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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright @@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ Changes from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0 gawk's environment, affecting any programs run by system() or for piped redirections. +2. The series of numbers returned by rand() should now be "more + random" than previously. Gawk's rand() remains repeatable; you will + get the same series of numbers each time you call rand() repeatedly, + but this will be a different series than previously. + Changes from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 --------------------------- 1. The "stat" extension now includes a "devbsize" element which indicates the units for the "nblocks" element -2. The extension facility works on MinGW. Many of the extensions can be +2. The extension now facility works on MinGW. Many of the extensions can be built and used directly. 3. A number of bugs in the pretty-printing / profiling code have been fixed. @@ -26,6 +31,22 @@ Changes from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 5. The debugger now lists source code correctly under Cygwin. +6. Configuration and building with the Mac OS X libreadline should work now. + +7. The -O option now works again. + +8. The --include option, documented since 4.0, now actually works. + +9. Infrastructure updated to automake 1.13.4 and libtool 2.4.2.418. + +10. The configure script now accepts a --disable-extensions option, +which disables checking for and building the extensions. + +11. The VMS port has been considerably improved. In particular config.h +is now generated by a DCL script. Also, the extension facility works +and several of the extensions can be built and used. Currently, the +extension facility only works on Alpha and Itanium. + XXX. A number of bugs have been fixed. See the ChangeLog. Changes from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 |