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dbus 1.16.0

The “one hundred pink frogs” release.

1.16.x is a new stable branch, superseding 1.14.x.

Summary of major changes between 1.14.x and 1.16.0
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Build system and dependencies:

• The Meson build system is the recommended way to build dbus on Unix.
  This requires Meson 0.56 and Python 3.5.
  · Projects that depend on libdbus can build it as a Meson subproject.
    See tests/use-as-subproject/meson.build for suggested build options.

• CMake continues to be available as an alternative build system,
  and is recommended on Windows. This requires CMake 3.10.

• A C99 compiler such as gcc, clang, or Visual Studio 2015 is required.
  A C11 compiler such as gcc, clang, or Visual Studio 2019 is recommended.

• On platforms with larger-than-64-bit pointers, a C11 compiler is required

Behaviour changes:

• On Unix, the well-known system bus socket is in the runtime state
  directory by default (normally /run)
  (see 1.15.4 for more details)

• On Linux with systemd, dbus-daemon starts as the target user/group
  (retaining `CAP_AUDIT_WRITE`) instead of starting as root and
  dropping privileges

Feature removals:

• Autotools build system

• `pam_console`/`pam_foreground` integration
  (Autotools `--with-console-auth`, CMake `-DDBUS_CONSOLE_AUTH_DIR`)

New features and significant bug fixes:

• `ProcessFD` in `GetConnectionCredentials()` on Linux
  (see 1.15.8 for more details)

• On Unix, the system message bus now loads .service files from /etc and /run

• Use `close_range()` to close unwanted file descriptors or mark them
  close-on-exec, if available

• Use 64-bit timestamps internally on 32-bit platforms, for Y2038 safety

• Use APIs that can return 64-bit timestamps and inode numbers on
  32-bit glibc

• `AF_UNIX` sockets are available on sufficiently recent Windows

• dbus-send can send arrays of variants, variant values in dictionaries,
  and nested variants

• Portability to CPU architectures with larger-than-64-bit pointers

Changes since 1.15.92 release candidate
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Dependencies:

• Building with CMake now requires CMake ≥ 3.10.

Bug fixes:

• Avoid deprecation warnings with newer Meson versions
  (dbus!507, Simon McVittie)

• Avoid deprecation warnings with newer CMake versions
  (dbus#541, Ralf Habacker)

Tests and CI enhancements:

• When building with CMake, set the same environment variables as Meson.
  This improves test coverage. (dbus#533, Ralf Habacker)

• Remove a remaining reference to Debian 11, which is EOL
  (dbus!508, Simon McVittie)

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dbus 1.15.92

The "future flyer" release.

This is a second release-candidate for the new dbus 1.16.x stable branch.

Build-time configuration changes:

• When building with Meson, the `embedded_tests` option has been renamed
  to `intrusive_tests`. This option adds test instrumentation in libdbus
  and dbus-daemon, which reduces performance and is not secure.
  For production builds of dbus in OS distributions, it must be false
  (`-Dintrusive_tests=false`, which is the default)
  During development, it should be set true (`-Dintrusive_tests=true`)
  for full test coverage. (dbus#537, Simon McVittie)

• Similarly, when building with CMake, the `DBUS_BUILD_TESTS` option no
  longer enables intrusive test instrumentation. A new option
  `-DDBUS_ENABLE_INTRUSIVE_TESTS=ON` is equivalent to the Meson build
  system's `-Dintrusive_tests=true`.

Bug fixes:

• If a DBusWatch callback fails because there is insufficient memory,
  make sure to retry it within a finite time (dbus#536, Petr Malat)

• On macOS with launchd enabled, if the session bus launchd integration
  is not correctly configured, don't treat that as a fatal error that
  prevents connecting to the system bus (dbus#510, Mohamed Akram)

• If intrusive test instrumentation is enabled, older versions of dbus
  would simulate an out-of-memory condition once per 2^32 allocations,
  even if not specifically requested. This is no longer done.
  (dbus#535, Simon McVittie)

• Fix compilation on non-Linux platforms with glibc, such as
  Debian GNU/Hurd (dbus#539, Simon McVittie)

• Avoid test failures with non-trivial NSS modules, similar to dbus#256
  (dbus#540, Simon McVittie)

• When built with CMake, make paths in DBus1Config relocatable
  (dbus!499, Ralf Habacker)

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dbus 1.15.90

The “futuristic flyer” release.

This is a release-candidate for the new dbus 1.16.x stable branch.

Build-time configuration changes:

• The experimental Containers1 interface has been removed from this branch.
  It is incomplete and not ready for production use, and has been
  compile-time-disabled and impossible to enable without patching
  since 1.13.20. To reduce confusion, delete the code completely.
  It remains present on the git `master` branch for 1.17.x, and will
  hopefully be reinstated during the 1.17.x cycle.
  (dbus!488, dbus!490; Simon McVittie)

Bug fixes:

• Fix the Devhelp index for API documentation (dbus!486, Simon McVittie)

• Fix detection of socketpair() on Solaris 10 (dbus#531, Simon McVittie)

• Avoid undefined signed integer overflow when calculating hash table
  indexes (dbus!487, Jami Kettunen)

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dbus 1.15.12

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dbus 1.15.10

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dbus 1.14.10

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dbus 1.15.8

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dbus 1.12.28

dbus 1.14.8

dbus 1.15.6

dbus 1.12.26

dbus 1.14.6

dbus 1.15.4

dbus 1.12.24

dbus 1.14.4

dbus 1.15.2

dbus-1.14.2

dbus-1.15.0

dbus v1.14.0

dbus 1.12.22