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authorNagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>2009-07-15 17:08:28 +0200
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2009-07-27 21:06:19 -0500
commit5753c12e7b1b28df1163fb027e26ae7922dad21d (patch)
tree21f85d98a27a57cb964b7e11796a4622bd623df7 /README
parent7f3a20612eadf598dd73b3cfca266b7cb8f3a9a1 (diff)
Update README file
1. API changes between 3.2 and 3.3 section has been added. 2. Corrections on alpm_option documentation. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ library is initialized.
* logcb: The callback function for "log" operations.
* dlcb: The callback function for download progress of each package.
+* fetchcb: Callback for custom download function.
* totaldlcb: The callback function for overall download progress.
* root: The root directory for pacman to install to (Default: /)
* dbpath: The toplevel database directory (Default: /var/lib/pacman)
* logfile: The base path to pacman's log file (Default: /var/log/pacman.log)
* usesyslog: Log to syslog instead of `logfile` for file-base logging.
-* xfercommand: The command to use for downloading instead of pacman's internal
- downloading functionality.
* nopassiveftp: Do not use passive FTP commands for ftp connections.
The following options also have `alpm_option_{add,remove}_*` functions, as the
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ alpm_option_{get,set}_noupgrades -> alpm_option_{add,remove}_noupgrade.
* noextracts: Files which will never be extracted at all (no .pacnew file)
* ignorepkgs: Packages to ignore when upgrading.
* ignoregrps: Groups to ignore when upgrading.
-* holdpkgs: Important packages which need a confirmation before being removed.
The following options are read-only, having ONLY alpm_option_get_* functions:
@@ -246,3 +244,55 @@ API CHANGES BETWEEN 3.1 AND 3.2
- flags:
PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLEXPLICIT, PM_TRANS_FLAG_UNNEEDED and
PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL
+
+
+API CHANGES BETWEEN 3.2 AND 3.3
+===============================
+
+[REMOVED]
+- pmsyncpkg_t struct (pmpkg_t is used for all types of transaction targets):
+ - alpm_sync_get_pkg()
+ - alpm_sync_get_removes() (use alpm_pkg_get_removes() instead)
+- HoldPkg handling (it is the front-end's task):
+ - alpm_option_get_holdpkgs()
+ - alpm_option_add_holdpkg()
+ - alpm_option_set_holdpkgs()
+ - alpm_option_remove_holdpkg()
+ - PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_HOLDPKG conversation
+- Print URIs feature (it is the front-end's task):
+ - flag: PM_TRANS_FLAG_PRINTURIS
+ - event: PM_TRANS_EVT_PRINTURI
+- alpm_delta_get_from_md5sum() and alpm_delta_get_to_md5sum()
+- alpm_sync_sysupgrade()
+- error codes:
+ PM_ERR_TRANS_COMMITING, PM_ERR_TRANS_DOWNLOADING, PM_ERR_PKG_LOAD,
+ PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_FRESH, PM_ERR_GRP_NOT_FOUND, PM_ERR_USER_ABORT,
+ PM_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, PM_ERR_DB_SYNC, PM_ERR_PKG_HOLD and
+ PM_ERR_LIBDOWNLOAD
+
+[CHANGED]
+- XferCommand support was removed, any fetch callback function can be defined:
+ - alpm_option_get_xfercommand() and alpm_option_set_xfercommand() were removed
+ - alpm_option_get_fetchcb() and alpm_option_set_fetchcb() were added
+- function renames:
+ - alpm_db_getpkgcache() -> alpm_db_get_pkgcache()
+ - alpm_db_getgrpcache() -> alpm_db_get_grpcache()
+ - alpm_dep_get_string() -> alpm_dep_compute_string()
+ - alpm_get_md5sum() -> alpm_compute_md5sum()
+ - alpm_checkdbconflicts() -> alpm_checkconflicts()
+- alpm_trans_sysupgrade() has a new enable_downgrade parameter
+- alpm_checkdeps() and alpm_checkconflicts() require local package list instead
+ of local database
+- the to-be-upgraded package is passed to the callback function with
+ PM_TRANS_EVT_UPGRADE_START (as the second parameter)
+- the "requiredby" package is never passed to the callback function with
+ PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG (the second parameter is always NULL)
+
+[ADDED]
+- alpm_pkg_get_db()
+- alpm_pkg_get_removes()
+- conversation: PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_PKGS (remove unresolvable targets)
+- flag: PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOLOCK (do not lock database)
+- error codes:
+ PM_ERR_SERVER_NONE, PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_LOCKED, PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED and
+ PM_ERR_LIBFETCH