On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Allan McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > Upstream update. > > Signoff both, > Allan > > > * New features: > > - Sysroot support. This allows you to build cross-compiled packages > with the same prefix that will be used on the destination machine, > and still find dependent libraries under the compiler's "sysroot". > Without sysroot support, paths internal to the build system may leak > into the product of the build. > > Sysroot support is disabled unless the --with-sysroot configure > option is passed to configure, because .la files generated with > sysroot support will _not_ be usable in general with older Libtools. > > - On non-cygwin Windows systems, we now lookup potential library > file names without regard to file name case. > - The old testsuite now uses the `parallel-tests' Automake test driver > now for more concurrency and better test logging. For this, tests are > run in verbose mode by default now. > > * Important incompatible changes: > > - Autoconf 2.62 and Automake 1.11.1 or newer are now required for > bootstrapping Libtool. For using Libtool in your own projects, > Autoconf 2.59 and Automake 1.9.6 should still work. > - The fix_srcfile_path variable has been replaced by a more thorough > mechanism triggered by the to_tool_file_cmd variable. > > * Changes in supported systems or compilers: > > - Initial support for the Microsoft C/C++ Compiler, with help from > the compile script in unreleased Automake 1.12. Override the manifest > tool used to embed the manifest resource through the environment > variable MANIFEST_TOOL. Please note that the import library naming > has changed (from foo-2.lib to foo.dll.lib) from when the code lived > in its own git branch. > - Initial support for the NAG Fortran compiler on GNU/Linux. > > * Bug fixes: > > - The `check-interactive' and `check-noninteractive' convenience make > targets now also work for the old testsuite. > - Warnings from Autoconf v2.67-36-g1e604ec about incomplete programs > passed to AC_*_IFELSE tests have been fixed. > - On IRIX, the test for -Wl,-exported_symbol now also works with gfortran.
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