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@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ Changes from 4.1.x to 4.2.0 8. MirBSD is no longer supported. +9. Pretty printing now preserves comments and places them into the + pretty-printed file. + +10. `make install' now installs shell startup files + $sysconfdir/profile.d/gawk.{csh,sh} containing shell functions to + manipulate the AWKPATH and AWKLIBPATH environment variables. On a Fedora + system, these files belong in /etc/profile.d, but the appropriate location + may be different on other platforms. + Changes from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 --------------------------- @@ -57,6 +66,18 @@ Changes from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 beside those of the English alphabet in identifiers. This has been fixed. (isalpha and isalnum are NOT our friends.) + If you feel that you must have this misfeature, use `configure --help' + to see what option to use when configuring gawk to reenable it. + +7. The "where" command has been added to the debugger as an alias + for "backtrace". This will make life easier for long-time GDB users. + +8. Gawk no longer explicitly checks the current directory after doing + a path search of AWKPATH. The default value continues to have "." at + the front, so most people should not be affected. If you have your own + AWKPATH setting, be sure to put "." in it somewhere. The documentation + has been updated and clarified. + XX. A number of bugs have been fixed. See the ChangeLog. Changes from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 |