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rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra.

improvement :
* (rpmorphan) add recommends option
* (rpmdep) add recommends/suggests option
* (rpmdep) handle require with if syntax (redhat-rpm-config)
* (rpmextra) add repoquery method
* (rpmextra) can force method using env RPMEXTRA_METHOD

bugfix :
* (rpmdep) remove warnings
* (rpmextra) fix problem with yum/dnf wrapping

rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra.

this is mainly a bugfix for the curses interface

rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra.

the major change is a work on arch option for rpmorphan : debug and improvement.

bugfix :
* (rpmorphan) fix bug with arch option on gpg-pubkey package (no arch)

improvment :
* (rpmorphan) in arch mode, query info on full name
* (rpmorphan) in arch mode, delete rpm with full name

others :
* (rpmorphan) use environment variables to set/get options

rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra.

the major change is a multi-column display in rpmorphan (tk, curses)
the others changes are :
* change shebang to /usr/bin/env
* fix build warnings on fedora 23
* fix use from tgz install
* (rmpdep) rename option verbose into debug
* (rmpdep) add level option
* (rpmduplicate) remove rpmorphan-lib dependency
* (rpmduplicate) remove unused option verbose
* (rpmduplicate) add remove option for interactive action
* (rpmextra) fix missing separator between name and version for yum
* (rpmextra) can use dnf tool
* (rpmorphan tk) use virtual events to remove duplicate code
* (rpmorphan tk) use MListbox to display informations on sortable columns
* (rpmorphan) can configure log file (from command line and rpmorphanrc)
* (rpmorphan) add debug option (for developpers)
* (rpmorphan curses) display name and size in columns

For security reasons, I have a new gpg key, used to sign the packages.
It is avalaible as usual on http://rpmorphan.sourceforge.net/gpg.asc
and on https://sks-keyservers.net/

pub 4096R/D6F7A56A 2015-08-04 Eric Gerbier gerbier@users.sourceforge.net
Empreinte clef princip. : 9BBD C9B9 29A3 1EE7 1E1E DD71 F52C 885A D6F7 A56A

rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra.

this release fixes a bug over keep-file : it was coded but refused by command parsing !

rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra.

This release comes with 2 changes concerning rpmorphan tool :

• displays disk space freed in confirm box
• add an arch option

rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra

in this release, the work was on rpmdep :

• rpmdep can show depending packages (-depending option)

• rpmdep can work on all installed packages (-all option)

rpmorphan is a set of rpm tools : rpmorphan, rpmusage, rpmdep, rpmduplicates, rpmextra

this release fix a bug from 1.12-2 release in is_set function

rpmorphan list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

this is a bugfix release :
* fix Bug 880603 : undefined used as SCALAR reference

rpmorphan list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

• libs does not need to be executable
• move libs to /usr/lib/rpmorphan
• remove Data::Dumper dependency
• (rpmduplicates) take care of arch

rpmorphan list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

new features :
* add suggests option : suggested package are used as required packages.
* add /etc/rpmorphanrc
* add env RPMORPHAN_METHOD for debugging

bugfix :
* fix bug with space in filenames

the code is moved from subversion to git

rpmorphans list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

* bugfix eval for Curses (mandriva)
* fix bad version display
* clean all scripts
* reduce size/duplicated code in rpmorphan/rpmusage
* reduce menu length in curses gui (< 72)
* display package summary in a popup on S key

rpmorphans list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

\* fix perlcritic warnings
\* add grpmorphan as link to rpmorphan -gui
\* add new rpmextra tool

rpmorphans list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

bugfix :
- fix bug on rpmdep ( missing installtime in urpm mode)

new features :
- add help translation (gui)

bugfix :
- Curses is no more an rpm dependency

new features :
- add reload button on graphical interfaces

rpmorphans list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

- add a confirm dialog box on remove action
- curses window size is now variable to use full available size
- info window is now scrollable (curses gui)

rpmorphans list packages that have no dependencies (like deborphan)

                    1.5 version
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new features :
- use URPM perl package for faster database access on mandriva
- can use RPM2 perl package for faster database access (fedora)
bugfix :
- fix a bug on curses interface
- remove all matching packages
others :
- merge spec file with fedora one
- add info for fedora/mandriva users

When removing a package (with rpm -e), it was not easy to check if the commands succeed or not. An rpm query was added to be sure of the status.

this is a bugfix release :

bugfix :
- fix a bug if exclude are set in config file (thanks Szymon Siwek)
new features :
- display number of deleted file

rpmorphan finds "orphaned" rpm packages on your system.

this release comes with 2 new tools :
- rpmdep : display the full dependency of an installed rpm package

- rpmduplicates : find programs with several version installed

                    1.1 version
                    \-------------

incompatibility : none
bugfix : none
new features :
- (rpmorphan) add a default target : guess-lib
- (rpmorphan) add keep-file option, which allow to cutomize the keep file
- (rpmusage) add a default target : all
other :
- the different tools now share a common library
- rpmlint was used to improve the rpm package

rpmorphan finds "orphaned" packages on your system. It determines which packages have no other packages depending on their installation, and shows you a list of these packages. It is clone of deborphan debian software for rpm packages.

A bug was fixed in tk interface. A simulation mode was added. Severals counters are added in the 2 gui. The gui can now re-analyse dependencies, after package removing. Virtual pakages treatment is improved ( we now check how many package provide the virtual )

rpmorphan finds "orphaned" packages on your system. It determines which packages have no other packages depending on their installation, and shows you a list of these packages. It is clone of deborphan debian software for rpm packages.

This release comes with another another graphical interface (curses), available by the --curses command line argument. Tk is still available.
configuration file can now be used.