X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=4b5f7ecce21d1605f0383dd8d5d31197d779ebd2;hp=a68ddf147e3c0e3454750f1bdf7d595960bc4406;hb=e8685f5e4152389b53ff6399d533b9c6476540f1;hpb=9776951416d7fb862b9dca1f4c9f8031a5c9059b diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a68ddf14..4b5f7ecc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1665 2011/03/19 23:25:18 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1686 2011/04/10 00:05:44 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,61 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names. Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions; it is not possible to add this information. +20110409 + + fixes to build c++ binding with clang 3.0 (patch by Alexander + Kolesen). + + add check for unctrl.h in test/configure, to work around breakage in + some ncurses packages. + + add "--disable-widec" option to test/configure script. + + add "--with-curses-colr" and "--with-curses-5lib" options to the + test/configure script to address testing with very old machines. + +20110404 5.9 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + +20110402 + + various build-fixes for the rpm/dpkg scripts. + + add "--enable-rpath-link" option to Ada95/configure, to allow + packages to suppress the rpath feature which is normally used for + the in-tree build of sample programs. + + corrected definition of libdir variable in Ada95/src/Makefile.in, + needed for rpm script. + + add "--with-shared" option to Ada95/configure script, to allow + making the C-language parts of the binding use appropriate compiler + options if building a shared library with gnat. + +20110329 + > portability fixes for Ada95 binding: + + add configure check to ensure that SIGINT works with gnat. This is + needed for the "rain" sample program. If SIGINT does not work, omit + that sample program. + + correct typo in check of $PKG_CONFIG variable in Ada95/configure + + add ncurses_compat.c, to supply functions used in the Ada95 binding + which were added in 5.7 and later. + + modify sed expression in CF_NCURSES_ADDON to eliminate a dependency + upon GNU sed. + +20110326 + + add special check in Ada95/configure script for ncurses6 reentrant + code. + + regen Ada html documentation. + + build-fix for Ada shared libraries versus the varargs workaround. + + add rpm and dpkg scripts for Ada95 and test directories, for test + builds. + + update test/configure macros CF_CURSES_LIBS, CF_XOPEN_SOURCE and + CF_X_ATHENA_LIBS. + + add configure check to determine if gnat's project feature supports + libraries, i.e., collections of .ali files. + + make all dereferences in Ada95 samples explicit. + + fix typo in comment in lib_add_wch.c (patch by Petr Pavlu). + + add configure check for, ifdef's for math.h which is in a separate + package on Solaris and potentially not installed (report by Petr + Pavlu). + > fixes for Ada95 binding (Nicolas Boulenguez): + + improve type-checking in Ada95 by eliminating a few warning-suppress + pragmas. + + suppress unreferenced warnings. + + make all dereferences in binding explicit. + 20110319 + regen Ada html documentation. + change order of -I options from ncurses*-config script when the