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Changes in EPM

Changes in EPM 4.4.1

  • "make install" failed due to the README filename changing (Issue #59)

Changes in EPM 4.4

  • The default prefix is now the usual /usr/local (Issue #45)
  • Really fix 64-bit Intel packages on Debian-based OS's (Issue #48)
  • Fixed a build issue on Solaris 11 (Issue #50)
  • Fixed a bug in temporary file cleanup when symlinks are used (Issue #51)
  • Added DESTDIR support to makefiles (Issue #55)
  • Fixed RPM support on AIX (Issue #56)
  • Reverted the hard links optimization from EPM 4.2 since it is causing problems with the latest version of RPM (Issue #57)
  • Packages on macOS now use "macos" as the operating system name for consistency.

Changes in EPM 4.3

  • Now use pkgbuild on newer versions of macOS, and added support for signed packages (Bug #497)
  • Fixed some file handling issues when creating RPM packages (Bug #523)
  • EPM now maps the x86_64 architecture to amd64 when creating Debian packages (Bug #295)
  • %format stopped working in EPM 4.2 (Bug #296)
  • %literal(spec) did not insert the literal content in the correct location (Bug #302)
  • Fixed some incorrect string handling (Bug #290)
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with RPM 4.8 (Bug #292)
  • Fixed a build dependency problem (Bug #291)
  • The EPM makefile now uses CPPFLAGS from the configure script (Bug #300)
  • Updated the standard path used by portable package scripts to include /usr/gnu/bin for Solaris (Bug #301)
  • Added support for %literal(control) in Debian packages (Bug #297)

Changes in EPM 4.2

  • EPM now supports a %arch conditional directive (STR #27)
  • EPM now uses hard links whenever possible instead of copying files for distribution (STR #21)
  • EPM no longer puts files in /export in the root file set for AIX packages (STR #15)
  • EPM did not work with newer versions of RPM (STR #23, STR #25)
  • EPM did not clean up temporary files from Solaris packages (STR #20)
  • Building Solaris gzip'd packages failed if the pkg.gz file already existed (STR #16)
  • Fixed handling of %preremove and %postremove for AIX packages (STR #22)
  • Fixed directory permissions in HP-UX packages (STR #24)
  • Removed unnecessary quoting of "!" in filenames (STR #26)
  • Added support for signed RPM packages (STR #19)
  • 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 macOS.
  • 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:

Changes in EPM 4.1

  • macOS portable packages did not create a correct Uninstall application.
  • 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.
  • macOS 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 macOS 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 macOS.

Changes in EPM 4.0

  • 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 which 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 by no longer using 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.