= Full Changes list = == From 1.6 and 1.7 == *Configuration file: - Added SEARCH_CLOG_INPARENT: available 'on'/'off'; default is 'off' Allow/disallow to search ChangeLog.txt in parent url. May be unsafe. - Added WW_FILE_SEARCH: available 'on'/'off'; default is 'off' Allow you to enable or disable the Whole Word search in 'slackpkg file-search' - Added DETAILED_INFO: available 'none'/'basic'/'filelist'; default is 'none' Specify the verbosity of output in 'slackpkg info'. - Added STRICTGPG: available 'on'/'off'; default is 'on' Allow you to disable the Strict GPG Check. This is NOT SECURE, but some repository may need it. *New features: - slackpkg+ allow you to see the ChangeLog in dialog box. Now 'slackpkg update' download all ChangeLog.txt from all repositories (if available). Then when you go to in install/upgrade a package, you have a chance to read it before install the package. Note that the ChangeLog must be in the same Slackware changelog format. Some repository does not have the ChangeLog.txt in the main url but has it in a parent url. Be sure to set SEARCH_CLOG_INPARENT to 'on' to search it in parent. Note that ascend out of main url sometime may be unsafe; so if it does not work reset it to 'off'. Note that sometime the changelog does not fit in dialogbox; you can use left<->right arrow to move it orizzontally. - 'slackpkg info' allows you to see more details about the package. By default slackpkg info shows you the slackware metadata and package description. Set DETAILED_INFO to 'basic' and you can also see the repository and url. Set it to 'filelist' and you will see the full file listing in the package. Note that packages as kernel-source or other big packages give you a loooong list. - slackpkg+ now uses a Strict GPG Check for packages and metadata .asc files. This is a security fix. slackpkg was born to install slackware packages from official mirrors; they are signed with the official slackware GPG-KEY, so no other packages may be added (unless you disable GPG check). slackpkg+ introduces the ability to download keys from many repositories; as implication, slackpkg+ allow also to copy packages from other repositories and the original signature; in this way a repository can contain a mix of packages that may confuse the user. Strict GPG check disallow users to do that. This improve the security. However some repository NEEDs the mixes of packages, so you can disable this function by setting STRICTGPG to 'off' *Improvements - Cached Download: Now it gives you a quick output for a most clear output. Now you can use it in slackpkg check-updates. Now it caches most metadata file. - Performance: slackpkg now is faster when search packages or prepare the package list in large install/upgrade - slackpkg search: * It does order the results by status, and colors the output * It does search in dir:/ repositories * If a package match in more than one repository, it did show just the package that had priority; now it show all matching packages from all repositories. It will mark as 'masked' the packages that would not selected in install/upgrade mode. Also it always shows repository source for official packages. - Graylist: Now it works for slackpkg remove and clean-system too (however it matches package name only, not match for repository name or package path) - slackpkg check-updates: * Added spinning * Shows downloader output if VERBOSE=3 * Does not more show notices about remember to run 'slackpkg update' - slackpkg reinstall: Allow to choose the repository as in install/upgrade; this becouse there are more than one repository containing packages with identical name (but different packages, i.e. chromium for slackware 14.1 and the same version for current). - dir:/ repositories: * dir:/ repositories and inline repositories has most priority * slackpkg search does search in dir:/ repositories * now dir:/ allows subdirectories; note that EVERYTIME you run slackpkg, it scan for all subdirectories of any dir:/ repositoies, even if you does not use that repository. It uses the 'find' command, so be sure to not select largest directories. *BugFixes - slackpkg did give 'grep: write error' when running after "sudo su -" - Fixed a bug on x86 hosts when a repository contains also x86_64 packages. - Fixed a bug in slackpkg upgrade when used with $ROOT. - Fixed Download Only feature when upgrade base packages (aaa_base, pkgtools...). - Fixed a regression in SENSITIVE_SEARCH - Fixed bad trap CTRL+C when spinning is on. - Various fixes in TAG_PRIORITY functionality. - slackpkg could corrupt the slackware database if running when there are some manual upgrades in progress. - slackpkg search did not honour correctly the '+' character *Various - Repository name can contain letters, numbers, minus and underscore - Added and fixed repositories; improved checkrepos.sh - Code reordering; now slackpkg+ is only slackpkgplus.sh; removed zdialogplus.sh - Removed makeinstlog.sh; the install.log just track slackpkg+ operations, and makeinstalog.sh was bugged and no longer used. - Added zchangelog.sh tool to create a global repositories changelog every time you run 'slackpkg update'; it is in an embrional state, so you must install it manually. For instructions read notes in the code: /usr/libexec/slackpkg/zchangelog.sh - Added bash completation. You can do basic search packages directly from commandline with a simple . slackpkg search emacs_ emacs emacspeak emacspeak-ss Copy /usr/src/slackpkg+-*/slackpkg.bash_completation in /etc/bash_completation.d == The track of the 1.7 developments == Version 1.7.0rc3 - 03/Jun/2016 This could be the last batch of updates before 1.7.0 stable, so please test! - dialog did no more trap develop errors (but if occurs please report it) - givepriority did drop matched package if it is the first in pkglist - Added /usr/src/slackpkg+-*/slackpkg.bash_completation. Edit it for instructions. Version 1.7.0rc2 - 02/Jun/2016 - ChangeLog did not skipped for dir:/ repositories - ChangeLog did not show correctly certain slackware changelog - dir:/ repositories does not need STRICTGPG nor GPG key; however remember that if .asc file exists a key must be manually imported - Removed makeinstlog.sh since it was bugged and no longer supported - Repositories in default configuration file are bumped to 14.2 - Full 1.7.0 changes tracked in CHANGES file - Added /usr/libexec/slackpkg/zchangelog.sh tool. Edit it to see instructions. Version 1.7.0rc1 - 19/May/2016 - WW_FILE_SEARCH did affect file search AND package search - fixed warning in update when one repository does not have the changelog - ignore the package extension in package selection - fixed a regression in dir: repository Version 1.7.b4.3 - 02/May/2016 - Optimized code for generating ChangeLogs. (phenixia2003) Version 1.7.b4.2 - 18/Apr/2016 - Improved cached downloader with specifics output for ChangeLogs - Fixed a bug in TAG_PRIORITY when the package is not installed - Improved performance in upgrade by skipping priority check for not installed packages Version 1.7.b4.1 - 15/Apr/2016 - slackpkg allow ChangeLog for third-party repositories too. - Reduced verbosity in cached downloader == most clear output. Version 1.7.b4 - 14/Mar/2016 - slackpkg search now search in dir:// repositories too. - subdirectory allowed in dir:// repositories. - slackpkg search honour correctly the '+' character - Added 'ChangeLog' dialog box to show the changelog of selected packages (thanks to phenixia2003) Version 1.7.b3 - 27/Feb/2016 - Added WW_FILE_SEARCH to file-search whole-words o not (thanks to yars068) - Colorized the slackpkg search results - Added DETAILED_INFO to allow slackpkg info to show many details on the package - slackpkg reinstall fixed; also now allow to choose the repository as in install/upgrade; this becouse there more than one repository containing identicals packages. - dir:// repositories and inline repositories has most priority Version 1.7.b2 - 29/Jan/2016 - Avoid slackpkg to corrupt the slackware database if there are some manual upgrade in progress. - Fixed a regression in TAG_PRIORITY. - Added spinning in check-updates. - Fixed bad trap CTRL+C when spinning is on. - Fixed a regression in SENSITIVE_SEARCH. - Cached Download works with check-updates too. - check-updates shows downloader output if VERBOSE=3 Version 1.7.b1 - 18/Jan/2016 Well, I think that we can mark that version as Beta. It does not contains new features, but it was done a large work of bugfixes and improvements. A special thanks is for phenixia2003 and yars068 for code contributing and for many other for ideas and testing. It's the time for the tests, to find for bugs or someother improvement. - Improved greylist. Now it allow to match the name in installed packages, so it also impact remove and clean-system actions. - Improved performance searching packages and preparing the package list in large install/upgrade. - Improved 'slackpkg search' that now shows all packages matching from all repositories, not just that in priority; it will mark as 'masked' the packages that would not selected in install/upgrade mode. Also always show repository source for official packages. - Quick output for Cached Download.. - Does not show notices to remember to run 'slackpkg update' when running slackpkg check-updates. - Fixed Download Only when upgrade base packages (aaa_base, pkgtools...). - Fixed a bug in slackpkg upgrade when used with $ROOT. - Repositories now can contains letters, numbers, minus and underscore - Fixed a bug on x86 hosts when a repository contains also x86_64 packages - Some fix in Strict GPG Check. Version 1.7.a6 - 17/Jan/2016 - 'slackpkg search' if finds more duplicated packages with different versions from many repository, now show all, marking it as "masked" the packages that will not be installed due the priority - Fixed a regression that drop PKGS_PRIORITY function in slackpkg upgrade Version 1.7.a5 - 16/Jan/2016 - Improved greylist. Also, now it allow to match the name in installed packages - Fixed download GPG-KEY; it did not show the correct repository for gpg key - Fixed previous patch for $ROOT problem (did broke 'slackpkg search command') Version 1.7.a4 - 12/Jan/2016 - Improved performance - Fixed search that may fails to detect repository in certain conditions - slackpkg search shows the repository name for the official repository - Fixed a bug in gpg check when a repository name contains a '-' character - Fixed a bug in slackpkg upgrade when used with $ROOT Version 1.7.a3 - 10/Jan/2015 - Do not show notices when running slackpkg update or slackpkg check-updates (thanks to yars068) - Fixed a bug on x86 hosts when a repository contains also x86_64 packages Version 1.7.a2 - 06/Jan/2015 - Remember user to (re)run 'slackpkg update gpg' - Fixed Download Only when upgrade base packages (aaa_base, pkgtools...) - Quick output on Cached Download Version 1.7.a1 - 04/Jan/2016 It's the time for a stable version of slackpkg+. Currently it is just a development version to fix older feature and add/test new. I'll need more test possible to make it bugfree ;). - Code reordering; now slackpkg+ is only slackpkgplus.sh - BugFix: slackpkg did give 'grep: write error' when running with "sudo su -". - Added repositories; improved checkrepos.sh - Strict GPG Check: Packages and metadata in one repository should be signed with just the root GPG-KEY. This improve security. Some repository might want to contains heterogeneous package. In this case, set STRICTGPG=off. See README. - New repository for slackpkg+ development version