changeset
Release 6.2
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:55:37 -0400
- author
- Brett Smith <brett@brettcsmith.org>
- date
- Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:55:37 -0400
- branch
- trunk
- changeset 89
- fc0d6a3fde53
- parent 87
- 85a586067352
- child 90
- b19bdd67aa6c
Release 6.2
| NEWS | file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions | |
| README | file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions | |
| scripts/dtrx | file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions | |
| setup.py | file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions | |
| web/index.html | file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions |
--- a/NEWS Thu Jul 24 22:49:03 2008 -0400 +++ b/NEWS Sat Jul 26 12:55:37 2008 -0400 @@ -1,6 +1,38 @@ Changes in dtrx =============== +Version 6.2 +----------- + +New features +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + * --one-entry option: Normally, if an archive only contains one file or + directory with a name that doesn't match the archive's, dtrx will ask + you how to handle it. With this option, you can specify ahead of time + what should happen. + +Bug fixes +~~~~~~~~~ + + * Since version 6.0, when you extracted or listed the contents of a cpio + archive, dtrx would display a warning that simply said "1234 blocks." + dtrx 6.2 suppresses this message. + + * When you try to list the contents of an archive, dtrx will now cope with + misnamed files more gracefully, giving more accurate results and showing + fewer error messages. + + * dtrx 6.2 will only show you error messages from archive extraction if it + is completely unable to extract the file. If one of its extraction + methods succeeds, it will no longer show you the error messages from + previous extraction attempts. + + * dtrx is now better about cleaning up partially extracted archives when + it encounters an error or signal. + + * Users will no longer see error messages about broken pipes from dtrx. + Version 6.1 -----------
--- a/README Thu Jul 24 22:49:03 2008 -0400 +++ b/README Sat Jul 26 12:55:37 2008 -0400 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Other Useful Information ------------------------ -dtrx 6.1 is copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 `Brett Smith`_. Feel free to +dtrx 6.2 is copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 `Brett Smith`_. Feel free to send comments, bug reports, patches, and so on. You can find the latest version of dtrx on `its home page`_.
--- a/scripts/dtrx Thu Jul 24 22:49:03 2008 -0400 +++ b/scripts/dtrx Sat Jul 26 12:55:37 2008 -0400 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from sets import Set as set -VERSION = "6.1" +VERSION = "6.2" VERSION_BANNER = """dtrx version %s Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 Brett Smith <brettcsmith@brettcsmith.org>
--- a/setup.py Thu Jul 24 22:49:03 2008 -0400 +++ b/setup.py Sat Jul 26 12:55:37 2008 -0400 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from distutils.core import setup setup(name="dtrx", - version = "6.1", + version = "6.2", description = "Script to intelligently extract multiple archive types", author = "Brett Smith", author_email = "brettcsmith@brettcsmith.org",
--- a/web/index.html Thu Jul 24 22:49:03 2008 -0400 +++ b/web/index.html Sat Jul 26 12:55:37 2008 -0400 @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <html><head><title>dtrx: Intelligent archive extraction</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="common.css"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <h1>dtrx: Intelligent archive extraction</h1> @@ -85,29 +86,31 @@ <h2>Download</h2> -<p><a href="dtrx-6.1.tar.gz">Download <span class="pname">dtrx</span> -6.1</a>. The SHA1 checksum for this file -is <tt>2cd7c5e1ca2e83a942e5af58dceb0700063ce03d</tt>. New features in this +<p><a href="dtrx-6.2.tar.gz">Download <span class="pname">dtrx</span> +6.2</a>. The SHA1 checksum for this file +is <tt>7f2c633c97e79083c08cb63f3c155395f8f88646</tt>. New features in this release include:</p> <ul> -<li>Add support for InstallShield archives, using -the <span class="pname">unshield</span> command.</li> -<li>The wording of many of the interactive prompts has been adjusted -to be clearer and provide more information to the user -immediately.</li> -<li><span class="pname">dtrx</span> 6.1 does a better job protecting -against race conditions when extracting a single file.</li> -<li>If you used the -f option, and extracted an archive that only contained -one file or directory, <span class="pname">dtrx</span> 6.0 would still -prompt you to ask how it should be -extracted. <span class="pname">dtrx</span> 6.1 fixes this, extracting the -contents to the current directory as -f requires.</li> -<li>Recursive extraction would not work well -in <span class="pname">dtrx</span> 6.0 when the contents of the original -archive were a single file. This has been fixed -in <span class="pname">dtrx</span> 6.1.</li> +<li>A new <tt>--one-entry</tt> option: Normally, if an archive only +contains one file or directory with a name that doesn't match the +archive's, dtrx will ask you how to handle it. With this option, you can +specify ahead of time what should happen.</li> +<li>Since version 6.0, when you extracted or listed the contents of a cpio +archive, dtrx would display a warning that simply said "1234 +blocks." dtrx 6.2 suppresses this message.</li> +<li>When you try to list the contents of an archive, dtrx will now cope +with misnamed files more gracefully, giving more accurate results and +showing fewer error messages.</li> +<li>dtrx 6.2 will only show you error messages from archive extraction if +it is completely unable to extract the file. If one of its extraction +methods succeeds, it will no longer show you the error messages from +previous extraction attempts.</li> +<li>dtrx is now better about cleaning up partially extracted archives when +it encounters an error or signal.</li> +<li>Users will no longer see error messages about broken pipes from +dtrx.</li> </ul>
