CHANGES

CHANGES - ESP Package Manager (EPM) 5.0
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EPM 5.0


EPM 4.3


EPM 4.2

	- Removed unnecessary quoting of "!" in filenames (STR #26)
	- Added support for signed RPM packages.
	- Added support for inclusion of format-specific packaging
	  files and directives via a %literal directive (STR #5)
	- *BSD init scripts were not installed properly.
	- EPM now displays a warning message when a variable is
	  undefined (STR #10)
	- *BSD dependencies on versioned packages are now
	  specified correctly (STR #4)
	- EPM now uses /usr/sbin/pkg_create on FreeBSD (STR #2)
	- FreeBSD packages are now created with a .tbz
	  extension (STR #1)
	- FreeBSD packages incorrectly assumed that chown was
	  installed in /bin (STR #3)
	- Added support for an "lsb" package format which uses
	  RPM with the LSB dependencies (STR #7)
	- The configure script now supports a --with-archflags
	  and no longer automatically builds universal binaries on
	  Mac OS X.
	- The epm program now automatically detects when the
	  setup GUI is not available, displays a warning message,
	  and then creates a non-GUI package.
	- RPM packages did not map %replaces to Obsoletes:


EPM 4.1

	- The temporary package files for portable packages are
	  now removed after creation of the .tar.gz file unless
	  the -k (keep files) option is used.
 	- The RPM summary string for subpackages did not contain
 	  the first line of the package description as for other
 	  package formats.
 	- The setup and uninst GUIs now support installing and
 	  removing RPM packages.
	- The setup GUI now confirms acceptance of all licenses
	  prior to installing the first package.
	- Subpackages are no longer automatically dependent on
	  the main package.
	- Multi-line descriptions were not embedded properly into
	  portable package install/patch/remove scripts.
	- Updated the setup and uninstall GUIs for a nicer
	  look-n-feel.
	- Mac OS X portable packages now show the proper name,
	  version, and copyright for the packaged software
	  instead of the EPM version and copyright...
	- Fixed a problem with creation of Mac OS X metapackages
	  with the latest Xcode.
	- EPM now removes the individual .rpm and .deb files when
	  creating a package with subpackages unless the -k
	  option (keep files) is used.
	- EPM now only warns about package names containing
	  characters other than letters and numbers.
	- EPM now generates disk images as well as a .tar.gz
	  file when creating portable packages on Mac OS X.


EPM 4.0

	- New GUI editor for list files.
	- New subpackage support for creating multiple dependent
	  packages or a combined package with selectable
	  subpackages, depending on the package format.
	- Added support for compressing the package files in
	  portable packages (reduces disk space requirements on
	  platforms that provide gzip...)
	- Added support for custom platform names via the new
	  "-m name" option.
	- Added support for non-numeric %release values.
	- Added new --depend option to list all of the source
	  files that a package depends on.
	- The setup GUI now sets the EPM_INSTALL_TYPE environment
	  variable to the value of the selected TYPE line in the
	  setup.types file.
	- Fixed NetBSD and OpenBSD packaging support - no longer
	  use FreeBSD-specific extensions to pkg_create on those
	  variants.
	- Fixed PowerPC platform support for RPM and Debian
	  packages.
	- Many fixes to AIX package support.
	- Tru64 packages with init scripts now work when
	  installing for the first time.
	- RPM file dependencies should now work properly.
	- Portable product names containing spaces will now
	  display properly.

EPM 3.7.1

	- Solaris packages were not created when the output
	  directory was absolute.
	- EPM no longer tries to strip empty files.
	- Solaris 7 and higher no longer have the "2." prefix in
	  the version number.
	- The setup and uninst GUIs now support GIF setup images
	  (setup.gif) as well as XPM images (setup.xpm)
	- Debian packages now properly install init scripts.
	- MacOS X packages can now be created when using the
	  new Xcode developer tools.
	- Packages created on MacOS X now use the system name
	  "macosx" and the MacOS X version number.  The old
	  "darwin" name is still accepted as a synonym.
	- EPM now supports version numbers that do not start
	  with a number (HP-UX workaround for OS
	  dependencies...)
	- EPM now issues an error message if you have identical
	  destination files that don't match up.
	- HP-UX packages now use the %readme file for the readme
	  info in a package, and the %license file for the
	  copyright info in a package.
	- Added %preremove support for AIX packages and fixed
	  some AIX packaging issues with patch from David Maltz.


EPM 3.7

	- Fixed init script support for Tru64 packages.
	- AIX output now correctly generates the inventory file
	  for files in /usr and /opt.
	- The Slackware packaging code swapped the output
	  directory and product name when generating the
	  post-install script.
	- RPM dependencies of the form "%requires package >=
	  version" are now correctly written in the spec file.
	- AIX output now correctly lists file sizes by directory
	  and handles /opt properly.
	- RPM output now correctly handles installing,
	  upgrading, and removing init scripts.
	- RPM output did not work with filenames that contained
	  a dollar sign ($).
	- Added Slackware packager support based upon a patch
	  contributed by Alec Thomas.
	- The file copy code reported write errors for the
	  source filename and not the (correct) destination
	  filename.
	- Fixed the handling of absolute output directories when
	  generating RPM packages.
	- The configure script did not support the OPTIM
	  environment variable for custom optimization settings.
	- Portable packages updated the permissions of
	  configuration files before they were copied.
	- Portable installations did not remove empty
	  installation directories when the remove script was
	  run.
	- Portable patch installation did not correctly
	  determine when root or /usr files were present in the
	  patch.
	- OSX packages incorrectly looked in /System/Library for
	  the init scripts instead of /Library.
	- RPM building did not work properly when --output-dir
	  was specified using an absolute path.
	- Made cosmetic changes to the setup/uninstall GUIs.
	- The setup GUI did not support software patches.
	- The documentation incorrectly specified runlevels()
	  instead of runlevel().
	- The portable distributions incorrectly used
	  /usr/local/src/rc.d as a fallback location for init
	  scripts.


EPM 3.6

	- Added a GUI uninstall program to be distributed with
	  portable distributions with a setup image.
	- MacOS X portable packages now support graphical setup
	  and uninstall using the Apple authorization API.
	- Debian packages did not include the (required)
	  trailing period when running the update-rc.d script.
	- BSD packages now create directories using postinstall
	  commands instead of listing them directly.  This
	  should eliminate errors from the FreeBSD pkg_delete
	  command.
	- File dependencies were incorrectly specified in RPM
	  spec files.
	- IRIX portable distributions didn't write the chkconfig
	  commands properly.
	- The mkepmlist utility didn't support files as well as
	  directories.
	- EPM didn't do variable expansion of imported files
	  ("<foo.txt") or in-line data ("<<FOO")
	- Now build gzip'd depot files as well as the tar.gz
	  files when creating HP-UX software packages.
	- Now correctly use --libdir setting to locate the setup
	  GUI.
	- Now use rpmbuild command, if available, to build RPM
	  files since newer versions of RPM may not map the
	  "-bb" option to build a package.
	- Now set the RPMDIR environment variable when building
	  with older versions of RPM that don't understand the
	  "topdir_" variable.
	- Now handle dependencies of the form "package >=
	  version" in Debian packages.
	- Portable distributions that didn't have any files in
	  /usr or in / would look for a non-existent .sw or .ss
	  file.
	- EPM's sample list file didn't include the man pages
	  for setup or setup.types, and installed the epm list
	  file format man page in the wrong directories.
	- EPM would quote the ":" character in filenames but
	  didn't need to.
	- EPM tried to move the wrong RPM file on non-intel
	  systems.


EPM 3.5.1

	- OSX packages did not set the "install as root" package
	  type, so package installation usually failed.
	- OSX packages installed init scripts in
	  /System/Library/StartupItems, but non-Apple packages
	  should be installed in /Library/StartupItems.
	- Added support for "requires(foo)", "uses(foo)",
	  "provides(foo)", and "order(foo)" as options for init
	  scripts. These options are currently only used when
	  creating OSX packages.


EPM 3.5

	- Added support for MacOS X package generation.
	- No longer need/use RPMDIR when building RPMs, just
	  set the "topdir_" variable in the spec file.
	- The portable removal scripts didn't correctly write
	  the list of init scripts to remove.
	- Added a new --output-dir option contributed by
	  Geoffrey Wossum.
	- Not all implementations of the "id" command support
	  the "-u" option, so EPM now looks at the default
	  output.
	- RPM dependencies with a single version number didn't
	  get written to the spec file properly.
	- Added support for file options - nostrip(),
	  runlevel(12345), start(nn), and stop(nn).
	- Filenames can now contain spaces, either by putting
	  the full name in quotes ("file with spaces") or using
	  the backslash character (file\ with\ spaces).
	- The mkepmlist utility didn't handle symlinks properly.
	- BSD packages needed to list the directories to remove
	  separately and in reverse order.


EPM 3.4

	- No longer install init scripts in run levels 2 and 5
	  under Solaris, which runs all init scripts in each run
	  level.
	- The tar files produced by EPM didn't conform to the
	  POSIX 1003.1 spec.  EPM now puts the POSIX version
	  number (00) and supports "long" filenames up to
	  255 characters in length.
	- AIX packages did not use the correct path for files
	  placed in the root partition.
	- Now install init scripts for *BSD in
	  /usr/local/etc/rc.d.
	- Portable installation scripts now issue chown and
	  chgrp commands for all installed files that are not
	  owned by user root.
	- No longer use or pad empty tar files, which saves 5k
	  of disk space per distribution.


EPM 3.3

	- UnixWare 7 needs the absolute path when transferring
	  an AT&T package directory to a .pkg file.
	- Now use the "id" command (POSIX) instead of "whoami"
	  (BSD) to check that the installing user is root.
	- Various fixes for OpenServer.
	- Now use the "-ln" option when checking for the size
	  of the distribution files in portable distributions.
	- New C implementation of mkepmlist, based on a
	  contribution from Andreas Voegele.
	- The portable install and patch scripts now change the
	  permissions of the installed "remove" script to 544.
	- The wildcard character * did not match 0 characters if
	  the pattern and the filename string differed only by
	  the trailing * (e.g. "Courier" and "Courier*").
	- IRIX pre/postremove scripts are now copied after
	  installation so that they can be executed when
	  removing the inst/tardist package.
	- HP-UX postinstall/preremove scripts would execute init
	  scripts from /sbin/init.d/sbin/init.d.
	- The copyright string wasn't being quoted in portable
	  installation scripts.
	- EPM now checks to see if an executable file is a shell
	  script before running the "strip" command.


EPM 3.2.1

	- The check for Darwin (MacOS X) in the portable
	  installation scripts was using "==" instead of just
	  "=".


EPM 3.2

	- Added "SHELL=/bin/sh" line to portable installation,
	  patch, and remove scripts in case the root shell is
	  not /bin/sh or a compatible shell.
	- The epminstall utility didn't support the EPMLIST
	  environment variable as documented.
	- The "native" distribution format is now "deb" if
	  the "dpkg" command is installed in /usr/bin.
	- Debian packages did not use the release number in
	  the Version: keyword.
	- Changed the portable installation script support
	  for init scripts to look for scripts in both rc2.d
	  and rc3.d, and to check for the existence of all
	  rc directories before installing into them.
	- Changed the portable installation script to prepend
	  /bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/ucb to the beginning of the
	  PATH variable so the "tar", "rm", and "mv" commands
	  can be found in whatever directory the local system
	  uses.
	- AIX packaging now works.
	- Added support for the Darwin (MacOS X) tar command
	  in portable packages (sudo ./foo.install :)
	- IRIX inst packages incorrectly had the postinstall commands
	  in the preinstall and removal scripts.
	- The setup GUI now requires FLTK 1.1.x.


EPM 3.1

	- Added support for "<<end ... end" and "<filename" to
	  insert descriptions and commands in-line and from a
	  file.
	- Added new --software-dir option which specifies the
	  location of the EPM software directory (default
	  /etc/software).
	- Added new %if, %ifdef, %elseif, %elseifdef, %else, and
	  %endif directives for list files (addition contributed
	  by J. Nordell.)
	- The GUI setup program left the "Next" button enabled
	  after the license check.
	- Fixed the dependency strings created for HP-UX
	  swinstall (fix contributed by R. Begg.)
	- Wasn't installing the man pages in section 5.
	- When generating Debian packages, the DEBIAN directory
	  might not have the correct permissions due to a
	  restrictive umask.  EPM now forces the correct
	  permissions for the package archive.
	- HP-UX swinstall packages now use the prerequisites
	  rule instead of corequisites to ensure that the
	  %requires dependency is enforced.
	- Dependencies for Debian packages are now listed on a
	  single line per type rather than one line per
	  dependency.
	- EPM now detects RPM 4.0.3, which (mysteriously) now
	  uses "--target arch" instead of "--target=arch".


EPM 3.0?

	- Added new documentation.
	- Added new "-a arch" option to support specific
	  architectures (e.g. i586, i686, ultrasparc, etc.)
	- Added support for the *BSD package format using
	  pkg_create.
	- Added support for the AIX package format using
	  the backup program.
	- Added new epminstall utility to build list files
	  from "make install" targets.
	- Added snprintf/vsnprintf functions for systems that
	  don't provide them, and use snprintf and vsnprintf
	  for all formatted strings that aren't just numbers.
	- Added new run_command() function to replace use of
	  system() function.
	- Added new %provides directive.
	- Revamped the setup GUI, including support for
	  installation types in the setup GUI, so that you can
	  select groups of products or choose a custom
	  installation.
	- The mkepmlist utility had a bad regular expression
	  that thought that any argument (directory names, etc.)
	  with a dash ("-") in it was an unsupported option.
	- Fixed a bug in the removal script: config files were
	  removed by the remove script...
	- Changed the config file install logic to copy the new
	  config file (instead of moving it), so that an
	  unchanged config file can be detected and removed.
	  This provides the best of both worlds: unchanged
	  config files are update automatically by an
	  upgrade/install, while changed ones are preserved.


EPM 2.8

	- The line breaking code did not include an extra
	  space, so filenames in the portable install/patch/
	  remove scripts would be joined instead of separated.
	- The setup GUI did not allow the user to toggle a
	  software product for distribution if the product was
	  selected (nav box around it).
	- The mkepmlist program didn't get the permissions of
	  each file (just the parent directory.)
	- The portable installation scripts used the -L or -h
	  option to test for symlinks with the test command. The
	  choice of option was based on the build platform,
	  making the script non-portable. Now use -h exclusively
	  since it is supported on all UNIX's we have access to,
	  even with GNU test even though it isn't documented...


EPM 2.7

	- Fixed a bug in the configuration script with the
	  --with-fltk-includes option.
	- Tru64 UNIX distributions now use the name "tru64"
	  instead of "dunix".  "dunix" is still supported
	  in list files for compatibility with old list files.
	- Added support for portable scripts under AIX.
	- Fixed the space checking code in portable installation
	  scripts.
	- Now break up long lines in the portable install/patch/
	  remove scripts.


EPM 2.6

	- Changed the automatic version number generation code to
	  properly handle patch, beta, and pre releases.
	- Added support for release numbers in RPM files.
	- Added support for version number ranges in dependencies,
	  either as "low-version high-version", "< version", or
	  "> version".
	- Eliminated some GCC warnings about using a char to
	  index into an array.
	- Added a disk space check to the portable installation
	  scripts.
	- Added a new mkepmlist utility, based on a Perl script
	  by Christian Lademann.
	- Added a "keep files" option (-k) to epm to keep the
	  intermediate (spec, etc.) files around after building
	  the binary distribution.
	- Added support for Tru64 UNIX software packages (setld).
	- Patch distributions were incorrectly backing up the
	  original files, causing the original backup to be lost.
	- Pre/post install/remove scripts were not using the
	  right filename for Solaris PKG distributions.


EPM 2.5

	- Added support for pre-install, post-install, pre-patch,
	  post-patch, pre-remove, and post-remove commands.
	- There was no way to use a literal $ in scripts or in
	  filenames.  Use $$ to include a single $.
	- The config and license file support for AT&T software
	  packages did not check to see if the source file had
	  an absolute path.  This would produce an invalid
	  prototype file.
	- The RPM --target option was not being called with an
	  equal sign, which caused problems with RPM 4.0.
	- Updated the Debian packager to use the prerm and postrm
	  script names to match reality.
	- Updated the Debian packager to support the Replaces
	  dependency.
	- Updated the portable and RPM distributions to check
	  for the new SuSE 7.1 init.d directories.
	- RPM distributions now use %config(noreplace) for
	  config files, to duplicate the behavior that is
	  expected.
	- The portable scripts now use the autoconf echo test to
	  determine the proper options for echo (-n or \c),
	  rather then hardcoding this based on the build system.


EPM 2.4

	- The [] wildcard matching did not skip over the
	  character that was matched.  This prevented matches in
	  most cases...


EPM 2.3

	- Fix for an incredibly stupid bug in the portable
	  distribution code - was using ! instead of ~ to mask
	  off the write permission bits in the distribution
	  archive.
	- Now use getpwuid() instead of getlogin() to get the
	  username of the packager.
	- The RPM distributions now use the same init.d script
	  logic as portable distributions. This should make them
	  portable to all known Linux distributions as well as
	  avoid a *very* nasty installer bug in RedHat 7.0.
	- The HP-UX swinstall code did not properly handle
	  directories or config files.
	- The [] wildcard matching rule did not accept ranges
          (e.g. "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc.)
	- Added VPATH support and distribution targets to
	  Makefile.
	- Added support for defining variables in list files;
	  the format is "$name=value".
	- The variable expansion code didn't check for ${name}.


EPM 2.2

	- New HTML documentation files.
	- Updated the BuildRoot directive in RPM spec files to
	  be an absolute path; RedHat 6.2's version of RPM adds
	  a leading slash otherwise.
	- IRIX defaults to run level 2...
	- The setup GUI now displays an error message if run by
	  a non-root user.
	- The setup GUI now provides "Install All" and "Install
	  None" buttons in the software selection pane.
	- Added a "native" distribution format to select the
	  native format for a particular OS (Linux defaults to
	  RPM format...)
	- The tar file generation code now always appends at
	  least 2 zeroed blocks to the end of the archive.  This
	  eliminates error messages from Solaris tar and seems
	  to be compatible with all other tar programs.
	- Added the SuSE RPM directory to the standard search
	  path.
	- Added support for a new %packager directive.
	- The strip command used was redirecting stderr before
	  redirecting stdout.
	- The portable distributions now set the umask to avoid
	  problems with buggy tar programs and Linux
	  distributions.
	- Added command-line option to specify the location of
	  the setup program.
	- Added support for wildcards in source filenames.
	- The OS version number is now truncated to only contain
	  the major and minor release numbers.


EPM 2.1

	- Moved setup program to /usr/lib/epm ($prefix/lib/epm)
	  to avoid name clash with RedHat setup program.
	- Added Debian distribution files from Jeff Licquia.
	- Configure script changes for GCC 2.95.x and Solaris.
	- Portability fixes.
	- Now look for RPMS in different "standard" locations
	  after building them; the RPMDIR environment variable
	  can be used to override the default locations.
	- The sample project list file (epm.list) was missing
	  from the 2.0 distribution.
	- Now check for write permission in /usr by writing a
	  test file (/usr/.writetest); this should make diskless
	  client installations more reliable.
	- Added support for variables on the command line
	  (name=value); insert into project filenames using
	  $name.
	- Variable expansion is now done on all lines and fields.
	  This allows variables to be used in scripts and in the
	  permissions field, for example.
	- Now only specify run levels 0 and 3 for init scripts
	  (0, 3, and 5 for Linux.)
	- Now support init scripts in /sbin/init.d and
	  /sbin/init.d/rcN.d (SuSE.)
	- RPM distributions should now work OK for non-Red Hat
	  based systems, in particular for init scripts.
	- PKG distributions are now also generated in the
	  "package stream" format as well as the directory and
	  tar.gz file formats.


EPM 2.0?

	- New "-f" option to generate vendor-specific software
	  distributions.  Now support AT&T, Debian, HP-UX, IRIX,
	  and Red Hat software distributions.
	- New "-s" option to include the ESP Software Wizard (GUI)
	  with portable distributions.
	- The "-t" option (test) is no longer supported.
	- New "-v" option to control the amount of information
	  that is reported.
	- New graphical setup program for portable distributions.
	- New "description" directive.
	- New "format" directive.
	- New "include" directive.
	- New "replaces" directive.
	- Portable distributions should now be more portable.


EPM 1.7

	- The %requires and %incompat directives now support
	  specification of files as well as products.
	- The init script installation code now creates a link in the
	  init.d subdirectory to avoid frustrating well-trained
	  fingers.
	- The progress messages for shared and non-shared software were
	  the same.


EPM 1.6

	- Installation archives were missing the ".ss" and ".pss"
	  files that were added to support diskless installations.
	- The scripts didn't handle removing distributions that
	  had no non-shared components.
	- The scripts didn't return a non-zero exit status if the
	  user did not agree with the license or want to install.


EPM 1.5

	- Now support diskless installations; all files destined for
	  /usr are put in a separate archive and are installed (or
	  removed) only if /usr is read+write.

EPM 1.4

	- Now map group "sys" to "system" for Digital UNIX and "root" for
	  Linux.
	- The initialization script installation now checks for the presence
	  of run levels 4 and 5.


EPM 1.3

	- Now use the "p" option to tar to ensure that file permissions
	  are created properly.  This is normally the default for the
	  super-user, but not under Digital UNIX!
	- Initialization scripts are now linked to run levels 0, 2, 3, 4,
	  and 5.


EPM 1.2

	- Patch distributions were not correctly named.
	- Added new "initialization script" file types "i" and "I". The
	  new file types place the scripts in /etc/software/init.d and
	  make links to the appropriate system-specific rc.d
	  directories and run the scripts to start and stop things
	  accordingly.


EPM 1.1

	- The "whoami" command isn't always in the user's path, so
	  scripts now use a hard-coded path (setup by the configure
	  script) to the program.
	- Added a check for IRIX64 (64-bit kernel instead of n32.)
	- The %system directive now supports release numbers, e.g.
	  "irix-6.5".
	- The %system directive now supports "!" (not) operator so you
	  can do things like "%system irix !irix-6.5" to select any
	  IRIX release except IRIX 6.5.
	- Files that already exist on the system are renamed to
	  "filename.O" on installation and back to "filename" when
	  removed (except for config files, which don't overwrite and
	  aren't removed.)
	- Prerequisites (%required directive) now look for required
	  product in the current directory and install it automatically
	  if it is available and not already installed.
	- The copyright notice in the installation script was not
	  displayed if the user used the "now" option.