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opam 2.1.5

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We are pleased to announce the patch release of opam 2.1.6.

This opam release consists of backported bug fixes and improvements:

  • Changes necessary for opam-repository (see ocaml/opam-repository#23789)
    • Warn if GNU patch is not detected when a patch is applied (#5893)
    • Use gpatch by default instead of patch on NetBSD and DragonFlyBSD (#5893)
    • Use gpatch if it exists and is detected as GNU patch when patch is not GNU patch (#5893)
  • Better recognize depexts on Gentoo, NetBSD, OpenBSD (#5065)
  • Upgrade the vendored dune to 3.14.0 (#5869)
  • Fix debug logs showing up regardless of verbosity on macOS 12.7.1 / 13.6.3 / 14.2 and FreeBSD (#5769)

Opam installation instructions (unchanged):

  1. From binaries: run

    bash -c "sh <(curl -fsSL https://opam.ocaml.org/install.sh) --version 2.1.6"

    or download manually from the Github "Releases" page to your PATH. In this case, don't forget to run opam init --reinit -ni to enable sandboxing if you had version 2.0.0~rc manually installed or to update you sandbox script.

  2. From source, using opam:

    opam update; opam install opam-devel

    (then copy the opam binary to your PATH as explained, and don't forget to run opam init --reinit -ni to enable sandboxing if you had version 2.0.0~rc manually installed or to update your sandbox script)

  3. From source, manually: see the instructions in the README.

We hope you enjoy this new minor version, and remain open to bug reports and suggestions.

See full changelog
  • Changes necessary for opam repository
  • Warn if GNU patch is not detected when a patch is applied [#5893 @kit-ty-kate]
  • Use gpatch by default instead of patch on NetBSD and DragonFlyBSD [#5893 @kit-ty-kate]
  • Use gpatch if it exists and is detected as GNU patch when patch is not GNU patch [#5893 @kit-ty-kate]
  • Better recognize depexts on Gentoo, NetBSD, OpenBSD [#5065 @mndrix]
  • Upgrade the vendored dune to 3.14.0 [#5869 @kit-ty-kate]
  • Vendor mccs.1.1+17 [#5769 @kit-ty-kate]
  • Require mccs >= 1.1+17: Fix debug logs showing up regardless of verbosity on macOS 12.7.1 / 13.6.3 / 14.2 and FreeBSD [#5769 @kit-ty-kate]
  • API Changes:
  • OpamSystem.patch now displays a warning when GNU patch is not detected and looks for both patch and gpatch as a backup option depending on the OS [#5893 @kit-ty-kate]