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<H1 ALIGN="RIGHT"><A NAME="RELNOTES">D - Release Notes</A></H1>
<P>This appendix lists the change log for each release of the
EPM software.</P>
<h2>Changes in EPM v4.1</h2>
<ul>
<li>Mac OS X portable packages did not create a correct Uninstall application.
<li>The temporary package files for portable packages are now removed after creation of the .tar.gz file unless the -k (keep files) option is used.
<li>The RPM summary string for subpackages did not contain
the first line of the package description as for other
package formats.
<li>The setup and uninst GUIs now support installing and
removing RPM packages.
<li>The setup GUI now confirms acceptance of all licenses prior to installing the first package.
<li>Subpackages are no longer automatically dependent on the main package.
<li>Multi-line descriptions were not embedded properly into portable package install/patch/remove scripts.
<li>Updated the setup and uninstall GUIs for a nicer look-n-feel.
<li>Mac OS X portable packages now show the proper name, version, and copyright for the packaged software instead of the EPM version and copyright...
<li>Fixed a problem with creation of Mac OS X metapackages with the latest Xcode.
<li>EPM now removes the individual .rpm and .deb files when creating a package with subpackages unless the -k option (keep files) is used.
<li>EPM now only warns about package names containing characters other than letters and numbers.
<li>EPM now generates disk images as well as a .tar.gz file when creating portable packages on Mac OS X.
</ul>
<H2>Changes in EPM v4.0</H2>
<UL>
<LI>New subpackage support for creating multiple dependent
packages or a combined package with selectable
subpackages, depending on the package format.
<LI>Added support for compressing the package files in
portable packages (reduces disk space requirements on
platforms that provide gzip...)
<LI>Added support for custom platform names via the new
"-m name" option.
<LI>Added support for non-numeric %release values.
<LI>Added new --depend option to list all of the source
files that a package depends on.
<LI>The setup GUI now sets the EPM_INSTALL_TYPE environment
variable to the value of the selected TYPE line in the
setup.types file.
<LI>Fixed NetBSD and OpenBSD packaging support - no longer
use FreeBSD-specific extensions to pkg_create on those
variants.
<LI>Fixed PowerPC platform support for RPM and Debian
packages.
<LI>Many fixes to AIX package support.
<LI>Tru64 packages with init scripts now work when
installing for the first time.
<LI>RPM file dependencies should now work properly.
<LI>Portable product names containing spaces will now
display properly.
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