2004
====

20040506 finally remove <prefix>/bin/{rpm,rpm2cpio} wrappers in preparation to OpenPKG 2.1
20040505 rc: skip .snap (FreeBSD 5) and .snapshot (NetApp) directories in *.rpmxxx checking
20040501 use better GCC detection in "rpmtool cflags" (taken over from "gcc" package)
20040429 make sure <prefix>/etc/rc does not complain in cronjobs of non-privileged setups
20040429 port to NetBSD 1.6.2
20040428 fix "openpkg man" command now that OPENPKG_TOOLS_CMDPATH is not provided
20040428 let rc point out that it searches subdirectories for unresolved file conflicts
20040427 fixed rpmpopt: replace hard-coded bash path and do not use reserved shell keywords
20040426 upgrade to cURL 7.11.2
20040422 backout added hack to "rpmtool cflags -O" processing because it was incorrect
20040421 add hack to "rpmtool cflags -O" processing because Tru64 doesn't know plain "-O" option
20040421 POSIX compliance: replace "head -1" with "sed -e 'q'" and "tail -1" with "sed -n -e '$p'"

20040418 **** RELEASE AS PART OF OPENPKG 2.0.2 ***
20040418 port RPM to Tru64 5.1 (again) (excluded in 2.0.2)
20040418 remove left-over object files from RPM distribution tarball before building
20040418 use "openpkg lsync" consistently in lsync manual page (excluded in 2.0.2)
20040414 fix "rpm --help" output related to option "--with"
20040414 fix building of GNU tar by applying more "no iconv here" enforcement (excluded in 2.0.2)
20040409 removed old RPM extensions (now part of "openpkg-tools") (excluded in 2.0.2)
20040409 worked-off <prefix>/bin/openpkg frontend in order to provide better tool chain processing
20040408 fixed internal OPENPKG_TOOLS variable processing in <prefix>/bin/openpkg frontend
20040408 added workaround to BeeCrypt build to make sure /dev/audio and /dev/dsp are not used
20040407 upgraded to GNU shtool 2.0b2
20040406 upgraded to GNU tar 1.13.94 (excluded in 2.0.2)

20040405 **** RELEASE AS PART OF OPENPKG 2.0.1 ***
20040405 fix "openpkg man" command for embedded POD manual page rendering
20040403 fix tracking of GNU tar
20040401 fix "openpkg install openpkg-tool" bootstrapping command
20040324 fix %l_check_nosource: the output went directly into the shell scripts
20040320 upgrade to cURL 7.11.1 (excluded in 2.0.1)
20040320 bump provide for 2.0.0-2.0.0

20040224 **** RELEASE AS PART OF OPENPKG 2.0.0 ***
20040224 use ~/.openpkg/warning instead of ~/.openpkg/timestamp for warning timestamp file
20040223 change BeeCrypt building to use no assembly code at all
20040223 use a more smart rpm/rpm2cpio execution wrapper warning
20040221 written manual page for "openpkg uuid"
20040221 implemented "openpkg man" command for reading tool chain command manual pages
20040220 fix "openpkg rpm-config --version" output
20040220 cleanup displayed messages and do not display error message on failed commands
20040218 upgraded to GNU shtool 2.0b1
20040217 added -t|--tar option to *.sh scripts for convenient extracting embedded tarball
20040217 provide <prefix>/bin/rpm2cpio for convenience reasons
20040216 change filesystem layout for final OpenPKG 2.0 namespace clean layout
20040216 config.{guess,sub} scripts are no longer installed
20040216 fixed --tag processing in bootstrapping situation
20040216 upgraded to OSSP uuid 1.0.0
20040214 use sane build environment already in pre-expanded sanity checking macros
20040213 upgraded to OSSP uuid 0.9.7
20040212 added support to RPM's %patch macro for passing through patch(1) "-d" option
20040212 upgraded to the latest GNU shtool 2.0b0 snapshot version
20040211 upgraded to OSSP uuid 0.9.6
20040210 use "<compat>" for "%l_tag_fmt" on upgrades to be more OpenPKG 1.3 compatible
20040210 we more smart and accept not-existing "Class:" headers for compatibility.
20040209 cleanup "rpmmacros" for consistent "%l_prefix" usage and fix "rpmtool not found" issue
20040208 added version tracking for OSSP uuid
20040206 upgraded to OSSP uuid 0.9.5
20040206 disable %prep checks under --track-dump and cleanup its output
20040205 activate only the %env of "openpkg" in the "musr" run-time environment
20040205 add --tack-dump and make sure --track/-bt do not require dependencies and sources
20040205 make sure -bs no longer requires dependencies
20040204 fix class checking macro l_check_class.
20040203 actually use new Class: header and %track section
20040130 add support to RPM for new "%track" section which will become the new vcheck(1) source
20040130 add support to RPM for new "%test" section which will allow run-time testing
20040130 add support to RPM for new "Class" header which will become the new package class source 
20040127 fix typos and remove trailing whitespaces from source files
20040124 add parallel build support in %{l_mflags} for HP/UX
20040123 adjust copyright year in all messages to cover new year 2004
20040123 upgrade to cURL 7.11.0
20040122 add "rpm --tag <string>" support for tagging binary RPMs with arbitrary strings
20040122 upgrade to latest GNU shtool snapshot for better RHL/RHEL detection and naming
20040121 cleanup openpkg.spec by sorting SourceX headers
20040120 add OSSP uuid and companion uuid.sh frontend to provide new <prefix>/etc/openpkg/uuid
20040120 embed %post section from openpkg.spec into bootstrap script *.src.sh
20040120 adjust widths in "rpm -qplv" output to allow longer owner/group
20040120 regenerate rpm.patch.* files with latest CVS 1.12.x
20040113 add %status to rc.openpkg; this prevents warnings when no package provides a status
20040112 settings from [smrn]gid options get lost; fix by introducing a temporary variable
20040112 fix RPM internal handling of %_excludedocs macro
20040107 fix config.cache file handling in building of GNU tar and GNU patch
20040107 downgrade to GNU tar 1.13.25 again because --no-recursion is broken in <= 1.13.92
20040105 exclude %doc flagged files by default.
20040102 make sure rpmtool exists (important on bootstrapping with openpkg.boot)
20040101 start using the global file /etc/openpkg to register all OpenPKG instances on a system

2003
====

20031212 upgrade to GNU tar 1.13.92 (second attempt)
20031213 replaced unreleased OSSP platform script with latest GNU shtool (which includes OSSP platform)
20031211 add support for RedHat WS/ES/AS and Fedora to %{l_platform} via latest OSSP platform
20031211 uprade to GNU tar 1.13.91 (backed out again, because 1.13.91 is partly broken)
20031205 fix rpmtool run-time under openpkg.boot environment
20031129 do not enforce uudecode availability as raw tarballs introduced a month ago do no longer require it
20031127 only allow exact section command matches in rc
20031124 upgrade to zlib 1.2.1
20031121 rc manual page additions
20031117 automatically check for %NoSource/%NoPatch integrity and package class in %prep
20031113 stop processing if we cannot create the necessary user accounts
20031107 fix usage of %pre in aux.wrapbin.sh -- was broken after recent work-offs
20031102 upgrade to cURL 7.10.8
20031031 upgrade to latest OSSP platform script version
20031031 work-off aux.wrap{src,bin}.sh scripts and internal documentation in README
20031029 switch from uncompressed binary tarball to compressed tarball in tarball encapsulation
20031029 switch from uuencoded to raw tarballs for source/binary .sh files (30% space reduction)
20031028 remove problematic INCPATH stuff in RPM configure which picks up external stuff
20031028 upgrade to latest OSSP platform script for Darwin 6.6 and Solaris 10 support
20031027 port RPM to OpenDarwin 6.6.2
20031027 try to cleanup glob(3) replacement hacks in RPM
20031021 fix RPM GCC building on Unixware by using Linux i386 assembly specific stuff on Linux only.
20031020 include "trigger argument passing patch" from RPM BugDB
20031020 make "rpm --setperms" and "rpm --setugids" more portable by using Bash
20031020 finish porting to SCO UnixWare 7.1.3
20031019 port mostly to SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 (only some libtool issues remaining)
20031019 provide %{l_cppflags -i} for platform identification defines
20031019 use <prefix>/lib/openpkg/bash for rpmtool and lsync for better portability
20031015 fix RPM for building without GCC again
20031014 port to Solaris 8 with Forte C compiler
20031014 fix filesystem space checking (aux.prereq.sh)
20031014 get rid of TEMPDIR (we use more canonical TMPDIR now only)
20031010 provide %{_rpmdb_private} macro and --db-private for operating the RPM DB in DB_PRIVATE mode.
20031010 working off the aux.prereq.sh script for adjusted platform checks and additional disk space checks
20031008 make sure RPM does not pick up headers of a vendor BeeCrypt package under RedHat Linux
20031008 fix --makeproxy command after recent OpenPKG branding in "rpm --version" output
20031006 add 'Provides: openpkg = 1.3.1-1.3.1' for easier mixing with OpenPKG 1.3 release packages
20031006 add OpenPKG branding to "rpm --version" output
20031005 check availability of unpacking tools in .src.sh script
20030929 upgrade to latest OSSP platform script to recognize even more platforms
20030928 add partial UnixWare 7.1.x support to bootstrap; add IRIX, UnixWare and QNX support to "platform"
20030927 make %{error:<msg>} really stop SPEC processing
20030927 add new macro %{l_openpkg_release} for expanding the release id
20030922 remove stale temporary files in /etc
20030918 use assembly code in BeeCrypt only for platform where it is known to work
20030918 add RPM internal %{_force_oldpackage} option for enforcing --oldpackage on upgrades
20030918 introduce new rpmdb utility for administrating the RPM database on the lower level
20030916 RPM database mutex workaround for Solaris plus the passing of option -b to patch(1)
20030915 remove the librpmmisc.a library because its contents RPM includes in librpmio.a
20030915 Berkeley-DB fixes for fcntl(2) usage and Linux O_DIRECT issue
20030913 update to latest OSSP platform for even more accurate Linux product recognition
20030913 fix ordering of libraries in "rpm-config --libs"
20030912 add -pipe to %{l_cflags} only if %{l_cc} is GCC and as(1) is GNU as
20030912 remove per-package %{_sourcedir} and %{_specdir} directories on --rebuild
20030912 allow "-bb --short-circuit" for continuing building a binary package
20030912 unconditionally remove temporary files of generated/executed scripts
20030912 do not remove the builded sources in %clean to be consistent with other OpenPKG packages
20030912 include all essential RPM C API headers in <prefix>/include/rpm/
20030912 add file(1) magic* files to <prefix>/lib/openpkg/
20030911 disable RPM internal support for unzip(1)'ing .zip files
20030911 improve Linux detection in "platform" script
20030909 remove one more GCC extensional feature (in RPM's file/file.h)
20030908 upgrade "platform" script to new "OSSP platform" implementation and provide %{l_platform}
20030907 add rpm-config(8) utility and add librpmbeecrypt.a to installation tree
20030904 apply new BeeCrypt and Bash patch files
20030904 remove obsoleted patch files from CVS
20030904 fix cut & paste typo in openpkg.spec related to VERBOSE function
20030904 fix logic in previous owner/group patch
20030903 patch RPM 4.2.1 so it does again (as 4.0.2) ignore file owner/group on .src.rpm installation.
20030901 port RPM 4.2.1 to Solaris 2.6 (no "uintX_t") and non-GCC platforms (no "inline")
20030901 port RPM 4.2.1 to OpenBSD/NetBSD, too.
20030830 replace Bash variable exporting constructs with compatible Bourne-Shell constructs
20030828 fix unpacking of non-compressed tarballs
20030827 enhance and fix %post script to correctly rebuild RPM DB and import OpenPGP public key

20030826 **** MAJOR UPGRADE FROM RPM 4.0.2 TO RPM 4.2.1 ****
20030820 name internal bootstrapping tarball just .tar instead of .tar.Z -- it is no longer compressed.
20030806 fix "rcTmp -f" functionality
20030805 trick cURL to skip some useless F77 autoconf checks to get it working under NetBSD again
20030805 allow variables with other characters than A-Z (e.g. LD_LIBRARY_PATH) to be set in %env, too.

20030802 **** RELEASE AS PART OF OPENPKG 1.3.0 ***
20030730 add entry to /etc/shells only if /etc/shells already exists at all
20030729 aux.wrap{src,bin}.sh: exit immediately if uudecode cannot be found
20030729 rc: fixed processing of $openpkg_rc_def (requires pre-inclusion of rc.conf)
20030729 fixed nasty filedescriptor leakage in RPM on script execution
20030728 upgraded to cURL 7.10.6
20030728 rc: stop processing 'start' and 'restart' scripts if .rpmsave files exists
20030727 rc: do not export TMPDIR at all, it causes problems for applications once the directory is gone
20030721 rc: do not use TMPDIR -- instead use hard-coded /tmp
20030719 openpkg.boot: try to make build environment more sane by setting umask and unsetting some strange aliases
20030718 rc.func: opXXX replaced by rcXXX; add rc(8) manual page; add pod2man.sh; fix perl/ warnings under building
20030717 rc.func: add opService, switch to Bash; rc: rewrite --eval to use Bash; rpmmacros: add l_tmp{dir,file}
20030716 cleaned and enhanced "rc" again; added %{l_value} killer macro
20030715 work-off "rc" again: add -o/--output options, better cleanup, global return code
20030715 add to "rc" the -v/--verbose option again and provide terminal-detection
20030714 reduce run-time of "rc" --eval/--print operations by parsing %config sections just once
20030714 add convenience macros %l_rc and %l_rpm; resolve conflict with openpkg-rc package
20030714 bugfix verbose output; add "rc" command to search path for run-command sections
20030710 rename openpkg_runall to openpkg_rc_all, support new openpkg_rc_def.
20030709 fully work-off rc script
20030709 make sure l_fsl_{ldflags,libs} do not produce an error if fsl-config is not existing
20030709 change syntax of append/prepend feature for %{l_cppflags} and %{l_ldflags} macros; fix DB autoconf checks
20030708 provide append/prepend feature for %{l_cppflags} and %{l_ldflags} macros
20030707 remove now officially deprecated usage of %{name} macro
20030606 correctly support "use_cxx" for setting the "c++" path
20030604 fix "{s,m,r,r}{u,g}id" handling on initial bootstrapping via .src.sh.
20030604 better support SuSE
20030603 make sure 'shtool install -e ...' does not fail if file is not writeable due to permissions
20030530 add HISTORY file to package
20030519 upgrade to cURL 7.10.5
20030516 make sure 'shtool subst' does not fail if file is not writeable due to permissions
20030509 fix 'shtool mkln' command
20030429 Gentoo Linux support
20030429 RedHat 8 support (avoid problems due to alias rm='rm -i'), clean up temp dir
20030429 some cosmetics
20030429 switch to new shtool which now has a working 'shtool rotate' for SuSE
20030428 add bzip2 library/header to package because it is references by librpmio
20030425 allow only 'use_<toolname>' instead of 'with_<toolname>' for overriding 'l_<toolname>' to reduce conflict with regular package options
20030422 teach --fetch to honor proxy settings
20030417 force RPM to no longer build itself statically
20030416 Fix dev ticket 23 by finally implementing {m,r,n,s}uid and {m,r,n,s}gid params
20030416 Fix removal of group entries, which never worked from day one?!?!
20030415 Add l_fsl_ldflags and l_fsl_libs macros
20030414 fix cache file usage
20030410 do not leave dot files on deinstallation
20030404 upgrade to latest shtool snapshot in order to fix rotate command if a filename contains whitespaces
20030403 (unknown change)
20030324 speclint police
20030319 fix shell syntax error
20030317 Support for MacOS X (at least 10.0.4)
20030310 fix substitution of noreplace attribute
20030305 mega-commit: speclint police changes which were not picked up by openpkg-dev before
20030305 speclint police
20030223 add more 'getent' support
20030222 add Solaris/Linux 'getent' based support for passwd/group fiddling, too.
20030221 enhance user/group name/id fiddling in all bootstrap places to favorize POSIX id
20030211 Aaaaannnd risk: GNU shtool 2.0b0 (developer snapshot)
20030205 move bash environment setup into .bash_login; use %config(noreplace) for them plus rc.conf
20030204 make sure that the prefix/root directory has correct permissions and owner/group
20030203 try to fix temporary filename issues
20030202 workaround problem of missing PATH for scripts executed under different users
20030130 fix rpmtool PATH fiddling
20030128 fix typo

20030121 **** RELEASE AS PART OF OPENPKG 1.2.0 ***
20030114 upgrade to cURL 7.10.3
20030113 make sure we stop on errors
20030110 some vendor tar complain about setuid bits and other flags, but work fine
20030109 ops, not needed actually, was my fault in not cleaning up the system
20030109 add FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT support
20030108 add no-source support
20030103 switch to new %option implementation
20030103 remove '%options' hack, it will be replaced soon with a more elegant solution based on RPM 'Provides' headers

2002
====

20021230 bump of Copyright messages for forthcoming years 2003
20021230 switch to %option(s), but intentionally WITHOUT dep increase and WITHOUT FTP server updates
20021230 provide brand-new extensions: %option and %options macros
20021220 consistently use 'Options: none' to indicate no options to 'openpkg build'
20021218 finally fix the mkdir issues
20021217 make sure RPM does not hard-code an absolute path to 'mkdir'
20021204 add l_cxxflags for consistency; support gcc 3.2.x
20021127 and also the bigger hammer for bash included in the bootstrap package
20021122 provide a more convenient definition for cppflags and ldflags
20021120 make all %config sections visible for any package
20021119 upgrade to cURL 7.10.2 (required zlib)
20021118 add 'rpm --makeproxy --prefix=<master>' feature
20021030 get rid of unneccessary semicolon
20021028 fix building under NetBSD
20021023 try to fix cURL building
20021011 upgrade to cURL 7.10.1
20021009 fix unpacking
20021005 upgrading package: openpkg 20021004 -> 20021005
20021004 upgrading package: openpkg 20021002 -> 20021004
20021002 Added support for IRIX.
20021001 upgrade to cURL 7.10
20021001 upgrading package: openpkg 20020926 -> 20021001
20020926 upgrade to gzip 1.3.4
20020909 Fixed a subtle login name bug by rearranging user name assignment in rc.
20020904 Add unofficial support for Darwin OS.
20020829 fix for more modern SuSE
20020826 also add sbin directory to $PATH

20030826 **** RELEASE AS PART OF OPENPKG 1.1.0 ***
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