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@@ -3,17 +3,55 @@ opkbuild version 4.0.0-dev Released: ????-??-?? -Changes in this release: +Build system: * The build system is now generated by GNU Autoconf and Automake. * libopkbuild is now distributed as a sort of shared library object, "linked" by the shld linker tool. By default, it is installed into "/usr/local/share/sh/". - * ob_use() has been removed from the libopkbuild API. - * libopkbuild's "shared object version" has been bumped to 2 to - reflect the new incompatible API. * The test suite now uses the Test Anything Protocol and Automake's TAP driver. + * The mksysconf tool (used to generate "proteanos_arch" and + "proteanos_plat" system configuration files for testing opkbuild) + has been removed. + +Utilities: + + * ob-unpacksource now supports decompression of xz-compressed upstream + archives. + * Manual pages for all utilities have been updated/written and are now + built and installed for the first time since opkhelper 1.0.0. + * Utilities can now be run in-place without installation by setting + libopkbuild's OB_LIB_BUILDDIR and OB_EXE_BUILDDIR environment + variables to the "locale" directory in the build directory. + +libopkbuild: + + * libopkbuild's "shared object version" has been bumped to 2 to + reflect a new incompatible API. + * libopkbuild now aborts the program, instead of just returning 125 + if any function is called with missing arguments. + * The following functions have been removed from the libopkbuild API: + - ob_match_arch() -- use ob_arch_is_concerned() instead + - ob_match_plat() -- use ob_plat_is_concerned() instead + - ob_parse_package_metadata() -- merged into ob_init_package() + - ob_set_locale_path() -- set OB_LIB_BUILDDIR and/or OB_EXE_BUILDDIR + environment variables to load localized messages from a build + directory + - ob_summarize_package_arch() -- was an unimplemented stub + - ob_summarize_package_plat() -- was an unimplemented stub + - ob_use() -- libopkbuild modules are now "linked" together into one + library file, so this function is no longer needed + * ob_parse_changelog() and ob_parse_control() now pass arguments to + user callbacks instead of setting global variables. + * Option letters have changed for ob_parse_dep(), ob_reduce_deps(), + and ob_get_binary_packages(). + * All libopkbuild functions are now documented in manual pages + generated from inline comments. + * Test suite coverage has improved slightly. + +Bug fixes and minor changes: + * A bug in the option parsing of ob_parse_dep(), ob_reduce_deps(), ob_parse_version(), ob_parse_package_metadata(), and ob_get_binary_packages() that affects GNU Bash and possibly other @@ -22,6 +60,21 @@ Changes in this release: makefile's "build" target has been fixed. * ob_set_substvar()'s return value on success has been fixed. * ob-gencontrol now drops trailing commas and spaces in dependencies. + * ob-installdocs now correctly handles "docs" file lines with + destinations omitted. + * Underscores are no longer allowed in substitution variable names, in + stricter compliance with SPF 2.0. + * Code quality has been improved: eval commands are now safer against + mistakes in input validation/escaping, echo commands have been + replaced with printf and here-documents, errors are handled (making + the shell "-e" option safe), no undefined variables are expanded + (making the shell "-u" option safe), obselescent [ (test) command + options have been replaced, commands are protected from variable + arguments beginning with "-", and printf commands are protected + against variable format strings that might contain "%". + +Legal: + * The minimum version of the GNU General Public License has been bumped to version 3. |