VERSION         DESCRIPTION
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2.6.1         - Added http download support (Aurelien Foret)
              - Improved makepkg's --builddeps behaviour when called via
                makeworld
              - makepkg's md5 validation now occurs before source extraction
              - makepkg delays fakeroot entry until after option parsing
              - Fixed an argument-passing bug in fakeroot
              - Modified pacman's behaviour wrt provides -- it now allows
                multiple packages to be installed, even if they provide the
                same thing (they were treated as conflicts before)
2.6           - Added group handling, so one can run 'pacman -S kde' and
                install all files from the KDE group
              - Fixed a duplication bug in cascade package removal
              - Added support for virtual provisions with "provides" tags
              - When conflicts are encountered, pacman now offers the chance
                to remove the conflicting packages (provides or literals)
              - Added support for renamed/combined packages with a "replaces"
                tag
              - Added --nostrip option to makepkg
              - Improved --search to list all packages from all repos when
                a search term is omitted
              - Added logging support through syslog()
              - Added fakeroot support to makepkg (RomanK)
              - Added MD5sum generation/validation to makepkg (RomanK)
              - Fixed a progress bar bug (Aurelien Foret)
              - Sorted makepkg's .FILELISTs (Aurelien Foret)
              - Targets are now re-ordered w.r.t. dependencies when
                using -A/-U
              - Modified --search to work when called as -Sys
              - Modified abs to use ABS_ROOT from /etc/abs/abs.conf (Aurelien)
              - Other bug fixes
2.5.1         - Minor bug fixes
2.5           - Added an URL tag to package info
              - Sped up package load times by about 500% by introducing
                a .FILELIST into the package
              - Renamed the install scriptlet from ._install to .INSTALL
              - Added patch from Aurlien Foret:
                - Better lock handling (RW and RO)
                - Sorted package order in -Qi's dependency lists
                - Added a DBPath option to pacman.conf
                - Fixed memory leaks
                - Added the --nodeps option to -S
2.4.1         - Fixed a bug in makepkg's option parsing
2.4           - Added getopt-style options to makeworld
              - Added -w <destdir> to makepkg
              - makeworld now properly handles packages with --builddeps
              - Added patches from Aurelien Foret:
                - Cascading package removals. -Rc will remove a package and
                  all packages that require it
                - Support for getopt-style options in makepkg
                - the REQUIREDBY field is now updated when a package is
                  removed with --nodeps, then re-installed.
                - Avoids duplicate dependency checks with sync
                - Added a "NoPassiveFtp" option in pacman.conf
                - Improvements to the --query listings
2.3.2         - Added patches from Aurelien Foret:
                - FTP resume feature
								  - removed the hit-^C-and-delete-the-downloading-file safety
                - IgnorePkg option in pacman.conf
                - FTPAGENT setting in makepkg.conf
                - Added --cleancache option to makepkg
2.3.1         - Fixed the progress bar overflow
              - Pacman does not ask "Are you sure" when you use --downloadonly
              - Switched up a couple makepkg options to be more consistent
                with pacman's options
              - If you ^C out of a file download, the package will now be
                removed from the cache directory
2.3           - The beginnings of source-side dependency resolution, makepkg
                can now either A) download/install missing deps with pacman
                -S; or B) find missing deps in the /usr/abs tree and
                build/install them.
              - Added a --nodeps option to makepkg
              - Improved the --search output
2.2           - More bugfixes
              - Added --downloadonly switch to --sync
2.1           - Lots of bugfixes
              - Added support for multiple respositories
              - Improved the config file layout
              - Improved dependency resolution and sorting
2.0           - Added dependency functionality
              - Completely new database format, similar to FreeBSD
              - Better internal data structures
              - Merged pacsync functionality into pacman
              - Now uses libftp for all file retrieval (currently only ftp)
              - Automatic dependency resolution, a la apt-get
              - Moved config stuff from /etc/pacsync.conf to /etc/pacman.conf
              - Much better backup file handling, now uses md5 hashes a la rpm
1.23          - Added install/upgrade/remove scripting control
1.22          - Some manpage typo fixes
              - Added --root switch to pacsync
              - Added --help and ability to specify a PKGBUILD to makepkg
              - Switched default downloader to snarf
1.21          - Added better backup control -- upgrade/add and remove
                do different things with the -n switch
1.2           - Added wildcard handling
              - Added man pages for makepkg and pacsync
              - Added the pacsync utility for remote file fetching/sync
1.1           - Fixed some string-handling bugs
              - Added better handling of configuration files and the like.
                If "file" is about to be removed, but it is designated to
                backed up, then it will be copied to "file.save"
              - Changed db_find_conflicts() to ignore directories
1.0           - Initial Release

