[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.4.3 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.4.3 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- MINOR SECURITY FIX release A security vulnerability has been discovered in all PEAR versions (1.0 to 1.4.2). This vulnerability has been fixed, and this is a recommended upgrade for all users. Run "pear channel-update" after upgrading for exponentially faster list-all/remote-list!! * fix installation of files named like ".test" * fix base class for writeable unixeol/windowseol classes * fix running of post-install scripts with empty or no paramgroup in CLI frontend * fix validation of <postinstallscript> * fix writeable PEAR_Task_Postinstallscript_rw class * fix error in REST-based search command if searching through description as well * silence warning on list-upgrades/upgrade-all if no releases exist at a channel * add checks for updated channel.xml in all remote commands * fix pecl script if safe_mode is enabled by default * implement SERIOUS improvement in list-all/remote-list speed. From 6 minutes down to about 16-30 seconds * implement --loose option to avoid recommended version validation * implement Request #5527: alternative approach to determining glibc version * fix Bug #5717: analyzeSourceCode() fails to process certain quote situations properly * fix Bug #5736: if registry can't lock registry or open filemap, checkFileMap(), no error * fix Bug #5676: pear config-create broken * fix Bug #5683: Deadlock with (almost) circular dependency * fix Bug #5725: PHP5 warnings need improvement * fix Bug #5789: small typo * fix Bug #5810: internet should not be contacted on install if dependencies are installed Package Info ------------- The PEAR package contains: * the PEAR installer, for creating, distributing and installing packages * the beta-quality PEAR_Exception PHP5 error handling mechanism * the beta-quality PEAR_ErrorStack advanced error handling mechanism * the PEAR_Error error handling mechanism * the OS_Guess class for retrieving info about the OS where PHP is running on * the System class for quick handling of common operations with files and directories * the PEAR base class New features in a nutshell: * full support for channels * pre-download dependency validation * new package.xml 2.0 format allows tremendous flexibility while maintaining BC * support for optional dependency groups and limited support for sub-packaging * robust dependency support * full dependency validation on uninstall * remote install for hosts with only ftp access - no more problems with restricted host installation * full support for mirroring * support for bundling several packages into a single tarball * support for static dependencies on a url-based package * support for custom file roles and installation tasks NOTE: users of PEAR_Frontend_Web/PEAR_Frontend_Gtk must upgrade their installations to the latest version, or PEAR will not upgrade properly Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR/download/1.4.3 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR-1.4.3.tgz Authors ------------- Stig Bakken <stig@php.net> (lead) Thomas V.V.Cox <cox@idecnet.com> (lead) Martin Jansen <mj@php.net> (helper) Pierre-Alain Joye (lead) Greg Beaver (lead)