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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - Copyright (C) 2019, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 2019, 2020, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ regular numbers; it should not be noticeable most of the time. Changes from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 --------------------------- -1. Infrastructure upgrades: Bison 3.7.1, Gettext 0.20.2. +1. Infrastructure upgrades: Bison 3.7.1, Gettext 0.20.2, Automake 1.16.2. 2. asort and asorti now allow FUNCTAB and SYMTAB as the first argument if a second destination array is supplied. Similarly, using either array as @@ -34,21 +34,23 @@ Changes from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 details if you have an extension using those values. As a result, the minor version was incremented. -6. The duplication of m4 and build-aux directories between the main +6. $0 and the fields are now cleared before starting a BEGINFILE rule. + +7. The duplication of m4 and build-aux directories between the main directory and the extension directory has been removed. This simplifies the distribution. -7. The test suite has been improved, making it easier to run the entire +8. The test suite has been improved, making it easier to run the entire suite with -M. Use `GAWK_TEST_ARGS=-M make check' to do so. -8. Profiling and pretty-printing output has been modified slightly so +9. Profiling and pretty-printing output has been modified slightly so that functions are presented in a reasonable order with respect to the namespaces that contain them. -9. Several example programs in the manual have been updated to their - modern POSIX equivalents. +10. Several example programs in the manual have been updated to their + modern POSIX equivalents. -10. Handling of Infinity and NaN values has been improved. +11. Handling of Infinity and NaN values has been improved. xx. There have been numerous minor code cleanups and bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details. |