Changelog¶

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[unreleased]¶

When searching the local machine for available remotes, it now also searches /rom/config/unicorn/remotes.
When a file ending in .lua contains require, we now add a line to the top of the file that patches package.path to add /lib to the search path.
SHA-256 hash validation now uses CCryptoLib. libunicornpkg no longer depends on anavrins-sha256.

The org.softwareheritage.archive provider for the Software Heritage Archive has been added.
The net.launchpad.git provider for Launchpad has been added.
The org.archive provider for the Internet Archive has been added.
SHA-256 validation now occurs before writing any files to disk.
All HTTP(S) requests made by libunicornpkg now send a User-Agent header.
The unicorn.util.substituteInPlace function has been added.
Providers now are of the shape function provider(state, package_table).
- Providers should now populate state.filemaps[filename] = contents instead of writing directly to the filesystem.
- This only affects you if you write your own custom providers.

The ht.sr provider for Sourcehut has been added.
The semver and sha256 modules are now optional in cases where they would never be invoked.
- The related code will raise an error if it tries to find the modules but cannot.
The rel.conflicts field has been added. The field should be a list of package names. If any of the packages listed are installed when installing this package, the installation will fail.
The _HOST variable can now be accessed from within the package evaluation sandbox.

Packages are now evaluated inside of a sandbox, preventing package tables from having side effects. The functions available in the sandbox are defined in unicorn.util.sandbox_env. This does not provide much security. Do not install untrusted packages!
- As a side effect, packages available on a remote can no longer be Lua bytecode (but this was never supported to begin with).
The org.codeberg provider for Codeberg has been added.
Packages with an empty instdat can now be uninstalled.
Packages with dirs can now be uninstalled.
When attempting an HTTP request with unicorn.util.smartHttp, the function will throw an error if we receive a bad response. As a result, operations that make HTTP requests will now fail if the server sends such a response. (Reported by @Commandcracker)
When fetching a file from a package remote, the file is no longer written to /tmp. (Reported by @Commandcracker)
Logging is slightly less verbose. Debug logging can be enabled by setting the _G.UNICORN_DEBUG_DO_NOT_USE_IN_PRODUCTION_CODE variable to 1. This interface is not stable.
Remotes defined in /etc/unicorn/remotes must now end with the .txt file extension.
Recrafted is no longer officially supported. The initial support was very subpar, and went untested for so long that it broke entirely. Recrafted support will come back in a future release. (Tracked by #12)

Fix a bug where attempting to uninstall and then reinstall a package would result in an error. (Reported by @rapidradiance)

Add UnicornInstall and UnicornUninstall events with os.queueEvent.
Add the instdat.gitlab_instance field in the GitLab provider.
Add the local.nothing provider. This is useful for making packages that don’t need to contain anything; for example, packages which function as “groups” to install certain packages at once, or packages for software that is already installed.
Migrated the project to use require with a custom package.path value.
- Retroactive note: This breaks most installations of the CLI. The breakages that this change caused in the CLI are fixed in CLI version 1.2.1 or later.

Add Recrafted support.
Add package remotes.
Add package versioning.
Remove provider dev.devbin. Devbin was a paste bin that was operated free-of-charge.
Add com.github.release provider. (@Commandcracker)
Add local.generic provider. (@Commandcracker)
Add local.string provider. (@Commandcracker)
Add scripts.
Fix org.bitbucket and com.gitlab providers.