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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 49a0e5941..6b15a2f72 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ portage-2.2 portage-2.1.5 ================================== +* The pkg_postinst phase is now called after the previous version of a + package has been removed. As a consequence, it is no longer possible + to call has_version in pkg_postinst to detect whether the current + install operation is an upgrade or downgrade. If this information is + needed during the pkg_postinst phase, do the has_version call in an + earlier phase (such as pkg_preinst) and store the result in a global + variable to be accessed by pkg_postinst when it is called. Bug #226505 + tracks all issues related to this phase execution order change. + * Blockers are now resolved automatically in many more cases than before. When it's safe, blocked packages are uninstalled automatically so that users are no longer inconvenienced with the |