# What’s New In python-apt 1.1

This release is built against APT 1.1

## Highlights

- Code that previously raised `SystemError` now raises `apt_pkg.Error`.

## Removed

- The class `apt_pkg.IndexRecords` has been removed, as it was removed in APT 1.1

- `apt_pkg.Dependency.smart_target_pkg` has been removed.

## Added

- The class `apt_pkg.HashStringList` has been added.

- The class `apt_pkg.Error` and an alias `apt_inst.Error` has been added.

## Deprecated

- `apt_pkg.PackageRecords.md5_hash`, `apt_pkg.PackageRecords.sha1_hash`, and `apt_pkg.PackageRecords.sha256_hash` are replaced by `apt_pkg.PackageRecords.hashes`.