-introduce unpack_package() function to unpack single packages and do unpack of a package while installing phase and not all packages at once to save space

-fixed a cmd typo: xarg -> xargs

-enhanced protected files counter with bash internal base functions

-print cosmetic

-fixed need_busybox_support() function to honor USR-move

-added some nice colors for mprintfeatures()

-fixed a typo

-improved count_protected_files() function to fix several issues

-fixed broken mtime handling of symlinks

-update_tarball: only exclude distribution from uri if it matches stable|testing|unstable

-verbose mchecksum

-honor mounted or empty $MAGEDIR in syncmage_tarball()

-introduce mcheckemptydir()

-use mchecksum everywhere

-disabled unused choppkgname function

-added mage-feature pkgdistrotag to support DISTROTAG in package tarballs

-honor license information

-highlight unkown mage-features

-added missing known mage-features and moved stepbystep to the right place of the alphabetical order

-mdownload(): append wget_opts, do not overwrite

-fixed spelling

-added --resume support for smage

-finally be silent when loading initial setup of mage-features

-fixed some missing COLDEFAULTS

-colored mage-feature messages

-added MAGE_FEATURE functionality and dropped all old variables and use it in all refernces

-introduce mchecksum(),  convertmirrors(), mdownload() functions to consolidate several splitted functions in mage/smage and use them

-fixed spelling and whitespaces
-removed old commented cruft

-moved color defines into global mage4.functions.sh include

-check for and require root privileges when needed by mage

-fixed svn detection

-do not eval * while removing backup files from mage tree
-dont show ls errors on depwalking highest magefiles

-fixed a logic error

-be busybox friendly on update-tarball invocation

-fix config protect: register ignored file in database with fixed mtime
-fixed some whitespaces

-support busybox out-of-the-box

-fix handling of character devices

- make user:group for devices and fifo support optional or mage is incompatible to old packages

- make user:group for devices and fifo support optional or mage is incompatible to old packages

- added support for fifos
- fifos, character devices and blockdevices should set the owner right
- some cosmetic changes and spelling typos

-fixed a typo and honor verbose and silent fetch modes

-added WGET_FETCH_OPTIONS variable to mage.rc.global to be more busybox friendly

-fixed whitespaces

-added support for md5sum in update-tarball

-fixed a spelling typo

-check for newer mage version on tarball-sync also

-fixed broken die_pipestatus() function
-added the first attempt for split-package support

-support CONFIG_PROTECT target CONFIG_PROTECT_IGNORE to keep user/system modified config files, like passwd

-support both blacklist types

-added basic svn compat

-don't fix mtimes on symlinks

-fixed blacklist handling

-added mage update-tarball function

-fixed processing of directories in get_highest_magefile(), suppressed some errors

-fixed src_install with MAGE_TARGETS enabled

-fixed count_protected_files() and obsoleted writeprotected script

fixed a copy paste error

-fixed one missing $MROOT

-show depends in pkgsearch()

- updated is_config_protected() to compare files literally to fix issues with spaces in the filename

- added missing "local i" to get_uninstall_candidates() to prevent errors like '/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh: line 1452: font-adobe-100dpi: value too great for base (error token is "100dpi")'

- fixed broken pkgsearch; inform the user that a package is masked and do not show hiryglyphes like
         "Latest available:   .mage-.mage"

fixed some warnings

variable mage.rc

typo

pkg name in colred on uninstall

fixed minclude of mutliple files

fixed pksearch(); now excluding includes and profiles

using variable rsync fetch options via mage.rc

fixed messages

spelling

added blacklist support

added mlibdir function

fixed some install issues, when removing non existing uninstall-candidates ...

fixed some pkgsearch errors

fixed again a typo

fixed installation of char-devices

fixed a typo: mknode -> mknod

delete virtuals only if one pkg is installed

- added variable package fetch path
- added new MAGE_DISTRIBUTION variable support

added config prot support for uninstalling

fixed virtual_add and virtual_del calls with mutiple provides

now using unset -f pre/post{install,remove} so that they do not get exported or globally set in any way

fixed is_newer_mage_version_available(), so it works again

added export_inherits() function

now unseting pre/post-install/remove functions in mage_install() and mage_uninstall()

fixed some uninstall issues

added new search method

complete rewrite