From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13183 invoked by alias); 3 Jul 2014 18:01:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-announce-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-announce-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin Mailing List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-announce@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 12331 invoked by uid 89); 3 Jul 2014 17:59:55 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-in-11.arcor-online.net X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-02.arcor-online.net 5BE4A30958 From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin-announce@cygwin.com Subject: Updated: rcs-5.9.2 Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:01:00 -0000 Message-ID: <8738eiiar5.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SW-Source: 2014-07/txt/msg00002.txt.bz2 This release brings RCS to version 5.9.2 for both architectures and includes a patch for the RCS work file corruption problem that has been discussed on the Cygwin mailing list and reported to rcs-bugs: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.rcs.bugs/2772 Thanks to Don Hatch for a demonstrator script and Peter Wagemans for an analysis of the failure mode. I'm taking over on request from Dr. Volker Zell, the previous maintainer. Thank you, Volker. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- NEWS for GNU RCS (Revision Control System) - 5.9.2 | 2013-11-28 - bugfixes - avoid possibly failing command in backticks Some versions of Solaris /bin/sh would cause the extract-help build script to exit failurefully when the grep command in the backticks failed (in the presence of "set -e"). Sigh. - handle low-memory situations like RCS 5.7 (mostly) For reading comma-v files, RCS 5.7 tries mmap(2), in-core snarfing, and stdio access, falling back to slower methods on failure of the faster method. RCS 5.8 maintained the order, but did not fall back; on failure, it gave up immediately. This change was originally viewed as a feature, but lately it seemed more like a bug. Now, RCS 5.7 behavior is for the most part restored. The exception is when env var =E2=80=98RCS_MEM_LIMIT=E2=80=99 is set; in = that case, failure of a fast method does not fall back to the slower one. - default for env var =E2=80=98RCS_MEM_LIMIT=E2=80=99 relaxed This used to be 256 kilobytes, a reasonable value a long time ago, but ridiculously low nowadays. Now, it is "unlimited", which is more in line w/ the GNU philosophy, anyway: (info "(standards) Semantics") Since the env var is mostly intended for testing RCS, you can normally leave it unset. (Probably it will be removed in a future release.) - maintenance tools updated - automake (GNU automake) 1.14 - gnulib-tool (GNU gnulib 2013-11-28 08:46:06) 0.1.21-37f8a - 5.9.1 | 2013-10-04 - bugfixes - specify =E2=80=98diff --binary=E2=80=99 consistently for non-POSIX sy= stems On non-POSIX systems, in some cases, =E2=80=98rcs frob=E2=80=99 used = to omit =E2=80=98--binary=E2=80=99 from the command-line to the underlying di= ff(1). Now, that is done in all cases. - portability fixes - avoid =E2=80=98grep -q=E2=80=99 GNU grep understands =E2=80=98grep -q=E2=80=99 but some others do n= ot. (info "(autoconf) Limitations of Usual Tools") - avoid =E2=80=98$<=E2=80=99 in makefile GNU make understands =E2=80=98$<=E2=80=99 but some others do not. (info "(autoconf) $< in Ordinary Make Rules") - avoid backslash in backticks The /bin/sh scripts used in "make" and "make check" now avoid using a backslash in backticks, which can cause problems for Solaris 9 /bin/sh (and maybe other /bin/sh implementations). - =E2=80=98PROGRAM --help=E2=80=99 shows home page / "gethelp" info This is for compliance w/ the GNU coding standards. (info "(standards) --help") - maintenance tools updated - automake (GNU automake) 1.13.4 - gnulib-tool (GNU gnulib 2013-10-03 04:59:38) 0.0.8036-28df8 - 5.9.0 | 2013-05-06 - distribution now .tar.lz and .tar.xz If you have GNU tar, you can use "tar xf" and it will DTRT. If not, you can use "lzip -dc TARBALL | tar xf -" to unpack the .tar.lz, or "xz -dc TARBALL | tar xf -" for the .tar.xz. - planned retirement - configure option =E2=80=98--enable-compat2=E2=80=99 This option enables reading of files written by RCS 2.x (before RCS was GNU, even), but the file format became obsolete in 1982. Support for it WILL BE REMOVED in a near future GNU RCS release. - common option =E2=80=98-V=E2=80=99 This option is obsoleted by =E2=80=98--version=E2=80=99 (since 5.8, 2= 011-08-30). Support for it WILL BE REMOVED in some future GNU RCS release. Its use now produces a warning to stderr. Please note that =E2=80=98-VN=E2=80=99 (N =E2=88=88 {3,4,5}) is a sep= arate issue. - bugs fixed - =E2=80=98rcsmerge --help=E2=80=99 mentions =E2=80=98-A=E2=80=99, =E2= =80=98-E=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98-e=E2=80=99 These options are accepted and internally passed to diff3(1). - =E2=80=98ident -VN=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98merge -VN=E2=80=99 now signa= l error For these commands, the argument to =E2=80=98-V=E2=80=99 has no meani= ng. Previously, such invocations would display version info, ignoring the arg. Now they signal a "bad option" error. - new features - ident(1) recognizes Subversion "fixed-width keyword syntax" In addition to the normal keyword pattern, for Subversion 1.2 (and later) compatibility, ident(1) also recognizes patterns having one of the forms: $KEYWORD:: TEXT $ ;; two colons and space after keyword ;; space before ending $ $KEYWORD:: TEXT#$ ;; two colons and space after keyword ;; hash before ending $ - new co(1) option =E2=80=98-S=E2=80=99 for "self-same" mode In this mode, the owner of a lock is unimportant, just that it exists. Effectively, this prevents you from checking out the same revision twice. $ whoami ttn $ co -l -f z RCS/z,v --> z revision 1.1 (locked) done $ co -S -l -f z RCS/z,v --> z co: RCS/z,v: Revision 1.1 is already locked by ttn. - several RCS commands "internalized" into rcs(1) As part of an ongoing effort to modernize the command-line interface of GNU RCS, the previously standalone programs: ci, co, rcs, rcsclean, rcsdiff, rcsmerge, rlog can now be invoked as "rcs PROGRAM". In this case, we call PROGRAM a "command", and also provide some aliases. E.g., you can type "rcs diff" in addition to "rcs rcsdiff" (and "rcsdiff", of course). We plan to support standalone (w/o "rcs" prefix) invocation from the shell at least through the 5.x series of releases -- not indefinitely, but for a good while, yet. The rcs(1) program itself now supports =E2=80=98--commands=E2=80=99 t= o list all the commands, =E2=80=98--aliases=E2=80=99 to list their aliases, as w= ell as =E2=80=98--help COMAMND=E2=80=99 to show the help for COMMAND. Note that programs ident(1) and merge(1) remain standalone. Lastly, in the manual, section "Invoking rcs" now describes both "modern" and "legacy" usages. Also, the internalized commands invocations mentions both "rcs COMMAND" and "PROGRAM" styles. - =E2=80=98--help=E2=80=99 output includes a one-line description E.g., "merge --help" says: "Three-way file merge". - most long options can be recognized if partially specified With the exception of "rcs --help COMMAND", where "--help" must be spelled out in full, all long options can now be recognized even if partially specified. For example, "rcs --al" is recognized as "rcs --aliases". - updated portability Several more Gnulib (http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib) modules are now in use. - new cross-compilation support The configure script now assigns "pessimistic defaults" when cross-compiling. See new section "cross-compilation" in README. - effects of =E2=80=98-VN=E2=80=99 (N =E2=88=88 {3,4,5}) documented See (info "(rcs) Misc common options"). - maintenance tools updated - gnulib-tool (GNU gnulib 2013-05-01 06:14:19) 0.0.7913-5191 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Regards, Achim. --=20 +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada