# ChangeLog for net-analyzer/tcpdump # Copyright 1999-2012 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/tcpdump/ChangeLog,v 1.151 2012/04/23 07:27:15 heroxbd Exp $ 23 Apr 2012; Benda Xu tcpdump-4.2.1.ebuild: fixes directories in configure options for Prefix. closes bug #412005 *tcpdump-4.2.1 (04 Jan 2012) 04 Jan 2012; Tim Harder +tcpdump-4.2.1.ebuild: Version bump. 17 Dec 2011; Jeroen Roovers tcpdump-4.2.0.ebuild, +files/tcpdump-4.2.0-ipv6.patch: Fix building with USE=-ipv6 thanks to Andrey Grozin, patch by Andrew Savchenko (bug #395031). Clean up inherit. *tcpdump-4.2.0 (16 Dec 2011) 16 Dec 2011; Jeroen Roovers -tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090709.ebuild, +tcpdump-4.2.0.ebuild, +files/tcpdump-4.2.0-ppi.h: Version bump (bug #393085). 10 Nov 2011; Naohiro Aota tcpdump-4.1.1.ebuild: Add fall-back dependency sys-freebsd/freebsd-ubin. It should work with FreeBSD uuencode 09 Jul 2011; Matt Turner tcpdump-4.1.1.ebuild: Added ~mips, bug 247076 12 Apr 2010; Peter Volkov tcpdump-4.1.1.ebuild: Print elog only if USE=suid, bug #312841, again thank Martin von Gagern for report. *tcpdump-4.1.1 (08 Apr 2010) 08 Apr 2010; Peter Volkov -tcpdump-4.1.0.ebuild, -tcpdump-4.1.0-r1.ebuild, -files/tcpdump-4.1.0-without-chroot.patch, +tcpdump-4.1.1.ebuild: Version bump. 07 Apr 2010; Peter Volkov tcpdump-4.1.0-r1.ebuild: Print elog only if USE=suid, bug #312841, thank Martin von Gagern for report. *tcpdump-4.1.0-r1 (02 Apr 2010) 02 Apr 2010; Peter Volkov +tcpdump-4.1.0-r1.ebuild: Added suid USE flag to allow users in tcpdump group to sniff traffic, bug #283527, thank Hank Leininger for report. *tcpdump-4.1.0 (02 Apr 2010) 02 Apr 2010; Peter Volkov +tcpdump-4.1.0.ebuild, +files/tcpdump-4.1.0-without-chroot.patch: Version bump, bug #312337, thank Richard Hartmann for report. Fixes inability to run tcpdump if built with USE=-chroot, bug 281936, thank Travis Schack for report. Tests are broken in the release. 12 Feb 2010; Jeroen Roovers tcpdump-3.9.8-r1.ebuild: Stable for HPPA too. 01 Jan 2010; Christian Faulhammer tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090709.ebuild: Transfer Prefix keywords *tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090709 (09 Jul 2009) 09 Jul 2009; Peter Volkov -tcpdump-4.0.0.ebuild, -tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090616.ebuild, +tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090709.ebuild: --disable-chroot is now --without-chroot, bug #277001 thank Conrad Kostecki for report. Disable samba support with IUSE default, bug #275100 thank Matthias Schwarzott for suggestion. Dropped versions not to be stabilized. 17 Jun 2009; Peter Volkov tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.8-r1.ebuild, tcpdump-4.0.0.ebuild, tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090616.ebuild: Make repoman happy: RDEPEND.implicit and ebuild.minorsyn fixed. *tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090616 (17 Jun 2009) 17 Jun 2009; Peter Volkov +tcpdump-4.0.1_pre20090616.ebuild: Bump to recent git snapshot. 20 Feb 2009; Raúl Porcel tcpdump-4.0.0.ebuild: Add ~arm/~s390/~sh wrt #247076 *tcpdump-4.0.0 (16 Nov 2008) 16 Nov 2008; Peter Volkov -files/tcpdump-3.9.5-print-802_11.c.diff, -files/tcpdump-3.9.6-bgp-integer-overflow.patch, +files/tcpdump-4.0.0-ipv6-build.patch, +files/tcpdump-4.0.0-libsmi-autodep.patch, metadata.xml, -tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.6-r1.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild, +tcpdump-4.0.0.ebuild: Version bump, bug #245179, thank Krzysztof Olędzki for report. Removed old. 28 Sep 2008; Cédric Krier tcpdump-3.9.8-r1.ebuild: Call enewuser/enewgroup in both pkg_setup and pkg_preinst for bug #231917 10 Sep 2008; Peter Volkov tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.6-r1.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.8-r1.ebuild: enewuser/enewgroup die on their own, no need to || die 04 Aug 2008; Jeroen Roovers metadata.xml: Describe local USE flags for GLEP 56. 25 Jun 2008; Santiago M. Mola tcpdump-3.9.8-r1.ebuild: amd64 stable 24 Jun 2008; Raúl Porcel tcpdump-3.9.8-r1.ebuild: alpha/ia64/sparc/x86 stable *tcpdump-3.9.8-r1 (30 Mar 2008) 30 Mar 2008; Cédric Krier +tcpdump-3.9.8-r1.ebuild: Add chroot USE for bug #199172 14 Nov 2007; Jeroen Roovers tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild: Stable for HPPA (bug #198476). 10 Nov 2007; Markus Rothe tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild: Stable on ppc64; bug #198476 10 Nov 2007; Daniel Gryniewicz tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild: Marked stable on amd64 for bug #198476 09 Nov 2007; nixnut tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild: Stable on ppc wrt bug 198476 08 Nov 2007; Raúl Porcel tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild: alpha/ia64/sparc/x86 stable wrt #198476 13 Oct 2007; Tom Gall tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild: stable on ppc64, bug #193787 *tcpdump-3.9.8 (09 Oct 2007) 09 Oct 2007; Markus Ullmann +tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild: Version bump wrt bug #194890 29 Sep 2007; Christoph Mende tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild: Stable on amd64 wrt bug #193787 28 Sep 2007; nixnut tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild: Stable on ppc wrt bug 193787 27 Sep 2007; Jeroen Roovers tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild: Stable for HPPA (bug #193787). 06 Sep 2007; Markus Ullmann ChangeLog: Cleanup 06 Sep 2007; Raúl Porcel tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild: alpha/ia64/x86 stable 06 Sep 2007; Markus Ullmann -files/tcpdump-3.8.3-bgp-infinite-loop2.patch, -files/tcpdump-3.8.3-gcc4.patch, -files/tcpdump-3.8.3-gentoo.patch, -tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.6.ebuild: Cleanup 28 Aug 2007; -tcpdump-3.9.7.ebuild: Cleaned tcpdump ebuild without drop priviledges feature. *tcpdump-3.9.7-r1 (27 Aug 2007) 27 Aug 2007; Cédric Krier +tcpdump-3.9.7-r1.ebuild: Re-enable drop privileges for bug #176391 13 Aug 2007; Tobias Scherbaum tcpdump-3.9.6-r1.ebuild: ppc. stable 06 Aug 2007; Joshua Kinard tcpdump-3.9.6-r1.ebuild: Stable on mips. *tcpdump-3.9.7 (02 Aug 2007) 02 Aug 2007; Raphael Marichez +tcpdump-3.9.7.ebuild: Version bump 26 Jul 2007; Gustavo Zacarias tcpdump-3.9.6-r1.ebuild: Stable on sparc 24 Jul 2007; Raúl Porcel tcpdump-3.9.6-r1.ebuild: alpha/ia64/x86 stable 16 Jul 2007; Markus Rothe tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild: Stable on ppc64; bug #184815 16 Jul 2007; Joshua Kinard tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild: Stable on mips, per #184815. 15 Jul 2007; Tobias Scherbaum tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild: ppc stable, bug #184815 13 Jul 2007; Steve Dibb tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild: amd64 stable, security bug 184815 12 Jul 2007; Jeroen Roovers tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild: Stable for HPPA (bug #184815). 11 Jul 2007; Raúl Porcel tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild: alpha/ia64/x86 stable wrt #184815 11 Jul 2007; Gustavo Zacarias tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild: Stable on sparc wrt security #184815 *tcpdump-3.9.6-r1 (10 Jul 2007) *tcpdump-3.9.5-r3 (10 Jul 2007) 10 Jul 2007; +files/tcpdump-3.9.6-bgp-integer-overflow.patch, +tcpdump-3.9.5-r3.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.6-r1.ebuild: Fix vulnerability reported in bug 184815. Thank mu-b . Force tcpdump to drop privileges by default. Thank Jukka Ruohonen for report (bug #176391). *tcpdump-3.9.6 (23 Jun 2007) 23 Jun 2007; Cédric Krier +tcpdump-3.9.6.ebuild: Version bump 01 Apr 2007; Marcelo Goes -tcpdump-3.9.4-r3.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.5-r1.ebuild: Remove old ebuilds. 07 Mar 2007; Alexander H. Færøy tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: Stable on MIPS; bug #168916 06 Mar 2007; Markus Rothe tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: Stable on ppc64; bug #168916 05 Mar 2007; tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: Stable on alpha wrt security bug #168916 03 Mar 2007; Tobias Scherbaum tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: Stable on ppc wrt bug #168916. 02 Mar 2007; Jason Wever tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: Stable on SPARC wrt security bug #168916. 02 Mar 2007; Christian Faulhammer tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: stable x86; security bug 168916 02 Mar 2007; Jeroen Roovers tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: Stable for HPPA (bug #168916). 02 Mar 2007; Steve Dibb tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: amd64 stable, bug 168916 *tcpdump-3.9.5-r2 (02 Mar 2007) 02 Mar 2007; Marcelo Goes +files/tcpdump-3.9.5-print-802_11.c.diff, -tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.5-r2.ebuild: Add print-802_11.c patch for bug 168916. Thanks to Executioner . Also, removing old ebuilds. 18 Dec 2006; Alexander H. Færøy tcpdump-3.9.4-r3.ebuild: Stable on IA64. *tcpdump-3.9.4-r3 (15 Nov 2006) 15 Nov 2006; Peter Volkov -tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.4-r3.ebuild: Fixed broken smb ./configure option. Thank Tommy Yu for report in bug #155193. 04 Nov 2006; Alexander H. Færøy tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Stable on Alpha. *tcpdump-3.9.5-r1 (09 Oct 2006) 09 Oct 2006; Markus Ullmann +tcpdump-3.9.5-r1.ebuild: Readding samba stuff *tcpdump-3.9.5 (08 Oct 2006) 08 Oct 2006; Markus Ullmann +tcpdump-3.9.5.ebuild: Version bump 04 Sep 2006; Joshua Kinard tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Marked stable on mips. 16 Aug 2006; Markus Rothe tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Stable on ppc64 13 Aug 2006; Jason Wever tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Stable on SPARC. 06 Aug 2006; Guy Martin tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Stable on hppa. 30 Jul 2006; Tobias Scherbaum tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: ppc stable 30 Jul 2006; Daniel Gryniewicz tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Marked stable on amd64 29 Jul 2006; Marcelo Goes -tcpdump-3.8.3-r4.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.8.3-r6.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.3-r2.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Remove old ebuilds, mark 3.9.4-r2 x86 stable. 12 Jul 2006; Diego Pettenò tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Add ~x86-fbsd keyword. 28 Jun 2006; Simon Stelling tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: stable on amd64 28 Apr 2006; Joshua Kinard tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: Marked stable on mips. *tcpdump-3.9.4-r2 (28 Mar 2006) *tcpdump-3.9.3-r2 (28 Mar 2006) *tcpdump-3.8.3-r6 (28 Mar 2006) 28 Mar 2006; Markus Ullmann -tcpdump-3.8.3-r5.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.8.3-r6.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.3-r1.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.3-r2.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.9.4-r1.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.4-r2.ebuild: Fixed ssl support, thanks to exg for hint 18 Mar 2006; Markus Ullmann tcpdump-3.9.3-r1.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.4-r1.ebuild: added missing samba IUSE *tcpdump-3.9.4-r1 (18 Mar 2006) *tcpdump-3.9.3-r1 (18 Mar 2006) *tcpdump-3.8.3-r5 (18 Mar 2006) 18 Mar 2006; Markus Ullmann +tcpdump-3.8.3-r5.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.3-r1.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.4-r1.ebuild: Adding big fat warning if we use samba as dependency, configure script has weird defaults. Thanks to exg for pointing this out 09 Mar 2006; Michael Hanselmann tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: Stable on ppc. 27 Feb 2006; Markus Rothe tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: Stable on ppc64 27 Feb 2006; Christian Birchinger tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: Added sparc stable keyword 26 Feb 2006; Marcelo Goes tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: Mark 3.9.4 x86 stable. 20 Feb 2006; Joshua Kinard tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Marked stable on mips. 15 Feb 2006; Markus Ullmann tcpdump-3.8.3-r4.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild, tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: Removing virtual/libpcap wrt bug #117898 06 Feb 2006; Aron Griffis tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Mark 3.9.3 stable on alpha 21 Jan 2006; Markus Rothe tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Stable on ppc64 15 Jan 2006; Michael Hanselmann tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Stable on ppc. 15 Jan 2006; Marcus D. Hanwell tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Stable on amd64, bug 118984. 09 Jan 2006; Gustavo Zacarias tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Stable on sparc *tcpdump-3.9.4 (08 Jan 2006) 08 Jan 2006; Marcelo Goes tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.9.4.ebuild: 3.9.4 version bump, marking 3.9.3 x86 stable. 09 Oct 2005; tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Forcing at least -O optymalization. This close bug #108391 *tcpdump-3.9.3 (20 Sep 2005) 20 Sep 2005; Marcelo Goes +tcpdump-3.9.3.ebuild: Version bump. 20 Sep 2005; Marcelo Goes -tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild, tcpdump-3.8.3-r4.ebuild: inherit eutils. 02 Jul 2005; Hardave Riar tcpdump-3.8.3-r4.ebuild: Stable on mips, bug #95349 *tcpdump-3.8.3-r4 (30 Jun 2005) 30 Jun 2005; Aaron Walker -tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild, +tcpdump-3.8.3-r4.ebuild: Revision bump; previous ebuilds do not enable SSL with USE=ssl, bug 97471. Tidy old ebuilds. 11 Jun 2005; Yuta SATOH tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild: Stable on ppc64, bug #95349 10 Jun 2005; Rene Nussbaumer tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild: Stable on hppa. 10 Jun 2005; Aron Griffis tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild: stable on alpha ia64 #95349 10 Jun 2005; Michael Hanselmann tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild: Stable on ppc. 10 Jun 2005; Jan Brinkmann tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild: Stable on amd64 wrt #95349. 10 Jun 2005; Gustavo Zacarias tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild: Stable on sparc wrt #95349 *tcpdump-3.8.3-r3 (09 Jun 2005) 09 Jun 2005; Marcelo Goes +files/tcpdump-3.8.3-bgp-infinite-loop2.patch, +tcpdump-3.8.3-r3.ebuild: Adding patch for security bug 95349. 15 May 2005; Marcelo Goes tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: Use toolchain-funcs.eclass instead of gcc.eclass. See bug 92745. 14 May 2005; Aaron Walker files/tcpdump-3.8.3-gcc4.patch, tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Update gcc4 patch with the proper AC_TRY_LINK fix. Thanks to halcy0n for the help. 14 May 2005; Aaron Walker +files/tcpdump-3.8.3-gcc4.patch, tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Added patch to make gcc-4 a happy camper; also updated to use toolchain-funcs.eclass rather than gcc.eclass. 07 May 2005; Bryan Østergaard tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Stable on alpha + ia64, bug 90541. 07 May 2005; Omkhar Arasaratnam tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Stable on ppc64 wrt #90541 07 May 2005; Michael Hanselmann tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Stable on hppa. 07 May 2005; Gustavo Zacarias tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Stable on sparc wrt #90541 06 May 2005; Andrej Kacian tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Stable on amd64, bug #90541. 06 May 2005; Daniel Black tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: ppc stable as per bug #90541 *tcpdump-3.8.3-r2 (06 May 2005) 06 May 2005; Marcelo Goes +files/tcpdump-3.8.3-gentoo.patch, +tcpdump-3.8.3-r2.ebuild: Adding security patch derived from debian to solve bug #90541 31 Jan 2005; Daniel Black tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: virtual/libpcap transition 30 Oct 2004; Eldad Zack -files/tcpdump-3.6.2-afsprinting.patch, -files/tcpdump-3.7.2-sctp.patch, -tcpdump-3.6.2-r1.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.7.1.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.7.2.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.8.1.ebuild, -tcpdump-3.8.3.ebuild: Cleanup 17 Jul 2004; Tom Gall tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: stable on ppc64, bug #56913 14 Jul 2004; Travis Tilley tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: fix gcc 3.4 fix so that it works with gcc 3.4.1 too 27 Apr 2004; Aron Griffis tcpdump-3.7.2.ebuild: Add inherit eutils 04 Apr 2004; Aron Griffis tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: Mark stable on alpha and ia64 for bug 46258 04 Apr 2004; Jon Portnoy tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild : Stable on AMD64 03 Apr 2004; Jason Wever tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: Stable on sparc wrt bug #46258. 03 Apr 2004; tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: stable on x86. Bug #37184,#46258 03 Apr 2004; Lars Weiler tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: stable on ppc as requested in bug #46258 *tcpdump-3.8.3-r1 (31 Mar 2004) 31 Mar 2004; metadata.xml, tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.ebuild: updated DEPEND's 30 Mar 2004; Jason Wever tcpdump-3.8.3.ebuild: Stable on sparc. *tcpdump-3.8.3 (30 Mar 2004) 30 Mar 2004; tcpdump-3.6.2-r1.ebuild, tcpdump-3.7.1.ebuild, tcpdump-3.7.2.ebuild, tcpdump-3.8.3.ebuild: ISAKMP payload handling denial-of-service vulnerabilities. Bugzilla Bug 46258 30 Mar 2004; Aron Griffis tcpdump-3.8.1.ebuild: Stable on alpha and ia64 for bug 38206 15 Jan 2004; tcpdump-3.8.1.ebuild: marked hppa and sparc, fixes #38206 05 Jan 2004; Daniel Ahlberg tcpdump-3.8.1.ebuild: Change optimization levels. Patch by Gustavo Zacarias in #37184. *tcpdump-3.8.1 (03 Jan 2004) 03 Jan 2004; Daniel Ahlberg tcpdump-3.8.1.ebuild: Version bump. Closing #37091 04 Nov 2003; Will Woods tcpdump-3.7.2.ebuild: Added files/tcpdump-3.7.2-sctp.patch, fixing bug #25544 *tcpdump-3.7.2 (03 Mar 2003) 27 Apr 2003; Zach Welch tcpdump-3.7.2.ebuild: add arm keyword 25 Apr 2003; Guy Martin tcpdump-3.7.2.ebuild : Added hppa to KEYWORDS. 03 Mar 2003; Daniel Ahlberg : Security update. 06 Dec 2002; Rodney Rees : changed sparc ~sparc keywords *tcpdump-3.7.1 (9 May 2002) 15 Feb 2003; Nicholas Wourms tcpdump-3.6.2-r1.ebuild tcpdump-3.7.1.ebuild : Added mips keyword to ebuilds. 10 Feb 2003; Peter Johanson tcpdump-3.7.1.ebuild : Added ~alpha to KEYWORDS in tcpdump-3.7.1.ebuild. 17 Aug 2002; Daniel Ahlberg tcpdump-3.7.1.ebuild : Moved binary from /usr/bin to /usr/sbin as suggested in #6518. 21 Jul 2002; Owen Stampflee : Added PPC to KEYWORDS. 18 Jul 2002; Kyle Manna tcpdump-3.7.1.ebuild : New version again :) Not sure if this is BETA, devel, tested, working etc. But it has the security patch already applied ;) *tcpdump-3.6.2-r1 (9 May 2002) 17 Aug 2002; Daniel Ahlberg tcpdump-3.6.2-r1.ebuild : Moved binary from /usr/bin to /usr/sbin as suggested in #6518. 9 May 2002; Spider tcpdump-3.6.2-r1.ebuild : Yet another security fix. from connectiva this time *tcpdump-3.6.2 (9 May 2002) 9 May 2002; Spider tcpdump-3.6.2.ebuild : Updated version on tcpdump.org, fixes security vulnerability. *tcpdump-3.6.1 (1 Feb 2002) 1 Feb 2002; G.Bevin ChangeLog : Added initial ChangeLog which should be updated whenever the package is updated in any way. 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