Guillem Jover authored Feb 03, 2025 and Arnaud Rebillout committed Feb 14, 2025

dpkg (1.22.15) unstable; urgency=medium
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  [ Guillem Jover ]
  * Perl modules:
    - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Remove unused Dpkg::BuildAPI import.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Sign file with fixed up newline.
    - Dpkg::Substvars: Add new set_as_optional() and set_as_required() methods.
  * Documentation:
    - man: Change verb tense for Makefile fragment files descriptions.
    - man: Document that buildapi.mk sets a variable.
    - man: Add reference to buildtools and vendor make fragments to related
      tools.
    - man: Split architecture examples into their own paragraphs.
    - man: Clarify architecture terms and the architecture forms.
    - man: Clarify that build and target are not usual variables to use.
    - doc: Remove duplicate words across newlines.
      Thanks to Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>. Closes: #1093548
  * Build system:
    - Add array bounds warning.
    - Add new dialect checks for strict flex array behavior and warnings.
    - Add compiler hardening support.
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  [ Sven Joachim ]
  * Localization:
    - Update German programs translation.
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dpkg (1.22.14) unstable; urgency=medium
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  [ Guillem Jover ]
  * dpkg-deb: Switch from info() to hint() for hint message.
  * Perl modules:
    - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Fix R³ namespace check to only refuse
      unknown dpkg keywords. Closes: #1092653
  * Make fragments:
    - Use flavor to avoid re-caching empty variables. See #1092051.
  * Shell library:
    - Abstract color clearing with a new variable.
    - Lowercase and namespace private variables with _dpkg_.
    - Fix debug output format to print debug in lowercase after progname.
    - Document library interface basics and the version when introduced.
    - Add support for notice(), info() and hint() functions.
  * Code internals:
    - libdpkg: Add support for hint printing.
  * Test suite:
    - Remove redundant <cstdbool> include deprecated in C++17.
  * Localization:
    - Update Brazilian Portuguese dselect translations.
      Thanks to Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls) <phls@debian.org>.
      Closes: #1092593
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  [ Helge Kreutzmann ]
  * Localization:
    - Update German man pages translation.
    - Update German scripts translation.
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  [ Sven Joachim ]
  * Localization:
    - Update German programs translation.
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dpkg (1.22.13) unstable; urgency=medium
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  [ Guillem Jover ]
  * dpkg-deb: Add support for filesystem metadata checks.
  * Perl modules:
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Handle all KeyHandle types in
      inline_sign(). See #1091915.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Check whether we can use the key.
      Closes: #1091915
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend: Add missing imports. Closes: #1091990
    - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Change default R³ value to «no».
  * Documentation:
    - man: Document the version since the Section and Priority fields have
      defaults.
    - man: Clarify Priority values by mentioning known important and unknown
      ones.
    - man: Clarify Section and Priority values usage tied to distribution
      policies.
    - man: Refer to --sign-keyid instead of --sign-key in DEB_SIGN_KEYID
      description.
  * Code internals:
    - libdpkg: Add test cases for varbuf C++ operators.
    - libdpkg: Do not call varbuf_init() from operator=().
    - dselect: Make sure the search varbuf always has allocated space.
      See #1091898.
    - dselect: Update the search varbuf to account for the used size.
      Closes: #1091898
    - dselect: Fix logic inversion in repeat search keybinding.
    - dselect: Fix formatting for return in keybindings::find().
    - scripts: When printing a field value quote it with double quotes.
    - dpkg-gencontrol: Add missing field name to warning message. See #1091941.
    - dpkg-genchanges: Set Section and Priority defaults even with no fields.
      Closes: #1091941
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dpkg (1.22.12) unstable; urgency=medium
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  [ Guillem Jover ]
  * libdpkg: Check for pager presence and fallback to less, more and cat.
    Closes: #856216
  * dpkg-shlibdeps: Add symbolic name alternative to --warnings bits.
  * Update URLs.
  * dpkg-deb: Add --no-check option and keep --nocheck as an alias.
  * dpkg: Unify package and version printing format to «package (version)».
  * dpkg-buildtree: Add new command is-rootless.
    Suggested by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>.
  * scripts: Switch messages to be hints.
  * dpkg-buildpackage: Reword hint on unsatisfied dependencies. Closes: #817955
  * dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Improve unmet dependency error messages.
  * dpkg-buildpackage: Switch unmet dependency abort message from warning to
    error.
  * scripts: Change and inject default value for Section and Priority fields.
  * Perl modules:
    - Dpkg::Deps::Multiple: Document that the constructor takes @deps not
      %opts.
    - Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: Use %opts instead of %opt in function POD.
    - Dpkg::Control: Deprecate the backwards compatibility type aliases.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Ignore
      ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers.
    - Dpkg::Vendor: Simplify module loading logic.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Add rsop as an alternative SOP
      implementation.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Add gosop as an alternative SOP
      implementation.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Adapt to new CLI 0.40.0 API.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Add keystore support.
    - Dpkg::Shlibs: Improve code comments.
    - Dpkg::Archive::Ar: Copy only the number of bytes we have read.
    - Dpkg::Vendor: Remove backwards compatibility module and origin name
      mangling.
    - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Add GNUMAKEFLAGS as an allowed environment variable.
      Thanks to Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>. Closes: #1090337
    - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Handle missing root_cmd option.
    - Dpkg::ErrorHandling: Add support for hint printing.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Handle and warn on concatenated ASCII
      Armor blocks.
    - Revert "Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Fallback to use «gpg dearmor» if
      present".
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Move armor/dearmor implementation to base
      class.
    - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Use the parent class armor/dearmor
      implementations.
    - Dpkg::Vendor::Debian: Remove merged-/usr taint logic.
    - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Add new field_get_default_value() function.
  * Make fragments:
    - Document DPKG_BUILD_API in buildapi.mk.
    - Document public API and expected directory to include from.
      Prompted by Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>.
    - Capitalize variable descriptions.
    - Clarify format for version variables from pkg-info.mk.
      See #1088244.
    - Add support for new DEB_VERSION_EPOCH and DEB_VERSION_REVISION.
      Closes: #1088244
  * Shell library:
    - Add a default PROGNAME to dpkg-error.sh.
    - Move setup_colors() contents into dpkg-error.sh script scope.
  * Documentation:
    - man: Update debian/control example in deb-src-control(5).
    - man: Use arch-bits in deb-src-symbols(5) example dependent on bitness.
    - man: Use modern architectures for manual page examples.
    - doc: Fix typos in ChangeLog.old.
    - man: Document purpose of origin files and how they tie to packages.
      See https://github.com/grml/grml-debian-keyring/issues/7.
    - man: Use «must» instead of «should» for mandatory behavior.
      Requested by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>.
      See https://bugs.debian.org/1089794.
  * Code internals:
    - lib: Remove compatibility code for C++ earlier than C++11.
    - scripts: Use %opts instead of %options for constructor and function
      options.
    - scripts: Document when constructors take %opts.
    - scripts: Use %opts instead of %args for function and method options.
    - scripts: Rename changelog options in programs to %changelog_opts.
    - scripts: Unify constructor and function options documentation.
    - libdpkg: Remove const from execname.
    - libdpkg: Use size_t instead of unsigned int for nargs.
    - start-stop-daemon: Refactor closefrom() and use it only if the system
      lacks it.
    - start-stop-daemon: Try to use close_range() if present to implement
      closefrom().
    - scripts: Fix module loading.
      Prompted by Holger Levsen <holger@debian.org>.
      Prompted by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>.
    - src: Do not name option variables as no<thing>.
    - dpkg-deb: Rename control area functions to check_ctrl_*().
    - dpkg-deb: Rename check_control_area() to check_build_files().
    - dpkg-deb: Fix doxygen comment to match function argument.
    - perl: Remove function prototypes.
    - libdpkg: Rename varbuf_rollback_start() to varbuf_rollback_end().
    - libdpkg: Rename varbuf_*printf() to varbuf_add_*fmt().
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_set_*fmt() functions.
    - dpkg: Switch from varbuf_reset()+varbuf_add_str() to varbuf_set_str().
    - Replace varbuf_reset()+varbuf_*printf() with varbuf_set_*fmt().
    - Replace varbuf_*printf() with varbuf_add_*fmt().
    - libdpkg: Rename varbuf C++ *fmt() methods to add_*fmt().
    - dpkg: Replace sprintf() usage with a varbuf in depisok().
    - Use snprintf() instead of sprintf().
    - libdpkg: Switch varbuf::reset() to use varbuf_reset().
    - libdpkg: Rename varbuf::string() to varbuf::str().
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ methods for all functions.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_state C++ methods for all functions.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ constructor initialized from a C string.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ operator+= methods.
    - dselect: Switch from operator() to operator+=.
    - libdpkg: Remove varbuf C++ operator() methods.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ len() method.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_swap() function.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ copy constructors.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ move constructors.
    - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_array() and C++ operator[] methods.
    - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf in keybindings.
    - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf for searchstring.
    - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf for describemany().
    - dselect: Use file_slurp() instead of open-coding it.
    - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf for method parser.
    - dselect: Mark assignment inside baselist::kd_search() as a move
      assignment.
    - Cast char to unsigned char for ctype functions.
    - Remove dpkg-error.sh boilerplate.
    - scripts: Remove dpkg-fsys-usrunmess program.
    - dpkg-source: Generalize Package-List field attributes handling.
    - scripts: Unify handling of default Priority and Section values.
    - scripts: Switch to use the default per field value for Section and
      Priority.
  * Build system:
    - Make C++ baseline version a hard requirement.
    - Generalize C/C++ check macros to select the version as an argument.
    - Bump minimum required C++ standard to C++14.
    - Warn on C++17, C++20, C++23 and C++26 extensions usage.
    - Check for C++11 __func__ availability.
    - Undefine _TIME_BITS when checking for the base off_t size.
    - Do not use an obsolete x prefix for shell test checks.
    - Add a new changelog section for the shell library.
  * Packaging:
    - Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.0 (no changes needed).
    - Add a trailing comma to debian/tests/control dependency.
    - Inline sequoia-chameleon-gnupg dependencies depending on context.
    - Remove merged-/usr warning logic. Closes: #1061718
  * Test suite:
    - Enable ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers except for octals.
    - Mark variables around longjmp() as volatile.
    - Add tests for varbuf C++ API.
  * Localization:
    - Update Brazilian Portuguese programs translation.
      Thanks to Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org>.
      Closes: #1091450
    - Update Czech translations.
      Thanks to Miroslav Kure <kurem@upcase.inf.upol.cz>. Closes: #1087219
    - Update Dutch translations.
      Thanks to Frans Spiesschaert <Frans.Spiesschaert@yucom.be>.
      Closes: #1087459, #1087595
    - Update Portuguese man pages translation.
      Thanks to Américo Monteiro <a_monteiro@gmx.com>. Closes: #1086160
    - Update Romanian programs translation.
      Thanks to Remus-Gabriel Chelu <remusgabriel.chelu@disroot.org>.
      Closes: #1080212
    - Update Swedish translations.
      Thanks to Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>. Closes: #1083116
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  [ Helge Kreutzmann ]
  * Localization:
    - Update German man pages translation.
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  [ Sven Joachim ]
  * Localization:
    - Update German dselect translation.
    - Update German programs translation.