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  • v0.9.8.3 Changes

    July 07, 2011

    ๐Ÿ’ฅ 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.

    ๐Ÿ”‹ 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

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ 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.
  • v0.9.8.29 Changes

    January 02, 2015

    ๐Ÿ”‹ FEATURES

    • Use icon of the executable with generated shim - #579 & ShimGen #2
    • Allow setting custom temp download location - #307

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ IMPROVEMENTS

    • Don't assume $env:TEMP or $env:UserProfile are set - #647
    • Remove Kickstarter message.
  • v0.9.8.28 Changes

    November 04, 2014

    ๐Ÿ’ฅ BREAKING CHANGES

    • You may need to update your saved API key for chocolatey, due to #599 we have switched push to ensure https.

    ๐Ÿ› 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

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ IMPROVEMENTS

    • Use default credentials for internet if available - #577
    • Add moderation message on push - #600
    • Restrict all calls to chocolatey.org to HTTPS - #599
    • Batch fallback should quote path for spaces - #558
  • v0.9.8.27 Changes

    July 13, 2014

    ๐Ÿ› BUG FIXES

    • Fix - Posh v3+ Ignores -Wait when run from cmd.exe - #516
  • v0.9.8.26 Changes

    July 12, 2014

    ๐Ÿ› 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

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ IMPROVEMENTS

    • Allow to pass shimgen specific parameters - #509
    • Issue warning if user is not running an elevated shell - #519
  • v0.9.8.25 Changes

    July 07, 2014

    ๐Ÿ› BUG FIXES

    • Fix - Shims that require admin may fail on UAC enforced machines (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The requested operation requires elevation) - #505
    • Fix - Do not check content-length if there isn't a content-length returned from Get-WebHeaders - #504
  • v0.9.8.24 Changes

    July 03, 2014

    ๐Ÿ’ฅ 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.

    ๐Ÿ”‹ 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

    ๐Ÿ› 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

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ 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
  • v0.9.8.23 Changes

    November 11, 2013

    ๐Ÿ› BUG FIXES

    • Fix - Chocolatey 0.9.8.22 incorrectly reports version as alpha1 #368
    • Fix - Some chocolatey commands with no arguments error #369
  • v0.9.8.22 Changes

    November 10, 2013

    ๐Ÿ’ฅ BREAKING CHANGES

    • To use spaces and quotes, one should now use single quotation marks. It works best in both powershell and cmd.

    ๐Ÿ”‹ FEATURES

    • Enhancement - Add switch to force x86 when packages have both versions - #365
    • Enhancement - Allow passing parameters to packages - #159

    ๐Ÿ› BUG FIXES

    • Fix - Chocolatey 0.9.8.21 errors when using spaces or quotes with chocolatey or with batch redirect files. - #367
  • v0.9.8.21 Changes

    November 07, 2013

    ๐Ÿ’ฅ 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

    ๐Ÿ”‹ 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

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ 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

    ๐Ÿ› 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