Log Message:
dpkg: updated to 1.22.12

dpkg (1.22.12) unstable; urgency=medium

[ Guillem Jover ]
* libdpkg: Check for pager presence and fallback to less, more and cat.

* dpkg-shlibdeps: Add symbolic name alternative to --warnings bits.
* Update URLs.
* dpkg-deb: Add --no-check option and keep --nocheck as an alias.
* dpkg: Unify package and version printing format to «package (version)».
* dpkg-buildtree: Add new command is-rootless.
  Suggested by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>.
* scripts: Switch messages to be hints.
* dpkg-buildpackage: Reword hint on unsatisfied dependencies.
* dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Improve unmet dependency error messages.
* dpkg-buildpackage: Switch unmet dependency abort message from warning to
  error.
* scripts: Change and inject default value for Section and Priority fields.
* Perl modules:
  - Dpkg::Deps::Multiple: Document that the constructor takes @deps not
    %opts.
  - Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: Use %opts instead of %opt in function POD.
  - Dpkg::Control: Deprecate the backwards compatibility type aliases.
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Ignore
    ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers.
  - Dpkg::Vendor: Simplify module loading logic.
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Add rsop as an alternative SOP
    implementation.
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Add gosop as an alternative SOP
    implementation.
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Adapt to new CLI 0.40.0 API.
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Add keystore support.
  - Dpkg::Shlibs: Improve code comments.
  - Dpkg::Archive::Ar: Copy only the number of bytes we have read.
  - Dpkg::Vendor: Remove backwards compatibility module and origin name
    mangling.
  - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Add GNUMAKEFLAGS as an allowed environment variable.
    Thanks to Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>.
  - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Handle missing root_cmd option.
  - Dpkg::ErrorHandling: Add support for hint printing.
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Handle and warn on concatenated ASCII
    Armor blocks.
  - Revert "Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Fallback to use «gpg dearmor» if
    present".
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Move armor/dearmor implementation to base
    class.
  - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Use the parent class armor/dearmor
    implementations.
  - Dpkg::Vendor::Debian: Remove merged-/usr taint logic.
  - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Add new field_get_default_value() function.
* Make fragments:
  - Document DPKG_BUILD_API in buildapi.mk.
  - Document public API and expected directory to include from.
    Prompted by Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>.
  - Capitalize variable descriptions.
  - Clarify format for version variables from pkg-info.mk.
  - Add support for new DEB_VERSION_EPOCH and DEB_VERSION_REVISION.

* Shell library:
  - Add a default PROGNAME to dpkg-error.sh.
  - Move setup_colors() contents into dpkg-error.sh script scope.
* Documentation:
  - man: Update debian/control example in deb-src-control(5).
  - man: Use arch-bits in deb-src-symbols(5) example dependent on bitness.
  - man: Use modern architectures for manual page examples.
  - doc: Fix typos in ChangeLog.old.
  - man: Document purpose of origin files and how they tie to packages.
    See https://github.com/grml/grml-debian-keyring/issues/7.
  - man: Use «must» instead of «should» for mandatory behavior.
    Requested by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>.
    See https://bugs.debian.org/1089794.
* Code internals:
  - lib: Remove compatibility code for C++ earlier than C++11.
  - scripts: Use %opts instead of %options for constructor and function
    options.
  - scripts: Document when constructors take %opts.
  - scripts: Use %opts instead of %args for function and method options.
  - scripts: Rename changelog options in programs to %changelog_opts.
  - scripts: Unify constructor and function options documentation.
  - libdpkg: Remove const from execname.
  - libdpkg: Use size_t instead of unsigned int for nargs.
  - start-stop-daemon: Refactor closefrom() and use it only if the system
    lacks it.
  - start-stop-daemon: Try to use close_range() if present to implement
    closefrom().
  - scripts: Fix module loading.
    Prompted by Holger Levsen <holger@debian.org>.
    Prompted by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>.
  - src: Do not name option variables as no<thing>.
  - dpkg-deb: Rename control area functions to check_ctrl_*().
  - dpkg-deb: Rename check_control_area() to check_build_files().
  - dpkg-deb: Fix doxygen comment to match function argument.
  - perl: Remove function prototypes.
  - libdpkg: Rename varbuf_rollback_start() to varbuf_rollback_end().
  - libdpkg: Rename varbuf_*printf() to varbuf_add_*fmt().
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_set_*fmt() functions.
  - dpkg: Switch from varbuf_reset()+varbuf_add_str() to varbuf_set_str().
  - Replace varbuf_reset()+varbuf_*printf() with varbuf_set_*fmt().
  - Replace varbuf_*printf() with varbuf_add_*fmt().
  - libdpkg: Rename varbuf C++ *fmt() methods to add_*fmt().
  - dpkg: Replace sprintf() usage with a varbuf in depisok().
  - Use snprintf() instead of sprintf().
  - libdpkg: Switch varbuf::reset() to use varbuf_reset().
  - libdpkg: Rename varbuf::string() to varbuf::str().
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ methods for all functions.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_state C++ methods for all functions.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ constructor initialized from a C string.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ operator+= methods.
  - dselect: Switch from operator() to operator+=.
  - libdpkg: Remove varbuf C++ operator() methods.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ len() method.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_swap() function.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ copy constructors.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf C++ move constructors.
  - libdpkg: Add new varbuf_array() and C++ operator[] methods.
  - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf in keybindings.
  - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf for searchstring.
  - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf for describemany().
  - dselect: Use file_slurp() instead of open-coding it.
  - dselect: Switch to use varbufs instead of sprintf for method parser.
  - dselect: Mark assignment inside baselist::kd_search() as a move
    assignment.
  - Cast char to unsigned char for ctype functions.
  - Remove dpkg-error.sh boilerplate.
  - scripts: Remove dpkg-fsys-usrunmess program.
  - dpkg-source: Generalize Package-List field attributes handling.
  - scripts: Unify handling of default Priority and Section values.
  - scripts: Switch to use the default per field value for Section and
    Priority.
* Build system:
  - Make C++ baseline version a hard requirement.
  - Generalize C/C++ check macros to select the version as an argument.
  - Bump minimum required C++ standard to C++14.
  - Warn on C++17, C++20, C++23 and C++26 extensions usage.
  - Check for C++11 __func__ availability.
  - Undefine _TIME_BITS when checking for the base off_t size.
  - Do not use an obsolete x prefix for shell test checks.
  - Add a new changelog section for the shell library.
* Packaging:
  - Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.0 (no changes needed).
  - Add a trailing comma to debian/tests/control dependency.
  - Inline sequoia-chameleon-gnupg dependencies depending on context.
  - Remove merged-/usr warning logic.
* Test suite:
  - Enable ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers except for octals.
  - Mark variables around longjmp() as volatile.
  - Add tests for varbuf C++ API.
* Localization:
  - Update Brazilian Portuguese programs translation.
  - Update Czech translations.
  - Update Dutch translations.
  - Update Portuguese man pages translation.
  - Update Romanian programs translation.
  - Update Swedish translations.

[ Helge Kreutzmann ]
* Localization:
  - Update German man pages translation.

[ Sven Joachim ]
* Localization:
  - Update German dselect translation.
  - Update German programs translation.