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Added the concept of package properties in the API.

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See the NEWS file and xbps-bin(8) for more information.
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Juan RP
2011-02-05 11:25:04 +01:00
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xbps-0.8.0 (???):
* Added the concept of package properties in the API. At this moment
only one property is fully working, "virtual". When xbps-bin(8)
sets this property for a package, its virtual package list will be
set in the XBPS_REGPKGDB plist in a package dictionary and the matching
logic will always prefer its virtual packages over the real ones.
You can do wonderful things with this, like always using development
package versions, or simply customize what packages you want to
install rather than the default ones. As a real example, you can now
use the 'xbps-devel' package rather than the stable package version
'xbps' before installing the system and package dependencies will
still be resolved:
"$ xbps-bin set-prop virtual xbps-devel"
"$ xbps-bin install xbps-base-system"
Only packages that have the "provides" object are valid for the
"virtual" property.
* Moved the "replaces" handling logic into the API. But instead of
removing any package, the packages that should be replaced are
added into the transaction dictionary and marked as "remove".