On 7 August 2013 15:21, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> the AT&T Software Technology ast alpha 2013-08-07 source release
> has been posted to the download site
>         http://www.research.att.com/sw/download/alpha/
> the package names and md5 checksums are
>             INIT  47f2073fae4b73fe5210cc4e287556ca
>         ast-open  e6927faa687a2af8ee94431b793c08ac
>          ast-ksh  43b7379fdf573811c66f41ce231cbac0
> the md5 sums should match the ones listed on the download page
>
> still tracking down build problems and regressions on some systems / compilers
> *in general no new features until then*
> except for ksh93v- and features required to fix problems and regressions
>
> our macos now has clang as the default cc so playing nice with it is at the 
> top of the list
>
> why so many problems and regressions?
> adding patches is easy
> getting them right is hard
> especially the ones that require emulation
>
> fus3d is a work in progress replacement for 3d -- still missing some features
>
> changes since 2013-07-27
>
> :::::::: gzip ::::::::
>
> 13-07-30 gzip.c: 6 now default compression level (same as gzip(1)) for 5x 
> time savings for negligible size in some cases
>
> :::::::: fus3d ::::::::
>
> 2013-07-29 snarf from amazing dr.ek, ast-ize, and its alive
>
> :::::::: ksh93 ::::::::
>
> 13-08-05  --- Release ksh93v- ---
> 13-08-05  Fix a bug in which read -C could reference uninitialized memory.
> 13-07-31  Fixed a bug with index arrays of short integer types in arrays
>           inside types that could lead to a core dump.
> 13-07-30  Fixed a bug with short integer arithemtic that could lead to a
>           core dump.
> 13-07-30 +An experimental change to each enumeration variable have 
> subvariables
>           for each enumeration constant.  ${enum.name} will expand to the
>           numerical value of the enumeration name associatied with enum.
> 13-07-30 +An experimental change to allow ${foo.__} to expand to the parent
>           node for foo, or foo if foo doesn't have a parent.  There are no
>           regression tests for .__ yet.
>
> :::::::: setid ::::::::
>
> 13-07-31 first release
>
> :::::::: tw ::::::::
>
> 13-08-02 find: add { -show -delete } for gnu/sol compatibility
>
> :::::::: libast ::::::::
>
> 13-08-06 tm/tvsleep.c: fix interrupted select() remaining time logic
> 13-08-06 path/pathopen.c,pathdev.c: handle /dev/fd/ dir pseudo stat
> 13-08-05 vmalloc/malloc.c: add VMALLOC_OPTIONS=usage => VM_usage
> 13-08-01 path/pathopen.c: fix /dev/fd/<fd>/trailing-path bug that missed 
> trailing-path
> 13-07-31 features/lib: add setregid
> 13-07-29 vmalloc/vmdcsystem.c: add EINTR restart checks for system getmemory
>
> :::::::: libcodex ::::::::
>
> 13-08-06 code-vcodex.c: do not encode more than a window at a time!
> 13-07-30 codexlist.c: work around installations with obsolete vcodex plugin
>
> :::::::: libvcodex ::::::::
>
> 13-08-07 vcodex.h,vcsfxsort.c: ssize_t (64 bit) => Vcinx_t (32 bit) -- 
> noticable affect on memory footprint
>
> :::::::: libast ::::::::
>
> 13-08-06 tm/tvsleep.c: fix interrupted select() remaining time logic
> 13-08-06 path/pathopen.c,pathdev.c: handle /dev/fd/ dir pseudo stat
> 13-08-05 vmalloc/malloc.c: add VMALLOC_OPTIONS=usage => VM_usage
> 13-08-01 path/pathopen.c: fix /dev/fd/<fd>/trailing-path bug that missed 
> trailing-path
> 13-07-31 features/lib: add setregid
> 13-07-29 vmalloc/vmdcsystem.c: add EINTR restart checks for system getmemory

Before I download... are there any fixes to tr(1) or ast regex ([[:rune:]])?

Ced
-- 
Cedric Blancher <[email protected]>
Institute Pasteur
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