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Chocolatey v0.11.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2021-09-02 // over 2 years ago

  • 💥 BREAKING CHANGES

    • Disable importing / loading of DLL in the extension folder - see #2333
    • choco list -e -a returns pre-releases even when --pre is not passed - see #2304

    🐛 BUG FIXES

    • Fix - Prevent creation of empty nuget.config in user appdata folder - see #2233
    • Fix - Upgrade all with remembered arguments changes packages to pre-release - see #2111
    • Fix - Software applications are being reported as not being managed by Chocolatey when their associated package is installed - see #2092
    • Fix - Unable to remove API Key with choco apikey command - see #1889
    • Fix - Not all package versions are returned when running running choco list --all-versions --exact - see #1843
    • Fix - Upgrade all reuses overridden package parameters when useRememberedArgumentsForUpgrades feature is turned on - see #1443
    • Fix - choco pack fails when running on Mono when current directory is not the same one that contains the .nuspec being packed - see #2263
    • Fix - Running choco pack on Mono on Linux will not include any files in .nupkg if there is no files element in the .nuspec - see #2258
    • Fix - Nuspec files with forward slash creates nested layer of directories when packed on Windows - see #2166
    • Fix - Prevent loading of Chocolatey GUI Licensed Extension assembly - see #2078
    • Fix - Working directory always being replaced with configured cache location when using Start-ChocolateyProcessAsAdmin - see #2051
    • Fix - Temp location can change unexpectedly when using System credentials - see #2044
    • Fix - Incorrect output regarding package files when package can't be found to be downloaded - see #1962

    👌 IMPROVEMENTS

    • [Security] XML External Entity attack in log4net (CVE-2018-1285) - see #2266
    • Provide ability to export all currently installed packages to a packages.config file - see #357
    • Provide ability to execute PowerShell script right before installation starts when using Install-ChocolateyPackage - see #1060
    • Add ChocolateyExitOnRebootDetected feature setting to environment variables for usage within package scripts - see #1983
    • Only search top level package folders when running the remove pending packages task - see #1866
    • Change default repository in the chocolatey.config to community.chocolatey.org - see #2231
    • Support UnzipLocation as an alias to Destination parameter in the Get-ChocolateyUnzip function - see #2203
    • API - Allow Lets.GetChocolatey to not initialize logging - see #2124
    • Provide ability to install msp patch files using Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage function - see #2112
    • Add ability to use authorization headers in the Get-WebFile function - see #1998
    • Ensure nuspec files generated from the choco new command use UTF-8 without a byte order mark - see #1364
    • Provide top level help command explaining what commands can be executed - see #944
    • Ensure correct path separator in nuspec files is used on different operating systems - see #502
    • Remove unused variable in uninstall template generated from choco new command - see #2114

    📚 DOCUMENTATION

    • Clarify the SpecificFolder parameter for helper functions - see #2190
    • Update deprecation notice to use outdated command when using version command - see #2048
    • Include information about --version option in choco help documentation - see #2049
    • Fix examples for Install-ChocolateyPackage function - see #1899
    • Terminology improvements in choco.exe help output - see #1861
    • Wrong error message shown when using Get-ChocolateyWebFile and forcex86 - see #1859