file is used as package index (with help of Gustavo Niemeyer
<niemeyer att conectiva com>) new (major) modes: --downgrade downgrade given
packages; --reinstall major mode reinstalls given packages; --erase removes
packages with its reverse dependent ones shell: fixed C-c handling (connecting
phase can be interrupted) improved splitting killed SIGSEV on long URL's
basenames source prefix is handled properly with --mkidx* supported "hdlist"
files (simple raw RPM package headers list) as sources. These files are used by
APT-RPM as they are widely supported by RPM based distributions. However this
format isn't optimal, now poldek is useable with almost every RPM based distro
without poldek's native indexes support. See poldekrc.sample-{rh,mdk} for
examples of RedHat and Mandrake configuration. new "type=[pidx|dir|hdrl]"
source option lets define source type inconfiguration file. Needed to
distinguish "hdlist" ('hdrl' type) from"native" index format. Cmdline options:
--source for 'pidx', --sdir for'dir' and --shdrl for 'hdrl'. support for GPG/
PGP signatures verification (new "gpg" and "pgp" source options). Verification
works well with rpm >= 4.0.4 or patched PLD's rpm 4.0.2 package (release 62).
simple HTTP client (with partly HTTP/1.1 support), it is used for HTTP
downloads; cURL backend is not compiled by default. added IPv6 support to
internal FTP client new "--clean" and "--clean-whole" options for cache
directorycleanup URLs with user and password (ftp://user:passwd at host:port/
path/ syntax) are supported (Andreas Piesk <a.piesk att gmx net>) new
"ftp_sysuser_as_anon_passwd" option causes sending login at hostname as
anonymous FTP password new "noautoup" source option tells poldek to do not
update source by default. shell: added long listig format of file list (poldek>
desc -ll) misc fixes to compile on SuSE fixed rpm 3.x support (with help of
Roger Luethi <rl att hellgate ch>) fixed and improved handling of bool
configuration options, added on/off and enable/disable to the list of valid
choices (Andreas Piesk <a.piesk att gmx net>) fixed detection of file based
conflicts between available packages. packages with capabilities with the same
name and different versions are handled properly misc fixes to compile and work
with glibc2.1 (with help of Andreas Piesk <a.piesk att gmx net>) installation
of multiple instances of package is allowed (by poldek -i) fixes and
improvements of dependency resolution German translation (Andreas Piesk
<a.piesk att gmx net>) various bugs are fixed "ported" to RedHat 7.2 (with rpm
4.0.4) install-dist: --force forces installation of broken package sets
corrected package installation progress bar (Michal Moskal <malekith att
pld-linux org>) install-dist: log INST-{OK,ERR} for PLD Installer (Michal
Moskal <malekith att pld-linux org>) --dump* works properly vftp: fixed error
handling ftp: fixed multiline responses handling added support for
package.dir's "patches" (new option --update-whole updates whole index;
--update looking for patches first) packages are divided into groups before
install and each group is installed separately; this ensures that broken
dependencies in one of group doesn't affect the rest. improved dependency
processing added simple ftp client; it is used for FTP downloads by default
shell added log file support (--log option) sources may be configured as name
and URL pair and later selected by that name (new --sn|-n option); with --sl|-l
program lists all configured sources. packages.dir's integrity is verified
before each loadingwhat prevents program SIGSEVs on load broken indexes changed
default cache directory to $HOME/.poldek-cache package MD5 sums are verified
before install with --ask program confirms each installation (confirm_install
config option) and allows the user to choose among equivalent packages
(choose_equivalents_manually config option) few (nice) improvements and (not so
nice ;-) bugs fixed fixed removable media support in non-install-dist modes
shell: uninstall: fix: don't remove pkg from install list if removal fails 
shell removed GCC's nested functions usage -- seems that it causes SIGSEVs on
some machines (Arkadiusz Patyk <areq att pld-linux org>) fix: don't include
trailing whitespaces in config values curl: disabled timeouts, cURL's timeout
it's a time to transfer file curl: amount and total sizes are displayed in
progress bar fix: enabled --hold fix: SIGSEV killed when pkg description
requested while pkg index doesn't contain package descriptions at all shell:
fixed installed package list management curl: fixed progress bar if total file
size is unknown (Michal Moskal <malekith att pld-linux org>) "mercy" mode
bugfix downloaded packages are removed after successful installation by default
(keep_downloads=yes in config can change to previous behavior) changed
semantics of --test: -t causes poldek's checks only, -tt turns on tests
performed by rpm too. "mercy" dependency checking mode may be enabled in config
added workarounds and traps for (probably) curl's bugs "update" option can be
used with other commands simultaneously shell mode is now the default shell:
added greedy option to install cmd package priorities could be used during
installation too (/etc/poldek-pkgsplit.conf or /etc/poldek-pri.conf is used by
default) added global config /etc/poldek.conf usage fixed prereq loop detection
added '@' to list of valid characters in package filename (Rafal Kleger-Rudomin
<klakier att pld-linux org>) vfjuggle: sed is used instead of awk (Rafal
Kleger-Rudomin <klakier att pld-linux org>) shell: ls: fixed packages sorting
minor bugfixes another bugfix of dependency processing shell: new ls options:
-t, -T, -r added --shcmd option which allows to execute poldek's shell command
without entering shell mode detect if stdout is connected to a terminal and
display progress bars accordingly. install-dist: retry to fetch packages if
connection is down conflicts detection bugfix another bugfix of dependency
processing splitted verify option to verify, verify-conflicts and
verify-fileconflicts more user friendly output on package set verification 
added "hold" and "greedy" commands added FIRST_FREE_SPACE param to split option
fixed bug of dependency processing minor bugfixes spliting: changed
packages.chunk* format: full package filenames are printed and removed
comments. bugfixes updated vfcurl progress bar handling (according to curl 7.8)
better index format version handling (minor.major ver schema), current version
is 1.0, older versions not supported... package's integer fields are stored in
binary form, groups are stored as separate, global tag remote indexes are
verified after download added checking of package architecture and OS added
support for removable media (vfjuggle script is added) added package file size
to index (for spliting) added "nofollow" option to cmdline and "follow" one to
config renamed "freshen" to "fresh" and changed its semantics, now rpm's
"--freshen" <=> "--nofollow --fresh" changed default index name to
"packages.dir" added mkpackagedir script added spliting (--split* options)
package-set file syntax: changed "maybe" mark to '~' ('!' still work, but
obsoleted) shell many bugfixes (Rafal Kleger-Rudomin <klakier att pld-linux
org>, Michal Moskal <malekith att pld-linux org>) support for multiple sources
Packages SHA1 digest is computed and checked (Packages.md is created)
capabilities/requirement are stored in binary form (v0.4 of Packages format)
default name (Packages[.gz]) is used if only dir is given as source (i.e. it's
last character is '/') shell: both installed and available packages list is
maintained properly during installs/unistalls without reloading rpm database
shell: added "search" command removed unused support for rpmidx (aka tocfile)
cleanup and bugfixes
