Changelog

4.7.90

• set nano as default editor
• added new AUR specific commands set
• added clean and cleanall operations
• deprecated -d --download operation
• moved installed status next to version in --info
• added explicit check for pacman database lock
• added --literal search option support
• added --devel support for -daily extension
• added check for git error
• added versioning check for providers
• adjusted symlink removal compatibility (pacman 5.1)
• adjusted parsing for deprecated --root
• optimized speed of repo dependencies computation (removed pactree dependency)
• optimized speed when using [testing] repo
• fixed default provider always selected as choice
• fixed prompt display when provided by a single provider
• fixed path retrieval when PKGDEST is defined
• fixed version color in --info
• fixed prepare() output always hidden
• fixed displayed version with -Qu --devel --needed
• fixed proceed code to handle unexpected input better (thx to Blueeye!)
• fixed clean cache removal path
• fixed tsorted targets order overridden with IgnorePkg
• fixed curl calls when -w flag is in .curlrc (thx to tumido!)
• fixed obtaining sudo prompt even if in stdout
• fixed --force not forwarded to AUR packages install
• fixed potential translation issue due to LANG usage instead of LC_ALL (thx to 71e6fd52!)
• updated Simplified Chinese translation (thx to victoriqueko!)
• man page update

4.7.10

• fixed hang when versioned AUR target is not found
• fixed -k not limited to AUR packages only (regression introduced in 4.7.0)
• fixed version of errored dependencies not displayed in error message
• expanded error message when package fails to install
• always clean existing build before extraction to avoid build failure (f.e. with meson)
• also preserve PACMAN env variable
• sanity check on PACMAN env variable to ensure it is not set to 'pacaur' to infinite circular call

4.7.9

• added missing IgnoreGroup support
• added missing Groups display in --info (requires latest cower)
• fixed -Syuq breaks package installation
• fixed local version in prompt when provided by multiple local packages
• man page update
• updated Spanish translation (by jristz, thx!)
• updated Italian translation (by ItachiSan, thx!)

4.7.8

• fixed AUR upgrade with many AUR packages installed, due to nginx default URL length limit being reached sooner with curl using HTTP/2 with HTTPS.

4.7.7

• use git diff with as diffcmd with displaybuildfiles=diff
• fixed possible duplicate with -Qumq --devel
• fixed possible i18n prompt input mismatch when pacaur doesn't have a translation yet (by juergenhoetzel, thx!)
• fixed missing space in Portuguese translation (by guixxx, thx!)

4.7.6

• fixed bad array subscript message if no foreign package is installed (by tptb, thx!)
• fixed error with -Qu --devel --needed
• fixed package list shifted with split packages and -Qum --devel --needed
• fixed environment variables not preserved
• fixed dependency error solver with multiple targets
• update Spanish translation (by jristz, thx!)

4.7.5

• fixed -Dk wrongly asks for target

4.7.4

• fixed error message with -Dh, -Rh, -Uh
• added Simplified Chinese translation (by kizayoi, thx!)
• updated Spanish translation (by ChuckDaniels87, thx!)

4.7.3

• fixed prepare() run multiple times
• fixed --edit with -d/--download command
• fixed exit status with .SRCINFO mismatch error
• fixed size of cached binary packages interpreted as malformed octal number
• use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR as default tmp directory
• updated Spanish translation (by jristz, thx!)

4.7.2

• fixed editor detection with multi arguments variable
• fixed AUR sorted names produce wrong updates
• moved lock file from /run/lock/ to /run/user/$UID
• added Slovene translation (by zskamljic, thx!)

4.7.1

• fixed editor detection when variable uses space

4.7.0

• added AURDEST directory cleaning in -Sca
• added untracked clone files cleaning in -Sca
• added topological sorting for faster dependency solver
• added AUR versionning check for targets
• added AUR versionning check support to --ignorecheck
• added AUR package completion with -S by default
• added -Qua --devel version check with --needed
• added error code check when editing
• added more info in -Si
• added internationalization support in -Si
• added conflicts check between targets
• added classification of packages support in -d option
• added $VISUAL priority over $EDITOR
• added checks for dumb terminal (by kcolford, thx!)
• added AUR orphan check
• added outofdate timestamp in -Si (requires latest cower)
• added new optional package check
• added dependency tree error tracker
• added required package error tracker with conflicts
• added dependency cycle error tracker
• replaced -Qur and -Qua by -Qun and -Qum for consistency
• replaced paccache usage by CacheDir of pacman.conf
• replaced /tmp for files usage by /run/user/ and /run/lock
• fixed warning for packages not found in repo not pluralized
• fixed unnecessary curl calls made to the AUR
• fixed -Qu alignment with longer AUR package names
• fixed error exit code for -Ss, -Qu, -Sc, -Su, -d
• fixed system locale not used as date format in out-of-date check
• fixed automatic split request when URI is too large
• fixed providers check when provided by target
• fixed -Sc, -Scc with --noconfirm
• fixed some Zsh completion issues (by ChuckDaniels87, thx!)
• fixed incomplete bash completion
• fixed argument parsing with equal separated value
• fixed color removed with --quiet in all operations
• fixed broken editor executable check
• fixed -Qu with uninstalled package
• fixed config loading from second XDG_CONFIG_DIRS path (by chenxiaolong, thx!)
• fixed target install when target conflicts with itself
• fixed prepare() not taken into account when adjusting pkgver
• fixed ignored VCS dependency stops update with --devel
• fixed removal of sudo lock when using Ctrl+C
• fixed new lines spacing with CleanCache()
• updated Portuguese translation (by rccavalcanti, thx!)
• updated Dutch translation (by 14mRh4X0r, thx!)
• updated Spanish translation (by ChuckDaniels87, thx!)
• added (partial) Finnish translation (by Mikaela and durazell, thx!)
• added compatibility for Norwegian language (by eigan, thx!)
• man page update

4.6.10

• fixed installation when packages have hard version requirement

4.6.9

• fixed target check when ignoring packages
• fixed dependency status not set when using others pacman options
• updated French and Portuguese translations (by Nevax07 and rccavalcanti, thx!)

4.6.8

• fixed options parser for -Qo -Fo arguments with space (half fixed in 4.6.6)
• fixed top level makedeps and checkdeps not installed when cached (half fixed in 4.6.7)

4.6.7

• fixed inconsistent -Sc -Scc input prompts
• fixed duplicate cache cleaning when set in CacheDir
• fixed top level makedeps and checkdeps not taken into account when PKGDEST is set (regression introduced in 4.2.25)
• improved cache check for independent check of makedeps and checkdeps

4.6.6

• fixed -Qo -Fo arguments with space not forwarded
• fixed an issue with .SRCINFO displayed in build files diff (by blueyed, thx!)
• added commit messages in build files diff view (by blueyed, thx!)
• added Danish translation (by filipkemuel, thx!)

4.6.5

• adjusted prompt style to better match pacman 5 output
• use shallow git clones for initial AUR clone
• fixed sudo permission with -Fsy
• fixed installation of nightly packages with updated pkgver
• fixed ignored check version mismatch
• fixed search compatibility with double dash arguments
• fixed error message with -R and -U with empty target
• fixed missing translation marker
• updated Slovak translation (by DoctorJellyface, thx!)
• minor code optimization and code cleanup
• man page update

4.6.4

• enhanced multiarch support on i686 with gcc-multilib package wrongly installed
• readded support for cower IgnorePkg directive (was removed in 4.6.0)
• updated Polish translation (by Ludvick, thx!)

4.6.3

• fixed new dependencies not found with --devel (regression introduced in 4.6.0)
• updated Slovak translation (by DoctorJellyface, thx!)

4.6.2

• fixed uninstalled packages not removed with -Sc (regression introduced in 4.6.1)
• exclude .SRCINFO files from diff viewing
• minor cleanup and man page update
• added Serbian (sr and sr@latin) translation (by Faenriis, thx!)
• updated German translation (by Tblue, thx!)

4.6.1

• fixed multi packages installation when $PKGDEST is not set (regression introduced in 4.6.0)
• fixed sudo permissions with all -D options
• fixed -Sc behavior to act like pacman (regression introduced in 4.1.5!)
• updated Slovak translation (by DoctorJellyface, thx!)

4.6.0

• changed default clone directory location from /tmp/pacaur-$USER to $XDG_CACHE_HOME/pacaur
• changed displaybuildfiles option default value to diff
• added double confirmation in build files diff mode when build files are updated
• enabled sudoloop config option by default
• reworked search options with --sort and --rsort flags and removed --asort, --psort and --vsort
• added --by search flag (RPCv5)
• avoid to use cower directly for upgrade and update checks to avoid total breakage when the libalpm gets a soname bump
• removed --ignorerepo support
• updated --help for better dual commands sets explanation
• added proper licensing and changed it from GPL to ISC
• code cleanup
• man page update
• added Slovak translation (by pakapusta, thx!)
• updated Russian, Japanese, Dutch and Spanish translations (by kyak, MakeNowJust, Yoshi2889 and ChuckDaniels87, thx!)

4.5.6

• fixed broken binary cached packages detection (broken in 4.5.4)
• fixed split packages installation with versioned dependency on a subpackage of the same split package
• fixed variable index assignment in aurconflict check
• fixed possible array index override in arch dependent fields on i686 check
• updated completion files
• code cleanup

4.5.5

• added a workaround for better compatibility with arch dependent fields on i686 (due to current limited RPC support)
• added Dutch translation and updated Spanish translation (by Yoshi2889 and ChuckDaniels87, thx!)

4.5.4

• fixed all valid PKGEXT suffixes not checked when installing cached packages
• fixed VCS client not installed when the PKGBUILD fetches a specific "stable" commit
• adjusted default temporary directory permissions

4.5.3

• fixed ignored flag index in -Qua
• fixed cached repo packages size displayed when PKGEXT is not set to default value
• fixed packages installation not skipped when the build fails
• fixed installation of repo conflicting packages not correctly installed by makpekg
• code cleanup
• updated Japanese translation (by MakeNowJust, thx!)

4.5.2

• fixed password asked when /usr/bin/pacman is explicitly set in sudoers
• fixed installation failure when a trailing blank space exists in PKGBUILDs pkgver/pkgrel/epoch variables when updating local version of VCS packages
• updated Japanese translation (by MakeNowJust, thx!)

4.5.1

• fixed installation failure when the PKGBUILD redefines PKGEXT locally to prevent compression (regression introduced in 4.4.0)
• updated Russian and Japanese translations (by kyak and MakeNowJust, thx!)

4.5.0

• added versioning check in binary conflictcheck (requires expac 5)
• added new pacman 5.0 options support
• minor code cleanup

4.4.6

• fixed conflict check code not working when installing base package replacing its vcs counterpart (regression introduced in 4.4.5)
• added warning when the package can't be installed due to a mismatching metadata in .SRCINFO and PKGBUILD files

4.4.5

• fixed false warning conflict issue due to group field possibly returned when checking for providers
• fixed split packages unnecessarily installed with -Sw

4.4.4

• fixed VCS package installation with -Su --devel
• added --assume-installed

4.4.3

• fixed dependency solver when a dependency has explicit version requirement with epoch

4.4.2

• fixed build files diff viewing
• updated man page
• updated Russian translation (by kyak, thx!)

4.4.1

• fixed git pull issue with VCS packages that have locally updated pkgver

4.4.0

• replaced use of --pkg with pacman -U for split packages (as --pkg will be removed in pacman/makepkg 5.0)
• added git clone support
• added build files diff viewing
• removed --clean operation (now done by default)
• removed clean and cleandevel config option (now superseeded by SRCDEST variable)
• extended -Sc/-Scc to take SRCDEST into account
• renamed editpkgbuild config variable to displaybuildfiles
• readded --root long option support
• code cleanup
• man page update

4.3.2

• fixed CheckDepends not taken into account
• updated Catalan translation (by alexhenrie, thx!)

4.3.1

• fixed providers check of targets (regression introduced in 4.3.0)
• updated Polish translation (by Ludvick, thx!)

4.3.0

• fixed provided providers check
• fixed AUR packages check when not versioned
• fixed broken repo deps update due to upstream pactree change
• fixed potential false positive repo conflicts
• fixed conflicts requirement check false positive
• fixed --devel packages list order
• removed obsolete AUR metadata check
• added alternative AUR URL with --domain flag
• added dependency cycle check
• added --foreign to consider foreign dependencies in dependency resolution
• added silent option in config file and --help
• use AUR RPC interface v4
• added search sort by popularity and --psort flag
• pass --ignorerepo argument to cower
• merged editinstall with editpkgbuild option
• avoid using intermediary json and ignore files
• added Hungarian translation (by avelkei, thx!)
• code cleanup
• man page update

4.2.27

• fixed broken builddir cleanup with -cc (regression introduced in 4.2.22)

4.2.26

• fixed user makepkg.conf file search path (by grawity, thx!)
• --devel flags can now be used with --check
• new version of VCS packages changed to 'latest' when using --check
• minor code cleanup
• man page update

4.2.25

• fixed makedeps displayed in prompt when package is already cached
• fixed old version string not displayed when replacing packages (regression introduced in 4.2.20)
• minor man page update

4.2.24

• fixed multi digits providers input
• fixed missing string not being translatable
• added a workaround for non working Polish translation (by grimi, thx!)
• updated Polish translation (by Ludvick, thx!)
• code cleanup

4.2.23

• fixed missing vcs client set as makedep not installed
• fixed translation support regression
• updated Russian translation (by kyak, thx!)

4.2.22

• reverted some of the shellsheck cleanup to fix a regression with extra flags passed to pacman

4.2.21

• fixed pkgver() of VCS packages not updated if present already in cache
• fixed error when makedeps are required in prepare()
• fixed VCS packages skipped with --needed when not installed
• added support for repository usage level
• fixed provided packages check for already provided packages
• fixed spacing in -Qu output table for AUR packages version
• shellcheck analysis cleanup

4.2.20

• added versioning check for AUR packages
• error output now displays version of required dependencies
• output of --silent option doesn't hide everything

4.2.19

• added --silent output option
• fixed multi provider prompt when provider is in more than one repo
• fixed cleanup done with -Sw/-m when PKGDEST is not defined
• fixed makeopts not passed to integrity check
• changed lock files extension to same extension as pacman
• German translation update (by HerrNieschnell, thx!)
• fixed zsh completion for AUR packages (by modprobe, thx!)
• bash cleanup (by Adrian Goll, thx!)
• man page update

4.2.18

• fixed --devel --needed always rebuilding
• fixed final exit error
• disabled Polish translation (breaks packages classification)

4.2.17

• fixed broken dependencies check failure when checking integrity

4.2.16

• all integrity checks are now done before the build process
• added tracking of failed package builds
• fixed build as root check
• fixed error exit codes
• added possible fix for binary repository errors

4.2.15

• removed hybrid solver
• removed source fetch failure hack
• fixed dependency errors displayed more than once
• added --asort and --vsort command line options for alphabetical and votes sorting
• prevent build as root
• updated Polish translation (by Ludvick, thx!)

4.2.14

• removed deprecated -ii from --help screen
• added Turkish translation (by wakeup, thx!)

4.2.13

• fixed --devel --needed not working as expected (broken in 4.2.11)
• fixed ConflictChecks() when package has no metadata
• only supported VCS protocols can now be skipped if up-to-date (svn, git, hg and bzr)
• added nightly build packages support to --devel
• updated Russian translation (by kyak, thx!)

4.2.12

• conflicting packages are now readded after using -Sw operation
• added Catalan translation (by alexhenrie, thx!)

4.2.11

• enhanced --rebuild/--needed flags consistency with --devel
• added zsh AUR packages completion (by lucy, thx!)
• man page update

4.2.10

• fixed -Sw target unnecessarily checked for conflict
• fixed -Sw when inputted packages is also a dependency
• fixed wrongly colored output when using --quiet
• added missing --needed flag to --help and man page
• code cleanup
• --help and man page update for consistency

4.2.9

• fixed cache check issue with VCS packages
• code cleanup
• man page update

4.2.8

• fixed solver dependency order regression
• man page update

4.2.7

• fixed possible update issue when only a subpackage of a split package is installed
• fixed issue when installing VCS packages when the corresponding VCS software isn't installed yet
• updated German translation (by rumpelsepp, thx!)
• man page update

4.2.6

• removed sanity check when building without installing because of possible false positive
• fixed package name mismatch when using --needed and VerbosePkgLists
• man page update
• updated Spanish translation (by Gosella, thx!)

4.2.5

• fixed PKGBUILD download issue when a split package has a different name than its first subpackage

4.2.4

• fixed dependencies order issue when upgrading when the IgnorePkg variable isn't empty (introduced in... 2.3.8)
• updated French translation (by Neitsab, thx!)
• minor man page update

4.2.3

• fixed build order issue when using '-Su package' or when using '-Su --devel' with non vcs packages upgrade (introduced in 4.2.2)
• fixed install reason set as explicit when using '-Su package'
• fixed target in 'Building packages' message

4.2.2

• fixed up-to-date VCS packages always rebuilt
• fixed cached vcs packages always rebuilt
• fixed build order issue with cached packages
• fixed -de and -e operations with split packages

4.2.1

• added check for missing AUR metadata
• added hybrid solver with --insecure flag
• added --preview flag
• fixed Editpkgs() with -de and -dde operations
• fixed cached packages always rebuilt
• fixed build loop when building more than one package
• fixed -Sw operation with split packages
• fixed AUR deps uninstalled when already in cache
• fixed AUR RPC request failure when the URI length is longer than 8190 bytes
• fixed broken ConflictChecks()
• fixed ConflictChecks() with already removed package
• added Portuguese translation (by thiagowfx, thx!)
• man page update
• cleanup

4.2.0

• added new secure RPC dependency solver (AUR 3.0.0)
• added split packages support (AUR 3.0.0)
• removed old bash parsing solver
• added sortbyvotes config option and removed --votes command line flag
• added --nodeps support for AUR packages
• fixed versioning check on input packages
• fixed minor command line parsing bugs
• removed --asroot option (deprecated in upcoming pacman/makepkg 4.2)
• removed --fixbackend option (use manual way or aur.sh instead)
• code cleanup

4.1.31

• fixed possible invisible duplicates in prompt
• fixed possible mishap with parallalized download
• fixed uninitialized array
• speed optimization for ProviderCheck() and -Qur
• minor cleanup

4.1.30

• fixed dependency status set to --asdep with -Sw when previously explicitly installed
• check packages cache for not installed VCS packages
• fixed sort order with comm
• partial translations update

4.1.29

• fixed packages classification issue when using foreign locale
• updated French translation (by Neitsab, thx!)

4.1.28

• fixed binary dependencies list when non default provider package is already installed

4.1.27

• fixed ClassifyPkgs() regression with ignored packages

4.1.26

• show ignored packages in -Qu
• added post install new orphan packages warning
• fixed -Qu alignment when pkgs use more than one group
• fixed error message with --download flag
• fixed various compatibility issue with recent upstream change (expac-git)
• enhanced conflict check detection regex
• -dd now displays all binary dependencies
• enhanced zsh completion (by neeee, thx!)
• minor cleanup

4.1.25

• fixed entire build directory cleaned when using ctrl-c quickly after the dependencies tree calculation has started

4.1.24

• fixed install permission of bash and zsh completion files
• updated German translation (by pszalanski, thx!)

4.1.23

• fixed non vcs packages not cleaned without cleandevel=true
• PKGBUILDs of cached packages aren't edited anymore
• added initial Zsh completion file by z33ky (many thanks!)

4.1.22

• fixed epoched vcs packages wrongly rebuild when up-to-date when using --devel

4.1.21

• the commands --ignore-odd and --no-ignore-odd are now passed directly to cower
• added --votes option to sort search results by votes
• minor man page enhancement

4.1.20

• fixed empty variable processed in conflicts check

4.1.19

• fixed vcs packages build as root user

4.1.18

• fixed package build failure after vcs package build
• added Polish translation (by Ludvick, thx!)

4.1.17

• fixed --asdep status when installing cached packages
• added Italian translation (by NoMore201, thx!)

4.1.16

• fixed buggy requirement check for binary packages
• fixed conflict checks mistakenly done on all provided packages (installation of packages provided in both the repo and the AUR, such as Perl modules, is now possible again)
• completely rewritten ConflictChecks() code for AUR packages
• updated Russian translation (by kyak, thx!)

4.1.15

• fixed binary requirement check with provided packages
• fixed binary requirement error message displayed on multiline
• some variable name adjustment for consistency

4.1.14

• fixed binary conflict replacements not confirmed
• installed package requirements are now checked when a package is replaced
• fixed missing ConflictChecks() when using --noconfirm
• added sanity check when using the unsupported --root option
• renamed msg() internal function to avoid overwriting msg() makepkg subroutine

4.1.13

• optimized .install script retrieval speed (by X-dark, thx!)

4.1.12

• fixed additional sorting order with -Sua and foreign packages check

4.1.11

• fixed providers check prompting for already provided providers when versioned
• fixed install scripts names not always correctly detected
• fixed default provider always listed as binary dependency when chosen provider is not the default choice
• fixed "ghost" provided dependency shown in binary dependency list
• fixed typo in Russian translation (by kyak)

4.1.10

• fixed devel packages version in ignore output
• fixed binary dependencies list in prompt when the chosen provider is not the default choice
• added Russian translation (contributed by kyak
• thanks!)
• minor man page changes

4.1.9

• fixed new version output of devel packages
• fixed possible dependency ordering issue
• bash solver optimization by avoiding to download twice the same taurball

4.1.8

• fixed a possible sanity infinite loop prior to the sudo security check

4.1.7

• fixed a providers check bug when the checked package has a versionned string
• fixed the multiple conflict prompt for a single conflicting package
• operation will now stop when a conflicting dependency is not replaced

4.1.6

• rebuild devel packages only if outofdate
• use paccache instead of inhouse clean cache code
• man page update

4.1.5

• fixed AUR packages sorting in -Qua (fixed by polyphemus
• thanks!)
• optimized -Qur and binary prompt display speed
• fixed dependency resolution issue when an AUR package is provided by another package in the repo but has a more recent version (fixed in bash solver only)
• rework of the handling of binary package display in --download
• updated Japanese translation (thanks to fossker)

4.1.4

• fixed color output in sanity checks
• fixed false positive sudo check when 'sudo' is in pkgdesc
• fixed possible name cut issue
• fixed automatic sudo timestamp refresh always active even when 'sudoloop' option is disabled
• (re)fixed possible --devel double ignored warning
• updated German and French translations
• minor code cleanup

4.1.3

• fixed a collation issue when checking foreign packages (introduced in 4.1.2)
• updated Spanish translation (both fixes contributed by gosella, thx!)

4.1.2

• do not export LC_ALL (or LC_COLLATE if translation is available) globally to avoid possible unwanted side effects with vim config

4.1.1

• fixed half coloured output when #Colors is disabled in pacman.conf
• do not enforce '--color always' by default
• fixed additional cases when using the --color flag

4.1.0

• use pacman internal color support instead of pacman-color
• show repositories in prompt
• added cached AUR packages check in prompt
• added --asdeps/--needed support to makepkg
• check devel package name extensions instead of parsing PKGBUILDs
• added new version in --devel ignore warning
• allow 'aur/package' input style
• reverted possible double ignore warning with --devel broken fix

4.0.5

• fixed possible duplicate binary dependencies shown in prompt when one is provided by another binary dependency
• fixed reinstall check false positive with strictly alphabetic versioning
• fixed possible double ignore warning with --devel
• fixed possible duplicate package with --devel
• man page update

4.0.4

• fixed curl issue when using --continue-at in .curlrc file
• improved package name url encoding code

4.0.3

• fixed an issue with package names not displayed correctly in prompt if they include special characters
• added Spanish translation (contributed by gosella, thx!)

4.0.2

• fixed possible non AUR packages false positive warning when upgrading
• fixed missing space in French translation

4.0.1

• fixed broken -k option
• fixed possible reinstall check false positive when accepting to replace a conflicting package
• fixed weird non breaking space character issue with French translation

4.0.0

• main interface is now more similar to pacman
• added detailed interface (enable it with VerbosePkgLists in pacman.conf)
• foreign packages not in AUR shown when doing upgrade
• added version in prompt output
• added version in outofdate check
• show repo in -Qu output
• show -Qu output in a table
• added multi instance check
• added optional automatic sudo timestamp update
• added internationalization support
• fixed possible reinstallcheck false positive
• fixed providers checked even if already installed
• improved conflict check management
• use AUR multiinfo RPC instead of parallel json file retrieval
• improved error management
• various optimization
• added French, German, Japanese translations (contributed by spidermario, bigboot, fosskers, thank you all!)
• code cleanup
• man page improvements

3.4.7

• fixed broken install script variable substitution

3.4.6

• fixed possible issue with cached packages reinstalled in loop when PKGDEST in not defined

3.4.5

• fixed binary package incorrectly considered as AUR package when ignored in pacman.conf
• fixed possible out-of-date check issues when local json files in tmpfs are not uptodate anymore
• improved security when sourcing
• slightly improved download code
• minor code cleanup

3.4.4

• fixed download size computed even if the package is already cached
• fixed a possible grep error
• improved error output for badly packaged taurballs

3.4.3

• fixed version mismatch with --devel (introduced in 3.4.1)
• use curl --compressed option to speed up --devel operation

3.4.2

• fixed a possible duplicate entry with -Sua pkg
• much improved malicious sudo code

3.4.1

• show flagging date in outofdate check
• hided --insecure from usage()
• general functions cleanup

3.4.0

• added download and install size for binary dependencies at prompt
• allow alternative pacman binary (use $PACMAN variable)
• moved main config file to /etc/xdg/pacaur/config
• fixed password asked with -Sp, -Rp and -Up
• fixed --noconfirm not working with PKGBUILD preview
• fixed warning not shown with -d and binary packages
• fixed install script not found when using variable substitution with brackets
• fixed more potential locale issues
• some optimization and code cleanup

3.3.2

• really fixed pacman-color being set as default (reverted pacman binary substitution)
• added support for user ~/.makepkg.conf file

3.3.1

• fixed color var being ignored and using pacman-color as default

3.3.0

• improved security by removing all unnecessary bash sourcing
• added notification before sourcing when using the full bash solver and when potential sudo malicious code is detected
• added a new secure mode using cower internal solver (similar to the old carch magic option)
• use robuster RPC code
• allow pacman binary substitution
• code refactoring
• some cleanup

3.2.9

• improved bash completion file
• minor man page update

3.2.8

• fixed possible error with empty PKGBUILD and json files
• fixed broken --fixbackend option (AUR 2.0.0 update)

3.2.7

• fixed broken Out of Date check (AUR 2.0.0 update)

3.2.6

• fixed broken --devel option (upstream change)

3.2.5

• fixed error shown when maintainer broke repo intergrity (revert of feature added in 3.1.1)
• -dd command now uses the external, full bash solver

3.2.4

• clean option now correctly removes PKGBUIlDs in build directory
• "--cc pkg" option now force removal of devel package when cleandevel option is enabled
• hide misleading -f option in --help menu
• minor code cleanup and man page update

3.2.3

• take clean/cleandevel options into account when cleaning building after stopping operation
• fixed broken message output when entering 2 or more AUR packages
• use yellow warning for skipping message
• minor code and man page cleanup

3.2.2

• fixed builddir entirely cleaned when answering No to prompt or when ignoring some AUR package dependencies

3.2.1

• updated bash completion file to work with binary packages too (contributed by berz_, thx!)

3.2.0

• readded builddir config option
• removed --carch option
• removed --ignore-ood search option
• added --needed support for AUR pkgs
• updated man page
• code cleanup

3.1.2

• fixed double entry when using selective upgrade

3.1.1

• fixed possible duplicate entry when checking providers
• fixed possible providercheck bug asking when upgrading
• display error when maintainers break repo integrity

3.1.0

• added fast workflow support for multi-provider packages
• make use of --edit option
• editpkgbuild and editinstall variables in any operation
• added cower --ignore-ood option support (cower-git only at the moment)
• fixed a parsing bug when using multiple --ignore options
• some man page updates and code cleanup

3.0.3

• fixed -Sl not working when fallback mode is enabled
• fixed -Sl and -Sg unecessarily asking sudo password
• fixed color being shown with -Quqr operation
• removed implicit ignore warning that is now handled by cower
• removed double error message when using --download operation

3.0.2

• fixed selective editing regression
• fixed broken --ignore switch when upgrading
• added warning when explicitly ignoring an AUR package

3.0.1

• clean options --c/-cc now also bypass disabled clean/cleandevel config options when using -m, -y operations
• fixed wrong error output when temporary PKGBUILD/json files are already downloaded
• fixed double error output when using -sq, -i, kq operations
• some code factorization

3.0.0

• large rewrite to make use of getopts argument parsing
• added (hidden) --fixbackend option to quickly rebuild cower backend if necessary
• removed buildDir variable from config file and use makepkg.conf BUILDDIR variable instead
• defaulted editor var to vi in conf file
• carchmagic option enabled by default
• code factorization and cleanup

2.5.7

• fixed buildDir needing to be manually recreated after /tmp autocleanup at reboot when buildDir is set to tmpDir

2.5.6

• fixed password wrongly asked when tmpdir does not exist
• check for tmpdir right permission only when needed
• code cleanup

2.5.5

• fixed tmpdir right permission issue after using root user
• fixed --ignore switch not working with binary packages when using -S, -Sw, -Sy operations

2.5.4

• fixed config file path in error messages
• added error warning when using "pacaur -m" while clean option is enabled and $PKGDEST is undefined
• fixed double prompt issue when answering "no" as root
• removed some deprecated sudo code
• minor man page typo fixes

2.5.3

• fixed more exit codes (override unconventional cower exit codes)
• improved bash completion (contributed by bertz_, thx!)
• man page and usage() cleanup

2.5.2

• fixed "AUR targets (0)" issue when answering "no" to conflict checks
• minor code and man page cleanup

2.5.1

• fixed config file not read when XDG_CONFIG_DIRS has more than one directory defined
• man page addition for editpkgbuild and editinstall options

2.5.0

• config file moved to /etc/xdg/pacaur/pacaur to support XDG standard properly
• conflicts checks done before prompt again. No new features

2.4.8

• don't allow short -f option to be passed to pacman (deprecated in pacman 4.0.2)
• partial bash solver replaced with full bash solver to improve carchmagic support
• binary dependencies listing optimization
• some output message cleanup

2.4.7

• fixed potential cat error when carchmagic is used
• fixed --force option not passed to pacman

2.4.6

• fixed error when aur packages are versioned while using carchmagic

2.4.5

• fixed "conflicts with everything bug" when carchmagic is used, and having ignored packages, and the AUR package has no AUR dependency

2.4.4

• improved bash-side solver when carchmagic is enabled (added dependency version support)
• binary dependencies listing code speedup
• code refactoring and cleanup

2.4.3

• fixed not working -Su with binary and aur packages. Selective update is still possible with "pacaur -u ". Some code refactoring

2.4.2

• show binary provider packages instead of binary dependencies
• fixed binary dependencies sometimes listed more than once
• always return 1 on error exit
• more man page and code cleanup

2.4.1

• improved workflow when sudo isn't initialized: password is asked right after prompt instead of after first package build
• fixed refresh with -S, -Sw used without argument
• added additional "no target" sanity checks
• improved ignored package management when updating
• added packages counter to non-pacman like prompt
• improved carch bash magic detection
• code and man page cleanup

2.4.0

• pacaur now edit install script
• added enable/disable editing of PKGBUILD and install script options
• added option to retain devel package sources only
• added hidden --carch flag to temporary enable carch compatibility
• force English locale to avoid various issues with non English locales
• entirely dropped su support (broken since 2.3.4) and made sudo a mandatory dependency
• minor cleaning

2.3.11

• fixed broken -Sy when used without argument

2.3.10

• fixed pacman refresh (-Sy ,-Syw ) handling
• changed prompt question when using -m/-Sw

2.3.9

• added sanity check when $EDITOR is not set
• check conflicts after pkgbuild editing (not before)
• -m/-Sw option now install binary and aur dependencies to prevent compilation failure
• some man page additions
• code cleanup

2.3.8

• fixed broken -m, -y, -u commands when there are no ignored packages

2.3.7

• fixed new dependencies of an ignored package being installed when upgrading
• fixed bug with --noconfirm used with ignored packages
• ignored binary dependencies abort installation instead of letting makepkg failing

2.3.6

• fixed another conflict bug that might occur in upgrade or upgrade --devel operation only

2.3.5

• fixed package "conflicting with everything" bug
• compatibility with white background terminal

2.3.4

• fixed conflict handling support
• show warning when an upgrade has ignored binary deps
• defaulted color option to false (as pacman-color is an optdep)
• some code optimization when using carch magic option

2.3.3

• fixed ignoredpkgs issue with upgrades that pull new dependencies
• some interface cleaning
• minor man page fix

2.3.2

• fixed issue with IgnorePkg var and aur dependencies handling

2.3.1

• sort and remove duplicate binary deps
• fixed broken outofdate check (AUR 1.9 update)
• fixed cower --brief misuse in deps handling
• some code optimization

2.3.0

• added carchmagic switch
• always use https
• added display of recursive binary deps
• removed unecessary sudo -v call

2.2.10

• fixed binary aur deps not taken into account by the --ignore flag

2.2.9

• fixed bad versioning detection
• default values in conf file are now consistent
• code speedup when installing packages with no aur dependencies

2.2.8

• fixed broken --ignore switch

2.2.7

• fixed overwriting of internal variable

2.2.6

• fixed parsing of makedepends

2.2.5

• fixed -Sua operation
• selective update now possible again
• fixed typo in --help

2.2.4

• "force" is now the default for -m and -y
• some interface cleanup

2.2.3

• fixed 32/64bits bash magic issue (workaround for cower/FS#16352)
• added bash completion file (contributed by Mr.Shu, thx!)

2.2.2

• pacaur now skip building of non-devel package that are already available in $PKGDEST (if defined)
• added --rebuild option to force rebuilding
• minor visual enhancement with groups in -Qu output

2.2.1

• fixed cower config file error when not present
• fixed tmpDir not created on startup bug
• removed sourcing of abs.conf
• fixed pacaur -u not working
• fixed --asdeps/--asexplicit argument not taken into account when installing
• updated usage() information

2.2.0

• simplified conf file
• removed --abs option
• removed --build option
• -Qu option now show package groups
• added -cc to clean entire build directory
• added per user config file
• code cleanup

2.1.11

• fixed non-pacman like operations failing bug introduced in 2.1.10
• other minor corrections

2.1.10

• added ignored/reinstall/outofdate warnings
• pass any unknown option to pacman (bugfix)
• interface and code cleanup

2.1.9

• added selective editing when using pacman-like commands
• some code cleanup

2.1.8

• allow -Suw operation
• prompt confirmation speed up
• more code cleanup

2.1.7

• fixed bug when passing multi arguments that are available in the repo and in AUR. Code cleanup

2.1.6

• confirm first to allow faster workflow
• use newly released expac dep instead of expac-git

2.1.5

• code cleaning
• added AUR support for -Sc/-Scc option if $PKGDEST is defined

2.1.4

• fixed bug with ignorepkg and --devel option
• makepkg use pacman-color if color is enabled

2.1.3

• fixed -Sur, -Syur, -Syyuur argument

2.1.2

• added missing --quiet option for --check
• improved man page
• more code cleanup

2.1.1

• fixed -Sii operation
• fixed typo

2.1.0

• added --quiet, --ignore, --noedit, --noconfirm options
• More code cleanup

2.0.0

• main() rewrite. Simpler, cleaner, faster code. No new features
• search return intersection of terms as pacman/cower do
• defined pacman-color as default pacman binary
• other little fixes here and there
• added a man page

1.2.3

• minor fixes
• cleanup

1.2.2

• new simpler
• more efficient and less buggy code for --build option

1.2.1

• minor cleanup() bugfix
• removed buggy --build option

1.2.0

• sudo now optional (inspired by packer)
• cleanup git protected files bugfix

1.1.1

• devel packages upgrade bugfix

1.1.0

• added --devel flag to upgrade all dev package

1.0.1

• fixed --asdeps bug when using multi targets

1.0.0

• improved -Qu output is back. Use expac-git dependency instead (thanks to falconindy for the upstream change)

0.9.10

• more typo fixes

0.9.9

• reverted to 0.9.7
• typo fix

0.9.8

• improved -Qu output (show current and available version)
• added expac dependency

0.9.7

• added -r switch

0.9.6

• bug fixes

0.9.5

• implemented pacman fallback

0.9.4

• implemented --build command

0.9.3

• implemented --clean command
• added missing -de option
• code cleanup

0.9.2

• fixed configuration file path
• sudo is now a dependency
• fixed --edit command
• improved --help command
• visual enhancements

0.9.1

• fixed upgrade bug
• pacman support fixes

0.9.0

• first public version