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2017

dlocate (1.07+nmu1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Skip cronjob if dlocate is no longer installed.  (Closes: #829473)
   * Add missing build-{arch,indep} targets.

2016

dlocate (1.07) unstable; urgency=medium

   * updated VERSION_BANNER
   * (Closes: #532061,  #407412, #532704, #563595, #567080, #614664, #733864, #788661, #567080)

dlocate (1.06) unstable; urgency=medium

   * added util-linux to dependencies

dlocate (1.05) unstable; urgency=low

   * completely rewrote option parsing, now uses getopt from util-linux
     long options now use --.  Backwards-compatibility is maintained
     by using getopt's `-a` option.  (Closes: #532061)
   * added `-p` and `-f` as short options for `--package-only` and `--filename-only`
   * improved `dlocate -k`, and sorted output.
   * added support for `+` characters in package names for 'dlocate -s'
   * fixed `--lsbin` to use `stat -c '%A %n'` rather than `ls -lLd`
   * added support for virtual packages in `-s` (Closes: #407412)
   * warnings and errors now go to stderr (Closes: #532704)
   * added note about update-dlocatedb to man page (Closes: #563595, #567080)
   * `dlocate -l` shows more of the package names (Closes: #614664)
   * added full path to error messages mentioning the .list file (Closes: #733864)
   * added --lsdir option to list directories (Closes: #788661)
   * update-dlocatedb now updates `dlocate -l` info (Closes: #567080)
   * now being maintained on github https://github.com/craig-sanders/dlocate
     forks and pull requests welcome.

2012

dlocate (1.02+nmu3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Fix handling of multiple arguments for several commands (Closes: #563881).
   * Fix dlocate return codes for several commands on exit (Closes: #564293).

dlocate (1.02+nmu2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Add missing "--" when invoking grep command (Closes: #587179).
   * Fix bash completion for package names in dlocate (Closes: # 658669).
   * Fix incorrect exit code 0 on failed search (Closes: #689647).
   * Fix parameter passing to dlocate_option_error() in dlocate (Closes: # 690758).

dlocate (1.02+nmu1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Fix several mistakes in manpages (Closes: #586483, #692896, #696479).

2009

dlocate (1.02) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed example in dlocate.1 man page again (Closes: #466662)
   * added '-k', and '-K' commands to list kernels and related packages
   * added optional support for gzip compression of /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb.txt
   * added support output filters (--package-only, --filename-only) (Closes: #531641)

dlocate (1.01) unstable; urgency=low

   * added support for diversions (Closes: #304045)
   * fixed copy/paste error for -P (now correctly passes -P to grep rather than -E)
   * really moved the four dpkg-* man pages to section 8

dlocate (1.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * no longer use frcode and locate, see discussion in 494673.  removed
     dependency on locate package. (Closes: #505997, #494651, #494673)
   * added support for several GNU grep options, -E, -F, -G, -P, and -w
   * the extra grep options obsolete the request for shell glob patterns (Closes: #49922)
   * checked for empty $PKGS (Closes: #523501)
   * fixed '-man' option, so that it doesn't break on man directories with locales
   * tired of people filing the same bug because they misunderstand the purpose of '-man'.  added 'sort -u'.  (Closes: #501870)
   * updated and fixed dlocate.1 man page (Closes: #518309)
   * corrected 'dlocate -l' example in man page (Closes: #466662)
   * moved man pages for dpkg-hold, dpkg-unhold, dpkg-purge, dpkg-remove to section 8 (Closes: #512446)
   * added --verbose option to aid in debugging dlocate
   * fixed bug that broke support for multiple packages in most commands
   * fixed '-s' command so that it only calls grep-dctrl once if there are multiple package names
   * applied following 6 lintian fixes from era eriksson: (Closes: #513470)
   * debian/control: revert dependency on awk; as per Lintian error,
     it is in practice essential, and should not be declared
   * debian/copyright: add copyright year; disambiguate license as GPL v2
     (fix lintian warning)
   * debian/rules: move binary-arch commands to binary-indep; do not ignore
     errors from "make clean" (fix lintian warnings)
   * debian/changelog: fix typo in 0.96.1 s/dancy/dency/ (fix lintian warning)
   * debian/postinst: don't use explicit path for /usr/sbin (fix lintian warning)
   * debian/postrm: add -e flag (fix lintian warning)

2008

dlocate (0.96.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added bash completion rules.  only one trivial change to the
     patch provided by Danilo Piazzalunga (Closes: #223718)

dlocate (0.96.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * version 0.95 introduced a dependency on awk, which is an optional
     package. the simple awk script has only been tested on my system
     with gawk, but it doesn't do anything gawkish so should work with
     mawk or original-awk. fixed Depends line.

dlocate (0.96) unstable; urgency=low

   * accidentally deleted cron.daily rather than updating it.  restored it.
     (Closes: 488222)
   * updated postinst to generate /var/lib/dlocate/dpkg.list with tab-
     separated fields, the same way that /etc/cron.daily/dlocate does.
     also removed COLUMNS=200 because the postinst doesn't need it any
     more than the cron.daily does.
   * updated man page for update-dlocatedb to note additional author

dlocate (0.95) unstable; urgency=low

   * changed cron.daily to not use ionice if kernel version <2.6.13
   * redirected stderr from ionice to >/dev/null to avoid error
     messages if running under vserver or other environments without
     CFQ scheduling (Closes: #456292)
   * added Pawel Chmielowski <prefiks@prefiks.org> patch to
     update-dlocatedb which re-uses any old data from the existing
     dlocatedb.  (Closes: #457572)
   * changed separator character when building the search regexp so
     that we don't end up grepping for everything.  (Closes: #466662)
   * while/read loops in bash are abysmally slow.  replaced that loop
     in 'dlocate -l' section with an awk script.  vast improvement in
     speed.
     Note: this required changing the field separator in $DPKGLIST from
     space to tab, so anyone who parses that file directly (nobody, i
     think) may need to modify their scripts.
     (Closes: #487471)
   * finally close some bugs that were actually closed ages ago in
     NMUs.  (Closes: #314276, #337711, #83196, #54073, #63902, #84018, #67650, #78621, #132930, #91785, #100694, #101426, #129251,  #132931, #129186, #76149, #43145, #43146, #45057, #42314)

2007

dlocate (0.94) unstable; urgency=low

   * optimisation for '-S' and 'DEFAULT' commands.  run locate once
     only with multiple filenames on the command line.  significantly
     faster when searching for multiple filenames.
   * the optimisation also means that $result is the exit-code of
     all searches combined, rather than just the exit-code of the
     last search to be run.

dlocate (0.93) unstable; urgency=low

   * minor fix to -lsbin.  now excludes all non-files, rather than
     just directories.  also follows symlinks.
   * added '--' option to make it possible to search for partial
     files like -conf, -ls, and other '-*' that happen to match
     dlocate options.  did i already mention that dlocate's
     arg processing really sucks and needs a rewrite?
   * added Makefile rules ("make test") to automate testing of dlocate
     output, and to remind me to update the version banner in dlocate.
   * check for unknown options (Closes: #220351, #307371)
     (NOTE: breaks backwards-compatibility for anyone who relies on
     the old behaviour!)
   * only print header for 'dlocate -l' if there are any matching
     packages found. (Closes: #447140)
   * fixed dlocate's stderr redirection so that 'make test' works.
     (possible bug in bash - '>/dev/stderr' treated differently to '>&2')

dlocate (0.92) unstable; urgency=low

   * passed '--' to egrep so you can search for partial package names
     like '-utils', '-tools', etc.
   * fixed a bug in -md5check which prevented it from checking some
     packages with spaces in the filenames.
   * used '-r' ("--no-run-if-empty") everywhere with xargs.
     (Closes: #452746)
   * also changed numerous tests of [ -e $PKG.* ] to [ -s $PKG.* ]
     to test for 'exists and not empty' rather than just 'exists'.
   * removed output of double-quotes (0x22) surrounding $PKG to
     make stderr output more parser-friendly.
   * added simple script to test dlocate output prior to uploading
     a new version (script is in source package only)

dlocate (0.91) unstable; urgency=low

   * corrected minor mistake in dpkg-remove man page.

dlocate (0.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * cron.daily doesn't need to have COLUMNS=200.  this was fixed in dpkg
     years ago.
   * redirect error output from -lsbin to /dev/null.  (Closes: #452297)
   * made -lsbin output consistent with other -ls options
   * added dpkg-hold, dpkg-unhold, dpkg-remove, and dpkg-purge to /usr/sbin.
     simple command line tools that i've been using for years to
     flag/unflag a package for hold, or flag it to be removed or purged.
     They ONLY change the status of the package which will be noticed
     the next time dpkg, dselect, or apt-get is run.
   * wrote simple man pages for dpkg-{hold,unhold,remove,purge}
   * really fixed bad handling of first arg this time (Closes: #380081)
   * updated date in dlocate.1 man page

dlocate (0.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * call md5sum -c with '-' rather than /dev/stdin (Closes: #413804)
   * can not reproduce 61790, and nobody else has ever reported anything
     similar.  probably some problem with cron on Lazarus' system at the
     time (Apr 2000).  (Closes: #61790)
   * improved error messages from update-dlocatedb.  also modified
     script to comply with 'use strict;'.  (Closes: #361196)

dlocate (0.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed small bug in arg handling
   * added more commentary and examples in the dlocate man page to resolve
     various searching issues (both locate and egrep are different to dpkg's
     shell-style pattern matching).
     Also added 'SEE ALSO locate(1)' to the man page.
     (Closes: #441183, #208425, #447141)
   * man page for dpkg is in section 1.  (Closes: #354648)
   * added -lsman option to list full path/filename of man pages.
     (Closes: #361125, #289351)
   * added -lsbin option to list full path/filename of binaries
     (Closes: #441109)

dlocate (0.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Andreas Metzler: GNU locate has been split off to
     a separate package. Adapt dlocate to work both with the new and the
     old setup.  (Closes: #451750)
   * always pass '--' to locate.  (Closes: #360824, #360824)
   * can not reproduce bug 65974.  my guess is that update-dlocatedb hadn't
     been run.  (Closes: #65974)
   * error messages now go to stderr (Closes: 375271)
   * first option is no longer a special case (Closes: #380081)
   * 'LINES=40' isn't needed.  removed.  (Closes: #224947)
   * shameful trailing blanks removed from -l output (Closes: #261733)
   * 'dlocate -l' no longer outputs one header for each package name.
     (Closes: #268288, #319251, #354285)
   * added '/' to start of dlocate -man regexp.  (Closes: #290562)
   * dlocate now has --version and -V options (Closes: #223698)
   * dlocate really needs a rewrite.  it started as a Q&D hack and grew
     beyond that.  the remaining bugs need a rewrite to fix.
     expect a rewrite from scratch soon.

2006

dlocate (0.5-0.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-Maintainer Upload.
   * Updated Standards version to 3.7.2.1
   * Depend on dctrl-tools or grep-dctrl (Closes: #314276)
   * Remove -v from md5check routine so md5checking works with md5sum from
     textutils (Closes: #318980)
   * Change Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends since debhelper is called from
     the clean target, this makes dlocate lintian clean.
   * Apply patch from Sam Morris to return non-zero if a package is not
     installed (Closes: #123777, #322290, #213292, 364318)
   * Make database backups atomic (Closes: #372151)
   * Apply patch from Nicolas Fancios to fix typos in manpage (Closes: #271328)
   * Use capital letters in long description (Closes: #374475)
   * Fix typo in cron file (Closes: #243620)

2005

dlocate (0.5-0.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * NMU to fix RC bug
   * Updated Standards version to 3.6.2.1
   * Use debhelper v5, Closes: #337711 - Puts link in /usr/doc
   * escape minus chars in man pages

2002

dlocate (0.5-0.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-Maintainer Upload.
   * NMU, Craig Sanders seems to have lost his interest in this package,
     last upload was in 1999.
   * Upload sponsored by Thom May <thom@debian.org>.
   * cron job conditional on package being installed (Closes: #83196, #54073)
   * remove /var/lib/dlocate on purge (Closes: #63902)
   * work with long package names. Patch from Peter Samuelson, modified to
     limit length of output to $COLUMNS characters
     (Closes: #84018, #67650, #78621)
   * Patch for #84018 adds "Hold" to the list of desired states, too.
    (Closes: #132930)
   * dpkg -ls works with packages containing many files (use xargs),
     patch from Peter Samuelson (Closes: #91785)
   * Works with slocate, using dpkg-divert --truename, patch from Robert
     Luberda, depend on dpkg 1.8.0, drop superfluous versioned conflicts
     on very old dpkg. Once this is uploaded I'll ask the slocate-maintainer
     to remove the "Conflicts: dlocate".
     (Closes: #100694, #101426, #129251)
   * depend on perl. (Closes: #132931)
   * Use nice quotation marks in dlocate(1) (Closes: #129186)
   * Add manpage for update-dlocatedb.8 (Closes: #76149)
   * dlocate -l already mimics dpkg -l good enough
     (Closes: #43145, #43146, #45057)
   * fix lintian warnings:
     findutils and bash are essential, depending on them is wrong
     copyright: fix location of GPL
     update-dlocatedb has no manpage.
     Add versioned Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper >= 3.0.0 (dh_installmanpages)
     Bump standards-version.
   * update debian/rules from dh_make-template
   * Use dh_installman instead of dh_installmanpages.
   * Use DH_COMPAT=3, get rid of debian/conffiles.
   * update dlocate(1)
   * -l uses egrep and accepts extended re, document it in manpage.
   * Old bug was already fixed: Generate initial database asynchronously
     (Closes: #42314)

1999

dlocate (0.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * make /etc/cron.daily/dlocate a conffile.  (closes: 49458)
   * changed Depends: dpkg >= 1.4.1.10 to Conflicts: dpkg 1.4.1.[789] according
     to wichert's suggestion in bug 46614
   * add closes line to changelog for all the bugs that were closed
     in previous versions but i didn't get the closes syntax right:
     (closes: #43194 #45239 #46614 #45057, #43145, #43146  #42234 #42314 #42210 #42248)

dlocate (0.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * changed 'dpkg -l' to 'dpkg -l "*"' so that the list includes purged
     packages as well.

dlocate (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * replaced cron.d script /etc/cron.daily/dlocate (fixes #43194 #45239)
   * added dependency on dpkg >= 1.4.10, (fixes #46614)
   * added simplistic emulation of 'dpkg -l' (fixes #45057, #43145, #43146)
     NOTE: this is NOT the same as 'dpkg -l' and i will ignore bug reports
     which point out this obvious fact.  it is a simplistic emulation, not
     an exact clone.  IMO, it is more useful than 'dpkg -l'.  if you
     disagree, then you are free to use the slower original.

dlocate (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * use a version of the fast perl script submitted by hallon@debian.org
     rather than make, sed, and perl. it even finishes the job faster than
     make can decide whether to update the dlocatedb file or not. (fixes #42234)
   * this makes it viable to build initial db in background (fixes #42314)
   * doesn't depend on make anymore.
   * depends on grep-dctrl >= 0.11 (fixes #42210)
   * updated dlocate man page (fixes #42248)

dlocate (0.1-8) unstable; urgency=low

   * added postinst to create /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb at install time (fixes #42120)

dlocate (0.1-7) unstable; urgency=low

   * bashisms in scripts, #!/bin/sh is bad - change to #!/bin/bash
   * fixed bashism in cron.d script, use >/dev/null not >&
   * wrote a man page for dlocate(1)

dlocate (0.1-6) unstable; urgency=low

   * really add dependency on make this time
   * add copyright (GPL)

dlocate (0.1-5) unstable; urgency=low

   * depends on grep-dctrl, not dpkg-awk
   * also depends on make
   * made it use /usr/bin/locate.old if it exists - solves incompatibility
     with slocate.

dlocate (0.1-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed minor bug in dlocate option handling.  should be all done now.

dlocate (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * i'll get it right eventually - should be arch: all, not i386
   * touching the initial dlocatedb makes it fail an md5sum check,
     so modify /usr/lib/dlocate/Makefile instead

dlocate (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * touch initial /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb

dlocate (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial Release.