2.7.4

Major Changes

Other Changes

• repo: do not delete repositories in overrides, simply disable them
• query: fix %y/%Y
• Declare CheriBSD and CheriABI OS and ABI

2.7.3

Major Changes

• upgrade: don't propose to downgrade to solve a provide/require

Other Changes

• update: plug leak
• upgrade: plug leak

2.7.2

Major changes

• triggers: make the perpackage trigger per file instead of per directory
• triggers: fix execution of per packages triggers on pkg add/register
• fetch: respect RFC 3986

Other Changes

2.7.1

Major Changes

• install: respect -q
• vital: now explicitly state the SAT solver issue are due to a vital package
• lua: add pkg.exec_capture, a pkg.exec version capturing stdout/stderr
• Honor --repository flag for disabled repos as documented

Other Changes

• version: add IGNORE_MAJOR to pkg.conf and document it
• pkg_config: accept int as boolean converted via != 0
• lock: do not error in expected (un)lock state
• backup_libraries: now fully respects rootdir
• backup libraries: atomic replacement of the library
• DB: loudly complain if the DB cannot be opened
• shlibs: also remove ignored shlibs provided from shlibs required

2.7.0

Major Changes

• switch back to libfetch
• triggers: add per-package triggers, with new pkg_upgrade variable, documented in triggers(5)
• install: accept http://, https:// and file:// URLs to install packages directly
• install: small behaviour change — install -A no longer marks upgraded/reinstalled packages as automatic
• autoremove: install, delete and upgrade are now autoremove aware
• solver: avoid spurious reinstall from wrong repo with multi-repo setups,
• solver: fix extra reinstallations,
• solver prevent rdeps discovery explosion
• search: add search -S comment-description
• search: add ssh_args per repository configuration
• query: add %y and %Y formats for provides/requires
• backup libraries: change the default behaviour 1 package per library now.
• add: resolve shlibs and provides via symlink directory layout, ignore dead symlinks for provides/requires
• add: really analyse the content of .a archives
• updating: support glob patterns in user-provided port names
• lots of documentation updates.

Other Changes

• info: --raw now exports valid JSON for multiple packages
• delete: fix -fR
• set: -n never matches the first argument vs origin anymore
• DB: add missing indexes
• DB: only attempt schema upgrade when DB is opened RW
• upgrade: fix yet another endless upgrade loop of pkg
• upgrade: attempt config file merge for force install
• libpkg: fix --register-only with empty packages and to populate config file contents
• libpkg: fix getgrnam_r related errors
• libpkg: actually export the pkg_set_ignore_osversion symbol
• add: skip osversion check when force is set
• add: remove existing file before renaming temp directory
• fetch: properly terminate on SIGINT during fetch
• search: fix handling when search returns multiple JSON formatted results
• query: do not print empty line for purely multiline formats; print an empty line for multiline if no information to display
• install: emit a message when trying to install -f a locked package
• jobs: honor PKG_FLAG_DRY_RUN in pkg_jobs_execute()
• jobs: before scheduling a DELETE job verify if it is really needed
• solver: always process rdeps for remote packages
• db: only open the db readonly when write is not needed
• sandbox: provide a default handler for PKG_EVENT_SANDBOX_GET_STRING
• EVENT_PIPE: fix invalid JSON
• signal handling: multiple fixes
• fix crash when using external merge tool
• securelevel: check for bsd securelevel and report errors
• fflags: test if we are running in a jail and report errors
• sign_pkg.sh: use the .pkg extension
• 400.status-pkg: provide an option to select the source to check
• Fix overlinking on macOS
• pkg: messages improvements, wording fixes
• extensive code cleanup, deduplication and factorization.
• added many new tests (audit, delete, info, which, autoremove order, multi-repo solver, install behaviour change, link flags)

2.6.2

Major Changes

Other Changes

• register: properly close the database
• fix an issue which make some installed packages temporary invisible
  to the non root users (regression from the WAL introduction)
• fix the json for info --raw --raw-format json when requested on multiple
  packages

2.6.1

Major Changes

• fix regression is pkg delete -f behaviour: it should always ignore rdeps

Other Changes

2.6.0

Major Changes

• create: use -t to specify the timestamp for the manifest file.
• fetch: add -s/--sumlink option for mirror mode
• triggers: only defer triggers when the need to execute an external program
• db: enable WAL mode for local databases
• query: add support for query evaluation of complex attributes
• libpkg: store ignored shlibs in manifest and db
• libpkg: respect ignred shlibs for BACKUP_LIBRARIES
• drastically reduce memory usage for all operations
• fix reproducible build issue
• autoremove: fix deletion order
• lots of documentation updates

Other Changes

• use C23 __has_include to reduce configure checks
• fix issue hiding the unit in progress bar
• if for anyreason the extraction rename failed, keep the file around with a .pkgnew suffix
• plenty of fixes in the upgrade decision process
• plenty of corner cases crash fixed
• prevent fetching a file twice

2.5.1

Major Changes

Other Changes

• Regression: fix directory permission when '@mode' is used in plist

• use the timestamp provided by -t for manifest timestamp

• improvements in documentation

• slight inprovements in the progress bar:

  • counters are now always aligned
  • when possible only print name-version for the package being fetched.
  • add a space in the debit

2.5.0

Major Changes

• unregister: new command to remove the records from an installed package
  while keeping the files around
• install: new --register-only: record the package as installed without touching
  anyfiles on the filesystem
• case sensitivity: lots of changes: now the behaviour is conistent accross all
  commands and respect the default setting in pkg.conf

Other Changes:

• update curl to 8.17.0
• update sqlite to 3.51.1
• fetch: many imrpovements in debug output
• set a sane default mode for empty directory in plist
• improve the error message when not deleting a package due to a lock or a vital flag