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Chocolatey v0.9.8.21 Release Notes

Release Date: 2013-11-07 // over 10 years ago

  • 💥 BREAKING CHANGES

    • Enhancement - For local package searching, use choco list -lo or choco search -lo. The execution speed is greatly increased. cver for local has been deprecated. - #276
    • Breaking - Chocolatey default source no longer includes Nuget official feed. This will help improve response time and greatly increase relevant results. - #349

    🔋 FEATURES

    • Enhancement - Support for Server Core - #59
    • Enhancement - Add a switch for ignoring dependencies on install -ignoredependencies - #131
    • Command - choco is now a default term
    • Command - search is now a command (aliases list) - choco search something [-localonly]
    • Function - Get-ProcessorBits - tells you whether a processor is x86 or x64. This functionality was in chocolatey already but has been globalized for easy access. - #231 & #229
    • Function - Get-BinRoot - Gives package maintainers the ability to call one command that gets them the tools/bin root. This gives you the location where folks want certain packages installed. - #359

    👌 IMPROVEMENTS

    • Enhancement - Install multiple packages by specifying them all on the same line - #191
    • Enhancement - Install .NET Framework 4.0 requirement if not already installed - #255
    • Enhancement - Refresh command line PATH after installs - partial to #134 - Previously we were just doing it in chocolatey with #158
    • Enhancement - Allow chocolatey to install when zip shell extensions are disabled - #297
    • Enhancement - Support for bash and similar shells - #347 & #258
    • Enhancement - Allow file uri to be used when downloading files - #322
    • Enhancement - Chocolatey version all versions returned for specific local package. - #260
    • Enhancement - Exit codes return appropriately - #210
    • Enhancement - Better logging support - #208
    • Enhancement - Pass through exit codes from binned batch files - https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/issues/360
    • Enhancement - Support MSU file type - https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/pull/348

    🐛 BUG FIXES

    • Fix - Treat installation failures appropriately - #10
    • Fix - Using newer versions of nuget breaks chocolatey - #303
    • Fix - Chocolatey incorrectly reports 64 bit urls when downloading anything - #331
    • Fix - Executing cuninst without parameters shouldn't do anything - #267 & #265
    • Fix - VSIX installer helper is finding the wrong Visual Studio version - #262
    • Fix - Renaming logs appending .old results in error - #225
    • Fix - Minor typo in uninstall script "uninINstalling" - #247
    • Fix - Bug in Get-ChocolateyUnzip throws issues sometimes #244 & #242
    • Fix - Minor typo "succesfully" - #241