Changelog
dpkg (1.16.5) unstable; urgency=low
[ Raphaël Hertzog ]
* dpkg-source will now clean up after a failed application of a quilt
patch. Closes: #652970
And it will display a message explaining the most likely cause of
failure (patch applying with fuzz).
* When dpkg-source regenerates the automatic patch (with formats "2.0"
or "3.0 (quilt)") it will keep the current patch header to avoid
losing changes made by the maintainer.
* Modify dpkg-source --commit to auto-whitelist modified binary files.
That way the same command can be used whatever kind of upstream files
has been modified.
* dpkg-source now supports a new option --no-unapply-patches to force
patches to be kept applied after build (used by formats "2.0" and "3.0
(quilt)"). Closes: #643043
[ Guillem Jover ]
* Add a dpkg-buildflags --status action to describe the flag settings.
Thanks to Bernhard R. Link <email address hidden>. Closes: #664058
* Add support for “binary-only” key-value option in changelogs, to allow
marking changelog entries as part of a binary only upload, having a
different version from the source package. Closes: #440094, #672723
* Minimize source architecture list on «dpkg-source -b» by removing
architectures already covered by architecture wildcards. Closes: #675333
* Do not assume $ENV{'HOME'} is defined in Dpkg::Source::Package.
Thanks to Niels Thykier <email address hidden>. Closes: #677631
* Document in more detail in deb(5) the supported ar archive format.
* Document in deb-src-control(5) the “Private-” field prefix.
* Add new start-stop-daemon --no-close option to disable closing file
descriptors on --background. Closes: #627333, #64642
* Switch source compression to xz.
* Detect ar header fields truncation due to too long member names or too
large member sizes. Closes: #678933
* Add new dpkg-query --control-list and --control-show commands, which
replace the now deprecated --control-path.
* Print master and slave alternarive link names in update-alternatives
--query and always print alternative link in --config. Closes: #679010
* Cleanup and clarify buffer I/O error reporting. Closes: #621763
* Avoid full stop and double newline at the end of errors and warnings.
Thanks to Jonathan Nieder <email address hidden>. Closes: #624000
* Change all programs to accept -? instead of -h for help output.
* Add support for specific arch-qualified dependencies. Closes: #676232
Thanks to Thibaut Girka <email address hidden>.
* Accept “:native” arch-qualified Build-Dependencies. Closes: #558095
Thanks to Thibaut Girka <email address hidden>.
* Do not use undefined values returned form deps_parse() in dpkg-shlibdeps.
Closes: #640676
* Add an Architecture column to «dpkg-query -l» before the Description
column. Suggested by Jonathan Nieder <email address hidden>. Closes: #673190
[ Updated dpkg translations ]
* Swedish (Peter Krefting).
[ Updated dselect translations ]
* Swedish (Peter Krefting).
[ Updated scripts translations ]
* German (Helge Kreutzmann).
[ Updated man page translations ]
* German (Helge Kreutzmann).
* Swedish (Peter Krefting).
-- Guillem Jover <email address hidden> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 04:28:51 +0200