SlackMan - Slackware Package Manager
Fixed some incompatibility issue with previous Slackware releases.
t/* - Added support of slackman-libsupportThis release introduce the automatic detection of Slackware -current release using the new /etc/slackware-version format (eg. 14.2+). Added parsing of Slackware Announce in ChangeLog. General optimizations and reduced the slackman command startup by ~0.3 second. Improved download information (added speed, ETA, etc). Added information of supported arch in all .repo config file.
--terse option for display only a single description line when install or upgrade packageslackman clean removed command for delete removed packages and scripts file in pkgtools directory (/var/log/removed_{packages,scripts})00-default.renames file--format option for slackman list commandsslint.repo).repo files--exclude option for slackman install and slackman upgrade commandsorg.LotarProject.SlackMan.Announces D-Bus method to retrieve ChangeLog announcesslackman changelog --announces option to retrieve Slackware ChangeLog announcesarch config option in .repo files with supported repository archHTTP::Tiny support with check of SSL Perl modules (IO::Socket::SSL and Net::SSLeay)slackman.bash completion file@INCNet::DBus module when necessary (this reduce slackman command startup by ~0.3 second) file now use cpanm` for download and build the required Perl modulesThis release introduce new options (--local for install or upgrade from local package) and new feature (.renames configuration file). Now SlackMan use cURL command for download th packages and repository metadata. Added new D-Bus methods and signals and improved slackman-notifier client.
org.lotarproject.SlackMan(7)).renames support (see slackman.renames(5))--local option for install, upgrade local packagesslackman-libsupport packageHTTP::Tiny modulemanifest tableREGEXP SQLite functionslackman update commandsSlackMan/Config.pm modulerepos.d/slackware.repo URLThis release fix an issue for SlackMan build (#10 thanks to @axpira)
This release introduce new features, new commands and improved the stability and performance. Added new D-Bus methods/properties and integrated SlackMan via PolicyKit.
slackman repo add REPOSITORY-FILE)--tag option for upgrade installed package with specified package tag (eg. slackman upgrade --repo slackonly:packages --tag SBo)install, upgrade, remove and reinstall commandsslackman list removed & slackman list upgraded commandsslackman via pkexec(1) command and for org.lotarproject.SlackMan D-Bus interface methodsinstallpkg, removepkg, upgradepkg) via D-Busslackman commandslackman-notifier itegration for notify all installed, upgraded and removed packages using slackman commandtag field for slackman history commandSlackware::SlackMan::Pkgtools module wrapper for Slackware Package Toolsdbus-pkgtools to emulate Slackware PkgTools via D-Bus + PolicyKit--no-gpg-check, --no-md5-check) during download of package--cve=CVE-YYYY-NNNN)slackman repo config command to edit via CLI repository configurationslackman update installed command (merged into slackman update history)unlink after package upgrade and install. Remember to launch slackman clean cache command periodically--after and --before in slackman.bash completion script--after and --before optionsnotify sub callback for slackman-notifier commandHTTP::Tiny warningHTTP::TinyThis release introduce new features, new commands & params and new DBus service & destkop client (slackman-notifier). Improved speed, stability and repository support.
config get & set configuration via CLI, log, etc) and new options (--new-config, --details, --Security-fix, etc)slackman-notifier DBus client to notifiy Security Fix & ChangeLog and packages upgrade via org.freedesktop.Notification DBus service--color=never option or via slackman config main.color never command)initrd.gz file and install the new kernel via lilo (or eliloconfig) command.new config file search in /etc directory (slackpkg like feature)HTTP::Tiny module for package and repository metadata downloadmake slackbuild target for create a precompiled SlackMan packagerworkman:packages)SlackMan/Command.pm module in different sub-modules SlackMan/Commands/*.pmfile:// protocolcurl command for package and repository metadata downloadBuild.PL (use make slackbuild instead)