apt-dater Changelog

What's new in apt-dater 0.9.0

May 30, 2012
  • This is a new feature release of apt-dater (including apt-dater-host) that also contains several minor bugfixes.
  • It supports clustered hosts.

New in apt-dater 0.8.3 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • Parameters on 'apt-dater-host install' must not be interpreted by the shell, thanks to Henri Salo.
  • Remove obsolete DefaultUser/DefaultPort lines from conf/apt-dater.conf.example.(Closes SF Bug#2946417 by Mathieu PARENT)
  • Handle fwrite return values in keyfiles.c.
  • Add apt-dater-host zypper version (using zypper in rug compatibility mode).
  • (Contributed by Chris Liles)
  • Detect screen's socket path during configure.(Closes SF Bug#2950721 by Chris Liles)
  • Add .spec files for rpm packaging.
  • Add '-o Aptitude::Delete-Unused=false' to aptitude safe-upgrade calls. Contributed by Patrick Matthäi)

New in apt-dater 0.8.0 (May 27, 2009)

  • Add gettext support.
  • Hosts can now be tagged (like in mutt).
  • Support mutt like navigation.
  • Add uname fields to apt-dater-host proto.
  • Apply 01-aptitude_safe-upgrade.dpatch from Debian.
  • Improve auto refresh feature.
  • History feature (record ssh session with script).
  • Remove "Status file missing" category ("Unkown" is used instead).
  • apt-dater-host (debian/yum): optional cleanup after install/upgrade
  • apt-dater-host protocol 0.3: broken packages support
  • Debug feature (adds some assertions to the code).
  • Fixes:
  • KERNELINFO status flag on Debian Lenny
  • documentation
  • set FD_CLOEXEC on lockfiles
  • don't use hardcoded screen dump filenames
  • reduce CPU cycles use by refreshing the screen more than needed
  • don't pass MAINTAINER on commandline, use SSH's SendEnv/AcceptEnv instead (Debian Bug#529200 by Alexander Barton)
  • set LC_ALL=C on apt-dater-host rather than clear LANG env variable (SF bug #2786495 by Sebastian Heinlein and #2793663 by "kepi")

New in apt-dater 0.7.0 (Jan 21, 2009)

  • New auto refresh feature
  • Improved search function
  • Improved more info page
  • Basic WUA client
  • Removed memory leak

New in apt-dater 0.6.4.1 (Nov 26, 2008)

  • Fix xmlreport compile error.
  • Cut long package names and host lines.

New in apt-dater 0.6.4 (Nov 25, 2008)

  • Fixed 2 bugs in the dump screen function.
  • Add RPM only apt-dater-host script.