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Changelog History
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v0.9.8.3 Changes
July 07, 2011๐ฅ BREAKING CHANGES
- Chocolatey no longer runs the entire powershell script as an administrator. With the addition of the Start-ChocolateyProcessAsAdmin, this is how you will get to administrative tasks outside of the helpers.
๐ FEATURES
- New chocolatey command! InstallMissing allows you to install a package only if it is not already installed. Shortcut is 'cinstm'.
- New Helper! Install-ChocolateyPath - give it a path for out of band items that are not imported to path with chocolatey
- New Helper! Start-ChocolateyProcessAsAdmin - this allows you to run processes as administrator
- New Helper! Install-ChocolateyDesktopLink - put shortcuts on the desktop
๐ IMPROVEMENTS
- NuGet updated to v1.4
- Much of the error handling is improved. There are two new Helpers to call (ChocolateySuccess and Write-ChocolateyFailure).
- Chocolatey no longer needs administrative rights to install itself.
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v0.9.8.29 Changes
January 02, 2015๐ FEATURES
- Use icon of the executable with generated shim - #579 & ShimGen #2
- Allow setting custom temp download location - #307
๐ IMPROVEMENTS
- Don't assume $env:TEMP or $env:UserProfile are set - #647
- Remove Kickstarter message.
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v0.9.8.28 Changes
November 04, 2014๐ฅ BREAKING CHANGES
- You may need to update your saved API key for chocolatey, due to #599 we have switched push to ensure https.
๐ BUG FIXES
- Fix - Shim argument parsing needs fixed for quoting - ShimGen #1
- Fix - Forcing x86 does not use 32bit checksum - #535
- Fix - Powershell v2 fails to download SSLv3 files - #531
- Fix - Get-ChocolateyUnzip fails due to Wait-Process exception - #571
๐ IMPROVEMENTS
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v0.9.8.27 Changes
July 13, 2014๐ BUG FIXES
- Fix - Posh v3+ Ignores -Wait when run from cmd.exe - #516
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v0.9.8.26 Changes
July 12, 2014๐ BUG FIXES
- Fix - Allow spaces in arguments to chocolatey again - Regenerate chocolatey included shims to take advantage of shimgen fixes - #507
- Fix - Default path has changed, causing running without closing shell to have issues again - #510
- Fix - Working directory of shimgen generated files points to path target executable is in (GUI apps only) - #508
- Fix - cpack/cpush returns zero exit code even when error occurs - #256 & #384
- Fix - Install error throws another error due to true instead of $true - #514
- Fix - Posh v3+ Ignores -Wait when run from cmd.exe - #516
๐ IMPROVEMENTS
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v0.9.8.25 Changes
July 07, 2014 -
v0.9.8.24 Changes
July 03, 2014๐ฅ BREAKING CHANGES
- Enhancement - Default install to C:\ProgramData\chocolatey - #452 & #494
- Don't allow $binroot to be set to c:\ - #434 - this is meant to be temporary while other pieces are fixed.
๐ FEATURES
- Checksum downloaded files - #427
- Replace Batch Redirector with Shims - #372
- New Helper - Get-UACEnabled - #451
- Enhancement - Install to Machine environment variable - #453
- Enhancement - Install the .NET framework 4.0 requirement - #255
- Update environment using command (RefreshEnv) - #134
-quiet
parameter that silences almost all output / allow shutting off real write-host - #416 & #411- New Helpers - Test-ProcessAdminRights, Get-EnvironmentVariableNames, Get-EnvironmentVariable, Set-EnvironmentVariable - #486
๐ BUG FIXES
- Fix - Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is an empty string - #371
- Fix - clist -source webpi doesn't prompt for admin access - #293
- Fix - Get-ChocolateyUnzip silently fails due to incorrect usage of System32 (File System Redirector Issues) - #476 & #455
- Fix - 7za.exe is subject to UAC file virtualization - #454
- Fix - "You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression" introduced somewhere. - #430
- Fix - Get-BinRoot defaulted to "C:\" instead of "C:\tools" - #421
- Fix - Get-ProcessorBits doesn't return the bitness of the OperatingSystem - #396
- Fix - Fix Invoke for Install All from a Feed (DEPRECATED by #446 - in improvements below) - #381
- Fix - Upgrade to 0.9.8.24 produces cannot find Update-SessionEnvironment when using cmd.exe - #459
- Fix - Package depending on newer chocolatey version is installed using existing version of chocolatey - #460
- Fix - Bash improvements - #383
- Fix - Resolve issue with DISM "missing" or with the 32-bit DISM being called on a 64-bit system - #393
- Fix - Do NOT throw if missing a chocolateyuninstall.ps1 - #499
๐ IMPROVEMENTS
- Do not download if file already cached - #428 & #109
- If *.ignore file failes to create, do not fail the process - #380
- Validate downloaded file is the right size - #429
- Add perf to Chocolatey-List & allow to return as object - #426
- Chocolatey-List LocalOnly performance improvements - #425
- Chocolatey-Version Improvements - #445
- Remove Invoke-Chocolatey Function to improve handling - #446
- Don't create a window during Run-Nuget.ps1 - #450
- Generate _env.cmd file instead of bat file for consistency - #469
- Remove-BinFile removes shim.exes when installing a package - #449
- Remove annoying "Reading environment variables from registry. Please wait..." - #440
- Replace ascii cue to visual cue for "installing package" - #376
- Clean up the verbosity of chocolatey - #374
- Improve chocolatey setup as administrator - #486
- Simplify Chocolatey-Update - #493
- Update to Nuget.exe 2.8.2 - #379
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v0.9.8.23 Changes
November 11, 2013 -
v0.9.8.22 Changes
November 10, 2013๐ฅ BREAKING CHANGES
- To use spaces and quotes, one should now use single quotation marks. It works best in both powershell and cmd.
๐ FEATURES
- Enhancement - Add switch to force x86 when packages have both versions - #365
- Enhancement - Allow passing parameters to packages - #159
๐ BUG FIXES
- Fix - Chocolatey 0.9.8.21 errors when using spaces or quotes with chocolatey or with batch redirect files. - #367
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v0.9.8.21 Changes
November 07, 2013๐ฅ 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
๐ 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
๐ 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
๐ 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