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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=6169b4f7c2678fb6270a785a54142c7d3d0077bd commit 6169b4f7c2678fb6270a785a54142c7d3d0077bd (tag: 1.23.0) Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Tue Dec 16 22:29:10 2025 +0100 Release 1.23.0 --- debian/changelog | 340 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 337 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 224385d3c..ab067ad40 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,8 +1,342 @@ -dpkg (1.23.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium +dpkg (1.23.0) unstable; urgency=medium - * + [ Guillem Jover ] + * Pass --format=xz explicitly to xz on decompression. + * dpkg-divert: Clarify default behavior change timeline. + * dpkg: Remove obsolete --forget-old-unavail from --help output. + * Add vendor specific support for fuzzy source vs version nativeness. + Closes: #737634 + * dpkg-deb: Fix cleanup for control member with restricted directories. + Reported by zhutyra on HackerOne. + * dpkg: Use maintscript name instead of untranslated description in error + messages. + * dpkg: Unify maintainer script error messages. + * dpkg: Print maintscript fallback success message after finishing actions. + * Improve subprocess exit message. + * update-alternatives: Move debug message from call site into + alternative_prepare_install(). + * Shallow pass at clarifying debug messages. + * update-alternatives: Clarify in --help output that the «...» refers to + --slave. + * dpkg-query: Improve --list header ASCII art. + Suggested by No Comment <[email protected]>. + * dselect, libdpkg: Use Ctrl+<name> instead of ^<name> in messages. + * dpkg-split: Obsolete --msdos option which no longer does anything. + * Remove support for MSDOS-Filename field. + * dpkg-shlibdeps: Add a debug print when overriding file to package mappings. + See #1115395. + * Use invalid instead of illegal in symbol names and output messages. + * dpkg: Improve commands acting on the available file from standard input. + Closes: #1119906 + * Use «package metadata» instead of «control information». + * dpkg: Use MAXCONTROLFILENAME instead of 50 or 250 in format string + precision. + * dpkg-split: Mark strings for translation. + * start-stop-daemon: Update list of change contributors. + * Do not use contractions in output messages. + * Reword --help options descriptions to fit again in 80 columns. + * dpkg-source: Use Dpkg::BuildProfiles to parse the Build-Profiles field. + * dpkg-source: Add a new profile:v1 property in Package-List field. + See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/11/msg00333.html. + * Use valid instead of legal in output messages and code comments. + * dpkg-source: Add support for --signer-certs option. Closes: #1110172 + * dpkg-source: Add new --no-vendor-certs extract option. + * dpkg: Do not run the postinst during cleanup if the previous state was bad. + Based on a patch by Ian Jackson <[email protected]>. + Closes: #432893 + * dpkg: Mark reinstreq during unpack as late as possible, not before prerm. + Thanks to Ian Jackson <[email protected]>. + * Architecture support: + - Accept sparcv9 as an alias for GNU CPU name sparc64. + - Remove kopensolaris-any support. + See commit 602261f1f3e3143b0b668d3ae185fb600b4ed18c. + See https://github.com/dtbartle/glibc-opensolaris (2009-04). + See https://github.com/ip1981/kopensolaris-glibc (2015-01). + - Remove kfreebsd-any support. + See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/05/msg00306.html. + - Remove support for powerpcspe. + * Portability: + - Use portable POSIX «cp» options -RPp instead -a. + * Perl modules: + - Dpkg::Vendor: Parametrize vendor and field names in diagnostic messages. + - Dpkg: Bump PROGVERSION to 1.23.x. + - Dpkg::Build::Info: Remove deprecated module. + - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Do not run sq/sqv to verify with no + keyrings. Closes: #1106148 + - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Run sq in stateless mode for + verification. + Suggested by Neal H. Walfield <[email protected]>. + - Dpkg::Compression: Uncomment compression_get_property() deprecation + warning. + - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Remove implicit argument use in + field_transfer_single(). + - Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Remove deprecated ignore blacklist support. + - Dpkg::Source::Package: Move non-native version build check from 3.0 + (quilt) to 2.0. + - Dpkg::Source::Package: Add format vs version coherence warnings on + extract. + - Dpkg::Source::Package::V1: Remove redundant -r option for cp. + - Test::Dpkg: Refactor all_shell_files() function. + - Test::Dpkg: Add all maintscripts to all_shell_files(). + - Test::Dpkg: Refactor all_pod_modules() function. + - Test::Dpkg: Optimize modules skipping in all_pod_modules(). + - Test::Dpkg: Do not export directory getters. + - Test::Dpkg: Refactor test files scan function. + - Test::Dpkg: Extend all_shell_files() to return all shell scripts. + - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Fix uninitialized Perl variables. + Closes: #1107971 + - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Fix R³ dpkg/target/<target> values + handling. + - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Improve R³ dpkg/<keyword> fallback + matching. + - Dpkg::BuildTree: Fix needs_root() for R³ with implementation specific + keywords. See #1107971. + - Dpkg::SysInfo: Refactor number of processes retrieval into new module. + - Dpkg::Shlibs: Remove DEB_TARGET_ARCH handling from setup_library_paths(). + Reported by Helmut Grohne <[email protected]>. + - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend: Do not mark hint command as translatable. + - Dpkg::Source::Package: Print a notice when verifying .dsc signatures. + - Dpkg::Source::Package: Print the keyrings used during verification. + Closes: #703364 + - Dpkg::OpenPGP: Add own error for missing keyrings in verify functions. + - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Use a default debian_rules value. + - Dpkg::Source::Package::V3::Git: Use «git submodule» for its status. + Suggested by Daniel Gröber <[email protected]>. Closes: #1100413 + - Dpkg::OpenPGP: Do not run verify with no keyrings. Closes: #1111617 + - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Unify debian/rules fixer with source + extract. + - Dpkg::Source::Package: Remove debian/rules fixer at extract time. + Closes: #1078764 + - Dpkg::IPC: Deprecate nocheck option and rename it to no_check. + - Dpkg::Source::Patch: Deprecate nofinish option and rename it to + no_finish. + - Dpkg::Deps::Simple: Move dependency regex into its own variable. + - Dpkg::Compression: Move global regexes into + compression_get_file_extension_regex. + - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Use TEMPLATE instead of argument in + newdir. + - Dpkg::Source: Rename $tmp to $tmpdir. + - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Switch _sop_exec to get all options in a + hash. + - Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Switch wantarray from a ternary operator to + if/else. + - Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Rename file option to filename. + - Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: Deprecate file option and rename it to filename. + - Dpkg::Lock: Restructure file_lock code to make it easier to add fallback. + - Dpkg::Lock: Avoid using eval for the File::FcntlLock new and lock calls. + - Dpkg::Lock: Fallback to use File::FcntlLock::Pure if File::FcntlLock + fails. + - Dselect::Method::Config: New module. + - Dselect::Method::Media: New module to refactor get_disk_label(). + - Dpkg::Vendor: Add branch hardening flags to LDFLAGS. + Thanks to Simon Chopin <[email protected]>. Closes: #1115292 + - Test::Dpkg: Rename test_needs_srcdir_switch() to test_chdir_srcdir(). + - Dpkg::Shlibs: Use a hash to track libdir repeats when parsing ld.so.conf. + - Dpkg::Shlibs: Assign from s///r instead of via topic variable. + - Dpkg::Shlibs::Objdump::Object: Do not assign readline to $_ on discard. + - Dpkg::Vendor::Debian: Add comment about current state of -fcf-protection. + - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow LFLAGS (lex/flex) and YFLAGS (yacc/bison) + variables. + - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow LANGUAGE variable. + - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow LOCPATH, NLSPATH, I18NPATH and GCONV_PATH + variables. + - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow TZ, TZDIR and DATEMSK variables. + - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow ld.so run-time variables. + - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow resolver specific variables. + - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow POSIXLY_CORRECT and GETCONF_DIR variables. + - Dpkg::BuildProfiles: Add new build_profile_is_invalid function. + - Dpkg::BuildProfiles: Make parser more strict. Closes: #1121657 + - Dpkg::Shlibs::Objdump::Object: Add support for "Version References" + symbols. Closes: #1122107 + - Dpkg::Source::Package: Deprecate implicit trusted GnuPG keyrings. + - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Deprecate KeyBox formatted keyrings. + - Dpkg::Vendor::Debian: Use .pgp keyrings instead of .gpg ones. + - Dpkg::Vendor::Devuan: Use .pgp keyrings instead of .gpg ones. + - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Deprecate SC field export rules in binary + stanza. Prompted by Richard Hansen <[email protected]>. + See https://bugs.debian.org/1117566. + - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Do not autovivify %FIELDS entries on getters. + - Dpkg::Substvars: Add support for implicit substvars assigned with $=. + * Make fragments: + - Switch to use GNU make intcmp instead of relying on shell. + Prompted by Sean Whitton <[email protected]>. + See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/12/msg00039.html. + * Documentation: + - doc: Make README.* files fully machine readable. + - doc: Add space after comment and TODO/XXX marker. + - man: Clarify when dpkg-maintscript-helpers might need Pre-Depends on + dpkg. Closes: #1108386 + - man: Document DEB_BUILD_PROFILES in all tools honoring the env variable. + - man: Add a reference to build profiles in dpkg-buildflags. + Closes: #1026319 + - man: Itemize deb(5) and deb-split(5). + - man: Fix DPKG_ROOT documentation in dpkg(1). Closes: #1110873 + - man: Document DPKG_ROOT also as an external environment variable for + dpkg. + - man: Switch from .orig-<component>.tar to .orig-<addon>.tar. + Closes: #1095231 + - man: Clarify that the archive described is the ar archive in a .deb. + - man: Update control examples in deb-control(5) and deb-src-control(5). + - man: Add lost detail about parts of a deb-changelog(5) getting ignored. + Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <[email protected]>. + - man: Use proper L<> markup for man page references. + Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <[email protected]>. + - man: Use «directory» instead of «dir» for dpkg option arguments. + Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <[email protected]>. + - man: Add missing dpkg in «supported since» sentence in deb(5). + Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <[email protected]>. + - man: Match plural forms in parentheticals in dpkg-buildflags(1). + Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <[email protected]>. + - man: Add Multi-Arch field to dpkg-query known fields. + Thanks to Nicolas Boulenguez <[email protected]>. Closes: #1115250 + - doc: Update references to mixed old and new C/C++ coding styles. + - doc: Document test suite specific environment variables in README. + - man: Use command instead of action for dpkg command options. + - man: Clarify build profiles syntax. + - man: Document accepted syntax for architecture names. + - man: Improve architecture documentation. + Prompted by Helmut Grohne <[email protected]>. + - man: Clarify binary stanza default field values and inheritance rules. + - man: Itemize deb-substvars operators. + * Code internals: + - Quote variables in shell scripts. + - Disable intentional or false-positive shellcheck checks. + - perl: Switch to use 0o prefix for octal literals. + - perl: Switch to «use v5.36» instead of «use strict» and «use + warnings». + - libdpkg: Do not segfault when adding triggers in no-act mode. + Closes: #1108192 + - dpkg: Switch from m_asprintf() to str_fmt(). + - dpkg: Fix memory leak in maintscript_fallback(). + - dpkg: Rename maintscript description variable from buf to scriptdesc. + - libdpkg: Enable meminfo_get_available() on GNU/Hurd. + Prompted by Helmut Grohne <[email protected]>. + See https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2024/12/msg00004.html. + - dpkg: Add a translator comment for the summarized pathname message. + - libdpkg: Print () after function name in internerr message. + - libdpkg: Add support for debug_at() to print debug messages at a + function. + - libdpkg, dpkg: Use debug_at() instead of debug() to print function name. + - dpkg: Rename maintscript_exec() warn argument to subproc_opts. + - dpkg: Pass cidir and cidirrest before scriptname to maintscript + functions. + - dpkg: Rename maintscript execution functions. + - dpkg-gencontrol: Remove unused Dpkg::BuildProfiles import. + - scripts: Replace some POSIX imports with Fcntl module. + - libdpkg: Switch status abbreviations from char to strings. + - perl: Rename regular expression variables from *_re to *_regex. + - perl: Fix indentation. + - perl: Remove unused File::Temp imports. + - perl: Switch from tempfile()/tempdir() to OOP File::Temp interfaces. + - perl: Move File::Find::find() options into an actual hashref variable. + - perl: Fix indentation for list, listrefs and hashref variable + definitions. + - perl: Fix indentation for function calls with hash, hashref and listref + arguments. + - perl: Remove feature pragmas implied by «use VERSION». + - Change TRANSLATORS comments style to get better extraction by gettext. + - dselect: Remove unused __END__ markers in methods Perl modules. + - dselect: Use Dpkg::Version in method scripts instead of calling dpkg. + - dselect: Fix Perl syntax in methods scripts (duped parenthesis). + - dselect: Fix Perl syntax in methods scripts (unbalanced quoting). + - dselect: Use HERE document instead of multi-line string in method script. + - dselect: Remove unnecessary trailing semicolon in method scripts. + - dselect: Add missing Version field parsing to method scripts. + - dselect: Fix variables declaration in «my» operator in media method + script. + - dselect: Fix open() calls in method scripts. + - dselect: Close file descriptors in method scripts. + - dselect: Use foreach loops instead of C-style loops in method scripts. + - dselect: Declare Perl variables in method scripts with my. + - dselect: Use chdir instead of non-existent cd function in method script. + - dselect: Use {} for regex substitution operators in method scripts. + - dselect: Remove useless topic variable use in split calls in method + scripts. + - dselect: Use foreach instead of map in void context in method script. + - dselect: Use an array variable instead of reusing @_ in method script. + - dselect: Do not mix high and low-precedence boolean operators. + - dselect: Do not use mixed-case variable names in method scripts. + - dselect: Rewrite all methods install scripts from shell to Perl. + - dselect: Use intermediate variable for substr handling in method scripts. + - dselect: Remove unused $iarch variable in method script. + - dselect: Remove unnecessary intermediate variables in method script. + - dselect: Use Oo as octal prefix in method scripts. + - dselect: Do not use unusual delimiter for tr in method script. + - dselect: Do not use boolean operators for code flow except for dying. + - dpkg-architecture: Make architecture variables assignment more clear. + - scripts: Remove unnecessary terminating 0 in scripts. + - perl: Switch from hard tabs to spaces. + - perl: Place label before loop keyword. + - perl: Fix code indentation. + - perl: Place each statement into its own line. + - perl: Fix space style. + - perl: Fix format and contents of code comments. + - dpkg-shlibdeps: Rename global $i to $depstrength. + - perl: Place each statement into its own line (round two). + - perl: Fix format and contents of code comments (round two). + - perl: Fix space style (round two). + - perl: Fix code indentation (round two). + - perl: Remove unnecessary parenthesis around single «my» variables. + - dselect: Do not use boolean operators for code flow except for dying + (round two). + - dselect: Use named variables instead of topic variable in foreach loops. + - libdpkg: Do an early continue in run_cleanups to reduce nesting level. + - lib, src: Fix code formatting style of C code (round one). + - dselect: Rework curses enable/disable functions to reduce nesting level. + - dselect: Fix code formatting style of C++ code (round one). + - start-stop-daemon: Change xmalloc() size argument type from int to + size_t. + - libcompat: Add support for __format_arg__ attribute. + - libcompat: Mark gettext functions with __format_arg__ attribute. + - dselect: Give a context string to keybinding translations. + - Stop using length limited format strings (%.255s/%.250s/%.100s/%.50s). + - libdpkg: Double the emergency error message buffer size. + * Build system: + - Bump minimal Perl version to 5.36.0. + - Automatically set test parallelism from make parallelism. + - Add new authordistcheck convenience rule. + - Add a function definition to compile for the flags checks. + - Add support for SHORT_TESTING to avoid running cppcheck. + - Disable po4a warning that nags about switch to SimplePod. + - Add an editorconfig file. + * Packaging: + - Use local keyword for function scoped variable in maintscript. + - Add libselinux-dev in Build-Depends as alternative to libselinux1-dev. + - Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default. + * Test suite: + - Use $* instead of $@ when assigning into a string. + - Use $() instead of legacy `` for shell command expansion. + - Update dselect shell methods files list. + - Check shell files pending fixes from shellcheck tests as TODO. + - Move Perl version use pragmas as the first things to declare. + - Pass soname as a scalar in Dpkg::Shlibs::Symbol->lookup_symbol calls. + - Test that we do not allow «anyfoo» as an arch wildcard. + - Remove unnecessary semicolon after loop block. + - Hardcode number of invariant tests instead of dynamically computing them. + - Move test plan to Test::More import. + - Do not exit explicitly after a «plan skip_all». + - Move update-alternatives test plan as early as possible in the test file. + - Move use_ok() calls immediately after use imports. + - Switch from «use_ok» to «use ok» for import checks. + - Remove duplicate semicolon after statement. + * Localization: + - Add English UTF-8 translations. + - Unfuzzy translations after contraction removal changes. + - Unfuzzy translations after format string changes. + - Update Catalan translations. + - Update Portuguese scripts translation. + - Update Swedish scripts translation. - -- Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Mon, 19 May 2025 00:43:56 +0200 + [ Helge Kreutzmann ] + * Localization: + - Update German man pages translation. + - Update German scripts translation. + + [ Sven Joachim ] + * Localization: + - Update German programs translation. + + -- Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:21:13 +0100 dpkg (1.22.19) unstable; urgency=medium -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
