dpkg (1.2.12); priority=LOW

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dpkg (1.2.12); priority=LOW

  * dpkg --search and --list understand and comment on diversions.
  * dpkg-divert displays diversions more intelligibly.

  * Guidelines are somewhat clearer about descriptions.
  * deb(5) describes new format; old moved to deb-old(5).  (Bug#3435.)
  * deb-control(5) carries a warning about being out of date.

  * Added 1996 to dselect version/copyright.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:04:49 +0100

dpkg (1.2.11); priority=MEDIUM

  * dselect had dependency bug if installed package newer than avail.
  * Added `replaces' to dselect's list of package relationship strings.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 02:51:11 +0100

dpkg (1.2.10); priority=MEDIUM

  * Fixed bug in old-style version/revision number parsing.  (Bug#3440.)

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 03:32:45 +0100

dpkg (1.2.9); priority=MEDIUM

  * Fixed status database updates reading bug.
  * `Setting up' message includes version number.
  * `existence check' message changed to say `cannot access archive'.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:39:36 +0100

dpkg (1.2.8); priority=LOW

  * dpkg --record-avail puts data in Size field.
  * strip / for rmdir(2) in cleanup to work around kernel bug.  (Bug#3275.)
  * dpkg-split --msdos no longer allows `-' and other chars in filenames.

  * manual dpkg-split(8) written.
  * dpkg-split minor typo in --auto usage error message fixed.
  * dpkg-deb(8) very minor cosmetic fix to --build option.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 03:00:14 +0100

dpkg (1.2.7); priority=LOW

  * dpkg-scanpackages syntax errors fixed.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 04:10:38 +0100

dpkg (1.2.6); priority=MEDIUM

  * NFS, CDROM and partition dselect methods include mountpoint
    in paths given to dpkg in [I]install, so they should now work.

  * Removed some leftover files from source tree.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:35:19 +0100

dpkg (1.2.5); priority=MEDIUM

  * Allow, but do not create, packages in half-installed state
    with no version number.  (Aargh.)

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 04:55:43 +0100

dpkg (1.2.4); priority=MEDIUM

  * New dpkg-name from Erick (<pkg>_<version>_<arch>.deb convention).
  * Disappeared packages can't own conffiles any more !  (Bug#3214.)
  * install-info creates Miscellaneous sections with a newline
    following the heading.  (Bug#3218.)
  * cleanup-info script installed in /usr/sbin; called as appropriate
    by postinst.  Thanks to Kim-Minh Kaplan.  (Bug#3125.)
  * Allow superseded Essential packages to be purged after they've
    been removed (clear the Essential flag on removal, and ignore it
    on packages that are in stat_configfiles).

  * dselect disk methods understand `y' as well as `yes' for using
    development tree.
  * dselect doesn't make packages appear as `new' again if update
    of available packages fails.
  * dselect places method selection cursor over option last selected.

  * dpkg-scanpackages doesn't die when repeated packages are found.
  * dpkg-scanpackages allows many old maintainers (`//'-separated).

  * `Version' field is now mandatory (some operations already
    wouldn't work right anyway if it was't there).

  * update-rc.d(8) now says you must remove the script.  (Bug#3215.)
  * dpkg --force-help says that --force-overwrite is on by default.
  * dpkg-deb manpage rewritten.
  * debian.README (= /usr/doc/copyright/dpkg) edited slightly.

  * Some database parsing grunge removed (pdb_preferversion, &c).
  * Source tree doc/sgml contains some embryonic manuals.
  * Leftover files in lib directory in source tree deleted.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 03:52:01 +0100

dpkg (1.2.3); priority=HIGH

  * install-info doesn't replicate section headings (Bug#3125, #2973).
  * New dpkg-name manpage broken off from script (oops!).
  * dselect help screens made consistent with new strings, flags, &c.
  * dselect error flag column labelled E (Error), not H (Hold).
  * `Escape' no longer bound to `exit list without saving' in dselect.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 28 May 1996 02:14:57 +0100

dpkg (1.2.2); priority=MEDIUM

  * Fixed dselect coredump found by Erick Branderhorst (thanks).
  * Sort obsolete removed packages separately, not under Available.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 23 May 1996 21:31:05 +0100

dpkg (1.2.1); priority=MEDIUM

  * `=' key in dselect really does `hold' rather than `unhold'.
  * dselect dependency processing now interacts better with `hold'.
  * dselect `I' key (not `i') modifies display of the info window.
  * dselect shows unavailable packages as being unavailable.
  * dselect main menu headings and many other strings changed to try to
    discourage people from deselecting every package and using [R]emove.
    Notably, `select' changed to `mark' throughout.

  * dselect disk methods now print a few fewer double slashes.
  * dselect disk access methods will offer to use dpkg --record-avail
    to scan the available packages, if no Packages file is found.

  * New dpkg --compare-versions option, for the benefit of scripts &c.
  * New dpkg --clear-avail option forgets all available packages info.
  * New dpkg --print-avail option, prints `available' data (from Packages, &c).
  * dpkg usage message is more informative, but no longer fits on screen.
  * dpkg --avail option renamed --record-avail.

  * Latest dpkg-name from Erick Branderhorst.
  * dpkg-scanpackages has more sensible problem reporting.
  * postinst configure now gets null argument (not <unknown> or <none>)
    when there is no previously configured version.

  * Guidelines say that postinst configure is given previous version.
  * Guidelines don't refer to maintainer-script-args.txt in main text.
  * Guidelines (Texinfo source) uploaded separately.

  * Own version of strcpy (used for debugging) removed.
  * Interface to access methods document in source (doc/dselect-methods.txt).
  * debian.buildscript moves changes file into parent directory.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 22 May 1996 01:26:31 +0100

dpkg (1.2.0); priority=MEDIUM

  * dselect can sort packages by available and installed states, and
    display their version numbers.  (Use O, o and V.)
  * Hold is properly integrated as a real `wanted state', rather than
    a separate flag.
  * Epochs in version numbers implemented, using the syntax
    <epoch>:<version>-<revision>.  (Epoch not usually displayed.)
  * dselect disk method is architecture-independent (uses dpkg's
    installation architecture, and looks in the right part of the tree).

  * dselect disk method doesn't try to satisfy the predependencies of
    packages which are on hold.
  * Fixed conflict-related assertion failure.  (Bug#2784.)
  * conffiles do not cause file conflicts if the conflicting package
    is in the `configuration only' state.  (Bug#2720.)
  * Fixed messages where available version number was reported as installed
    version in conflict and dependency messages.  (Bug#2654, Bug#2974.)

  * New format .deb files are default even for a.out compiles (but
    a.out version of dpkg is in old format).
  * Characters @:= (at colon equals) in package names now strictly
    forbidden everywhere (_ is still allowed in existing packages).
  * New dpkg --print-installation-architecture option prints installation
    architecture (compiled in), rather than build architecture (determined
    from gcc -print-libgcc-file-name).

  * Version messages show whether compiled a.out or ELF (i386 only).
  * Fixed missing space in version syntax error messages.
  * Manpage dpkg.8 installed with warning about inaccuracy.

  * Guidelines don't say to stop and restart daemons in runlevels 2345;
    instead they say to start in 2345 and stop in 016.
  * Guidelines and version messages say just Debian Linux.
  * Guidelines typo fix `"stop2' => `"stop"'.  (Bug#2867.)

  * doc/Makefile.in clean properly deletes various guidelines.info* files.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 16 May 1996 00:01:21 +0100

dpkg (1.1.6); priority=MEDIUM

  * Check virtual dependencies when removing (ouch! - thanks SDE.)
  * Fixed bug in internal database validity management that could
    make dselect and dpkg dump core.  (Bug#2613.)
  * Fixed two coredumping bugs when using local diversions.  (Bug#2804.)
  * Fixed disappearance of overwritten packages.  (Bug#2696.)
  * install-info won't modify dir file before start of menu.
  * install-info will create Miscellaneous heading if no sections yet.

  * Only alphanums and +-. allowed in package names - enforced by
    dpkg-deb --build and documented in Guidelines.
  * dselect doesn't display packages unless they are installed, selected
    or available.
  * dselect doesn't show spurious section and priority headings.
  * dselect has a few extra keybindings (from Lee Olds).
  * --force message changed to `--force enabled' so that default is OK.

  * dpkg-name now includes architecture component in .deb filename,
    and translates - in package name to _.
  * .deb file has architecture component in filename.

  * Guidelines changed to say Pre-Depends is for experts only.
  * Guidelines say to provide a unidiff (-u) rather than an old context diff.
  * Guidelines say 755 root.root for shared libraries.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 1 May 1996 00:47:22 +0100

dpkg (1.1.5); priority=MEDIUM (HIGH for diversions users)

  * Fixed coredump when using diversions.  (Bug#2603.)
  * Fixed typo in dpkg-divert which could lose diversions.  (Bug#2662.)

  * --force-overwrite is the default.
  * diversions.text provides better examples.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 13:59:30 +0100

dpkg (1.1.4); priority=MEDIUM

  * Allow overwriting of conflicting packages being removed.  (Bug#2614.)

  * a.out control file says Pre-Depends: libc4 | libc.  (Bug#2640.)
  * ELF control file and libc dependencies changed to use finalised scheme.
  * ELF control file and libc dependencies for i386 only.  (Bug#2617.)

  * Guidelines say use only released libraries and compilers.
  * Install wishlist as /usr/doc/dpkg/WISHLIST.
  * Remove spurious entries for Guidelines in info dir file.

  * dpkg-deb --build checks permissions on control (DEBIAN) directory.

  * Spaces in control file fields not copied by dpkg-split.  (Bug#2633.)
  * Spaces in split file part control data ignore.  (Bug#2633.)

  * Portability fixes, including patch from Richard Kettlewell.
  * Fixed minor configure.in bug causing mangled GCC -W options.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 01:58:40 +0100

dpkg (1.1.3); priority=LOW

  * dselect disk methods support Pre-Depends installation ordering.
  * When dpkg fails and --auto-deconfigure would help it says so.
  * dpkg --search output lists several packages with same file on one line.
  * Improved dpkg usage message somewhat.

  * dpkg-deb --build checks permissions and types of maintainer scripts.
  * dpkg-deb --build treats misspecified conffiles as error, not warning.
  * dpkg --print-architecture prints compiler's architecture while
    dpkg --version (&c) print system's arch (this to help cross-compiling).
  * More minor guidelines changes, including dir entry fixup.

  * configure script caches more values.
  * Changed maintainer email address to ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 19:18:08 +0000

dpkg (1.1.2); priority=LOW

  * Packaging guidelines installed properly (and as guidelines
    rather than debian-guidelines).
  * ELF version has more checks to stop you wrecking your dpkg installation.
  * dselect disk methods now look for a `local' tree as well, for
    people who want locally-available software of various kinds.
  * dpkg-divert has debugging message removed.
  * Minor guidelines changes.

  * Various makefile cleanups, mainly to do with ELF vs. a.out support.
  * debian.rules cleans out ~ files itself, as well as calling make clean.
  * debian.rules names .nondebbin.tar.gz file ELF too, if appropriate.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 03:38:29 +0000

dpkg (1.1.1elf); priority=LOW

  * Added /usr/lib/dpkg/elf-executables-ok and elf-in-kernel.
  * Replaces field now allows automatic removal of conflicting packages.
  * Replaces field now required to overwrite other packages' files.
  * Architecture field, and dpkg --print-architecture, supported.
  * build new format archives by default when compiled with ELF compiler.

  * symlinks are now installed atomically (good for shared libraries).
  * create /var/lib/dpkg/diversions in postinst if necessary (Bug#2465.)
  * Pre-Depends now correctly fails if package never configured.
  * dselect disk methods mount with -o nosuid,nodev.
  * update-rc.d defaults doesn't add both K and S in any one runlevel;
    dpkg postinst fixes up this situation if it sees it.

  * Assorted fixups to the Guidelines, which are now in one piece.
  * dpkg --list prints version string in one piece.
  * dpkg-scanpackages doesn't produce notice on output with list of
    packages with Section and/or Priority control file fields.

  * control file and debian.rules work both for ELF and non-ELF compiles.
  * most files compiled with -O2 (-O3 only for some critical files) -
    this fixes ELF build.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 04:25:28 +0000

dpkg (1.1.0); priority=LOW

  * dpkg supports Pre-Depends.
  * postinst script gets most-recently-configured version as $2.

  * lib/tarfn.c #includes <errno.h> (portability fix).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 11 Feb 1996 21:07:03 +0000

dpkg (1.0.17); priority=LOW

  * dpkg --recursive follows symlinks (useful for devel tree).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 10 Feb 1996 15:58:46 +0000

dpkg (1.0.16); priority=LOW

  * dpkg-deb much faster reading new format archives.  (Bug#2256.)
  * Developers' documentation in /usr/doc/dpkg/, /usr/info/.

  * Fixed typo in control file Description.

  * configure script tries to improve matters wrt sysinfo.
  * any debian-tmp.deb is deleted by `./debian.rules clean'.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 4 Feb 1996 15:51:59 +0000

dpkg (1.0.15); priority=LOW

  * dselect disk methods should never unmount things they didn't mount.
  * debian.README aka /usr/doc/copyright updated.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:05:39 +0000

dpkg (1.0.14); priority=MEDIUM

  * fixed file descriptor leak in dpkg introduced in 1.0.11.
  * included dpkg-name in this package (conflicts with dpkg-name).

  * redraw in dselect main menu changed to use clearok (like in lists).
  * sa_restorer in struct sigaction no longer used (portability fix).
  * removed Guidelines from source package.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 30 Jan 1996 02:52:29 +0000

dpkg (1.0.13); priority=MEDIUM

  * dselect partition and mounted methods work again.
  * dpkg-deb --no-act in usage message.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:37:03 +0000

dpkg (1.0.12); priority=MEDIUM (HIGH for users of 1.0.11)

  * Fixed frequent dpkg coredump introduced in 1.0.11.  (Bug#2219.)
  * dpkg-deb ensures version numbers start with alphanumerics.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 24 Jan 1996 00:42:31 +0000

dpkg (1.0.11); priority=MEDIUM

  * corrected potentially serious problem with dpkg low-memory in-core
    files database.
  * dpkg-split --msdos puts output files in right directory.  (Bug#2165.)

  * diversions implemented - see `dpkg-divert --help'.

  * dselect shows and uses (for dependencies) currently installed
    version of a package if that is more recent.
  * dpkg --force-... options are in separate help screen.
  * better error messages for corrupted .deb archives.  (Bug#2178.)
  * dselect NFS method will unmount correct copy of NFS area if mounted
    twice.

  * removes some ELF compilation warnings.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 19 Jan 1996 02:41:46 +0000

dpkg (1.0.10); priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg-deb option parsing unmuddled (-I option was removed
    in 1.0.9 and broke dpkg-deb).  (Bug#2124.)

  * dpkg-split will work when ELF `ar' is installed, and is faster.

  * nfs dselect method now available.
  * disk methods don't prompt spuriously for Packages files.
  * cdrom+harddisk methods can find Packages files.

  * dpkg-scanpackages (creates Packages files) now in /usr/sbin.

  * various changes to help compilation of dpkg-deb, dpkg-split
    and md5sum on non-Debian systems.
  * <sys/fcntl.h> replaced by <fcntl.h> throughout.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 14 Jan 1996 02:55:19 +0000

dpkg (1.0.9); priority=MEDIUM

  * dselect uninitialised variable coredump fixed (thanks Carl).

  * version numbers printed by --version fixed.  (Bug#2115.)
  * disk method problem with missing Packages files fixed.  (Bug#2114.)
  * dependency version relationships now <= >= << >> =.  (Bug#2060.)

  * install-info is in /usr/sbin, not /usr/bin.  (Bug#1924.)
  * dpkg regards Revision field as obsolete.

  * <asm/unistd.h> changed to <linux/unistd.h> (for m68k port).
  * scripts/Makefile.in `clean' target deletes scripts.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:51:20 +0000

dpkg (1.0.8); priority=LOW

  * update-alternatives slightly more helpful message.  (Bug#1975.)
  * cosmetic improvements to disk installation method.  (Bug#1970,1956.)
  * mounted filesystem and unmounted partition separate methods.  (Bug#1957.)

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 04:07:47 +0000

dpkg (1.0.7); priority=MEDIUM (HIGH to upgrade syslogd)

  * dselect harddisk/CDROM method script handles multiple package
    areas.
  * Everything has a manpage, though many are very unhelpful indeed.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 30 Nov 1995 03:59:14 +0000

dpkg (1.0.6); priority=MEDIUM (HIGH to upgrade syslogd)

  * conffiles can now be taken over properly from one package by
    another which replaces it.  (Bug#1482.)
  * dpkg will not deconfigure essential packages when --auto-deconfigure
    is set (this bug was fairly unlikely ever to be exercised).

  * dpkg checks for the presence of certain important programs on the PATH.
  * dselect is now more informative when a dependency is missing, saying
    "<package> does not appear to be available".  (Bug#1642, 1705).

  * `make distclean' fixed; config.* &c removed from source archive.
  * lib/lock.c now uses fcntl rather than flock, for better portability.

  * `Package_Revision: 0' removed from control file.
  * Some inaccuracies and bad formatting in various messages corrected.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:15:18 +0000

dpkg (1.0.5); priority=LOW

  * dpkg-split allows some space for the header.  (Bug#1649.)
  * dpkg-split now has --msdos option for 8.3 filenames.
  * dpkg-split --join &c will not complain about trailing garbage.

  * dselect & dpkg will no longer ignore SIGHUP will running subprocesses.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 13:59:51 +0100

dpkg (1.0.4); priority=MEDIUM (HIGH for dselect users with 1.0.3)

  * fixed bug which prevented dselect from displaying the bottom line of
    any listing screen.  This was introduced in 1.0.3, sorry !

  * a conffile will never cause a prompt if the package maintainer
    distributes a file identical to the user's, even if the file has
    been edited by both the user and the maintainer or is a
    newly-registered conffile.  (Bug#1639.)

  * dselect disk/cdrom method script says where to get Packages file.
  * dselect help has better descriptions of the functions of Return and Q.

  * postinst now warns about some problems with /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 01:45:38 +0100

dpkg (1.0.3); priority=MEDIUM

  * dselect: fixed segfault when doing some multiple (de)selections.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 10 Oct 1995 03:21:12 +0100

dpkg (1.0.2); priority=MEDIUM

  * problem with screen refresh after `o' (change order) corrected.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 13:11:04 +0100

dpkg (1.0.1); priority=LOW

  * much better dpkg performance on low-memory systems.
  * start-stop-daemon --name should now work. (oops!)
  * fixed typo which could turn into memory overwriting bug sometime.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 8 Oct 1995 20:12:29 +0100

dpkg (1.0.0); priority=LOW

  * Version 1.0.0: dpkg is no longer beta.

  * tar extractor no longer looks up an empty string using getgrnam
    (this causes the libc to coredump when using NIS).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 1 Oct 1995 13:07:36 +0100

dpkg (0.93.80); priority=LOW

  * dselect help screen intro changed to remove `much' before `help'.

  * update-alternatives.pl contains hardcoded ENOENT value, instead
    of requiring POSIX.pm to be present.

  * Makefiles changed to strip when installing instead of when building.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 30 Sep 1995 01:44:12 +0100

dpkg (0.93.79) BETA; priority=LOW

  * DPKG_NO_TSTP environment variable which stops dpkg sending the
    process group a SIGTSTP (Bug#1496).
  * End key should work in dselect lists (Bug#1501).
  * various message typos (missing \n's) fixed (Bug#1504).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 29 Sep 1995 03:27:01 +0100

dpkg (0.93.78) BETA; priority=LOW

  * dselect keystrokes help file typo fix.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 20:31:02 +0100

dpkg (0.93.77) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg --remove --pending will purge things when appropriate.

  * fixed failure to null-terminate dpkg conflict problem messages.
  * fixed bug in formatting of dependency version problem messages.

  * Conffiles resolution prompt for new conffile: typo fixed.
  * Changed dpkg usage error to suggest `-Dhelp' instead of `--Dhelp'.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:44:35 +0100

dpkg (0.93.76) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg --auto-deconfigure option (used automatically by dselect) allows
    `important' packages which many others depend on to be split.
  * dpkg should no longer fail an assertion during complicated
    multiple configurations involving packages which are on hold.

  * update-alternatives supports negative priorities.
  * /etc/alternatives is included in the .deb archive.

  * Package priorities changed: Required (Req), Important (Imp), Standard (Std),
    Optional (Opt) and Extra (Xtr).  For backward compatibility Base is an
    alias for Required, and Recommended is kept as a level just below Standard.

  * dselect shows introductory help screen when entering package lists (both
    main and recursive).
  * dselect help messages made more friendly.
  * dselect package list `quit, confirm, and check dependencies' key is
    now Return rather than lowercase `q'; likewise method list `select this
    one and configure it' key.
  * dselect selects packages with priority `standard' or better by default.
  * dselect `v=verbose' becomes `v=terse' when in verbose mode.

  * hard disk method unmounts /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt on failure.
  * disk methods' install message uses `stty' to find out what the
    interrupt character is, and uses that in the prompt (rather than ^C).
  * dpkg now tolerates ^Z characters in Packages files.
  * harddisk method doesn't display extra slash when updating packages file.
  * harddisk method burbles less if it doesn't have a good default.

  * dpkg-deb now supports new flexible format, but old format still default.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 20 Sep 1995 02:49:41 +0100

dpkg (0.93.75) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dselect no longer segfaults when you try to modify the last item.

  * dselect Makefile compiles with -g, and links without -s, but installs
    with -s, so that built source directory has debugabble binary.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 02:59:29 +0100

dpkg (0.93.74) BETA; priority=LOW

  * dpkg-split implemented and installed in /usr/bin/dpkg-split.
    (NB this is not compatible with Carl Streeter's old dpkg-split script.)
  * dpkg uses dpkg-split.
  * floppy disk method available - NB this is a first attempt only.

  * hard disk method uses --merge-avail rather than --update-avail.
  * installation by default of `standard' packages removed again.
    (I don't think this is the right place to do this.)
  * update-alternatives --remove correctly deletes all slave links;
    minor cosmetic improvements.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 02:06:05 +0100

dpkg (0.93.73) BETA; priority=LOW

  * dselect multi-package selection now done by `divider' lines
    actually in the package list, rather than horizontal highlight
    movement.
  * dselect help available, and keybindings rationalised.

  * postinst removes /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd if upgrading from
    0.93.42.3 or earlier.
  * `hold' flag changed to be settable by the user only, and
    made orthogonal to the `reinstallation required' flag.
  * dpkg will install by default any packages with priority of
    `standard' or better unless they're explictly deselected.

  * dselect dependency/conflict resolution will suggest marking absent
    packages for `purge' rather than `deinstall'.
  * disk method script produces message about invoking dpkg.
  * dpkg produces warning, not error, when it gets EPERM trying to
    remove a directory belonging to a package being removed.
  * dpkg, dpkg-deb usage error reporting improved.
  * dselect detects too-dumb terminals and stops.
  * dpkg-deb(8) updated a little (thanks to Bill Mitchell).

  * dselect debugmake script uses -O0.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 10 Sep 1995 12:23:05 +0100

dpkg (0.93.72) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * /usr/sbin/update-alternatives added.

  * New names for certain control file fields (old names work
    as aliases): Optional -> Suggests, Recommended -> Recommends,
    Class -> Priority.
     
 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 3 Sep 1995 16:37:41 +0100

dpkg (0.93.71) BETA; priority=LOW

  * dpkg doesn't silently overwrite `new' conffiles (Bug#1283).
  * case now not significant in Essential, Status and Class (Bug#1280).
  * dselect checks method scripts for execute, not for write.

  * spelling fixes in lib/dbmodify.c and dselect/helpmsgs.src.

  * dselect `clean' target deletes helpmsgs.cc and helpmsgs.cc.new.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 31 Aug 1995 13:56:08 +0100

dpkg (0.93.70) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dselect unmounted harddisk method has many silly bugs fixed.

  * dpkg --root option restored (was removed by mistake in 0.93.68).
  * minor cosmetic change to dselect subprocess failure message.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 9 Aug 1995 22:18:55 +0100

dpkg (0.93.69) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg --configure and --remove should work properly when
    they have to defer processing (this tends to happen when many
    packages are processed at once).  (Bug#1209.)

  * dpkg --configure and --remove work better when `processing'
    several related packages with --no-act.

  * dpkg --auto is now two options, --pending or -a (for configure,
    remove, &c) and --recursive or -R (for install, unpack, &c).

  * dpkg debug options in usage message, and values available (-Dh).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 9 Aug 1995 22:18:55 +0100

dpkg (0.93.68) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg won't get an internal error if you try to use the default
    conffiles response (ie, if you just hit return).  (Bug#1208.)

  * dselect hard disk and CD-ROM methods - the real thing, but ALPHA.

  * dselect allows you to go straight to `update' or `install' if
    you have already set up an access method.
  * new dpkg options --yet-to-unpack, --merge-avail and --update-avail.
  * dpkg -G is an abbreviation for dpkg --refuse-downgrade.
  * dpkg -R alias for --root withdrawn, pending reuse with different meaning.
  * dpkg --help message rationalised somewhat.

  * Obsolete `examples' and `dpkg-split' directories removed from
    source tree.  The `hello' package is a better example.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 7 Aug 1995 02:16:25 +0100

dpkg (0.93.67) BETA; priority=LOW for C dpkg alpha testers, HIGH for others

  * dpkg no longer statically linked and -g.
  * calls to abort() changed to print string, file and line number first.
  * removed unused variable from dpkg source.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 4 Aug 1995 01:39:52 +0100

dpkg (0.93.66) ALPHA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg will correctly remove overwritten files from the lists of
    the package(s) that used to contain them.

  * dpkg --purge is now an action, rather than a modifier for --remove,
    and the -P alias for it is withdrawn.

  * dpkg --unpack/--install filenames in messages are now more sensible
    about when to use .../ (show as many trailing components as possible
    in 40 characters, or the whole path if that the last component is
    longer than that).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 3 Aug 1995 02:11:03 +0100

dpkg (0.93.65) ALPHA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg --remove should, when a package being removed is depended-on
    by another that is also queued for removal, defer the depended-on
    package rather than aborting it.  (Bug#1188.)

  * dpkg will not attempt to configure or remove a package more than
    once in the same run.  (Bug#1169.)

  * dpkg cosmetic fix to dependency problems message (this bug
    hasn't been triggered to my knowledge).

  * perl-dpkg no longer installed in /usr/bin.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 2 Aug 1995 13:02:58 +0100

dpkg (0.93.64) ALPHA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg marks a package as no longer `to be configured in this run'
    when an error occurs, so that other packages which depend on it
    will fail (rather than causing a loop and an assertion failure,
     packages.c:166: failed assertion `dependtry <= 4').

  * dselect initial selection granularity is single-package.
  * dpkg --no-also-select option renamed to --selected-only (old option
    still accepted, but no longer in --help).  Changed -N to -O.

  * dselect `update' option changed to `install' (and other options
    renamed too).  NB: old access methods will not work, because
    the `update' script should now be an `install' script.

  * dselect `installation methods' renamed to `access methods'.
  * dpkg --skip-same-version and --refuse-downgrade produce friendlier
    messages when they skip packages.
  * --licence option now properly mentioned in all programs' --version
    messages.

  * bad fix for ELF compile problem involving myopt.h removed (compile
    problem turned out to be a GCC bug.)

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 03:03:58 +0100

dpkg (0.93.63) ALPHA; priority=LOW

  * preinst works around shell bug/misfeature involving `trap'.

  * dpkg --skip-same-version doesn't skip packages which have
    an error flag set or which aren't in a standard `installed' state.

  * dpkg --search now does a substring search if the string doesn't
    start with a wildcard character (*, [ or ?) or slash.

  * problem with C/C++ linkage of stuff in "myopt.h" fixed, to help
    with compiling with GCC 2.7.0.

  * dselect Makefile.in `clean' deletes curkeys.inc &c, so that they are
    not shipped in the distribution source and will be rebuilt on the
    target system.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 13:38:47 +0100

dpkg (0.93.62) ALPHA; priority=HIGH

  * dpkg purges leftover control scripts from /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci,
    rather than associating them with the wrong package.  (Bug#1101.)

  * dpkg won't `disappear' packages containing no files or directories,
    nor a package required for depends/recommended.  (Bug#1128.)

  * dpkg follows directory symlinks.  (Bug#1125.)

  * dselect fixups for ELF/GCC2.7.0 compilation.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 21:43:41 +0100

dpkg (0.93.61) ALPHA; priority=LOW

  * dselect keybindings and status characters and descriptions changed
    (in pursuance of Bug#1037, user interface problems, still open.)

  * Some cleanups to fix mistakes discovered by ELF-GCC 2.7.0, and fixup
    for newer C++ draft standard (`for' variable declaration scope change).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 01:42:51 +0100

dpkg (0.93.60) ALPHA; priority=HIGH

  * dpkg doesn't think packages have `disappeared' if you install
    several packages at once.  (later reported as Bug#1132.)

  * usage error messages tidied up.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 16 Jul 1995 17:56:56 +0100

dpkg (0.93.59) ALPHA; priority=HIGH

  * dpkg doesn't break maintainer scripts &c if package `foo' exists
    when processing package `foobar'.  (Related to Bug#1101.)

  * dpkg implements `disappear' functionality.
  * dpkg/dselect remove dead entries from /var/lib/dpkg/status.

  * dpkg --list now sorted correctly and output somewhat improved.
  * some debugging messages moved from dbg_stupidlyverbose to dbg_scripts.
  * dpkg prints `Removing foo' message even if foo is not configured.
  * dpkg only prints `serious warning: files list file ... missing'
    once for each package.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 16 Jul 1995 02:32:11 +0100

dpkg (0.93.58) ALPHA; priority=HIGH

  * dpkg should write out status even for packages which it has only
    encountered in the `available' file so far.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 20:19:21 +0100

dpkg (0.93.57) ALPHA; priority=LOW

  * dpkg does chroot when running maintainer scripts (--instdir
    should work right now, though I haven't been able to test it).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 01:32:30 +0100

dpkg (0.93.56) ALPHA; priority=HIGH

  * dpkg can now overwrite symlinks to directories, and will
    do correct handling of symlinks to plain files.
  * dpkg should not replace any directory with a symlink.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 02:43:36 +0100

dpkg (0.93.55) ALPHA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg can now extract hardlinks.
  * dpkg configuration/removal works in the presence of dependency cycles.
  * dpkg should no longer fail an assertion at processarc.c:193.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 01:34:44 +0100

dpkg (0.93.54) ALPHA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg and dselect no longer throw away all Class and Section
    information in /var/lib/dpkg/available.  (Oops.)
  * dpkg --refuse-<something> now works (this broke some dselect
    method scripts' attempts to use --refuse-downgrade).
  * dpkg --audit and --list implemented.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 00:35:13 +0100

dpkg (0.93.53) ALPHA; priority=LOW

  * dpkg --install/--unpack only skips on-hold packages with --auto.
  * dpkg doesn't fclose() the --fsys-tarfile pipe twice.
  * dpkg error handling and reporting cleaned up.
  * dpkg now lists any failed packages/files just before exiting.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 9 Jul 1995 16:31:36 +0100

dpkg (0.93.52) ALPHA; priority=MEDIUM

  * dpkg won't segfault due to missing (Package_)Revision fields.
  * dpkg --search works.
  * dpkg will set execute permissions on scripts if necessary.
  * dpkg prints filenames in --unpack and --install.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 8 Jul 1995 12:41:39 +0100

dpkg (0.93.51) ALPHA; priority=HIGH

  * dpkg --status and --listfiles now work.

  * dpkg --remove --auto won't try to remove everything (!)
  * dpkg --unpack doesn't coredump after unpacking the first package.
  * dpkg won't fail an assertion if it bombs out of --configure
    or --remove because of too many errors.

  * Support for `Essential' in dpkg (not yet in dselect).
  * `available' (Packages) file class and section override those
    from package control files.
  * `Essential: yes' added to control file.

  * Locking strategy changed, now uses flock (no more stale locks).
  * preinst now more helpful about conffiles upgrade problem.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 8 Jul 1995 01:15:26 +0100

dpkg (0.93.50) ALPHA

  * C dpkg now in service.

  * dselect now installs in /usr/bin instead of /usr/sbin.
  * Improved `explanation of display' help and changed HSOC to EIOW.
  * dselect goes back to top of info display when you move the
    highlight.

  * Added <sys/types.h> to md5sum/md5.c, for the benefit of FreeBSD.
  * --admindir doesn't append `var/lib/dpkg' to its argument.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 19 May 1995 21:03:08 +0100

dpkg (0.93.42.3) BETA; priority=LOW

  * Rebuilt using ncurses 1.9.2c-0.
  * Silenced `subcritical error' message if errno == ENOENT.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 12 Jun 1995 13:09:24 +0100

dpkg (0.93.42.2) BETA; priority=HIGH

  * install-info --remove properly removes multi-line entries.
  * Slightly changed ^L redraw code in dselect package list.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sat, 10 Jun 1995 14:06:01 +0100

dpkg (0.93.42.1) BETA; priority=HIGH esp. for new installations

  * update-rc.d default no longer adds K entries in runlevels 2345.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 18:56:23 +0100

dpkg (0.93.42) BETA; priority=LOW; HIGH for dselect users

  * Fix unitialised variable reference bug in dselect (#890).
  * Fix problem with wordwrapping package and method descriptions.
  * Create /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 19 May 1995 21:03:08 +0100

dpkg (0.93.41) BETA; priority=LOW

  * Create /var/lib/dpkg/methods.
  * dpkg.pl noisily ignores --skip-same-version rather than barfing.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 16 May 1995 13:28:27 +0100

dpkg (0.93.40) BETA; priority=LOW

  * dselect's subprogram failure message made to stand out more.

  * When switching out of curses, always move the cursor to the
    bottom right corner of the screen.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Tue, 16 May 1995 01:03:38 +0100

dpkg (0.93.39) BETA; priority=LOW

  * dselect can now:
    - allow you to select and configure an installation method;
    - invoke installation method scripts to update the available file
      and unpack packages;
    - invoke dpkg to configure and remove packages.
    There are no installation methods available yet.

  * Search feature in dselect works (it was purely an ncurses bug).

  * dpkg-*.nondebbin.tar.gz now available (built by debian.rules).

  * The target directory for dpkg-deb --extract (also available as
    dpkg --extract) is no longer optional.  dpkg-deb suggests the use
    of dpkg --install if you omit it.

  * Added <errno.h> to lib/lock.c and fixed ref. to `byte' in
    md5sum/md5.c, for portability to Solaris 2.

  * Rebuilt `configure' and `config.h.in' using autoconf 2.3.
  * Revised function attribute support checking in configure script.
  * Removed obsolete `dselect.pl' from scripts directory.
  * New option --licence on all the C programs.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 14 May 1995 18:05:38 +0100

dpkg (0.93.38) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

  * Version number comparisons (in dpkg and dselect) now >= <=
    as documented (Bug#831; thanks to Christian Linhart).

  * dselect now has a non-superuser readonly mode.
  * dselect doesn't pop up unsatisfied `Optional's when quitting.
  * `unable to delete saved old file' message fixed dpkg_tmp to dpkg-tmp.

  * Made dpkg convert `revision' to `package_revision' when reading
    (eg) the `status' file.  libdpkg.a has `revision' as a synonym
    for `package_revision' and writes the former.

  * Major improvements and many changes to C option parsing, database
    management, error handling, Makefiles &c to support dpkg.
  * dpkg-deb should now work if sizeof(void*) < sizeof(void(*)()).

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 12:34:39 +0100

dpkg (0.93.37) BETA; priority=LOW (MEDIUM for dselect users)

  * Fixed segfault if no description available (Bug#735);
    thanks to Peter Tobias for the bug report.
  * Fixed other assorted minor bugs in description displays.

  * Changed dpkg-deb --info short option from -i to -I, to make
    it unique across dpkg and dpkg-deb (-i still works with
    dpkg-deb for backwards compatibility).

  * Produce more sensible error when main package list is empty.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 02:24:55 +0100

dpkg (0.93.36) BETA; priority=LOW (MEDIUM for dselect users)

  * All the C code (including dselect) updated to support `provides'
    (virtual packages).
  * Revamped dselect's related package selection/deselection
    algorithms.
  * Everything can now handle arbitrary `class' values (as well
    as the predefined ones which we understand and can interpret).
  * Fixed bug that prevented display update when moving down a small
    recursive package list in dselect.
  * Column heading characters corrected from `SHOC' to `HSOC'.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 12:48:13 +0100

dpkg (0.93.35) BETA; priority=MEDIUM

 * Preserve ownerships and permissions on configuration files.
 * Fix bug in conffile updating that could leave a hardlink
   <foo>.dpkg-new to the conffile <foo>.

 * Improved dselect's package list help messages.
 * Highlight now moves on after (de)selecting just one package.
 * Better algorithm for scrolling up/down when moving highlight.
 * Fixed bug in display of `preformatted' extended Description lines.
   (dselect is still ALPHA, but is fairly stable.)

 * Improved dpkg's message when configuring a package that doesn't
   exist, and when selecting or skipping a package that isn't
   currently selected (during unpack processing).

 * Description in control file expanded.

 * Scroll back to top when changing what is in the `info' area.

dpkg (0.93.34) BETA; priority=LOW (HIGH for dselect users)

 * dselect: Fixed bug which caused a coredump if you exited the
   package list if you'd made any changes.  Ouch !

 * dselect: Improved selection algorithm to show fewer extraneous
   packages; improved display for unavailable packages.

 * dpkg: Improved progress messages during unpacking somewhat.

dpkg (0.93.33) BETA; priority=LOW (HIGH for dselect users)

 * dselect now has a main menu.

 * Fixed nasty uninitialised data bug in dselect.

 * dselect now locks and unlocks the packages database.

Mon, 27 Mar 1995 03:30:51 BST  Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>

        * dpkg (0.93.32): Alpha dselect released and installed in
                          /usr/sbin/dselect.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): Many portability enhancements: should now
                          compile using GCC 2.6.3, and dpkg-deb should
                          compile better on non-Linux systems.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): dpkg will not loop if its stdin disappears
                          and it needs to prompt.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): Fixed removal dependency error to show
                          correct package (Bug #648).
        * dpkg (0.93.32): Tidied up copyright notices.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): First draft of update-rc.d manpage, not yet
                          installed in /usr/man.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): Changes to top-level Makefile.in to improve
                          error trapping.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): Improved Makefile `clean' and `distclean'
                          targets.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): Deleted irrelevant `t.c' from lib and
                          dselect directories.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): Added vercmp.c with version comparison code.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): varbufextend message changed - varbufs not
                          just for input buffers.
        * dpkg (0.93.32): varbuf has C++ member functions in header
                          #ifdef __cplusplus.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.31:

* start-stop-daemon --pidfile now works (Bug#571).
* Fixed dependency processing bugs which could require a rerun of
  dpkg --configure (Bug#566).
* Fixed garbage output for `language' of control file in dpkg-deb --info.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.30:

* Added /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.29:

* Made postinst scripts really be run when dpkg --purge used.
* Added new --force-extractfail option - VERY DANGEROUS.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.28:

* Removed undef of %xx_p21 in read_database_file, which caused the
  the whole status database to become trashed when any update files
  were read.
* Make infinite-loop prevention and cycle detection work.
* Made findbreakcycle work (ie, break properly when cycle detected).
* New script, update-rc.d, to update links /etc/rc?.d/[KS]??*.
* dpkg.pl now sets the umask to 022.
* Cosmetic error message fix to dpkg-deb.
* Deleted OLD directory altogether.
* Improved error-trapping in top-level Makefile loops.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.27:

* Make version number specifications in Depends &c work.
* Added AC_PROG_CXX to autoconf.in for dselect.
* Changed myopt.h not to have cipaction field in cmdinfo (this was
  specially for dpkg-deb) - now we have a generic void*.
* Renamed `class' member of `pkginfoperfile' to `clas' [sic].
* Much work in `dselect' subdirectory.
* Deleted executables, objects and libraries from OLD tree !
* Minor changes to various copyright notices and top-of-file comments.
* Don't install nasty Perl dselectish thing as /usr/bin/dselect.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.26:

* Added --no-also-select instead of not auto-selecting on --unpack
  but doing so on --install; removed --force-unpack-any.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.25:

* Fixed duplicate output (failure to flush before fork) bug.
* More clarification of md5sum.c copyright.
* Corrected typo in ChangeLog in 0.93.24 source package.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.24:

* dpkg could copy conffiles info from one package to another.  Aargh.
  Bug #426.
* dpkg failed to initialise status if you tried to remove or
  configure a nonexistent package.  Bug #419.
* install-info now handles START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY entries like:
   * Gdb::                         The GNU debugger.
  Previously it would only accept (Bug #407):
   * Gdb: (gdb).                   The GNU debugger.
* When installing a new foo.info[.gz], install-info now replaces
   * Foo: (foo.info).              The Gnoo Foo.
  as well as just * Foo: (foo). ...
* Moved option parsing out of dpkg-deb into libdpkg.
* Assorted minor source code rearrangements.
* Fixed assorted copyright notices, clarified md5sum copyright.
* Corrected typo in 0.93.23 source package's ChangeLog.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.23:

* `dpkg-deb' --build now does a syntax check on the control file.
* `dselect' is now no longer called `debian', spurious copy removed
  from package top-level source directory.
* C control information parsing complete and somewhat tested.
* Moved `global' include files into $(srcdir)/include from ../lib,
  added some files to the lib Makefile, and arranged for pop_cleanup().

Changes in dpkg 0.93.22:

* Fixed bug which caused dpkg to see failures of md5sum where there
  were none (would also have caused dpkg to miss a real failure).
* Fixed failure to update some `status' database fields.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.21:

* Fixed error-handling bug which could corrupt database.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.20:

* Fixed bug which ran old (/var/adm/dpkg) postinst scripts.
* Fixed dpkg usage message which claimed -i => both --install & --info.
* Use Colin Plumb's MD5 code - faster, and better copyright.
* Manpages: dpkg-deb(8), deb-control(5), deb(5) - thanks to Raul
  Deluth Miller.  Also, an xfig picture of some C program innards.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.19:

* Don't delete the `list' file from the dpkg database.
* Fixed various bugs in the conffile handling.
* Conffiles that are symlinks will now be treated as if the
  `dereferenced' name of the file was listed in conffiles.  This means
  that /etc/foo -> /usr/etc/foo will cause all conffile updates of
  /etc/foo to create /usr/etc/foo.dpkg-tmp &c instead.  However, the
  link will be removed if --purge is used to delete all the conffiles.
* When doing a new installation, or when updating a conffile that
  wasn't listed as a conffile in the old version of the package, don't
  do any prompting but just install the version from the archive.
* Corrected error message if exec of dpkg --vextract failed
  and --instroot or --root specified.
* Added new --force-unpack-any option.
* Extra newline after --status output.
* Added -W options to CFLAGS.
* Fixed mistake in previous ChangeLog entry.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.18:

* Fixed invocation of dpkg-deb --vextract if --root or --instdir
  not specified.
* Create /var/lib/dpkg/updates.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.17:

* install-info --remove exits with status 0 if it doesn't find the
  thing to remove, instead of status 1.
* Error handling functions have __attribute__((format...)) if GCC.
* push_cleanup its arg takes void **argv instead of char **argv.
* Top-level Makefile.in has set -e before `for' loops.
* dpkg-deb --info not-an-existing-file produces fewer error messages.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.16:

* Made --root= option really extract to $instroot instead of `/'.
* install-info clears the 0444 bits in its umask.
* Fixed a few database handling bugs which cause dpkg always to fail,
  and usually to corrupt the status database in various ways.
* dpkg-deb completely rewritten, now doesn't tinker with
  /var/{adm,lib}/dpkg.  Should be faster.
* Directory structure and Makefiles in source package reorganised.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.15:

* Added `debian' (dselect), still very primitive.
* Database format changed, and moved from /var/adm to /var/lib.
* Added dpkg --avail mode, --list, --status and --search.
* Set of dpkg => dpkg-deb pass-through operations changed (but
  dpkg-deb not yet updated).
* Added --root, --admindir and --instdir, as well as --isok &c.
* Moved much stuff into /usr/lib/dpkg-lib.pl, rewritten status
  database handling.
* Put packages in `purge' state even if `deinstall' requested if
  they have no postrm and no conffiles.
* Version number comparisons fixed.
* insert-version.pl now installes lib.pl filename too.
* Strip trailing slashes when reading files from file lists.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.14:

* Fixed parsing of DEPENDS &c fields with trailing whitespace.
* postinst now fixes up broken ispell.control file.
* Cyclic dependency/multiple package removal processing: don't consider
  packages we've just removed when looking for a reason not to go ahead.
* Added call to postinst with `purge' argument for expunging old
  configuration etc. that aren't listed in conffiles.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.13:

* sub S_ISREG defined in dpkg.pl.
* Checking of DEPENDS &c fields was too lax, causing an internal error
  if you fed it certain kinds of broken control file.
* Fixed misleading message from bogus installationstatus call.
* New -u and -U options to dpkg-deb which don't unpack the /DEBIAN
  directory, and use these in dpkg.pl; clean up /DEBIAN in postinst.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.12:

* No longer needs *.ph files, since these appear to be broken.
* Postinst fixes up *.control files with curly brackets.
* embryo of dselect.

Changes in dpkg 0.93.11:

* New --ignore-depends option.
* This ChangeLog changed format here.

Wed Nov 30 15:38:21 GMT 1994  Ian Jackson  <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>

        * dpkg 0.93.11 released.

        * conffile updating fixed.

        * Message `updgrade' in dpkg changed to `replace'.

        * install-info now copes with multi-line entries.

        * version numbers now done automatically in dpkg and install-info.

        * more debugging around conffiles updates.

        * *.hash files not deleted so soon.

        * adds brand new packages to status array so we can install them.

        * postinst does h2ph for {sys,linux}/{stat,types}.ph if required.

Mon Nov 28 02:00:13 GMT 1994  Ian Jackson  <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>

        * dpkg 0.93.10 released.

        * dpkg.pl completely rewritten.

        * dpkg-deb: removed dabase-processing and --install option.

        * Makefiles reworked, debian.rules added.

        * Don't install anything in /usr/doc/examples.

        * dpkg-*.deb contains /usr/bin/dpkg-deb.dist, fixed up by postinst.

Thu Oct 20 13:22:20 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * dpkg 0.93.9 released.

        * dpkg.pl: Use $argument, not $package, with `--build'.
        Make sure that saved postinst scripts are executable.

Tue Oct 18 09:40:57 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * dpkg 0.93.8 released.

        * deb/remove.c (pkg_remove): Do not report an error from rmdir ()
        when `errno' is ENOTEMPTY (Directory not empty), because in this
        case we have found the highest-level directory in the package and
        are ready to exit the loop (i.e., it is a normal occurrence).

Mon Oct 17 10:44:32 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * Makefile.in: Adapted all Makefiles to the GNU Coding Standards.

        * deb/remove.c (pkg_remove): Make sure that parent directories are
        removed LAST!  This will result in complete removal of packages
        when --remove is called.  dpkg 0.93.7 (and earlier) had problems
        with this because it tried to remove directories in order, which
        will work most of the time, but not necessarily all of the time.

        * deb/list.c (pkg_list): Output is sorted by package name.

Tue Oct  4 12:27:10 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * deb/contents.c (pkg_contents): When a list file cannot be
        opened, silently fail and let the front-end explain the problem.

        * deb/util.c (return_info): When a control file cannot be opened,
        silently fail and let the front-end explain the problem.

        * deb/search.c (pkg_search): Exit 0 if the regular expression is
        matched and 1 if it is not.

Mon Oct  3 18:38:53 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * dpkg.pl: New file.  Replaces dpkg.sh.

        * deb/Makefile.in: Renamed `dpkg-util.deb' to `dpkg-deb'.

        * deb/build.c (pkg_build): `--build' is less verbose, instead
        letting the front-end add verbosity where appropriate.

        * deb/install.c (pkg_install): Ditto.

        * deb/remove.c (pkg_remove): Ditto.

        * deb/search.c (pkg_search): Ditto.

        * deb/describe.c (pkg_describe): `--describe' is less verbose,
        instead letting the front-end add verbosity where appropriate.
        The ``Description:'' label has been removed.

        * deb/version.c (pkg_version): `--version' is less verbose,
        instead letting the front-end add verbosity where appropriate.
        The ``Version:'' label has been removed, as has the maintainer
        information.

Mon Sep 12 14:22:04 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * deb/version.c (pkg_version): `--version' now reports the
        version number of dpkg if no argument is specified.

Thu Sep  1 13:31:37 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * dpkg 0.93.7 released.

        * deb/build.c (pkg_build): check status and exit if non-zero.

        * deb/contents.c (pkg_contents): ditto.

        * deb/install.c (archive_extract): ditto.

Thu Sep  1 13:20:08 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * deb/version.c (pkg_version): indent to the same point as
        pkg_describe.

Thu Sep  1 12:21:11 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * Makefile.in (dist): added debian.rules binary, source and
        dist targets to make final distribution easier to make.
        (install): install programs to /usr/bin.

        * deb/Makefile.in (install): install programs to /usr/bin.

        * deb/list.c (pkg_list): enforce a maximum limit of ten characters
        for the package name in the output.
        (pkg_list): left-justify the version number to make it easier for
        the front-end to parse the output.
        (pkg_list): replace first '\n' character in packages[n].description
        with '\0'.

        * deb/install.c (archive_extract): use the `p' option to `tar' to
        ensure that permissions are preserved.

Sat Aug 27 09:53:37 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * dpkg 0.93.6 released.

        * deb/util.c (return_info): only unlink CONTROL if ARCHIVE_FLAG is
        true!

Fri Aug 26 15:38:22 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * dpkg 0.93.5 released.

        * deb/contents.c (pkg_contents): merged function archive_contents
        into function pkg_contents.

        * deb/contents.c (pkg_contents): use lstat (rather than stat) so
        that symbolic links are recognized.
        (pkg_contents): print the usual `<path> -> <link_to>' now that we
        recognize symbolic links.

        * deb/util.c (return_info): create a FIFO to pipe the needed
        information to the ``formatter'' rather than creating a directory
        in /tmp for the package information, which is what we used to do.

Thu Aug 25 11:46:27 1994  Ian Murdock  (imurdock@debra.debian.org)

        * lib/fake-ls.c (mk_date_string): return a pointer to malloc'ed
        area.
        (mk_mode_string): ditto.

        * dpkg.sh: make sure the control information is extracted to a
        uniquely-named temporary directory during package installation.

        * dpkg.sh: execute the pre- and post-removal scripts during
        package removal.

        * dpkg.sh: exit immediately if dpkg-util.deb reports failure.

        * deb/install.c (pkg_control): make sure that `package' exists and
        is a Debian archive before doing anything.

        * deb/install.c (pkg_extract): make sure that `package' exists and
        is a Debian archive before doing anything.

        * deb/install.c (pkg_install): unlink `extract_output' when done.

        * deb/remove.c (pkg_remove): use lstat (rather than stat) so that
        --remove does not get confused and think that a symbolic link to a
        directory is actually a directory, which results in the symbolic
        link never being removed at all.

ChangeLog begins Thu Aug 25 11:46:27 1994 for dpkg 0.93.5.