changelog

Bloat is a basic Perl script to allow you to easily decompress files from many formats.

      uhh... hours a month, or as much as you can afford. Please help."

  2003-08-03
  ==========
    * I've had bloat more working that the last commit for a few days, but
      tar/gz is buggered ATM. As I can't work out WTF is wrong, I'll leave
      it as this and at least commit it in its current state. (AFAICT everything
      else is working).

  2003-07-08
  ==========
    * I am a fscking moron. I had been executing ~/.local/bin/bloat (from when
      I was testing my autopackage) instead of my usual symlink to bloat, so I
      thought the code was working. Please feel free to kill me.
    * Replaced the hash with separate vars.
    * Fixed a typo.
    * Again, I would like to remind you that I am a moron.
    * Made $filename blank if custom commands are being used, as it would often
      (always?) mess things up with different commands at the end.
    * Changed version number to 1.2 as I will probably release 1.2 soon. Yay.

  2003-07-07
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    * Woohoo! _EVERYTHING_ has now been "ported" to the "new" subroutine.
    * Removed Tar/Zip functionality. C'mon, don't tell me _ANYONE_ actually uses
      it?! It would've been annoying to port to the new function, and it's never
      used, so it's gone.
    * Deb extraction now, along with being ported to the extract sub, actually
      uses the %loc hash...dunno why I used plain extract commands, feel free
      to whack me.
    * Changed "ChangeLog" in releases to be this file. The current release-style
      ChangeLog will become NEWS.
    * Edited a bit of the POD to change it from saying that bloat will fail,
      to saying that it will tell the user where to get the utility from.
    * Used a hash for boolean extract options.

  2003-07-04
  ==========
    * Changed ChangeLog date format
    * Updated autopackage spec file to work with current CVS 

  26/06/2003
  ==========
    * Added all easy filetypes to the subroutine...
    * Got working return status checking code - yay. $filetype = error
      can now be called...
    * Put the detection for $filetype eq "error" in somewhere it'd
      actually work... :-/ It's only been non-useable for over half
      a year :-D.
    * Minor changes to install - Renamed Cancel to Cancel/Quit,
      made the wording of the global install option vary depending on
      whether the user is root (or UID 0) or not.
    * Added a notice to say that the archive is being checked when
      -c is used (or if it is enabled in the script)

  22/06/2003
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    * Added RAR to the new subroutine... wheee

  21/06/2003
  ==========
    * Fixed many directory bugs in this commit; added a new subroutine for
      archive extraction.

  14/06/2003
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    * Fixed subdir-checking for archives which are given with an absolute
      path - e.g. `bloat /home/dave/foo/bar/foobar-1.0.tar.gz` would
      produce an error. It was due to stupid code on my part :-).
      Shame this fix will not see the light of day until next Thursday.
      I really need to make the whole subdir extract into a subroutine.

  13/06/2003
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    * Added --checksubdir/-c and --nochecksubdir/-nc options - subdir
      checking can take a noticeable time.

  12/06/2003
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    * Used "use warnings;" and noticed that I could more efficiently write
      @foo[1] as $foo[1]. 

  11/06/2003
  ==========
    * Changed hard-coded version numbers in "bloat" to a variable. Helps with
      releases.

  10/06/2003
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    * Added .deb support (via "alien")!
    * Updated the POD and README.SUPPORTEDTYPES
    * Made the RPM specfile generate and install man pages

  08/06/2003
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    * Removed some redundant code (jar extraction, the code is never touched)
    * Changed everything to use @ARGV - much more efficient.
    * Made bloat shut up all extraction programmes unless --verbose is given
    * Updated the --help message.
    * Updated README, slightly clarified "symlink"
    * Updated INSTALL
    * Removed the installer file specification from the specfile, as per
      yesterday's autopackage commit which stopped it from being required.

  07/06/2003
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    * Removed comments from the autopackage specfile.
    * Fixed up the infoziplike list of exclusions so that .zip can be mixed case
      and still be excluded, and so that .jar and .xpi files also work. It's
      still a huge kludge though.
    * Removed stupid use of $_ only for it to be reassigned

  06/06/2003
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    * Added basic support for subdir creation when there are files in archives
      without subdirs! It only works with tar-based files (tar, tar/gz, tar/bz2)
    * Well, that was unexpected... Added support for zip file subdir detection!
      This is what subdir detection is mostly needed in, what with Windows-made
      zip files tending to be in the root subdir!

  05/06/2003
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    * Added .tbz2 / .tbz support (tar/bz2) - PowerArchiver supports it, so I
      guess they exist somewhere.
    * Put the programme location stuff in alphabetical order.
    * RPM specfile now works. Oops. (I finally tried to make it; next release
      will have an RPM available.)

  02/06/2003
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    * Added RedHat RPM spec file, and autopackage spec file. Yay. New Package
      Formats! Please note: I've only tried the autopackage one, and they are
      both probably very wrong. They are also extremely basic - no
      recommendations of utilities e.g. Still, better than nothing ;).

  01/06/2003
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    * Got CVS working again - finally [Thanks to Mike Hearn for that] - I feel
      this deserves a ChangeLog entry
    * Added an uninstall function to "install"
    * Changed "raw ANSI colours" to variables in install

  19/05/2003
  ==========
    * Moved around some code. It's now all in alphabetical order in sub 
      runExtractor

  06/05/2003
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    * Allowed non-root users to install globally via "su -c"
    * Updated the INSTALL file, reworded the top line (finally)
    * Added a "last modified" line to the install file (not INSTALL)

Version 1.1
===========
  05/05/2003
  ==========
    * Fixed a bug which made LHA detection b0rked
    * Finally got round to implementing and documenting the ~/.bloat-nowarn and
      /etc/bloat-nowarn options - the option has been in the code for many
      versions, but only now does it actually *WORK*
    * Fixed the install script so it'll accept a lowercase "q" to quit. The
      previous implementation could have been confusing.
    * Packaged up as 1.1 due to the amount of time since the last release, and
      lack of development coupled with fixed bugs.

  07/04/2003
  ==========
    * Fixed file existing detection code. Read - removed the "./" :S
    * Fixed autopackage stuff re: absolute paths.

Version 1.0
=========== 
  17/03/2003
  ==========
    * Added install script
    * I now think that Bloat has enough features to be considered 1.0!
 
  16/03/2003
  ==========
    * RPM support added

  03/03/2003
  ==========
    * Got the .bloat-nowarn checking to work. w00.

  19/02/2003
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    * Added filetype detection for mscompress - tells the user what kind
      of file it is...

  18/02/2003
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    * Added mscompress support

Version 0.5.1
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  15/02/2003
  ==========
    * Added URL for LHA
    * Packaged up for v0.5.1

  13/02/2003
  ==========
    * Added LHA support
    * Fixed a bug in .tgz handling - releasing 0.5.1 as a minor bugfix.

  12/02/2003
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    * *sigh* - yesterday's version was very broken. File didn't work, and I had
      a bare "p" somewhere. *sigh* Don't use yesterday's version.
    * Removed the p
    * Fixed `file` detection - -v
    * Added Ace support.
    * Reogranised the detection section to use alphabetical ordering.

  11/02/2003
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    * Made errors go to stderr.
    * Added comments :D
    * Added webmin to bzip2's --check options.
    * Fixed `file` detection - --version isn't a valid option :-P.
    * Made file be detected in every case - it's needed for error checking
    * Fixed credits, crediting sibn for ideas, rather than "actual code".

  10/02/2003
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    * Added code to check whether the file exists. Stops users being confused
      by the errors "file" sometimes spits out when there's a dash... or
      something

Version 0.5
===========
  09/02/2003
  ==========
    * Packaged everything up for bloat 0.5 
    * GOT BUNZIP2 AND UNCOMPRESS SELF-CONFIGURING WORKING - thanks sibn :)
    * -------------------
    * Added rar support...
    * Cleaned up the comments
    * Updated POD stuff
    * Updated the supported filetypes file
    * Updated TODO

  08/02/2003
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    * Added URLs for uncompress and unarj.
    * Cleaned up README
    * Cleaned up INSTALL

  01/02/2003
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    * Added stuff about --check to the output of "bloat".

  31/01/2003
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    * Changed the $_s to $filenames in the arg check section...
    * Made $filetype = --none if it doesn't have anything

  30/01/2003
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    * Updated POD documentation to include "--check" info
    * Added support for everything in --check, but bunzip2 and uncompress
      are commented out. Once I get those fixed, we'll be ready for the
      release of 0.5 :-).
    * Changed "tar/gz" to "tar/gzip" and "tar/bz2" to "tar/bzip2".
    * Added ARJ support :-).
    * Added info about --check to getHelp sub.
    * Say buh-bye to "configure" and "configure.pl". Ahh, finally :-).
    * Updated CREDITS.
    * Stopped quoting numeral variables :-P.

  29/01/2003
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    * Webmin stuff set up to use "file". Apparently webmin stuff comes in
      multiple formats. Who knew ;).
    * Switched from using "$utilloc" style vars to a "%loc" array (e.g.
      $loc{zip}).
    * Implemented more stuff in --check

  26/01/2003
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    * See Two days ago ;).
    * Adding --check function again. Yes. :P

  24/01/2003
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    * Slowly changing everything over to use a different path method. Hard
      to explain. Checks for utils on the fly.

  17/01/2003
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    * Made filetype detection use regexps - allows for upper/lowercase file
      extensions. Was thinking of DOS mostly for this one...
    * Removed the line converting Z to z :P (see above)
    * Fixed (? - maybe) a regexp in bloat.
    * Added ARJ detection
    * Fixed autopackage message

  16/01/2003
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    * Patch submitted today, so I changed bloat to use the new version.
      Runs "./packagename.package -x".
    * Noticed I forgot to set $filetype to done for the last three supported
      filetypes (autopackage, ar, tar/zip). Fixed.

  15/01/2003
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    * Working on better autopackage support; broken for the moment :).
      **NOTE** I just wrote a patch for autopackage; this should be accepted and
      - therefore - should make my life easier. Look out for the removal of the
      autopackage subs tomorrow.

  14/01/2003
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    * Added info about POD to README.

  13/01/2003
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    * Fixed 3 syntax errors in the POD documentation (ran podchecker on it)

  12/01/2003
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    * Started to write documentation for bloat - it's at the end of the bloat
      script, in POD form.

  11/01/2003
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    * Autopackage support improved! Now uses sed, cat, and a few other things
      to create a new file ("filename.package.tmp"), chmod +x's it, and
      executes it... A few slight problems with the commands "cd .." and
      "rm -f $filename.tmp" :-/
    * Changed "README.FILETYPES" to "README.SUPPORTEDTYPES" in README. D'oh!

Version 0.4
===========
  10/01/2003
  ==========
    * Considering making the next version 1.0 - views?
    * Did the normal packaging for a new version - e.g. changing versions
    * Updated (c) notice
    * Made the "--help text" into a sub, since I'll be using it twice in the
      code
    * Made bloat output the results of sub getHelp and information about
      --version when run with no args
    * Cut out the part about missing utilities from sub getHelp.
    * Updated README and INSTALL.
    * Finally removed bloat-test :P

  08/01/2003
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    * Support for tar/zip - although I've never seen one, it could be useful...
    * Added new file - "README.FILETYPES". Basically lists the file types
      supported...
    * Remembered to update the "LAST EDITED" date on bloat o_O

  06/01/2003
  ==========
    * Happy New Year! [Slightly late... :S]
    * Basic Autopackage support. Runs the package in debug mode, which extracts
      then breaks. Yes, now bloat really _DOES_ support .package files ;-).
    * Made the "BLOAT:" red. Yes, that's all. Nothing major ;).

  29/12/2002
  ==========
    * Merry [Belated] Christmas!
    * Added "ar" support - one problem; I don't know the extension generally
      used. All I've seen is .a, so that's what I've put. Of course, this
      is where everything gets used :rolleyes:.
    * Updated configure scripts to find ar

  21/12/2002
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    * Added tar/Z compatibility. Yes.
    * A new line for bug fixing. A maximum of three other people use bloat
      anyway, but what the hell ;-).

Version 0.3
===========
  16/12/2002
  ==========
    * Wondering what's up with SourceForge's logging of commits/adds ;)
    * Minor change to the "TODO" file for 0.3
    * Packaged up this version for 0.3

  11/12/2002
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    * DOESN'T support .package files!!!!!
    * Updated it to move some vital stuff to the end to fix tar.gz etc

  07/12/2002
  ==========
    * Supports .package files

  04/12/2002
  ==========
    * Removed bloat-check related features.
    * Added a configure script... if you don't like bad code, don't look ;-)
    * Now actually using CVS ;-)
    * Supports Mozilla XPI files
    * Reorganised the getFileType sub to use alphabetical order. This should
      save time when we support more filetypes
    * Now using strict; because of this I've now declared vars.

Version 0.2
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  01/12/2002
  ==========
    * I think I'll make it a new release today...

  29/11/2002
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    * "modularised" code - uses subs now... no particular reason, just seems
      like the right thing(tm)... =)

  28/11/2002
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    * Webmin Themes (wbt) supported

  27/11/2002
  ==========
    * Added Z/compress functionality (not widely used)
    * Changed the output of "bloat --check" to use + for the border :P

  26/11/2002 [26th November]
  ==========================
    * Added TODO and CREDITS.    
    * If, for some reason, you want to extract a webmin module, they
      can now be extracted by bloat
    * Vanilla BZip2 and GNUZip are now supported...
    * Now makes sure that the extension is at the END of the file...

Version 0.1.1
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    * Proceeded everything outputted by bloat with "BLOAT:"
    * Added the util checker script to make life a bit easier

Version 0.1
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    * EVERYTHING :P