bpkg/0.19.0-a.0.20260401115801.40d04da9ac83

This package contains the build2 package dependency manager.

build2 is an open source, cross-platform toolchain for building and packaging
C++ code. Its aim is a modern build system and dependency manager for the C++
language that provide a consistent, out of the box interface across multiple
platforms and compilers. For more information see:

https://build2.org/

See the NEWS file for the user-visible changes from the previous release.

See the LICENSE file for the distribution conditions.

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Version 0.18.0

  * Fetch cache and offline mode.

    The fetch cache stores downloaded resources (repository metadata, package
    archives, etc) which are then reused whenever appropriate. This can speed
    up operations like rep-fetch and pkg-build substantially. If all the
    resources are cached, then bpkg can now be instructed to run offline
    without making any network requests.

    Relevant new options:

    --offline
    --no-fetch-cache
    --fetch-cache <mode>
    --fetch-cache-path <dir>
    --fetch-cache-session

    See bpkg-common-options(1) for detail.

  * Support for the `constrains` package manifest value in addition to
    `depends`.

    See the `constrains` package manifest value documentation in the manual
    for details.

  * Non-external packages are now by default configured as read-only.

    For details, refer to the config.*.build.readonly variable documentation
    in the build system.

  * Ability to specify negative values for the -j|--jobs option.

    If the value is negative, then the number of available hardware threads
    is reduced by this value.

  * New --sqlite-synchronous option and BUILD2_SQLITE_SYNCHRONOUS environment
    variable.

    These option and environment variable can be used to set the filesystem
    synchronization mode for the fetch cache and configuration SQLite
    databases. See bpkg-common-options(1) for detail.

  * Data and documentation are now installed into a subdirectory for recursive
    pkg-bindist.

    If the installation is not private and the --recursive auto or full mode
    of pkg-bindist is used, then all the data, documentation, and legal files
    are now installed into an additional, named as the main bpkg package,
    subdirectory.

  * New pkg-bindist command options:

    --debian-no-debug
    --fedora-no-debug
    --archive-strip-comps <num>
    --recursive [?]<pkg>=<mode>

    See bpkg-pkg-bindist(1) for details.

  * The rep-create command now generates the signature.manifest file even for
    unsigned repositories.

Version 0.17.0

  * Support for preserving existing package configuration on up/downgrade
    and reconfiguration.

  * Support for the enable clause in the `tests` package manifest value.

  * New per package configuration *-build-*email manifest values.

  * New build-bot package manifest value allows specifying package-custom
    build bots.

  * Support for specifying package archives and directories as dependencies
    for pkg-build.

  * New `none` value for the --recursive option in pkg-bindist.

  * Empty --archive-lang* option values in pkg-bindist are now treated as a
    request to clear previous entries.

Version 0.16.0

  * System package manager query/installation support for Debian and Fedora
    (and alike).

    The pkg-build command will now query (unless --sys-no-query is specified)
    the system package manager on Debian (and alike, such as Ubuntu) and
    Fedora (and alike, such as RHEL) for versions of packages that are
    specified as coming from the system (the sys: scheme). For example, if
    running the following command on one of these distributions:

    bpkg build hello ?sys:libsqlite3

    Then pkg-build will query the system package manager for the installed
    version of libsqlite3 and fail if none is present.

    Additionally, if --sys-install is specified, pkg-build will attempt to
    install such packages if not present but available from the system package
    repository.

    Other relevant options include --sys-yes, --sys-no-fetch, --sys-no-stub,
    and --sys-sudo. See bpkg-pkg-build(1) for details.

    See also the `*-{name, version, to-downstream-version}` package manifest
    values in the manual for details on the bpkg to distribution package name
    and version mapping.

  * Binary distribution package generation support for Debian and Fedora (and
    alike).

    The new pkg-bindist command can be used to automatically generate binary
    distribution packages from bpkg packages for Debian (and alike, such as
    Ubuntu), Fedora (and alike, such as RHEL), and for other operating systems
    as installation archives. For Debian and Fedora, dependencies can be
    satisfied with system packages, bpkg packages, or bundled. See
    bpkg-pkg-bindist(1) for details.

  * Package build configuration support (*-build-config manifest values).

    A package can now customize in its manifest the build configuration used
    by automated build bots. This includes specifying configuration variable
    values, forcing specific versions of dependencies, satisfying dependencies
    with system packages, and enabling/disabling build bot steps. For example:

    # Test with extras enabled.
    #
    extras-build-config: config.libfoo.extra=true

    # Test with system-installed libsqlite3.
    #
    system-builds: sys
    system-build-config: ?sys:libsqlite3

    # Enable Debian binary distribution generation and upload.
    #
    bindist-debian-builds: bindist
    bindist-debian-build-include:... More