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2007

cron-apt (0.4.14) unstable; urgency=low

   * Add dependency on cron, closes: #409555.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:04:18 +0100

2006

cron-apt (0.4.13) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Felix Palmen <fmp@palmen.homeip.net> to document
     how to set APT_CONFIG configuration for apt. Closes: #402748.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:15:26 +0100

cron-apt (0.4.12) unstable; urgency=low

   * Escaped one character in the configuration file as suggested by
     Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>, closes: #402277.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 11:24:35 +0100

cron-apt (0.4.11) unstable; urgency=low

   * Corrected stupid syntax error, closes: #400465.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:15:09 +0100

cron-apt (0.4.10) unstable; urgency=low

   * Make sure that initlog is removed on exit, closes: #399827.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:28:28 +0100

cron-apt (0.4.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * Correction of spelling error in config file, closes: #399189.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:41:48 +0100

cron-apt (0.4.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated FSF address and updated to latest GPL version.
   * Applied patch from Alex Owen <r.a.owen@qmul.ac.uk> to correct an
     inconsistency in the configuration file related to DIFFONCHANGES.
     Closes: #377681.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:13:07 +0200

cron-apt (0.4.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * Corrected so that debhelper is now build depends instead of build
     depends indep.
   * Updated to standards version 3.7.2.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 00:21:00 +0200

cron-apt (0.4.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Move dotlock code so that now the entire cron-apt run is protected
     by locking, closes: #358136.
     Thanks to Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> for the patch.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:09:02 +0200

cron-apt (0.4.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removing bash dependency that is no longer needed, closes: #356566.
   * Moved mailx dependency to recommends.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:59:46 +0100

cron-apt (0.4.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed minor error in documentation in config file, closes: #355397.
   * Upgraded to debhelper 4 compatibility.
   * Updated to standards version 3.6.2.
   * Corrected FSF address in copyright file.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:08:05 +0100

2005

cron-apt (0.4.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * The DIFFIGNORE option is now possible to set per config.d file,
     closes: #344098.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:10:37 +0100

cron-apt (0.4.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Improved documentation for aptitude problem with untrusted sources,
     closes: #316606.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:45:38 +0200

cron-apt (0.4.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed config documentation to describe how to accept untrusted
     sources, closes: #316606.
   * Applied patch from Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> to
     add $APTCOMMAND to the CRON-APT line output, closes: #332817.
   * Changed DIFFIGNORE for aptitude in configuration, closes: #332816.
     Thanks to Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> for this
     information.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:30:15 +0200

cron-apt (0.4.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * Last config file fix was even more ambigous as before. Now it is
     reverted but easier to understand.
   * Applied patch from Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> to make
     it possible to ignore specific lines in when using the
     mailon=changes directive, closes: #331195.
     This patch also introduce better hostname handling, closes: #331197.
   * Changed the option name that the Marc Haber patch introduced.
   * Documented that additional configuration is needed for
     noninteractive upgrades of non-authenticated packages with aptitude,
     closes: #316606.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 21:49:49 +0200

cron-apt (0.3.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> to fix
     issue with CTRLM, closes: #315731.
   * Corrected typo in configuration file, closes: #306453.
   * Mention anacron in README, closes: #309540.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:19:01 +0200

cron-apt (0.3.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> that
     make it possible to create a file that make cron-apt silently exit.
     Useful for dial-up connections, closes: #305474.
   * Updated manpage with minor correction, closes: #298983.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:00:31 +0200

cron-apt (0.2.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated french manpage with translation of GPL statement. Thanks to
     Valery Perrin.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:46:04 +0100

cron-apt (0.2.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Change license for manpage and french translation. I'm the copyright
     holder for the english version and I have got permission from Valery
     Perrin to change the french version as well.
     Closes: #296234.
   * Do not use filterctrlm as default.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:57:28 +0100

cron-apt (0.2.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed bashism in filtercrlf check, closes: #294321.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:40:53 +0100

cron-apt (0.2.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Marc Sherman <msherman@projectile.ca> to support
     aptitude in addition to apt-get, closes: #287126. This allow support
     for apt-file as well, closes: #282117.
   * Fixed the location of the French manpage translation, closes: #292899.
   * Changed to a more flexible makefile structure.
   * Updated README to fit the new feature.
   * Updated description in control file.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:15:15 +0100

cron-apt (0.1.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated README file to note that they will be sourced and POSIX
     syntax is allowed as well as just setting variables, closes:
     #280868.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:55:37 +0100

2004

cron-apt (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added French manpage translation from  Valery Perrin
     <valery.perrin.debian@free.fr>, closes: #285474.
   * Added patch from Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> that
     fix an umask problem on woody, closes: #283631.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:31:00 +0100

cron-apt (0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> that
     allow for multiple configuration files to be specified from command
     line. Closes: #284571.
   * This is the first version to use the major.minor.correction version
     numbering structure.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:12:36 +0100

cron-apt (0.0.37) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed superflous autoclean line from default config, closes:
     #276704.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:22:58 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.36) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Escaped string so that if action.d file data contain a slash it is
     escaped, closes: #272941.
   * Documented how to set an alternative sources.list file.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:48:10 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.35) unstable; urgency=low

   * Add warning if dotlockfile not found, closes: #272412.
     Thanks to Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> for the patch.
   * Modified copyright file so that it cover 2001-2004 and not just 2001.
   * Added note about documentation and development information in the
     README file, closes: #272410.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:23:05 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.34) unstable; urgency=low

   * Made locking optional but recommended. Also added recommends on
     liblockfile1 to reflect this. Closes: #271722.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:31:53 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.33) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Marc Haber that allow for simultanious cron-apt
     run without messing up the logging, closes: #271201.
   * Modified this patch to avoid symlink attacks and also some minor
     bugfixes (in other parts of the code).
   * Added dependency to debianutils >= 1.7 because of the modifications to
     avoid symlink attacks. Thanks to Marc Haber for pointing out mktemp as
     a solution to the symlink problem.
   * Fix bug in run-parts, closes: #271191. Thanks to Marc Haber
     <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> for this cosmetic change.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:26:42 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.32) unstable; urgency=low

   * Applied patch from Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> to achieve
     run-parts behaviour, closes: #270121.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:34:20 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.31) unstable; urgency=high

   * Added -qq option to update action, closes: #267104.
     This is needed in order to make *on=changes output decent information.
   * Added configuration file to email subject, closes: #267097.
   * Urgency=high to ensure that these features are available at release time.
   * Added GNU copyright statement to README and cron-apt source.
   * Also added AUTHORS information.
   * Moved information from README.Debian to README file.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:01:23 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.30) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changes in *on=changes run structure, closes: #264340.
   * Verified that it do not close and exit without notice, closes: #265436.
     This was probably fixed in 0.0.28.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:13:01 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.29) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed diffbug on first run.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:31:34 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.28) unstable; urgency=low

   * Optional files are checked for now, closes: #265367.
   * Made *ON=changes available to more than only mail (eg. syslog and debug).
     This also fixed that mailon=changes do not show action lines, closes: #265368.
   * Config file is shown in run line, closes: #265369.
   * Added syslogonmsgs in addition to the mailonmsgs.
   * Set logrotate to 4 instead of 52. It is now just debug information.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:25:07 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.27) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed error in mailit, closes: #264336.
   * Better checking on status file, closes: #265283.
   * Rechecked that files are quoted, closes: #264338.
   * Added -n check on createdivinfo, closes: #264337.
   * Applied mailon=changes patch from
     Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>. Closes: #264340.
     This is a nice new feature. Modified it some to suite this better.
   * Extended the mailmsgsdir feature to fit all mailon directives.
   * Fixed some more error that I have made during this work.
   * Added support for SYSLOGON too.
   * Changed defaults so it syslog on upgrade and mail on error.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:18:42 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.26) unstable; urgency=low

   * Made sure that all variables are properly quoted, closes: #265056.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:30:33 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.25) unstable; urgency=low

   * Cleaned up some code and fixed a minor logging bug.
   * Better argument checking code. Can now handle more than
     one option.
   * Changed from status passing from echo to file.
   * Fixed so that stdout argument really works.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:28:03 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.24) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed variable bug, closes: #264168.
   * Fixed so that dpkg-dist and dpkg-old files is not run, closes: #264167.
   * Removed a lot of duplicated code and made functions for it.
   * Rewrote the logging and mail functions.
     Closes: #264181, #264184, #264171, #264170.
   * Added debug option, closes: #264165.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:49:17 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.23) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed from upgrade to dist-upgrade as default download action.
     Thanks to Andrew McCarthy <andrewmc-debian@celt.dias.ie> for the
     suggestion. Also added an autoclean before if there is limited
     diskspace.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:08:26 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.22) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed from read -e to read as David Weinehall <tao@debian.org>
     suggested.
   * Updated standards version to 3.6.1.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:48:23 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.21) unstable; urgency=low

   * Cron-apt is now more POSIX compliant.
     Thanks to David Weinehall <tao@debian.org> Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
     for the suggestions and patch. Also thanks to Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
     for comments. Closes: #260071.
   * Added some documentation to the sample config so that errormsg.d and
     such directories are better documented, closes: #228477.
   * Moved manpage section from 1 to 8.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:37:38 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.20) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added dependency on mailx, closes: #222769.
   * Fix so it always work if LANG not set to C, closes: #226245.
   * Fixed cron.d example, closes: #219237.
   * Fixed so runemediatly is set if a terminal exist for stdout,
     closes: #208145. Thanks to Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> for
     the fix.
   * Fixed inconsistent set in config, closes: #208148.
     Thanks to Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> for the patch.
   * Fixed typo in cronfile, closes: #208116. Thanks to
     Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net> for pointing it out.
   * Cosmetic changes to sgml file, closes: #208149.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:02:13 +0200

2003

cron-apt (0.0.19) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated manpage with minor fixes.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 06:33:53 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.18) unstable; urgency=low

   * Always run even if there was an error last time is not the default,
     closes: #203277.
   * Fix so that you can write RUNSLEEP=0 too, closes: #204430.
   * Updated standards version from 3.5.8 to 3.5.10.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:04:39 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.17) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added patch from Marcel Kolaja that adds an option -i to run
     immediately from command line. This patch was modified slightly so
     that it fits better in how I write code.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:09:14 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.16) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added randomize feature to spread the webb access times. Now cron-
     apt will sleep up to one hour (default) before making any apt
     actions, closes: #191981.
   * Now cron-apt is aware of the DEBIANFRONTEND=noninteractive
     environement to make it able to update noninteractively,
     closes: #190151, #190899.
   * Added patch to support mailon=output from
     Sean Finney <seanius@seanius.net>, closes: #173927.
   * Added support for per (log,error,mail) messages, closes: #184804.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:09:36 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.15) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added note in the README.Debian file that you need to disable the
     other cron.d.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:51:31 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.14) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added mailon=output option using patch from Sean Finney
     <seanius@seanius.net>, closes: #185026.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 22:51:56 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.13) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated standards version from 3.5.2 to 3.5.8 (no other changes).
   * Removed debian/cron-apt.conffiles. This file is properly generated
     anyway. Now it creates duplicates instead.
   * Fixed minor typo, closes: #177567.
   * Fixed documentation reference in README.Debian, closes: #170295.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:45:05 +0100

2002

cron-apt (0.0.12) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed manpage error.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 07:19:13 +0100

cron-apt (0.0.11) unstable; urgency=low

   * Minor spelling thing fixed, closes: #161493.
   * Added new option to avoid unnecessary manual intervention, closes:
     #166966.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:04:24 +0100

cron-apt (0.0.10) unstable; urgency=low

   * Documented the new MAILON=upgrade feature in the configuration
     file, closes: #159289.
   * Restructurated the Makefile.
   * Added more files to the examples directory.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:59:02 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * Implemented mail on upgrade only using patches from Marcel Kolaja
     <marcel@solnet.cz>. Thanks a lot for these patches.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:06:00 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed "ln" typo in README file, closes: #150061.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:11:26 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added default path so the upgrade will work fine. Thanks to Donovan
     Baarda <abo@minkirri.apana.org.au> for pointing out the problem.
     Closes: #144158.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 22:14:48 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed help problem, thanks to Mari Wang for the simple patch,
     closes: #141680.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:08:32 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added download action, closes: #141046.
   * Fixed description, closes: #140594.
   * Rewrote the mail and log handling so it will be more flexible.
   * Added skipping of backup files (*~).
   * Added skipping of comment lines in action files.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 16:51:12 +0200

cron-apt (0.0.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed run order, closes: #138295.
   * Updated documentation, closes: #138291.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:38:15 +0100

cron-apt (0.0.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Now arch all, closes: #137848.
   * Can not fix the bashism, now depends on bash instead, closes:
     #137891.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:05:53 +0100

cron-apt (0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed problem with logrotate.
   * Fixed problem with cronjob, typo.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:56:02 +0100

cron-apt (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial Release.

 -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:07:31 +0100