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* NEWS: Rewrite all news since 1.9f and put in categories,
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2007-02-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
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2007-02-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
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* NEWS: Rewrite all news since 1.9f and put in categories,
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update.
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* libltdl/Makefile.inc: Fix the file description, so that it
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matches recursive and nonrecursive libltdl setup.
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tests/pdemo/Makefile.am, tests/tagdemo/Makefile.am: Update
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Copyright notice text to include URL for canonical GPL document.
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2007-02-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
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2007-02-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
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* tests/static.at: Forgot to fix PATH for the first
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func_test_exec invocation. So factor out into new functions
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149
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NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
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New in 1.9h: 2005-??-??; CVS version 2.1a, Libtool team:
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* New tests for support of Automake subdir-objects.
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* Fix libltdl on static platforms.
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* New LT_CONFIG_LTDL_DIR macro.
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* New libtoolize options: --non-recursive, --recursive, --subproject. These
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options control the way libltdl is installed by libtoolize.
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* New recursive and non-recursive build modes for libltdl that don't require
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a subconfigure.
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* New multi-module-loader safe libltdl handle iteration APIs:
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lt_dlhandle_iterate, lt_dlhandle_fetch, lt_dlhandle_map.
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* New lt_dlinterface_register to maintain separation of concerns between
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modules loaded by different libraries.
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* Removed deprecated APIs from libltdl: lt_dlcaller_register,
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lt_dlhandle_next, lt_dlhandle_find, lt_dlforeach, lt_dlmutex_register,
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lt_dlmutex_lock, lt_dlmutex_unlock, lt_dlmutex_seterror,
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lt_dlmutex_geterror, lt_dlmalloc, lt_dlrealloc, lt_dlfree.
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* Support for Portland Group compiler on GNU/Linux.
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* Support for linux-dietlibc (`diet' as well as `diet-dyn', separately).
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* Shell optimizations which break use of the stdin file descriptor in libtool.
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* `libtoolize --install' now also installs `install-sh'.
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* Support for DragonFly BSD, improved support for FreeBSD.
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* Allow shell special characters like `$' in source file names, but not
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in object names, to enhance GCJ support.
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* Detection of compiler wrappers like distcc/ccache and $host_alias prefix.
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* Initial Support for FC (modern Fortran).
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* Fixed a regression that prevented use of libltdl without autotools.
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* Fixed a branch-1-5/HEAD regression to only link uninstalled libraries
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statically with `-static'.
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* Support for Interix 3 (Windows SFU).
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* Basic support for PIE (position-independent executables).
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* Initial support for RDOS.
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* Fix error with -version-info on systems with version_type=none, such
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as BeOS.
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* Initial support for the Sun compiler suite on GNU/Linux.
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* Improved support for GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU/NetBSD.
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* Search paths with GCC on multilib systems like x86_64 have been fixed.
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* The Libtool and libltdl macros and the testsuite now assume a C89
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environment, consequently do not test for headers such as string.h,
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strings.h, memory.h any more.
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* Fix regression in libltdl symbol exports on Cygwin. Side effect:
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LT_GLOBAL_DATA and LT_SCOPE are now explicitly defined as
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declspec(dllexport), bypassing auto-export logic on Cygwin.
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This tracks existing behavior on MinGW.
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* Bug fixes.
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New in 2.1a: 2007-??-??; CVS version 2.1a, Libtool team:
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* Regressions over 1.5.x that may be fixed later:
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- On systems which need a library prefix like `lib', such as BeOS,
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libltdl currently does not build. The new structure of libltdl with
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preopened modules exposes some long-lived bugs here.
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- Since libltdl does not use the RTLD_GLOBAL global flag with dlopen
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any more, some setups may fail. A mechanism to allow the user to
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choose the mode has not been implemented yet.
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- In 1.9b, a new variable inherited_linker_flags has been added to the
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libtool library files. This variable takes flags that should be
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used by dependent libraries and programs, but that do not fit into
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`dependency_libs' for both clarity and backward-compatibility.
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Currently, these flags are not uniquified and thus accumulate.
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- GNU make is currently needed to build the Libtool package itself.
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This restriction does not extend to packages that use Libtool.
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* Important incompatible changes and obsoleted features:
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- Removed deprecated APIs from libltdl: lt_dlcaller_register,
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lt_dlhandle_next, lt_dlhandle_find, lt_dlforeach, lt_dlmutex_register,
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lt_dlmutex_lock, lt_dlmutex_unlock, lt_dlmutex_seterror,
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lt_dlmutex_geterror, lt_dlmalloc, lt_dlrealloc, lt_dlfree.
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- The Libtool and libltdl macros and the testsuite now assume a C89
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environment, consequently do not test for headers such as string.h,
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strings.h, memory.h any more.
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- Fix regression in libltdl symbol exports on Cygwin. Side effect:
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LT_GLOBAL_DATA and LT_SCOPE are now explicitly defined as
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declspec(dllexport), bypassing auto-export logic on Cygwin.
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This tracks existing behavior on MinGW.
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- The libtool script has been optimized a bit for more modern shells.
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This breaks use of the stdin file descriptor in libtool, and can
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break if a different shell is used to execute the libtool script
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than the one it was configured for.
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- The macros AC_ENABLE_SHARED, AC_DISABLE_SHARED, AC_ENABLE_STATIC, and
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AC_DISABLE_STATIC have been un-deprecated after deprecation in 1.9b.
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- Fixed a branch-1-5/HEAD regression to only link uninstalled libraries
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statically with `-static'. In order to compensate for this, there
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is a new link flag `-static-libtool-libs' to provide the previous
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`-static' semantics.
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* New features:
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- Fix installation of libltdl so that it does not need Autoconf and
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Automake installed, in order to be usable in another package. This
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lifts the restrictions introduced in 1.9b.
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- New LT_CONFIG_LTDL_DIR macro to specify a different directory name
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for a convenience libltdl.
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- libtoolize has been completely overhauled.
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- `libtoolize --install' now also installs `install-sh'.
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- New libtoolize options: --non-recursive, --recursive, --subproject.
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These options control the way libltdl is installed into a package by
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libtoolize. The new recursive and non-recursive build modes for
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libltdl don't require a subconfigure any more.
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The Libtool package itself builds libltdl nonrecursively.
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- New multi-module-loader safe libltdl handle iteration APIs:
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lt_dlhandle_iterate, lt_dlhandle_fetch, lt_dlhandle_map.
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- New lt_dlinterface_register to maintain separation of concerns
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between modules loaded by different libraries.
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- Allow shell special characters like `$' in source file names, but
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not in object names, to enhance GCJ support.
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- An entire new Autotest-based testsuite in addition to the old one.
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Both testsuites have been made more useful for testing
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cross-compilers. The new testsuite exposes many more issues, but
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may also be a little rocky on exotic systems.
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* Changes in supported systems or compilers:
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- Detection of compiler wrappers distcc/ccache and $host_alias prefix.
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- Basic support for PIE (position-independent executables).
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- Support for DragonFly BSD, improved support for FreeBSD.
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- Improved support for GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU/NetBSD.
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- Support for Interix 3 (Windows SFU).
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- Improved support for UnixWare.
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- Initial support for RDOS.
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- Initial Support for FC (modern Fortran).
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- Support for Portland Group compiler and the Sun compiler suite on
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GNU/Linux.
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- Support for linux-dietlibc (`diet' as well as `diet-dyn', separately).
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- Building libltdl with a C++ compiler has been undusted.
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- On (AIX?,) HP-UX, and OpenBSD, hardcoding has been changed to prefer
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rpath over absolute dependent library names. This fixes DESTDIR
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installs, among others, on the non-HP-UX/PA systems.
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- Use of C++ templates together with shared libraries has been
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improved on some systems and with some compilers, but is still
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ongoing work. Feedback is desirable here.
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* Bug fixes:
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- Fix libltdl on static platforms.
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- Search paths with GCC on multilib systems like x86_64 have been fixed.
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- Fixed a regression that prevented use of libltdl without autotools.
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- Fix error with -version-info on systems with version_type=none, such
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as BeOS.
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- Fix symbol exporting for cases where command line length limits are
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exceeded.
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- Improve linking with C++ libraries on Solaris with Sun compiler.
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- Fix installation of libraries that are required by installation
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commands such as `ln' or `rm'.
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- Loads of smaller bug fixes.
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New in 1.9f: 2004-10-23; CVS version 1.9e, Libtool team:
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* Fix a regression in 1.9d, where ECHO was always set to 'echo' and the
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