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guillem pushed a change to annotated tag 1.23.0
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tagging 6169b4f7c2678fb6270a785a54142c7d3d0077bd (commit)
replaces 1.22.19
by Guillem Jover
on Tue Dec 16 22:29:10 2025 +0100
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Release 1.23.0
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Guillem Jover (255):
Bump version to 1.23.0
Pass --format=xz explicitly to xz on decompression
Dpkg::Vendor: Parametrize vendor and field names in diagnostic messages
Dpkg: Bump PROGVERSION to 1.23.x
dpkg-divert: Clarify default behavior change timeline
Dpkg::Build::Info: Remove deprecated module
dpkg: Remove obsolete --forget-old-unavail from --help output
doc: Make README.* files fully machine readable
Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Do not run sq/sqv to verify with no
keyrings
Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Run sq in stateless mode for verification
debian: Use local keyword for function scoped variable in maintscript
Quote variables in shell scripts
test: Use $* instead of $@ when assigning into a string
test: Use $() instead of legacy `` for shell command expansion
Disable intentional or false-positive shellcheck checks
doc: Add space after comment and TODO/XXX marker
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
Add vendor specific support for fuzzy source vs version nativeness
po: Update Catalan translations
po: Update Portuguese scripts translation
po: Update Swedish scripts translation
arch: Accept sparcv9 as an alias for GNU CPU name sparc64
Dpkg::Source::Package::V1: Remove redundant -r option for cp
Use portable POSIX «cp» options -RPp instead -a
build: Bump minimal Perl version to 5.36.0
perl: Switch to use 0o prefix for octal literals
perl: Switch to «use v5.36» instead of «use strict» and «use warnings»
test: Update dselect shell methods files list
test: Check shell files pending fixes from shellcheck tests as TODO
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
man: Clarify when dpkg-maintscript-helpers might need Pre-Depends on dpkg
Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Fix uninitialized Perl variables
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
libdpkg: Do not segfault when adding triggers in no-act mode
dpkg-deb: Fix cleanup for control member with restricted directories
test: Create tar archive in a reproducible way
test: Update reference output to match tar sorted output
Dpkg::SysInfo: Refactor number of processes retrieval into new module
build: Automatically set test parallelism from make parallelism
build: Add new authordistcheck convenience rule
Dpkg::Shlibs: Remove DEB_TARGET_ARCH handling from setup_library_paths()
dpkg: Switch from m_asprintf() to str_fmt()
dpkg: Fix memory leak in maintscript_fallback()
dpkg: Use maintscript name instead of untranslated description in error
messages
dpkg: Unify maintainer script error messages
dpkg: Rename maintscript description variable from buf to scriptdesc
dpkg: Print maintscript fallback success message after finishing actions
Improve subprocess exit message
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
Dpkg::OpenPGP: Add own error for missing keyrings in verify functions
build: Add build-aux/get-make-jobs to the distribution
libdpkg: Enable meminfo_get_available() on GNU/Hurd
dpkg: Add a translator comment for the summarized pathname message
test: Move Perl version use pragmas as the first things to declare
u-a: Move debug message from call site into alternative_prepare_install()
libdpkg: Print () after function name in internerr message
Shallow pass at clarifying debug messages
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
Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Use a default debian_rules value
Dpkg::Source::Package::V3::Git: Use «git submodule» for its status
Dpkg::OpenPGP: Do not run verify with no keyrings
man: Document DEB_BUILD_PROFILES in all tools honoring the env variable
man: Add a reference to build profiles in dpkg-buildflags
man: Itemize deb(5) and deb-split(5)
man: Fix DPKG_ROOT documentation in dpkg(1)
man: Document DPKG_ROOT also as an external environment variable for dpkg
man: Switch from .orig-<component>.tar to .orig-<addon>.tar
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)
Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Unify debian/rules fixer with source
extract
Dpkg::Source::Package: Remove debian/rules fixer at extract time
scripts: Replace some POSIX imports with Fcntl module
u-a: Clarify in --help output that the «...» refers to --slave
libdpkg: Switch status abbreviations from char to strings
dpkg-query: Improve --list header ASCII art
Dpkg::Version: Fix typo in function call
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
perl: Rename regular expression variables from *_re to *_regex
Dpkg::Compression: Move global regexes into
compression_get_file_extension_regex
perl: Fix indentation
Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Use TEMPLATE instead of argument in newdir
Dpkg::Source: Rename $tmp to $tmpdir
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
test: Pass soname as a scalar in Dpkg::Shlibs::Symbol->lookup_symbol calls
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
perl: Remove feature pragmas implied by «use VERSION»
dselect, libdpkg: Use Ctrl+<name> instead of ^<name> in messages
man: Add lost detail about parts of a deb-changelog(5) getting ignored
man: Use proper L<> markup for man page references
man: Use «directory» instead of «dir» for dpkg option arguments
man: Add missing dpkg in «supported since» sentence in deb(5)
man: Match plural forms in parentheticals in dpkg-buildflags(1)
po: Update Catalan translations
po: Add English UTF-8 translations
Change TRANSLATORS comments style to get better extraction by gettext
arch: Remove kopensolaris-any support
arch: Remove kfreebsd-any support
arch: Remove support for powerpcspe
t: Test that we do not allow «anyfoo» as an arch wildcard
dpkg-split: Obsolete --msdos option which no longer does anything
Remove support for MSDOS-Filename field
Dselect::Method::Config: New module
Dselect::Method::Media: New module to refactor get_disk_label()
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
build: Add a function definition to compile for the flags checks
build: Add support for SHORT_TESTING to avoid running cppcheck
build: Disable po4a warning that nags about switch to SimplePod
dpkg-shlibdeps: Add a debug print when overriding file to package mappings
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
test: Remove unnecessary semicolon after loop block
test: Hardcode number of invariant tests instead of dynamically computing
them
test: Move test plan to Test::More import
test: Do not exit explicitly after a «plan skip_all»
test: Move u-a test plan as early as possible in the test file
test: Move use_ok() calls immediately after use imports
test: Switch from «use_ok» to «use ok» for import checks
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
test: Fix plan handling
Test::Dpkg: Rename test_needs_srcdir_switch() to test_chdir_srcdir()
test: Remove duplicate semicolon after statement
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
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
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)
doc: Update references to mixed old and new C/C++ coding styles
build: Add an editorconfig file
build: Add .editorconfig to EXTRA_DIST
doc: Document test suite specific environment variables in README
Use invalid instead of illegal in symbol names and output messages
dpkg: Improve commands acting on the available file from standard input
s-s-d: Change xmalloc() size argument type from int to size_t
Fix coding style (round two)
man: Use command instead of action for dpkg command options
libcompat: Add support for __format_arg__ attribute
libcompat: Mark gettext functions with __format_arg__ attribute
dselect: Give a context string to keybinding translations
Use «package metadata» instead of «control information»
dpkg: Use MAXCONTROLFILENAME instead of 50 or 250 in format string
precision
Stop using length limited format strings (%.255s/%.250s/%.100s/%.50s)
libdpkg: Double the emergency error message buffer size
po: Unfuzzy translations after format string changes
dpkg-split: Mark strings for translation
s-s-d: Update list of change contributors
Do not use contractions in output messages
Reword --help options descriptions to fit again in 80 columns
po: Unfuzzy translations after contraction removal changes
perl: Fix grammar in warning messages
debian: Add libselinux-dev in Build-Depends as alternative to
libselinux1-dev
man: Clarify build profiles syntax
dpkg-source: Use Dpkg::BuildProfiles to parse the Build-Profiles field
dpkg-source: Add a new profile:v1 property in Package-List field
Dpkg::BuildProfiles: Add new build_profile_is_invalid function
Dpkg::BuildProfiles: Make parser more strict
man: Document accepted syntax for architecture names
scripts/mk: Switch to use GNU make intcmp instead of relying on shell
Dpkg::Shlibs::Objdump::Object: Add support for "Version References"
symbols
Use valid instead of legal in output messages and code comments
man: Improve architecture documentation
dpkg-source: Add support for --signer-certs option
Dpkg::Source::Package: Deprecate implicit trusted GnuPG keyrings
Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Deprecate KeyBox formatted keyrings
dpkg-source: Add new --no-vendor-certs extract option
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
dpkg: Do not run the postinst during cleanup if the previous state was bad
debian: Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default
man: Clarify binary stanza default field values and inheritance rules
man: Itemize deb-substvars operators
Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Do not autovivify %FIELDS entries on getters
Dpkg::Substvars: Add support for implicit substvars assigned with $=
dpkg-gencontrol: Add a missing POSIX module require
po: Regenerate .pot files and merge .po files with them
Release 1.23.0
Helge Kreutzmann (10):
po: Update German scripts translation
po: Update German man pages translation
po: Update German scripts translation
po: Update German man pages translation
po: Update German man pages translation
po: Update German scripts translation
po: Update German man pages translation
po: Update German man pages translation
po: Update German man pages translation
po: Update German man pages translation
Ian Jackson (1):
dpkg: Mark reinstreq during unpack as late as possible, not before prerm
Nicolas Boulenguez (1):
man: Add Multi-Arch field to dpkg-query known fields
Simon Chopin (1):
Dpkg::Vendor: Add branch hardening flags to LDFLAGS
Sven Joachim (1):
po: Update German programs translation
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