On Wed, 7 Aug 2013 19:12:28 +0200 Cedric Blancher wrote:
> 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:]])?

changes since 2013-07-27 does not mention rune
tr was fixed in a previous alpha -- modulo the proposed new feature rune were 
there any tr problems?

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