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VERSION DESCRIPTION
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+4.2.0 - symlinks to directories on the filesystem are no longer
+ treated as directories
+ - pacman-db-upgrade - fix local database for files installed
+ into directory symlinks
+ - added --assume-installed option to help upgrades where not all
+ installed packages have been rebuilt
+ - --unrequired now filters needed optdepends too. Use twice
+ to only filter direct dependencies
+ - improved dependency resolving ensures correct ordering when
+ installing updates (FS#32764)
+ - A new configure keyword Usage can limit what operations a
+ repository is used for
+ - NoExtract and NoUpgrade can use inverted pattern matches
+ (FS#31749)
+ - Group queries can be filtered with --explicit/--deps (FS#19716)
+ - Filesystem checking now only produces a warning for altered
+ backup files (FS#34739)
+ - pacman prints a warning if an installed directory has different
+ permission to that already on the filesystem (FS#34740)
+ - both current and new versions are displayed when querying
+ updates
+ - --print-format now implies --print
+ - package scriptlets are not run when using --dbonly
+ - invalid option combinations cause pacman to abort (FS#20950)
+ - improve output when a package is missing a required signature
+ (FS#28014)
+ - PGP signature key IDs are listed with -Sii (FS#34742)
+ - indicate ignored packages in -Qu output
+ - use appropriate file size units with -Si/-Qi
+ - plugged several memory leaks
+ - read filelists from a packages .MTREE file if possible
+ - ensure packages have all the required metadata before installing
+ (FS#35514)
+ - always remove lock file on exit (FS#35603)
+ - fix overflow in integrity checking progress bar (FS#36608)
+ - ensure downloads use correct filename even if the mirror uses a
+ redirect (FS#36791)
+ - cache PGP key IDs during availability checking (FS#38042)
+ - fix reading responses with leading whitespace (FS#39976)
+ - fix potential issues when handling of UTF8 filenames
+ (FS#40805, FS#40762)
+ - makepkg:
+ - PKGBUILDs can now specify architecture specific sources,
+ dependencies, etc.
+ - A .SRCINFO file is added to source packages for easy parsing
+ - VCS package building attempts to be incremental (FS#35050)
+ - bzr sources can have a '+' in them (FS#35244)
+ - allow sources containing "::"
+ - add --noprepare option
+ - add -C/--cleanbuild option (FS#17175)
+ - add --noarchive option
+ - remove --asroot and enforce fakeroot usage
+ - all PKGBUILDs require a package() function
+ - PKGBUILDs can no longer be read from stdin
+ - enable make style environmental overrides
+ - Read CARCH environmental variable (FS#35030)
+ - makedepends and checkdepends are installed together (FS#31557)
+ - added support for sha224 checksums (FS#36776)
+ - remove warning when license is not specified in PKGBUILD
+ (FS#37011)
+ - only remove static libraries if they have a shared version
+ - prevent makepkg creating armored signatures (FS#38503)
+ - support stripping kernel modules
+ - support the kernel.org PGP signing scheme (FS#31592)
+ - sign created source package when using --sign
+ - enforce source signatures to be trusted or have their full
+ fingerprint listed in the validpgpkeys array of the PKGBUILD
+ - look for configuration in XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pacman/makepkg.conf
+ (FS#43030)
+ - ensure vcs tools are available when source entries require
+ them
+ - disallow pkgver/pkgrel/epoch overrides in split packages
+ - improve parsing of PKGBUILD variables (FS#40361)
+ - makepkg-template - new package build templating utility
+ (FS#10375)
+ - repo-add:
+ - add option to remove package files from disk
+ - contrib:
+ - checkupdates: rename CHECKUPDATE_DB to CHECKUPDATES_DB
+ - pacdiff: add a "Quit" option, and many other improvements
+ - pacsysclean is removed
4.1.2 - validate %FILEPATH% when parsing repos to prevent arbitary
file overwrites from malicious databases
- makepkg: