opam 2.0.8 release

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We are pleased to announce the minor release of opam 2.0.8.

This new version contains some backported fixes:

• Critical for fish users! Don't add . to PATH. [#4078]
• Fix sandbox script for newer ccache versions. [#4079 and #4087]
• Fix sandbox crash when ~/.cache is a symlink. [#4068]
• User modifications to the sandbox script are no longer overwritten by opam init. [#4020 & #4092]
• macOS sandbox script always mounts /tmp read-write, regardless of TMPDIR [#3742, addressing ocaml/opam-repository#13339]
• pre- and post-session hooks can now print to the console [#4359]
• Switch-specific pre/post sessions hooks are now actually run [#4472]
• Standalone opam-installer now correctly builds from sources [#4173]
• Fix arch variable detection when using 32bit mode on ARM64 and i486 [#4462]

A more complete release note is available.

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Installation instructions (unchanged):

1. From binaries: run

$~ bash -c "sh <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocaml/opam/master/shell/install.sh) --version 2.0.8"

or download manually from the Github "Releases" page to your PATH. In this case, don't forget to run opam init --reinit -ni to enable sandboxing if you had version 2.0.0~rc manually installed or to update you sandbox script.

2. From source, using opam:

$~ opam update; opam install opam-devel

(then copy the opam binary to your PATH as explained, and don't forget to run opam init --reinit -ni to enable sandboxing if you had version 2.0.0~rc manually installed or to update you sandbox script)

3. From source, manually: see the instructions in the README.

We hope you enjoy this new minor version, and remain open to bug reports and suggestions.

NOTE: this article is cross-posted on opam.ocaml.org and ocamlpro.com, and published in discuss.ocaml.org.

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