From: Zac Medico Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:02:48 +0000 (-0000) Subject: Add note about bug #226505. (trunk r10685) X-Git-Tag: v2.1.5.6~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b23c2c5826999ee2963256d87adf9faee54e0f7;p=portage.git Add note about bug #226505. (trunk r10685) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=10686 --- diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index c8e6581c8..f7b5664f2 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS portage-2.1.5 ================================== +* The pkg_postinst phase is now called after the previous version of a + package has been removed. As a consequence, it is no longer possible + to call has_version in pkg_postinst to detect whether the current + install operation is an upgrade or downgrade. If this information is + needed during the pkg_postinst phase, do the has_version call in an + earlier phase (such as pkg_preinst) and store the result in a global + variable to be accessed by pkg_postinst when it is called. Bug #226505 + tracks all issues related to this phase execution order change. + * Blockers are now resolved automatically in many more cases than before. When it's safe, blocked packages are uninstalled automatically so that users are no longer inconvenienced with the