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Major changes in 0.9.1
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======================
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This release mostly has changes to flatpak-builder and the build
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machinery. All flatpaks built with this version can run
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on flatpak 0.8.x, but there has been additions and minor
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changes in flatpak-builder that may require minor changes
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to existing builder manifests, see below.
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The flatpak-builder build cache now uses an ostree feature called
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rofiles-fuse. This allows the build to work directly against
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hardlinked checkouts of the cache, because rofiles-fuse disallows
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writes to the hardlinked files (but allows replacing them). This makes
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cache commits and checkouts much faster. However, it also means that
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installation cannot do in-place modification of files in the
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installation directory. There is a new per-module property called
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"ensure-writable" that takes a list of patterns and ensures all files
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matching them are writable (by manually breaking the hardlinks). This
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may need to be added to some manifests to keep them building in the new
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version.
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The cflags and cxxflags module properties now work by appending,
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rather that replacing, when there are multiple values specified. For
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instance, the per-arch or per-module cflags will be appended to the
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base cflags. This may cause old json files do duplicate cflags in
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some cases. Normally compiler flags are repeatable without problems
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though, so it is unlikely to cause problems.
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Here are a short summary of the rest of the flatpak-builder changes:
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* The build cache was changed so that it is not invalidated if
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the installed version of the SDK changed. This means that the app
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will not rebuilt if you updated the SDK. This is generally the right
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thing to do, as SDKs are meant to be compatible. If you want
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to avoid this (for instance when building against an unstable sdk)
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you can use the --rebuild-on-sdk-change argument.
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* The build cache is now per-arch, so building on one arch doesn't
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invalidate the cache for another arch.
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* New buildsystem "cmake-ninja" which works like "cmake", but builds
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using ninja, rather than make.
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* New buildsystem "simple" which doesn't use configure or make, it
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just runs a set of shell commands specified in the "build-commands"
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property. Note: build-commands is also available to other buildsystems
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and are run between make and make install.
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* flatpak-builder now has build-runtime and build-extension properties that
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makes it easier to build runtimes and extensions.
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* FLATPAK_DEST is set in the build environment to the installation
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destination (i.e. typically /app). It is particularly useful when
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building an extension where the destination is more complex.
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* flatpak-builder now supports --from-git=URL which pulls the
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json manifest and related files directly from a git repo.
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* modules have a new no-make-install property which skips
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the make install step.
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* Modules and sources have only-arches and skip-arches properties,
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which lets you enable/disable them based on the build architecture.
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* build-options has a new property ldflags, which is similar
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to cflags and cxxflags.
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* flatpak build (and thus flatpak-builder --run) now supports
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dbus proxies when needed.
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* All git repos are cloned with fsckObjects=true, which means
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we verify that the repos are valid.
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* New flatpak-builder argument --build-shell=MODULE extracts and
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prepares the sources for a specified module and then starts
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a build sandbox inside it.
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There are also some other changes:
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* build-export: Now supports --timestamp=ISO-8601-TIMESTAMP, which
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allows you to create reproducible commits.
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* The OCI support has been updated to the latest version of the
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OCI image specification format.
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* There is a new flatpak-bisect script that can be used to bisect
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flatpak applications, looking for regressions.
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* flatpak list got a revamp. It now shows more information, and
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shows both apps and runtimes by default.
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* flatpak remote-list was renamed flatpak remotes in order
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to minimize confusion with flatpak remote-ls. The old name
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is deprecated but still works.
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Major changes in 0.8.4
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