Modifications to the public API in dnf 5.2.0.0

This page lists the differences in the public API of DNF5 5.2 compared to the previous major version, DNF5 5.1.

Here’s the full diff showing the changes in the libdnf5 API.

Wrapping struct attributes

Public attributes in struct objects have been wrapped in getter and setter methods.

Before: bool ignore_case; Now: void set_ignore_case(bool); bool get_ignore_case() const;

  • libdnf5::GoalJobSettings

  • libdnf5::ResolveSpecSettings

  • libdnf5::repo::RepoCacheRemoveStatistics

  • libdnf5::rpm::Changelog

Dropping deprecated methods

Methods that were previously marked as deprecated have been removed or moved to the private section of the class.

  • libdnf5::create_file_logger(libdnf5::Base & base) (other variants still present)

  • libdnf5::base::Base::load_config_from_file()

  • libdnf5::base::Base::with_config_file_path()

  • libdnf5::repo::Repo::add_libsolv_testcase()

  • libdnf5::repo::Repo::add_rpm_package()

  • libdnf5::repo::Repo::download_metadata()

  • libdnf5::repo::Repo::load()

  • libdnf5::repo::Repo::load_extra_system_repo()

  • libdnf5::repo::Repo::set_substitutions()

Dropping unused or redundant items

Methods and objects that were unused or redundant have been removed.

  • libdnf5::base::Base::get_comps()

  • libdnf5::comps::Comps

  • libdnf5::comps::EnvironmentSack

  • libdnf5::comps::GroupSack

  • libdnf5::repo::Repo::fresh() (use is_expired() instead)

Other changes

  • libdnf5::advisory::AdvisoryQuery

    • filter_type and filter_severity methods have the default cmp_type IEXACT (was EQ before)

  • libdnf5::repo::RepoSack

    • update_and_load_enabled_repos() is deprecated now, load_repos() should be used instead

  • libdnf5::LibraryVersion

    • changing version format

      • Before: (major, minor, micro) Now: (prime, major, minor, micro)