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| 43 | <h1>ABI Compliance<br/>Checker: History</h1> |
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Andrey Ponomarenko | e30363a | 2016-10-07 19:40:50 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | <b>Version 1.99.25 (October 07, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 48 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 49 | <ul> |
| 50 | <li> |
| 51 | -test-abi-dumper: compare ABI dumps created by the ABI Dumper tool |
| 52 | </li> |
| 53 | </ul> |
| 54 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 55 | <ul> |
| 56 | <li> |
| 57 | Do not list a symbol as removed in the source-compatibility report if it is presented in the dynsym table |
| 58 | </li> |
| 59 | </ul> |
| 60 | <br/> |
| 61 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | dd17216 | 2016-10-04 19:41:25 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | <b>Version 1.99.24 (October 04, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 63 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 64 | <ul> |
| 65 | <li> |
| 66 | Support for Clang |
| 67 | </li> |
| 68 | <li> |
| 69 | Improved a module to compare operating systems |
| 70 | </li> |
| 71 | <li> |
| 72 | Improved support for C++ keywords in C code |
| 73 | </li> |
| 74 | <li> |
| 75 | Improved support for Windows |
| 76 | </li> |
| 77 | <li> |
| 78 | Improved support for MinGW |
| 79 | </li> |
| 80 | </ul> |
| 81 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 82 | <ul> |
| 83 | <li> |
| 84 | -skip-typedef-uncover: do not report a problem if type is covered or uncovered by typedef (useful for broken debug info) |
| 85 | </li> |
| 86 | <li> |
| 87 | -mingw-compatible: if input header files are compatible with the MinGW GCC compiler, then you can tell the tool about this and speedup the analysis |
| 88 | </li> |
| 89 | <li> |
| 90 | -skip-unidentified: skip header files in 'headers' and 'include_preamble' sections of the XML descriptor that cannot be found |
| 91 | </li> |
| 92 | <li> |
| 93 | -disable-constants-check: do not check for changes in constants |
| 94 | </li> |
| 95 | <li> |
| 96 | -skip-added-constants: do not detect added constants |
| 97 | </li> |
| 98 | <li> |
| 99 | -skip-removed-constants: do not detect removed constants |
| 100 | </li> |
| 101 | </ul> |
| 102 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 103 | <ul> |
| 104 | <li> |
| 105 | Do not show GCC version in the source compatibility report |
| 106 | </li> |
| 107 | <li> |
| 108 | Renamed CPU Type column to Arch in the report |
| 109 | </li> |
| 110 | <li> |
| 111 | Support for ABI dumps v3.3 |
| 112 | </li> |
| 113 | <li> |
| 114 | The -cpp-compatible option is now enabled by default |
| 115 | </li> |
| 116 | </ul> |
| 117 | <br/> |
| 118 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | ad3f504 | 2016-08-15 19:29:35 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | <b>Version 1.99.23 (August 15, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 120 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 121 | <ul> |
| 122 | <li> |
| 123 | Improved generation of quick empty reports |
| 124 | </li> |
| 125 | <li> |
| 126 | Improved SysCheck.pm module for analysis of operating systems |
| 127 | </li> |
| 128 | <li> |
| 129 | Improved support for Windows 10 |
| 130 | </li> |
| 131 | </ul> |
| 132 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 133 | <ul> |
| 134 | <li> |
| 135 | -disable-quick-empty-report: do not generate quick empty report if input ABI dumps are equal |
| 136 | </li> |
| 137 | </ul> |
| 138 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 139 | <ul> |
| 140 | <li> |
| 141 | Fixed lists of affected symbols in the XML-format report. |
| 142 | </li> |
| 143 | </ul> |
| 144 | <br/> |
| 145 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | e59087d | 2016-07-04 19:12:19 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | <b>Version 1.99.22 (July 04, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 147 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 148 | <ul> |
| 149 | <li> |
| 150 | New style of the report |
| 151 | </li> |
| 152 | </ul> |
| 153 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 154 | <ul> |
| 155 | <li> |
| 156 | -old-style: generate old-style report |
| 157 | </li> |
| 158 | </ul> |
| 159 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 160 | <ul> |
| 161 | <li> |
| 162 | Fixed handling of patterns in -skip-* options |
| 163 | </li> |
| 164 | <li> |
| 165 | Fixed rounding of the BC rate in the report |
| 166 | </li> |
| 167 | </ul> |
| 168 | <br/> |
| 169 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | d24a337 | 2016-05-26 23:44:58 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | <b>Version 1.99.21 (May 26, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 171 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 172 | <ul> |
| 173 | <li> |
| 174 | Up to 4 times faster on big libraries |
| 175 | </li> |
| 176 | <li> |
| 177 | Show compatibility rate instead of verdict in the report |
| 178 | </li> |
| 179 | <li> |
| 180 | Highlight the numbers of high/medium/low severity problems in the report |
| 181 | </li> |
| 182 | <li> |
| 183 | Show percentage of affected methods in the problem description |
| 184 | </li> |
| 185 | </ul> |
| 186 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 187 | <ul> |
| 188 | <li> |
| 189 | -count-symbols: count public symbols in the ABI dump |
| 190 | </li> |
| 191 | </ul> |
| 192 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 193 | <ul> |
| 194 | <li> |
| 195 | Fixed quick comparison of equal ABI dumps |
| 196 | </li> |
| 197 | </ul> |
| 198 | <br/> |
| 199 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | b3118d9 | 2016-05-14 17:55:06 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 200 | <b>Version 1.99.20 (May 14, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 201 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 202 | <ul> |
| 203 | <li> |
| 204 | Use regular expressions instead of wildcards in -skip-* options |
| 205 | </li> |
| 206 | </ul> |
| 207 | <br/> |
| 208 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | dd99c62 | 2016-04-26 19:10:46 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | <b>Version 1.99.19 (April 18, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 210 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 211 | <ul> |
| 212 | <li> |
| 213 | Support for GCC 5.1 |
| 214 | </li> |
| 215 | </ul> |
| 216 | <b>Misc</b> |
| 217 | <ul> |
| 218 | <li> |
| 219 | Separated LICENSE file |
| 220 | </li> |
| 221 | <li> |
| 222 | Removed obsolete descriptors from the package |
| 223 | </li> |
| 224 | <li> |
| 225 | Updated docs |
| 226 | </li> |
| 227 | </ul> |
| 228 | <br/> |
| 229 | |
| 230 | <b>Version 1.99.18 (April 03, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 231 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 232 | <ul> |
| 233 | <li> |
| 234 | Fixed comparison of qualifiers in parameter data types |
| 235 | </li> |
| 236 | <li> |
| 237 | Fixed problem descriptions in the report |
| 238 | </li> |
| 239 | <li> |
| 240 | Reduced size of the report |
| 241 | </li> |
| 242 | <li> |
| 243 | Fixed console output |
| 244 | </li> |
| 245 | </ul> |
| 246 | <br/> |
| 247 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 0b4e203 | 2016-03-12 19:33:36 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | <b>Version 1.99.17 (March 12, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 249 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 250 | <ul> |
| 251 | <li> |
| 252 | Added a check for changes in parameters of function pointers |
| 253 | </li> |
| 254 | </ul> |
| 255 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 256 | <ul> |
| 257 | <li> |
| 258 | Fixed comparison of virtual table entries |
| 259 | </li> |
| 260 | <li> |
| 261 | Do not show time stamp in the report |
| 262 | </li> |
| 263 | <li> |
| 264 | Fixed -skip-symbols option |
| 265 | </li> |
| 266 | <li> |
| 267 | Fixed detection of the GCC version number |
| 268 | </li> |
| 269 | </ul> |
| 270 | <br/> |
| 271 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | e3419b4 | 2016-01-28 15:06:08 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | <b>Version 1.99.16 (January 28, 2016)</b><br/> |
| 273 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 274 | <ul> |
| 275 | <li> |
| 276 | Do not check private part of the ABI when comparing ABI dumps created by the ABI Dumper tool with use of the -public-headers option |
| 277 | </li> |
| 278 | </ul> |
| 279 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 280 | <ul> |
| 281 | <li> |
| 282 | -check-private-abi: enable check of the private ABI |
| 283 | </li> |
| 284 | </ul> |
| 285 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 286 | <ul> |
| 287 | <li> |
| 288 | Fixed counting of checked data types |
| 289 | </li> |
| 290 | </ul> |
| 291 | <br/> |
| 292 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 86b503b | 2015-12-11 23:40:03 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 293 | <b>Version 1.99.15 (December 11, 2015)</b><br/> |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 1b597c3 | 2015-11-11 12:57:44 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 294 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 295 | <ul> |
| 296 | <li> |
| 297 | Fixed hang on some template instances |
| 298 | </li> |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 86b503b | 2015-12-11 23:40:03 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | <li> |
| 300 | Fixed support for old ABI dumps (formatting of data types) |
| 301 | </li> |
| 302 | <li> |
| 303 | Fixed false positives in the report if input ABI dumps contain __unknown__ types |
| 304 | </li> |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 1b597c3 | 2015-11-11 12:57:44 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 305 | </ul> |
| 306 | <br/> |
| 307 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 99640d3 | 2015-11-01 21:20:50 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 308 | <b>Version 1.99.14 (November 01, 2015)</b><br/> |
| 309 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 310 | <ul> |
| 311 | <li> |
| 312 | -skip-types: set list of types that should not be checked |
| 313 | </li> |
| 314 | </ul> |
| 315 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 316 | <ul> |
| 317 | <li> |
| 318 | Fixed formatting of symbol signatures |
| 319 | </li> |
| 320 | <li> |
| 321 | Fixed checks of template types |
| 322 | </li> |
| 323 | </ul> |
| 324 | <br/> |
| 325 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | d20d2b8 | 2015-10-18 23:52:17 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | <b>Version 1.99.13 (October 18, 2015)</b><br/> |
| 327 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 328 | <ul> |
| 329 | <li> |
| 330 | Check public symbols only if comparing public ABI dumps generated by the ABI dumper (with -public-headers option) |
| 331 | </li> |
| 332 | <li> |
| 333 | Added more metadata to the report |
| 334 | </li> |
| 335 | </ul> |
| 336 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 337 | <ul> |
| 338 | <li> |
| 339 | -skip-internal-types: do not check data types matched by the pattern |
| 340 | </li> |
| 341 | </ul> |
| 342 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 343 | <ul> |
| 344 | <li> |
| 345 | Fixed Type_Became_Opaque, Parameter_Changed_Register, Parameter_From_Register and Parameter_To_Register rules |
| 346 | </li> |
| 347 | <li> |
| 348 | Fixed method signatures in the report (C++) |
| 349 | </li> |
| 350 | <li> |
| 351 | Fixed -headers-list option |
| 352 | </li> |
| 353 | <li> |
| 354 | Option -skip-internal renamed to -skip-internal-symbols |
| 355 | </li> |
| 356 | <li> |
| 357 | Fixed false positives if vtable-dumper generates incomplete data |
| 358 | </li> |
| 359 | <li> |
| 360 | Fixed Makefile |
| 361 | </li> |
| 362 | </ul> |
| 363 | <br/> |
| 364 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 15bfdc2 | 2015-09-20 13:21:01 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 365 | <b>Version 1.99.12 (September 20, 2015)</b><br/> |
| 366 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 367 | <ul> |
| 368 | <li> |
| 369 | Fixed title of the report |
| 370 | </li> |
| 371 | <li> |
| 372 | Print warning if version number is not set in the ABI dump |
| 373 | </li> |
| 374 | </ul> |
| 375 | <br/> |
| 376 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | a6d2e22 | 2015-09-12 22:45:07 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | <b>Version 1.99.11 (September 12, 2015)</b><br/> |
| 378 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 379 | <ul> |
| 380 | <li> |
| 381 | Fixed Removed_Field_And_Layout rule |
| 382 | </li> |
| 383 | <li> |
| 384 | Fixed -skip-symbols option |
| 385 | </li> |
| 386 | </ul> |
| 387 | <br/> |
| 388 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | 8bfdcd8 | 2015-09-08 17:58:01 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 389 | <b>Version 1.99.10 (September 08, 2015)</b><br/> |
| 390 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 391 | <ul> |
| 392 | <li> |
| 393 | Improved style of the report |
| 394 | </li> |
| 395 | <li> |
| 396 | New documentation |
| 397 | </li> |
| 398 | <li> |
| 399 | Added more test cases |
| 400 | </li> |
| 401 | </ul> |
| 402 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 403 | <ul> |
| 404 | <li> |
| 405 | -types-list: specify a list of types that should be checked |
| 406 | </li> |
| 407 | <li> |
| 408 | -gcc-options: specify additional compiler options |
| 409 | </li> |
| 410 | </ul> |
| 411 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 412 | <ul> |
| 413 | <li> |
| 414 | Limited number of affected symbols shown for each BC problem in the report |
| 415 | </li> |
| 416 | <li> |
| 417 | Fixed check of the DataType_Size_And_Stack rule |
| 418 | </li> |
| 419 | <li> |
| 420 | Fixed checks of base classes |
| 421 | </li> |
| 422 | <li> |
| 423 | Carefully substitute parameters in rules |
| 424 | </li> |
| 425 | <li> |
| 426 | Allow to check for source-compatibility in the -cmp-systems mode by specifying both -bin and -src options |
| 427 | </li> |
| 428 | <li> |
| 429 | Fixed sorting of problems listed in the report |
| 430 | </li> |
| 431 | <li> |
| 432 | Limit number of checked types if -headers-list option is specified |
| 433 | </li> |
| 434 | <li> |
| 435 | Fixed -headers-list and -skip-symbols options |
| 436 | </li> |
| 437 | <li> |
| 438 | Fixed cross-platform issues |
| 439 | </li> |
| 440 | <li> |
| 441 | Set LANG=C.UTF-8 for objdump |
| 442 | </li> |
| 443 | <li> |
| 444 | Fixed list of headers in the report |
| 445 | </li> |
| 446 | <li> |
| 447 | Fixed number of checked headers in the report summary. Removed support for old dumps < 1.18 |
| 448 | </li> |
| 449 | <li> |
| 450 | Renamed -lib-full option to -title |
| 451 | </li> |
| 452 | <li> |
| 453 | Carefully detect architecture of input objects and word size |
| 454 | </li> |
| 455 | <li> |
| 456 | Corrected detection of the GCC target architecture |
| 457 | </li> |
| 458 | <li> |
| 459 | More accurate checking of ABI dump names |
| 460 | </li> |
| 461 | <li> |
| 462 | Fixed regressions with SysCheck.pm module |
| 463 | </li> |
| 464 | <li> |
| 465 | Removed obsolete code and options |
| 466 | </li> |
| 467 | <li> |
| 468 | Fixed the objdump command line when the path contains spaces |
| 469 | </li> |
| 470 | <li> |
| 471 | Simplified Makefile |
| 472 | </li> |
| 473 | <li> |
| 474 | Do not install system descriptors to PREFIX/share |
| 475 | </li> |
| 476 | <li> |
| 477 | Take -relpath option into account in the SysCheck.pm module |
| 478 | </li> |
| 479 | <li> |
| 480 | Fixed CSS styles of the CmpSystems module |
| 481 | </li> |
| 482 | </ul> |
| 483 | <br/> |
| 484 | |
Andrey Ponomarenko | d48d972 | 2015-08-13 20:14:50 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 485 | <b>Version 1.99.9 (January 23, 2014)</b><br/> |
| 486 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 487 | <ul> |
| 488 | <li> |
| 489 | -skip-internal: do not check internal interfaces matched by the pattern |
| 490 | </li> |
| 491 | </ul> |
| 492 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 493 | <ul> |
| 494 | <li> |
| 495 | Fixed duplicated entries in the XML report |
| 496 | </li> |
| 497 | <li> |
| 498 | Reduced size of the XML report |
| 499 | </li> |
| 500 | <li> |
| 501 | Fixed duplicated problems related to changed size of a global data |
| 502 | </li> |
| 503 | <li> |
| 504 | Options -v1 and -v2 can now be used when comparing ABI dumps to change library versions shown in the report |
| 505 | </li> |
| 506 | <li> |
| 507 | Fixed false positives with the size change of a template instance type |
| 508 | </li> |
| 509 | <li> |
| 510 | Fixed false positives with the change of a parameter/field type name |
| 511 | </li> |
| 512 | </ul> |
| 513 | <br/> |
| 514 | |
| 515 | <b>Version 1.99.8.5 (October 03, 2013)</b><br/> |
| 516 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 517 | <ul> |
| 518 | <li> |
| 519 | Optimized performance and memory usage (up to 90%) on input objects with a huge number of changes and deep data type trees (e.g. Linux kernel) |
| 520 | </li> |
| 521 | <li> |
| 522 | Partial support for GCC 4.8.{0-1}, waiting for a fix for the bug <a href='http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57850'>57850</a> in the next GCC versions |
| 523 | </li> |
| 524 | <li> |
| 525 | Support for incomplete ABI dumps |
| 526 | </li> |
| 527 | </ul> |
| 528 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 529 | <ul> |
| 530 | <li> |
| 531 | -affected-limit |
| 532 | </li> |
| 533 | <li> |
| 534 | -cpp-incompatible |
| 535 | </li> |
| 536 | </ul> |
| 537 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 538 | <ul> |
| 539 | <li> |
| 540 | Fixed identification of template constructors and destructors |
| 541 | </li> |
| 542 | <li> |
| 543 | Do not show "this" first argument of methods in the report |
| 544 | </li> |
| 545 | <li> |
| 546 | Corrected descriptions of affected symbols in the report |
| 547 | </li> |
| 548 | <li> |
| 549 | Fixed false alarms on changed offset of parameters |
| 550 | </li> |
| 551 | <li> |
| 552 | Do not hang on class A<N>:public A<N-1> |
| 553 | </li> |
| 554 | <li> |
| 555 | Corrected identification of header files in the include_preamble |
| 556 | </li> |
| 557 | <li> |
| 558 | Corrected comparison of function pointer types |
| 559 | </li> |
| 560 | <li> |
| 561 | Corrected rule Global_Data_Size |
| 562 | </li> |
| 563 | </ul> |
| 564 | <b>Other</b> |
| 565 | <ul> |
| 566 | <li> |
| 567 | Code refactoring |
| 568 | </li> |
| 569 | </ul> |
| 570 | <br/> |
| 571 | |
| 572 | <b>Version 1.99.7 (July 01, 2013)</b><br/> |
| 573 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 574 | <ul> |
| 575 | <li> |
| 576 | Added missed fields of template instance types to the ABI dump |
| 577 | </li> |
| 578 | <li> |
| 579 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 580 | </li> |
| 581 | <li> |
| 582 | Added Struct_Field_Size_Increased rule |
| 583 | </li> |
| 584 | <li> |
| 585 | Support for vector types (GCC extension) |
| 586 | </li> |
| 587 | <li> |
| 588 | Removed duplicates from the ABI dump |
| 589 | </li> |
| 590 | <li> |
| 591 | Corrected visualization of v-table content in the report |
| 592 | </li> |
| 593 | <li> |
| 594 | Corrected identification of target headers |
| 595 | </li> |
| 596 | <li> |
| 597 | Corrected source-compatibility check |
| 598 | </li> |
| 599 | <li> |
| 600 | Performance optimization (5%) |
| 601 | </li> |
| 602 | </ul> |
| 603 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 604 | <ul> |
| 605 | <li> |
| 606 | -check - to check completeness of the ABI dump |
| 607 | </li> |
| 608 | </ul> |
| 609 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 610 | <ul> |
| 611 | <li> |
| 612 | Fixed default arguments of methods (broken in 1.99.1 due to added "this" parameter) |
| 613 | </li> |
| 614 | </ul> |
| 615 | <b>Other</b> |
| 616 | <ul> |
| 617 | <li> |
| 618 | Extended test suite |
| 619 | </li> |
| 620 | </ul> |
| 621 | <br/> |
| 622 | |
| 623 | <b>Version 1.99.1 (June 07, 2013)</b><br/> |
| 624 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 625 | <ul> |
| 626 | <li> |
| 627 | Support for ABI Dumper 0.97 |
| 628 | </li> |
| 629 | <li> |
| 630 | Show added/removed inline virtual functions in the binary compatibility report |
| 631 | </li> |
| 632 | <li> |
| 633 | Added "this" hidden parameter to non-static class methods in the ABI dump |
| 634 | </li> |
| 635 | </ul> |
| 636 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 637 | <ul> |
| 638 | <li> |
| 639 | Fixed XmlDump module |
| 640 | </li> |
| 641 | <li> |
| 642 | Fixed CallConv module |
| 643 | </li> |
| 644 | </ul> |
| 645 | <b>Other</b> |
| 646 | <ul> |
| 647 | <li> |
| 648 | Support for old ABI dumps |
| 649 | </li> |
| 650 | </ul> |
| 651 | <br/> |
| 652 | |
| 653 | <b>Version 1.99 (May 24, 2013)</b><br/> |
| 654 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 655 | <ul> |
| 656 | <li> |
| 657 | Support for ABI Dumper 0.95 |
| 658 | </li> |
| 659 | <li> |
| 660 | Added 14 binary-compatibility rules |
| 661 | </li> |
| 662 | <li> |
| 663 | Added 10 source-compatibility rules |
| 664 | </li> |
| 665 | <li> |
| 666 | Improved model of type alignment |
| 667 | </li> |
| 668 | <li> |
| 669 | Changed version of ABI dump format to 3.0 |
| 670 | </li> |
| 671 | <li> |
| 672 | Added _vptr member to virtual classes |
| 673 | </li> |
| 674 | <li> |
| 675 | Added constants defined by GCC to ABI dump |
| 676 | </li> |
| 677 | <li> |
| 678 | Improved analysis of constants |
| 679 | </li> |
| 680 | </ul> |
| 681 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 682 | <ul> |
| 683 | <li> |
| 684 | -skip-symbols |
| 685 | </li> |
| 686 | </ul> |
| 687 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 688 | <ul> |
| 689 | <li> |
| 690 | Increased severity of Field_Became_Non_Mutable rule |
| 691 | </li> |
| 692 | </ul> |
| 693 | <b>Other</b> |
| 694 | <ul> |
| 695 | <li> |
| 696 | Support for old ABI dumps |
| 697 | </li> |
| 698 | <li> |
| 699 | Extended test suite (+11 test cases) |
| 700 | </li> |
| 701 | <li> |
| 702 | Code cleaning |
| 703 | </li> |
| 704 | </ul> |
| 705 | <br/> |
| 706 | |
| 707 | <b>Version 1.98.8 (February 07, 2013)</b><br/> |
| 708 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 709 | <ul> |
| 710 | <li> |
| 711 | Show added and removed constants (#defines) in the report |
| 712 | </li> |
| 713 | <li> |
| 714 | Show changes in unnamed enumerations |
| 715 | </li> |
| 716 | <li> |
| 717 | Avoid false alarm about renamed field if old name of this field is defined to new (SC) |
| 718 | </li> |
| 719 | <li> |
| 720 | Recursive comparing of structured data types in *_Format rules |
| 721 | </li> |
| 722 | <li> |
| 723 | Added Typedef_BaseType_Format rule to check format changes in the typedef base type |
| 724 | </li> |
| 725 | </ul> |
| 726 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 727 | <ul> |
| 728 | <li> |
| 729 | -tolerant |
| 730 | </li> |
| 731 | <li> |
| 732 | -tolerance |
| 733 | </li> |
| 734 | </ul> |
| 735 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 736 | <ul> |
| 737 | <li> |
| 738 | Increased severity of Parameter_BaseType_And_Size BC rule (Low to Medium) |
| 739 | </li> |
| 740 | <li> |
| 741 | Increased severity of Added_Field SC rule (Safe to Low) |
| 742 | </li> |
| 743 | <li> |
| 744 | Corrected handling of the tool error codes in the test suite |
| 745 | </li> |
| 746 | <li> |
| 747 | Corrected handling of relative paths in the descriptor options |
| 748 | </li> |
| 749 | <li> |
| 750 | Skipping linker-related options in gcc_options option of the descriptor |
| 751 | </li> |
| 752 | <li> |
| 753 | Corrected internal mangler for C++ functions |
| 754 | </li> |
| 755 | <li> |
| 756 | Corrected conditions for enabling of C++ compatibility mode |
| 757 | </li> |
| 758 | <li> |
| 759 | Corrected handling of C++ keywords in C-code |
| 760 | </li> |
| 761 | <li> |
| 762 | Corrected -extended option |
| 763 | </li> |
| 764 | <li> |
| 765 | Corrected Typedef_BaseType rule |
| 766 | </li> |
| 767 | <li> |
| 768 | Corrected parsing of default function arguments |
| 769 | </li> |
| 770 | <li> |
| 771 | Do not check presence of archive utilities if not used |
| 772 | </li> |
| 773 | <li> |
| 774 | Other fixes |
| 775 | </li> |
| 776 | </ul> |
| 777 | <b>Other</b> |
| 778 | <ul> |
| 779 | <li> |
| 780 | Extended test suite |
| 781 | </li> |
| 782 | <li> |
| 783 | Code cleaning |
| 784 | </li> |
| 785 | </ul> |
| 786 | <br/> |
| 787 | |
| 788 | <b>Version 1.98.7 (December 14, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 789 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 790 | <ul> |
| 791 | <li> |
| 792 | Extended extra info dumped by -extra-info option |
| 793 | </li> |
| 794 | <li> |
| 795 | Extended additional info dumped by -extra-dump option |
| 796 | </li> |
| 797 | <li> |
| 798 | Added specifiers for structs, unions and enums in the report and ABI dump |
| 799 | </li> |
| 800 | <li> |
| 801 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 802 | </li> |
| 803 | </ul> |
| 804 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 805 | <ul> |
| 806 | <li> |
| 807 | Corrected -debug option |
| 808 | </li> |
| 809 | <li> |
| 810 | Corrected creating of archives with ABI dumps |
| 811 | </li> |
| 812 | <li> |
| 813 | Corrected parsing of includes in header files |
| 814 | </li> |
| 815 | <li> |
| 816 | Corrected processing of undefined symbols |
| 817 | </li> |
| 818 | <li> |
| 819 | Corrected -app option |
| 820 | </li> |
| 821 | <li> |
| 822 | Corrected processing of default paths to system libraries |
| 823 | </li> |
| 824 | <li> |
| 825 | Corrected Makefile |
| 826 | </li> |
| 827 | <li> |
| 828 | Other fixes |
| 829 | </li> |
| 830 | </ul> |
| 831 | <b>Other</b> |
| 832 | <ul> |
| 833 | <li> |
| 834 | Code cleaning and refactoring |
| 835 | </li> |
| 836 | </ul> |
| 837 | <br/> |
| 838 | |
| 839 | <b>Version 1.98.6 (December 04, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 840 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 841 | <ul> |
| 842 | <li> |
| 843 | Extended -extra-info and -extra-dump options |
| 844 | </li> |
| 845 | </ul> |
| 846 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 847 | <ul> |
| 848 | <li> |
| 849 | Corrected processing of input XML descriptor |
| 850 | </li> |
| 851 | <li> |
| 852 | Corrected "Parameter_Default_Value_Removed" rule |
| 853 | </li> |
| 854 | <li> |
| 855 | Other fixes |
| 856 | </li> |
| 857 | </ul> |
| 858 | <b>Other</b> |
| 859 | <ul> |
| 860 | <li> |
| 861 | Code cleaning |
| 862 | </li> |
| 863 | </ul> |
| 864 | <br/> |
| 865 | |
| 866 | <b>Version 1.98.5 (November 30, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 867 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 868 | <ul> |
| 869 | <li> |
| 870 | Support for Mac OS X 10.8 |
| 871 | </li> |
| 872 | <li> |
| 873 | Support for OpenBSD |
| 874 | </li> |
| 875 | <li> |
| 876 | Support for old GCC versions <= 4.2 |
| 877 | </li> |
| 878 | <li> |
| 879 | Added "throw" and "weak" attributes of methods to ABI dump |
| 880 | </li> |
| 881 | </ul> |
| 882 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 883 | <ul> |
| 884 | <li> |
| 885 | -extra-info |
| 886 | </li> |
| 887 | <li> |
| 888 | -extra-dump |
| 889 | </li> |
| 890 | <li> |
| 891 | -force |
| 892 | </li> |
| 893 | </ul> |
| 894 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 895 | <ul> |
| 896 | <li> |
| 897 | Corrected order of user-defined include paths |
| 898 | </li> |
| 899 | <li> |
| 900 | Corrected internal C++ mangler |
| 901 | </li> |
| 902 | <li> |
| 903 | Removed false positives of the "Parameter_Type_Format" rule |
| 904 | </li> |
| 905 | <li> |
| 906 | Other fixes |
| 907 | </li> |
| 908 | </ul> |
| 909 | <b>Other</b> |
| 910 | <ul> |
| 911 | <li> |
| 912 | Extended test suite |
| 913 | </li> |
| 914 | <li> |
| 915 | Code cleaning |
| 916 | </li> |
| 917 | <li> |
| 918 | Docs cleaning |
| 919 | </li> |
| 920 | </ul> |
| 921 | <br/> |
| 922 | |
| 923 | <b>Version 1.98.4 (October 18, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 924 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 925 | <ul> |
| 926 | <li> |
| 927 | Optimization of memory usage (5%-10%) and performance (5%-10%) |
| 928 | </li> |
| 929 | <li> |
| 930 | Added "Used Reserved Field" rule of binary compatibility analysis |
| 931 | </li> |
| 932 | <li> |
| 933 | Improved design of the operating system compatibility report |
| 934 | </li> |
| 935 | <li> |
| 936 | Added meta descriptors for 334 libraries |
| 937 | </li> |
| 938 | </ul> |
| 939 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 940 | <ul> |
| 941 | <li> |
| 942 | Fixed an issue with diagnostics of added virtual functions |
| 943 | </li> |
| 944 | <li> |
| 945 | Corrected the list of functions affected by the compatibility problem |
| 946 | </li> |
| 947 | <li> |
| 948 | Avoid false alarm about removed function if this function became macro (SC) |
| 949 | </li> |
| 950 | <li> |
| 951 | Corrected parser of C header files |
| 952 | </li> |
| 953 | <li> |
| 954 | Other fixes |
| 955 | </li> |
| 956 | </ul> |
| 957 | <b>Other</b> |
| 958 | <ul> |
| 959 | <li> |
| 960 | Extended test suite |
| 961 | </li> |
| 962 | <li> |
| 963 | Code cleaning |
| 964 | </li> |
| 965 | </ul> |
| 966 | <br/> |
| 967 | |
| 968 | <b>Version 1.98.3 (July 19, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 969 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 970 | <ul> |
| 971 | <li> |
| 972 | Implemented a model of calling conventions on x86 and x86_64 |
| 973 | </li> |
| 974 | <li> |
| 975 | Improved diagnostics of changes in function parameters and return value (distribution on registers and stack) |
| 976 | </li> |
| 977 | </ul> |
| 978 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 979 | <ul> |
| 980 | <li> |
| 981 | Corrected parser of C++ header files to detect non-member functions inside namespaces |
| 982 | </li> |
| 983 | </ul> |
| 984 | <b>Other</b> |
| 985 | <ul> |
| 986 | <li> |
| 987 | Added requirement for Ctags (5.8 or newer) |
| 988 | </li> |
| 989 | <li> |
| 990 | Code cleaning |
| 991 | </li> |
| 992 | </ul> |
| 993 | <br/> |
| 994 | |
| 995 | <b>Version 1.98.2 (June 26, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 996 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 997 | <ul> |
| 998 | <li> |
| 999 | Support for reading ABI dumps in XML format |
| 1000 | </li> |
| 1001 | <li> |
| 1002 | Automatic enabling of c++0x support if needed to compile headers |
| 1003 | </li> |
| 1004 | </ul> |
| 1005 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1006 | <ul> |
| 1007 | <li> |
| 1008 | Corrected XML and Perl (default) formats of ABI dumps |
| 1009 | </li> |
| 1010 | <li> |
| 1011 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 1012 | </li> |
| 1013 | <li> |
| 1014 | Improved -dump-system option |
| 1015 | </li> |
| 1016 | </ul> |
| 1017 | <b>Other</b> |
| 1018 | <ul> |
| 1019 | <li> |
| 1020 | Improved documentation |
| 1021 | </li> |
| 1022 | </ul> |
| 1023 | <br/> |
| 1024 | |
| 1025 | <b>Version 1.98.1 (June 18, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 1026 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1027 | <ul> |
| 1028 | <li> |
| 1029 | Removed symbols marked as LOCAL in a shared library from lists of added/removed symbols in source-compatibility report |
| 1030 | </li> |
| 1031 | <li> |
| 1032 | Fixed a false positive with some removed extern "C" symbols in source-compatibility report |
| 1033 | </li> |
| 1034 | <li> |
| 1035 | Fixed a bug with removed debug/ directory when using -use-dumps and -debug options together |
| 1036 | </li> |
| 1037 | <li> |
| 1038 | Added support for "skip_including" section of target system XML descriptors (modules/Targets) used by -dump-system option |
| 1039 | </li> |
| 1040 | <li> |
| 1041 | Extended XML ABI dumps by size attribute of library symbols |
| 1042 | </li> |
| 1043 | </ul> |
| 1044 | <br/> |
| 1045 | |
| 1046 | <b>Version 1.98.0 (June 14, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 1047 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1048 | <ul> |
| 1049 | <li> |
| 1050 | Implemented XML format of ABI dumps |
| 1051 | </li> |
| 1052 | </ul> |
| 1053 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 1054 | <ul> |
| 1055 | <li> |
| 1056 | -dump-format |
| 1057 | </li> |
| 1058 | </ul> |
| 1059 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1060 | <ul> |
| 1061 | <li> |
| 1062 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 1063 | </li> |
| 1064 | <li> |
| 1065 | Other fixes |
| 1066 | </li> |
| 1067 | </ul> |
| 1068 | <br/> |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | <b>Version 1.97.8 (June 08, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 1071 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 1072 | <ul> |
| 1073 | <li> |
| 1074 | Redesigned format of ABI dump |
| 1075 | </li> |
| 1076 | <li> |
| 1077 | Optimization of memory usage (5%-10%) and performance (5%-10%) |
| 1078 | </li> |
| 1079 | <li> |
| 1080 | Improved support for GCC 4.0-4.5 |
| 1081 | </li> |
| 1082 | <li> |
| 1083 | Added "add_namespaces" section of the XML descriptor |
| 1084 | </li> |
| 1085 | </ul> |
| 1086 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 1087 | <ul> |
| 1088 | <li> |
| 1089 | -open |
| 1090 | </li> |
| 1091 | <li> |
| 1092 | -sort |
| 1093 | </li> |
| 1094 | </ul> |
| 1095 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1096 | <ul> |
| 1097 | <li> |
| 1098 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 1099 | </li> |
| 1100 | <li> |
| 1101 | Fixed a bug with auto-detection of include paths when comparing two XML descriptors |
| 1102 | </li> |
| 1103 | <li> |
| 1104 | Corrected output of -debug option |
| 1105 | </li> |
| 1106 | <li> |
| 1107 | Corrected -dump-system and -cmp-systems options |
| 1108 | </li> |
| 1109 | <li> |
| 1110 | Other fixes |
| 1111 | </li> |
| 1112 | </ul> |
| 1113 | <b>Other</b> |
| 1114 | <ul> |
| 1115 | <li> |
| 1116 | Code cleaning |
| 1117 | </li> |
| 1118 | </ul> |
| 1119 | <br/> |
| 1120 | |
| 1121 | <b>Version 1.97.5 (May 14, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 1122 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 1123 | <ul> |
| 1124 | <li> |
| 1125 | Extended ABI dumps by source-level type declarations |
| 1126 | </li> |
| 1127 | <li> |
| 1128 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 1129 | </li> |
| 1130 | <li> |
| 1131 | Optimization of memory usage (20%-30%) and performance (10%-20%) |
| 1132 | </li> |
| 1133 | </ul> |
| 1134 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1135 | <ul> |
| 1136 | <li> |
| 1137 | Corrected auto-detection of a set of target headers to check/dump in -headers-only mode |
| 1138 | </li> |
| 1139 | <li> |
| 1140 | Other fixes |
| 1141 | </li> |
| 1142 | </ul> |
| 1143 | <b>Other</b> |
| 1144 | <ul> |
| 1145 | <li> |
| 1146 | Extended regression test suite |
| 1147 | </li> |
| 1148 | <li> |
| 1149 | Code cleaning |
| 1150 | </li> |
| 1151 | </ul> |
| 1152 | <br/> |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | <b>Version 1.97.4 (April 16, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 1155 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1156 | <ul> |
| 1157 | <li> |
| 1158 | Added 16 new binary-compatibility rules |
| 1159 | </li> |
| 1160 | <li> |
| 1161 | Added 17 new source-compatibility rules |
| 1162 | </li> |
| 1163 | </ul> |
| 1164 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1165 | <ul> |
| 1166 | <li> |
| 1167 | Added some missed typedef types to function signatures |
| 1168 | </li> |
| 1169 | </ul> |
| 1170 | <b>Other</b> |
| 1171 | <ul> |
| 1172 | <li> |
| 1173 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 1174 | </li> |
| 1175 | <li> |
| 1176 | Support for GCC 4.7 |
| 1177 | </li> |
| 1178 | <li> |
| 1179 | Extended regression test suite |
| 1180 | </li> |
| 1181 | <li> |
| 1182 | Code cleaning |
| 1183 | </li> |
| 1184 | </ul> |
| 1185 | <br/> |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | <b>Version 1.97.3 (April 03, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 1188 | <b>Completed Tasks</b> |
| 1189 | <ul> |
| 1190 | <li> |
| 1191 | Implement source-level compatibility checks |
| 1192 | </li> |
| 1193 | <li> |
| 1194 | Implement 2.0 architecture |
| 1195 | </li> |
| 1196 | </ul> |
| 1197 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1198 | <ul> |
| 1199 | <li> |
| 1200 | Added -browse=PROG option |
| 1201 | </li> |
| 1202 | <li> |
| 1203 | Added -xml alias option for --report-format=xml |
| 1204 | </li> |
| 1205 | <li> |
| 1206 | Added -binary option to generate binary-compatibility report only |
| 1207 | </li> |
| 1208 | <li> |
| 1209 | Added -source option to generate source-compatibility report only |
| 1210 | </li> |
| 1211 | <li> |
| 1212 | Added -bin-report-path option: path to binary-compatibility report |
| 1213 | </li> |
| 1214 | <li> |
| 1215 | Added -src-report-path option: path to source-compatibility report |
| 1216 | </li> |
| 1217 | </ul> |
| 1218 | <b>Other Features</b> |
| 1219 | <ul> |
| 1220 | <li> |
| 1221 | Improved debug mode (-debug) |
| 1222 | </li> |
| 1223 | <li> |
| 1224 | Improved mark-up of the HTML report |
| 1225 | </li> |
| 1226 | <li> |
| 1227 | Improved mark-up of the HTML report |
| 1228 | </li> |
| 1229 | <li> |
| 1230 | Improved support for old ABI dumps |
| 1231 | </li> |
| 1232 | </ul> |
| 1233 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1234 | <ul> |
| 1235 | <li> |
| 1236 | Corrected ABI dumps |
| 1237 | </li> |
| 1238 | </ul> |
| 1239 | <br/> |
| 1240 | |
| 1241 | <b>Version 1.96.8 (February 17, 2012)</b><br/> |
| 1242 | <b>Completed Tasks</b> |
| 1243 | <ul> |
| 1244 | <li> |
| 1245 | Implement XML format of compatibility report |
| 1246 | </li> |
| 1247 | <li> |
| 1248 | Testing on MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan Beta2 |
| 1249 | </li> |
| 1250 | </ul> |
| 1251 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1252 | <ul> |
| 1253 | <li> |
| 1254 | Added hidden statistics line to compatibility report for operating systems |
| 1255 | </li> |
| 1256 | <li> |
| 1257 | Added -headers-list option |
| 1258 | </li> |
| 1259 | <li> |
| 1260 | Added -lang option |
| 1261 | </li> |
| 1262 | <li> |
| 1263 | Support for symbolic links in /usr/include and /usr/lib |
| 1264 | </li> |
| 1265 | <li> |
| 1266 | Added "skip_include_paths" section of the XML-descriptor |
| 1267 | </li> |
| 1268 | <li> |
| 1269 | Added "skip_including" section of the XML-descriptor |
| 1270 | </li> |
| 1271 | <li> |
| 1272 | Added -list-affected option to create plain list of incompatible symbols |
| 1273 | </li> |
| 1274 | <li> |
| 1275 | Added -quiet option to print all errors and warnings to the log file instead of stderr and stdout |
| 1276 | </li> |
| 1277 | <li> |
| 1278 | Added -stdout option to print results to stdout |
| 1279 | </li> |
| 1280 | <li> |
| 1281 | Added an option to check binary compatibility in the extended sense |
| 1282 | </li> |
| 1283 | <li> |
| 1284 | Improve diagnostic messages for added base classes with virtual functions |
| 1285 | </li> |
| 1286 | <li> |
| 1287 | Added -update option to installer |
| 1288 | </li> |
| 1289 | <li> |
| 1290 | Added a relative default directory to locate modules after installation |
| 1291 | </li> |
| 1292 | <li> |
| 1293 | Compatibility rate = (high+1/2*medium+1/4*low) / number of symbols |
| 1294 | </li> |
| 1295 | </ul> |
| 1296 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1297 | <ul> |
| 1298 | <li> |
| 1299 | Some symbols with extern "C" linkage are missed in -headers-only mode |
| 1300 | </li> |
| 1301 | <li> |
| 1302 | Changes in global data are not detected under Windows |
| 1303 | </li> |
| 1304 | <li> |
| 1305 | False negative: change global data to be "const" |
| 1306 | </li> |
| 1307 | <li> |
| 1308 | Removed middle enumeration value is reported as renamed |
| 1309 | </li> |
| 1310 | <li> |
| 1311 | False positive: change parameter type from "const int" to "int" |
| 1312 | </li> |
| 1313 | <li> |
| 1314 | Support for old ABI dump format of ACC 1.21.6 |
| 1315 | </li> |
| 1316 | <li> |
| 1317 | The tool doesn't search for included headers in /usr/lib/qt4/include/ |
| 1318 | </li> |
| 1319 | <li> |
| 1320 | False Negative: Header is incompatible with itself |
| 1321 | </li> |
| 1322 | <li> |
| 1323 | Check libstdc++ in -headers-only mode |
| 1324 | </li> |
| 1325 | <li> |
| 1326 | Restrict checked header files in the -headers-only mode |
| 1327 | </li> |
| 1328 | <li> |
| 1329 | Problem with mangled C++ functions using old ABI dump formats in -headers-only mode |
| 1330 | </li> |
| 1331 | <li> |
| 1332 | Incorrect size of method pointer in ABI dumps |
| 1333 | </li> |
| 1334 | <li> |
| 1335 | False negative: add/remove "register" modifier of the parameter |
| 1336 | </li> |
| 1337 | <li> |
| 1338 | Incorrect WORD size when using old ABI dump format |
| 1339 | </li> |
| 1340 | <li> |
| 1341 | Conflict of a static method with a function of the same name in the ABI dump |
| 1342 | </li> |
| 1343 | <li> |
| 1344 | Missed right bracket of "func-ptr" type in HTML report |
| 1345 | </li> |
| 1346 | <li> |
| 1347 | Incorrect report for overridden methods |
| 1348 | </li> |
| 1349 | <li> |
| 1350 | False negative: override a virtual that doesn't come from a primary base |
| 1351 | </li> |
| 1352 | <li> |
| 1353 | False negative: change a function parameter to be "restrict" |
| 1354 | </li> |
| 1355 | <li> |
| 1356 | False negative: change a field to be "volatile" |
| 1357 | </li> |
| 1358 | <li> |
| 1359 | False negative: change "const"-ness of a return value |
| 1360 | </li> |
| 1361 | <li> |
| 1362 | False negative: change "volatile" attribute of a method |
| 1363 | </li> |
| 1364 | <li> |
| 1365 | False positive: removed symbols with inline virtual prototype in the leaf class with default constructor |
| 1366 | </li> |
| 1367 | </ul> |
| 1368 | <br/> |
| 1369 | |
| 1370 | <b>Version 1.94 (September 09, 2011)</b><br/> |
| 1371 | <b>Completed Tasks</b> |
| 1372 | <ul> |
| 1373 | <li> |
| 1374 | Separated regression tests into the module |
| 1375 | </li> |
| 1376 | </ul> |
| 1377 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1378 | <ul> |
| 1379 | <li> |
| 1380 | Added Makefile.pl installer |
| 1381 | </li> |
| 1382 | </ul> |
| 1383 | <br/> |
| 1384 | |
| 1385 | <b>Version 1.93.8 (September 08, 2011)</b><br/> |
| 1386 | <b>Completed Tasks</b> |
| 1387 | <ul> |
| 1388 | <li> |
| 1389 | Separated rules DB |
| 1390 | </li> |
| 1391 | <li> |
| 1392 | Testing on Symbian SDK |
| 1393 | </li> |
| 1394 | <li> |
| 1395 | Testing on Windows SDK |
| 1396 | </li> |
| 1397 | <li> |
| 1398 | Support for OS3000 |
| 1399 | </li> |
| 1400 | </ul> |
| 1401 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1402 | <ul> |
| 1403 | <li> |
| 1404 | SONAME change in the OS comparison table |
| 1405 | </li> |
| 1406 | <li> |
| 1407 | Added a compatibility percentage to the OS comparison table |
| 1408 | </li> |
| 1409 | <li> |
| 1410 | Added -debug option |
| 1411 | </li> |
| 1412 | <li> |
| 1413 | Added listing of symbols in OS comparison table |
| 1414 | </li> |
| 1415 | <li> |
| 1416 | Use zip format of dumps in Windows |
| 1417 | </li> |
| 1418 | <li> |
| 1419 | Added -dump-system descriptor.xml option |
| 1420 | </li> |
| 1421 | <li> |
| 1422 | Analysis of static libraries |
| 1423 | </li> |
| 1424 | <li> |
| 1425 | Added -sysinfo option |
| 1426 | </li> |
| 1427 | <li> |
| 1428 | Added -component option |
| 1429 | </li> |
| 1430 | <li> |
| 1431 | Added -nostdinc option |
| 1432 | </li> |
| 1433 | <li> |
| 1434 | Added "weakly"- and "almost"-compatible verdicts |
| 1435 | </li> |
| 1436 | <li> |
| 1437 | Added "skip_namespaces" section of the library XML-descriptor |
| 1438 | </li> |
| 1439 | <li> |
| 1440 | Search for modules/ directory in the system |
| 1441 | </li> |
| 1442 | </ul> |
| 1443 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1444 | <ul> |
| 1445 | <li> |
| 1446 | Missed typedefs in the ABI dump using GCC 4.4.1 |
| 1447 | </li> |
| 1448 | <li> |
| 1449 | False negative: change enum member value from zero to non-zero |
| 1450 | </li> |
| 1451 | <li> |
| 1452 | False negative: interchange the positions of two fields in a structure |
| 1453 | </li> |
| 1454 | <li> |
| 1455 | False positive: add a field instead of padding fields |
| 1456 | </li> |
| 1457 | <li> |
| 1458 | Problems with "copied" classes |
| 1459 | </li> |
| 1460 | <li> |
| 1461 | Changes in "private" fields |
| 1462 | </li> |
| 1463 | <li> |
| 1464 | Illegal modulus zero at abi-compliance-checker.pl |
| 1465 | </li> |
| 1466 | <li> |
| 1467 | Incorrect order of include paths |
| 1468 | </li> |
| 1469 | <li> |
| 1470 | Change constness of a class method |
| 1471 | </li> |
| 1472 | <li> |
| 1473 | False negative: change "struct Type" to "union Type" |
| 1474 | </li> |
| 1475 | <li> |
| 1476 | Change parameter type from "..." to "int" |
| 1477 | </li> |
| 1478 | <li> |
| 1479 | Remove/add "const"-qualifier of a method |
| 1480 | </li> |
| 1481 | <li> |
| 1482 | False negative: renamed parameters |
| 1483 | </li> |
| 1484 | </ul> |
| 1485 | <b>Other</b> |
| 1486 | <ul> |
| 1487 | <li> |
| 1488 | Improved debug mode |
| 1489 | </li> |
| 1490 | </ul> |
| 1491 | <br/> |
| 1492 | |
| 1493 | <b>Version 1.23.5 (July 01, 2011)</b><br/> |
| 1494 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1495 | <ul> |
| 1496 | <li> |
| 1497 | Corrected exit codes: 0 - compatible, 1 - incompatible, 2 - error, ... |
| 1498 | </li> |
| 1499 | <li> |
| 1500 | Corrected diagnostic messages for C++ functions with changed signature |
| 1501 | </li> |
| 1502 | <li> |
| 1503 | Fixed regression with C++ non-member functions |
| 1504 | </li> |
| 1505 | <li> |
| 1506 | Removed false positive with overridden private methods |
| 1507 | </li> |
| 1508 | <li> |
| 1509 | Corrected functionality for checking binary compatibility of operating systems |
| 1510 | </li> |
| 1511 | <li> |
| 1512 | Removed false positive for removed default version of a symbol |
| 1513 | </li> |
| 1514 | <li> |
| 1515 | Adapted -dump-system option for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan |
| 1516 | </li> |
| 1517 | <li> |
| 1518 | Fixed hanging execution on "#include "../../file.h" |
| 1519 | </li> |
| 1520 | <li> |
| 1521 | Fixed incorrect automatic include paths |
| 1522 | </li> |
| 1523 | </ul> |
| 1524 | <br/> |
| 1525 | |
| 1526 | <b>Version 1.23 (June 07, 2011)</b><br/> |
| 1527 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1528 | <ul> |
| 1529 | <li> |
| 1530 | Added 42 compatibility checks (total: 83) |
| 1531 | </li> |
| 1532 | <li> |
| 1533 | Improved diagnostics of compatibility problems |
| 1534 | </li> |
| 1535 | <li> |
| 1536 | Opened an issue tracker |
| 1537 | </li> |
| 1538 | <li> |
| 1539 | Support for cross-compilers |
| 1540 | </li> |
| 1541 | <li> |
| 1542 | Ported to Mac OS X (10.5) and MS Windows (Xp, Vista, 7) |
| 1543 | </li> |
| 1544 | <li> |
| 1545 | Added a viewer of "real" v-table layouts for changed C++ classes |
| 1546 | </li> |
| 1547 | <li> |
| 1548 | Added functionality to check OS backward compatibility |
| 1549 | </li> |
| 1550 | <li> |
| 1551 | Supports for old-version dump formats (>=1.18) |
| 1552 | </li> |
| 1553 | <li> |
| 1554 | Separated versioning of dump formats |
| 1555 | </li> |
| 1556 | <li> |
| 1557 | Improved design of the compatibility report |
| 1558 | </li> |
| 1559 | <li> |
| 1560 | Improved performance |
| 1561 | </li> |
| 1562 | <li> |
| 1563 | Support for old GCC 3.4.4 |
| 1564 | </li> |
| 1565 | </ul> |
| 1566 | <b>New Options</b> |
| 1567 | <ul> |
| 1568 | <li> |
| 1569 | -cross-gcc: support for cross-compilers |
| 1570 | </li> |
| 1571 | <li> |
| 1572 | -sysroot: specify the alternative system root directory |
| 1573 | </li> |
| 1574 | <li> |
| 1575 | -dump-system, -cmp-systems: checking OS backward compatibility |
| 1576 | </li> |
| 1577 | <li> |
| 1578 | -use-dumps: check for compatibility using the intermediate dumping |
| 1579 | </li> |
| 1580 | <li> |
| 1581 | -show-retval: show symbol's return value type in the report |
| 1582 | </li> |
| 1583 | <li> |
| 1584 | -old-dumps: support for old-version dumps |
| 1585 | </li> |
| 1586 | <li> |
| 1587 | -test-dump: test for dumping functionality |
| 1588 | </li> |
| 1589 | <li> |
| 1590 | -report-path: change the location of output compatibility report |
| 1591 | </li> |
| 1592 | <li> |
| 1593 | -dump-path: change the location of output ABI dump |
| 1594 | </li> |
| 1595 | <li> |
| 1596 | -log1-path, -log2-path: change the location of output logs |
| 1597 | </li> |
| 1598 | </ul> |
| 1599 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1600 | <ul> |
| 1601 | <li> |
| 1602 | Reduced false positives |
| 1603 | </li> |
| 1604 | <li> |
| 1605 | Support for C-headers containing C++ keywords |
| 1606 | </li> |
| 1607 | <li> |
| 1608 | Corrected automatic include paths for headers |
| 1609 | </li> |
| 1610 | </ul> |
| 1611 | <br/> |
| 1612 | |
| 1613 | <b>Version 1.21.12 (April 29, 2011)</b><br/> |
| 1614 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1615 | <ul> |
| 1616 | <li> |
| 1617 | Corrected automatic detection of include paths for header files |
| 1618 | </li> |
| 1619 | <li> |
| 1620 | Removed false positives with overridden virtual functions |
| 1621 | </li> |
| 1622 | <li> |
| 1623 | Corrected processing of typedef type names, fixed potential program hangup |
| 1624 | </li> |
| 1625 | <li> |
| 1626 | Added some missed problems relating to the return type changes of a function |
| 1627 | </li> |
| 1628 | <li> |
| 1629 | Corrected processing of a translation unit dump generated by modern GCC versions |
| 1630 | </li> |
| 1631 | <li> |
| 1632 | Corrected identifying of inline functions (using the -fkeep-inline-functions GCC option) |
| 1633 | </li> |
| 1634 | <li> |
| 1635 | Corrected parser for C++: analysis of const global data and functions inside a namespace |
| 1636 | </li> |
| 1637 | <li> |
| 1638 | Corrected names and v-table checks for template types |
| 1639 | </li> |
| 1640 | <li> |
| 1641 | Corrected checks for changes in enumerations |
| 1642 | </li> |
| 1643 | <li> |
| 1644 | Corrected ABI dumping and sorting of dumps |
| 1645 | </li> |
| 1646 | <li> |
| 1647 | Corrected analysis of added/removed virtual functions |
| 1648 | </li> |
| 1649 | <li> |
| 1650 | Corrected help message and documentation |
| 1651 | </li> |
| 1652 | <li> |
| 1653 | Documentation has been moved to "doc/" subdirectory |
| 1654 | </li> |
| 1655 | <li> |
| 1656 | Using File::Temp for storing temporary files |
| 1657 | </li> |
| 1658 | <li> |
| 1659 | Support for latest GCC 4.6.0 and old GCC v3.x series |
| 1660 | </li> |
| 1661 | <li> |
| 1662 | Fixed infinite loop finding the path for "which" command in the system |
| 1663 | </li> |
| 1664 | <li> |
| 1665 | Corrected distinction of descriptor kinds (headers, libraries, directories and XML-descriptors) |
| 1666 | </li> |
| 1667 | <li> |
| 1668 | Corrected processing of "include_paths" section of the XML-descriptor |
| 1669 | </li> |
| 1670 | </ul> |
| 1671 | <br/> |
| 1672 | |
| 1673 | <b>Version 1.21 (August 19, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1674 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1675 | <ul> |
| 1676 | <li> |
| 1677 | Added -check-implementation option: compare disassembled binary code to detect changes in the interface implementation |
| 1678 | </li> |
| 1679 | <li> |
| 1680 | Added -objects-only option: compare shared objects without header files |
| 1681 | </li> |
| 1682 | <li> |
| 1683 | Added -v1 and -v2 options: specify version number outside the descriptor |
| 1684 | </li> |
| 1685 | <li> |
| 1686 | Improved help message |
| 1687 | </li> |
| 1688 | <li> |
| 1689 | Improved performance of the tool |
| 1690 | </li> |
| 1691 | <li> |
| 1692 | Removed template instances and stdc++ interfaces from the report (C++) |
| 1693 | </li> |
| 1694 | <li> |
| 1695 | Added README.html and CHANGES.html to the package |
| 1696 | </li> |
| 1697 | </ul> |
| 1698 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1699 | <ul> |
| 1700 | <li> |
| 1701 | Corrected ABI compatibility report |
| 1702 | </li> |
| 1703 | <li> |
| 1704 | Corrected interface names and versions in the report |
| 1705 | </li> |
| 1706 | <li> |
| 1707 | Corrected number of problems in report summary |
| 1708 | </li> |
| 1709 | <li> |
| 1710 | Corrected ABI dump |
| 1711 | </li> |
| 1712 | </ul> |
| 1713 | <br/> |
| 1714 | |
| 1715 | <b>Version 1.20 (August 30, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1716 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1717 | <ul> |
| 1718 | <li> |
| 1719 | Added "defines" section of the library descriptor: this section allows to add defines at the headers compiling stage |
| 1720 | </li> |
| 1721 | </ul> |
| 1722 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1723 | <ul> |
| 1724 | <li> |
| 1725 | Corrected reports about added/withdrawn members in the structure types and added/withdrawn parameters |
| 1726 | </li> |
| 1727 | <li> |
| 1728 | Corrected report about added/withdrawn virtual functions if -headers_only option specified |
| 1729 | </li> |
| 1730 | <li> |
| 1731 | Corrected processing of header paths containing special characters |
| 1732 | </li> |
| 1733 | </ul> |
| 1734 | <br/> |
| 1735 | |
| 1736 | <b>Version 1.19 (July 22, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1737 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1738 | <ul> |
| 1739 | <li> |
| 1740 | Added -library_full_name option to display full library name in title of the report |
| 1741 | </li> |
| 1742 | <li> |
| 1743 | Added -relpath option to replace the {RELPATH} in the descriptor for ABI dumping |
| 1744 | </li> |
| 1745 | <li> |
| 1746 | Added "skip_libs" section of the library descriptor: this section contains a list of shared objects and/or directories with shared objects that should not be processed |
| 1747 | </li> |
| 1748 | <li> |
| 1749 | Improved performance on big libraries |
| 1750 | </li> |
| 1751 | </ul> |
| 1752 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1753 | <ul> |
| 1754 | <li> |
| 1755 | Removed duplicated problems from the report |
| 1756 | </li> |
| 1757 | <li> |
| 1758 | Corrected names of the template instances |
| 1759 | </li> |
| 1760 | <li> |
| 1761 | Corrected checking of reference type changes |
| 1762 | </li> |
| 1763 | <li> |
| 1764 | Corrected titles in the report |
| 1765 | </li> |
| 1766 | <li> |
| 1767 | Corrected size of some array types |
| 1768 | </li> |
| 1769 | <li> |
| 1770 | Corrected checking of added/withdrawn members in the structure types with reserved members |
| 1771 | </li> |
| 1772 | <li> |
| 1773 | Corrected checking of added/withdrawn parameters |
| 1774 | </li> |
| 1775 | </ul> |
| 1776 | <br/> |
| 1777 | |
| 1778 | <b>Version 1.18 (June 25, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1779 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1780 | <ul> |
| 1781 | <li> |
| 1782 | Added -relpath1 and -relpath2 options to replace the {RELPATH} in the descriptors; old option -relpath was removed |
| 1783 | </li> |
| 1784 | <li> |
| 1785 | Added "add_include_paths" section of the library descriptor: this section contains a list of include paths that should be added to the automatically detected include paths |
| 1786 | </li> |
| 1787 | </ul> |
| 1788 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1789 | <ul> |
| 1790 | <li> |
| 1791 | Added some previously missed compatibility problems in the report |
| 1792 | </li> |
| 1793 | <li> |
| 1794 | Corrected techniques for auto-detection of header file dependencies (include paths) |
| 1795 | </li> |
| 1796 | <li> |
| 1797 | Removed problems relating to the changes in the temporary header files |
| 1798 | </li> |
| 1799 | <li> |
| 1800 | Corrected interface signatures in the report |
| 1801 | </li> |
| 1802 | <li> |
| 1803 | Corrected checking of added/withdrawn parameters |
| 1804 | </li> |
| 1805 | <li> |
| 1806 | Corrected changes in the virtual tables of the libraries with symbol versioning |
| 1807 | </li> |
| 1808 | <li> |
| 1809 | Corrected checking of complex namespaces changes (C++) |
| 1810 | </li> |
| 1811 | <li> |
| 1812 | Added namespaces information to the ABI dump |
| 1813 | </li> |
| 1814 | </ul> |
| 1815 | <br/> |
| 1816 | |
| 1817 | <b>Version 1.17.2 (June 16, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1818 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1819 | <ul> |
| 1820 | <li> |
| 1821 | Fixed -separately option |
| 1822 | </li> |
| 1823 | <li> |
| 1824 | Corrected permissions of LICENSE file |
| 1825 | </li> |
| 1826 | <li> |
| 1827 | Corrected tool description |
| 1828 | </li> |
| 1829 | </ul> |
| 1830 | <br/> |
| 1831 | |
| 1832 | <b>Version 1.17.1 (June 09, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1833 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1834 | <ul> |
| 1835 | <li> |
| 1836 | Added -relpath option for adding prefixes to the paths in the library descriptor |
| 1837 | </li> |
| 1838 | </ul> |
| 1839 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1840 | <ul> |
| 1841 | <li> |
| 1842 | Corrected checking of added/withdrawn parameters |
| 1843 | </li> |
| 1844 | <li> |
| 1845 | Corrected processing of mixed C/C++ header sets |
| 1846 | </li> |
| 1847 | <li> |
| 1848 | Corrected checking of parameter type changes |
| 1849 | </li> |
| 1850 | </ul> |
| 1851 | <br/> |
| 1852 | |
| 1853 | <b>Version 1.17 (June 08, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1854 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1855 | <ul> |
| 1856 | <li> |
| 1857 | Visualizing of the serious changes (added/withdrawn parameters) in the interface signature |
| 1858 | </li> |
| 1859 | <li> |
| 1860 | Recursive analysis of constant changes |
| 1861 | </li> |
| 1862 | <li> |
| 1863 | Separated stderr and stdout streams of the tool |
| 1864 | </li> |
| 1865 | <li> |
| 1866 | Added "skip_constants" section of the library descriptor to skip checking of some constants |
| 1867 | </li> |
| 1868 | <li> |
| 1869 | Added -params option to add function parameter names to the report |
| 1870 | </li> |
| 1871 | </ul> |
| 1872 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1873 | <ul> |
| 1874 | <li> |
| 1875 | Corrected analysis of virtual table layout changes |
| 1876 | </li> |
| 1877 | <li> |
| 1878 | Corrected analysis of parameter type changes |
| 1879 | </li> |
| 1880 | <li> |
| 1881 | Corrected complex array type names |
| 1882 | </li> |
| 1883 | <li> |
| 1884 | Corrected typedef names |
| 1885 | </li> |
| 1886 | <li> |
| 1887 | Corrected analysis of structure layout changes |
| 1888 | </li> |
| 1889 | <li> |
| 1890 | Fixed tool hanging on some C++ headers (with many namespaces) |
| 1891 | </li> |
| 1892 | <li> |
| 1893 | Corrected analysis of Glibc headers |
| 1894 | </li> |
| 1895 | <li> |
| 1896 | Corrected analysis of library language changes (if added some C++ headers) |
| 1897 | </li> |
| 1898 | <li> |
| 1899 | Corrected descriptions of some compatibility problems |
| 1900 | </li> |
| 1901 | <li> |
| 1902 | Corrected analysis of added/withdrawn parameters in C headers |
| 1903 | </li> |
| 1904 | </ul> |
| 1905 | <br/> |
| 1906 | |
| 1907 | <b>Version 1.16 (May 05, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1908 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1909 | <ul> |
| 1910 | <li> |
| 1911 | Added -strict option for treating all compatibility warnings as problems |
| 1912 | </li> |
| 1913 | <li> |
| 1914 | Added -dumpversion option for printing tool version and don't do anything else |
| 1915 | </li> |
| 1916 | <li> |
| 1917 | Ignoring hidden .svn, .git, .bzr, .hg, and CVS directories |
| 1918 | </li> |
| 1919 | <li> |
| 1920 | Improved header files sorting for protecting from compilation errors on the intermediate phase of temporary header file compilation |
| 1921 | </li> |
| 1922 | <li> |
| 1923 | Improved techniques for auto-detection of header file dependencies (include paths) |
| 1924 | </li> |
| 1925 | <li> |
| 1926 | Ignoring problems related to changes of constants (defines) describing library version (*_VERSION_*, *_COPYRIGHT_* and other) |
| 1927 | </li> |
| 1928 | <li> |
| 1929 | New internal test cases |
| 1930 | </li> |
| 1931 | </ul> |
| 1932 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1933 | <ul> |
| 1934 | <li> |
| 1935 | Checking of some previously missed C++ namespaces |
| 1936 | </li> |
| 1937 | <li> |
| 1938 | Removed hidden "void const** __vtt_parm" parameters from signatures of some constructors |
| 1939 | </li> |
| 1940 | <li> |
| 1941 | Corrected dumping of C++ classes ABI |
| 1942 | </li> |
| 1943 | <li> |
| 1944 | Corrected checking of pure virtual destructors |
| 1945 | </li> |
| 1946 | <li> |
| 1947 | Removed unnecessary built-in constants from the ABI dump |
| 1948 | </li> |
| 1949 | </ul> |
| 1950 | <br/> |
| 1951 | |
| 1952 | <b>Version 1.15 (March 26, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1953 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1954 | <ul> |
| 1955 | <li> |
| 1956 | The license was changed to dual GNU GPL and LGPL |
| 1957 | </li> |
| 1958 | <li> |
| 1959 | Added "skip_headers" section of the library descriptor |
| 1960 | </li> |
| 1961 | </ul> |
| 1962 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 1963 | <ul> |
| 1964 | <li> |
| 1965 | Corrected processing of "include_paths" section of the library descriptor |
| 1966 | </li> |
| 1967 | <li> |
| 1968 | Corrected processing of relative paths in the "headers" and "include_paths" sections of the descriptor |
| 1969 | </li> |
| 1970 | <li> |
| 1971 | Directory with temporary files renamed from "temp" to hidden ".tmp_dir" |
| 1972 | </li> |
| 1973 | <li> |
| 1974 | Corrected processing of shared object dependencies |
| 1975 | </li> |
| 1976 | <li> |
| 1977 | Corrected processing of some previously missed functions and conversion operators in C++ |
| 1978 | </li> |
| 1979 | <li> |
| 1980 | Corrected internal test suite |
| 1981 | </li> |
| 1982 | <li> |
| 1983 | Corrected some error messages |
| 1984 | </li> |
| 1985 | </ul> |
| 1986 | <br/> |
| 1987 | |
| 1988 | <b>Version 1.14 (March 03, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 1989 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 1990 | <ul> |
| 1991 | <li> |
| 1992 | Added techniques to auto-detect dependencies of a header file (include paths); providing of "include_paths" section of the descriptor is not necessary for now |
| 1993 | </li> |
| 1994 | <li> |
| 1995 | Ported to FreeBSD and Haiku |
| 1996 | </li> |
| 1997 | <li> |
| 1998 | Added check for gcc/g++ version (>=3.0.0) |
| 1999 | </li> |
| 2000 | <li> |
| 2001 | Added sorting of interface problems by namespace in the report (C++) |
| 2002 | </li> |
| 2003 | <li> |
| 2004 | Improved internal test suite |
| 2005 | </li> |
| 2006 | <li> |
| 2007 | Added log for describing tool actions and occurred errors |
| 2008 | </li> |
| 2009 | <li> |
| 2010 | Added exit error code (high/medium risk for ABI break) |
| 2011 | </li> |
| 2012 | </ul> |
| 2013 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2014 | <ul> |
| 2015 | <li> |
| 2016 | Corrected ABI dumping |
| 2017 | </li> |
| 2018 | <li> |
| 2019 | Corrected styles of the report |
| 2020 | </li> |
| 2021 | </ul> |
| 2022 | <br/> |
| 2023 | |
| 2024 | <b>Version 1.13 (February 16, 2010)</b><br/> |
| 2025 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 2026 | <ul> |
| 2027 | <li> |
| 2028 | Added -version option |
| 2029 | </li> |
| 2030 | |
| 2031 | </ul> |
| 2032 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2033 | <ul> |
| 2034 | <li> |
| 2035 | Corrected processing of tab characters in the descriptor |
| 2036 | </li> |
| 2037 | <li> |
| 2038 | Corrected help message |
| 2039 | </li> |
| 2040 | <li> |
| 2041 | Corrected descriptor template structure |
| 2042 | </li> |
| 2043 | <li> |
| 2044 | Corrected error and warning messages |
| 2045 | </li> |
| 2046 | <li> |
| 2047 | Corrected processing of shared object dependencies |
| 2048 | </li> |
| 2049 | </ul> |
| 2050 | <br/> |
| 2051 | |
| 2052 | <b>Version 1.12 (December 04, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2053 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 2054 | <ul> |
| 2055 | <li> |
| 2056 | New help message |
| 2057 | </li> |
| 2058 | <li> |
| 2059 | Highlighting of [in-charge], [not-in-charge] constructors and destructors in the report was improved |
| 2060 | </li> |
| 2061 | <li> |
| 2062 | New option -time for enabling time measurements |
| 2063 | </li> |
| 2064 | <li> |
| 2065 | New internal test cases |
| 2066 | </li> |
| 2067 | </ul> |
| 2068 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2069 | <ul> |
| 2070 | <li> |
| 2071 | Corrected classification of compatibility problems in the report |
| 2072 | </li> |
| 2073 | <li> |
| 2074 | Reduced priority of problems related to changes in a method's object |
| 2075 | </li> |
| 2076 | <li> |
| 2077 | Corrected complex template type names |
| 2078 | </li> |
| 2079 | </ul> |
| 2080 | <br/> |
| 2081 | |
| 2082 | <b>Version 1.11 (November 10, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2083 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 2084 | <ul> |
| 2085 | <li> |
| 2086 | Added -app option to check portability of applications to the new library version |
| 2087 | </li> |
| 2088 | <li> |
| 2089 | Memory usage decreased twice |
| 2090 | </li> |
| 2091 | </ul> |
| 2092 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2093 | <ul> |
| 2094 | <li> |
| 2095 | Corrected checking of added middle structure members |
| 2096 | </li> |
| 2097 | <li> |
| 2098 | Corrected names of template types (with intrinsic, bool and string parameters) |
| 2099 | </li> |
| 2100 | <li> |
| 2101 | Corrected highlighting of function signatures in the report |
| 2102 | </li> |
| 2103 | </ul> |
| 2104 | <br/> |
| 2105 | |
| 2106 | <b>Version 1.10 (November 02, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2107 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 2108 | <ul> |
| 2109 | <li> |
| 2110 | Checking added/dropped function parameters (C language only) |
| 2111 | </li> |
| 2112 | <li> |
| 2113 | Improved design of the report |
| 2114 | </li> |
| 2115 | <li> |
| 2116 | New internal test cases |
| 2117 | </li> |
| 2118 | </ul> |
| 2119 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2120 | <ul> |
| 2121 | <li> |
| 2122 | Incorrect checking of redefined virtual functions and differences in parameter types |
| 2123 | </li> |
| 2124 | <li> |
| 2125 | More careful checking of withdrawn interfaces using shared library dependencies |
| 2126 | </li> |
| 2127 | </ul> |
| 2128 | <br/> |
| 2129 | |
| 2130 | <b>Version 1.9 (October 12, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2131 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 2132 | <ul> |
| 2133 | <li> |
| 2134 | Improved design of ABI compliance report |
| 2135 | </li> |
| 2136 | <li> |
| 2137 | Improved algorithms of checking parameter/field type change |
| 2138 | </li> |
| 2139 | <li> |
| 2140 | New internal test cases |
| 2141 | </li> |
| 2142 | </ul> |
| 2143 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2144 | <ul> |
| 2145 | <li> |
| 2146 | Fixed incorrect names of typedefs and function pointer types |
| 2147 | </li> |
| 2148 | <li> |
| 2149 | Checking of some previously missed C++ functions |
| 2150 | </li> |
| 2151 | <li> |
| 2152 | Removed some false positives from the report (for anon-types) |
| 2153 | </li> |
| 2154 | </ul> |
| 2155 | <br/> |
| 2156 | |
| 2157 | <b>Version 1.8 (September 29, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2158 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 2159 | <ul> |
| 2160 | <li> |
| 2161 | Added ability to specify a file with a list of interfaces that should be checked |
| 2162 | </li> |
| 2163 | </ul> |
| 2164 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2165 | <ul> |
| 2166 | <li> |
| 2167 | Size of ABI info dumps have been reduced through removing of unnecessary information |
| 2168 | </li> |
| 2169 | <li> |
| 2170 | Incorrect names of template instances and function pointer types |
| 2171 | </li> |
| 2172 | <li> |
| 2173 | Incorrect positions of function parameters in the "Interface Problems" section of the report |
| 2174 | </li> |
| 2175 | <li> |
| 2176 | Removed some false positives from the report |
| 2177 | </li> |
| 2178 | <li> |
| 2179 | Incorrect handling of special symbols in the paths to header files and shared objects |
| 2180 | </li> |
| 2181 | </ul> |
| 2182 | <br/> |
| 2183 | |
| 2184 | <b>Version 1.7 (September 11, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2185 | <b>New Features</b> |
| 2186 | <ul> |
| 2187 | <li> |
| 2188 | Checking of incorrect symbols versioning |
| 2189 | </li> |
| 2190 | <li> |
| 2191 | Checking the values of defines (constants) |
| 2192 | </li> |
| 2193 | <li> |
| 2194 | Ability to check header files without shared objects; It is easy to run, but may provide a low quality report with a lot of false positives and without detecting of added/withdrawn interfaces |
| 2195 | </li> |
| 2196 | <li> |
| 2197 | Number of checked interfaces and data types in the report |
| 2198 | </li> |
| 2199 | <li> |
| 2200 | Added tests for checking new features |
| 2201 | </li> |
| 2202 | </ul> |
| 2203 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2204 | <ul> |
| 2205 | <li> |
| 2206 | Incorrect processing of duplicated headers in the input set (headers with the same name but different paths) |
| 2207 | </li> |
| 2208 | <li> |
| 2209 | Incorrect header files include order |
| 2210 | </li> |
| 2211 | <li> |
| 2212 | Sorting in the ABI dumps |
| 2213 | </li> |
| 2214 | <li> |
| 2215 | Incorrect processing of redefined virtual methods |
| 2216 | </li> |
| 2217 | <li> |
| 2218 | Incorrect processing of anon types |
| 2219 | </li> |
| 2220 | <li> |
| 2221 | Absence of some necessary information about C++ functions in the ABI dumps |
| 2222 | </li> |
| 2223 | </ul> |
| 2224 | <br/> |
| 2225 | |
| 2226 | <b>Version 1.6 (August 31, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2227 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2228 | <ul> |
| 2229 | <li> |
| 2230 | Corrected processing of relative paths in the library descriptor |
| 2231 | </li> |
| 2232 | <li> |
| 2233 | Display machine hardware name instead of processor type in the report |
| 2234 | </li> |
| 2235 | <li> |
| 2236 | Fixed grammar/spelling errors |
| 2237 | </li> |
| 2238 | <li> |
| 2239 | Renamed "internal_interfaces" section of the library descriptor to "skip_interfaces" |
| 2240 | </li> |
| 2241 | <li> |
| 2242 | Cosmetic changes in the code |
| 2243 | </li> |
| 2244 | </ul> |
| 2245 | <br/> |
| 2246 | |
| 2247 | <b>Version 1.5 (August 25, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2248 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2249 | <ul> |
| 2250 | <li> |
| 2251 | Absent information about opaque types and internal interfaces has been added to the ABI dump |
| 2252 | </li> |
| 2253 | <li> |
| 2254 | Fixed style of the report |
| 2255 | </li> |
| 2256 | <li> |
| 2257 | Fixed grammar/spelling |
| 2258 | </li> |
| 2259 | <li> |
| 2260 | Renamed "internal_functions" section of the library descriptor to "internal_interfaces" |
| 2261 | </li> |
| 2262 | <li> |
| 2263 | Renamed outptu ABI dump to "*.abi.tar.gz" (previously it was "*.info.tar.gz") |
| 2264 | </li> |
| 2265 | <li> |
| 2266 | Corrected interface names in the report (for -separately option) |
| 2267 | </li> |
| 2268 | </ul> |
| 2269 | <br/> |
| 2270 | |
| 2271 | <b>Version 1.4 (August 18, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2272 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 2273 | <ul> |
| 2274 | <li> |
| 2275 | Added ability to check ABI compliance of library versions located on different machines |
| 2276 | </li> |
| 2277 | <li> |
| 2278 | Header files checking mode by default has been changed: checking all header files together instead of separate checking |
| 2279 | </li> |
| 2280 | </ul> |
| 2281 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2282 | <ul> |
| 2283 | <li> |
| 2284 | Incorrect description for affected interfaces |
| 2285 | </li> |
| 2286 | <li> |
| 2287 | Incorrect virtual table checking |
| 2288 | </li> |
| 2289 | </ul> |
| 2290 | <br/> |
| 2291 | |
| 2292 | <b>Version 1.3 (August 14, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2293 | <b>Bug Fixes</b> |
| 2294 | <ul> |
| 2295 | <li> |
| 2296 | Incorrect number of binary compatibility problems in the report summary |
| 2297 | </li> |
| 2298 | <li> |
| 2299 | Incorrect design of problem descriptions in the report |
| 2300 | </li> |
| 2301 | </ul> |
| 2302 | <br/> |
| 2303 | |
| 2304 | <b>Version 1.1 (August 06, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2305 | <b>Improvements</b> |
| 2306 | <ul> |
| 2307 | <li> |
| 2308 | Design of the report has been greatly improved |
| 2309 | </li> |
| 2310 | </ul> |
| 2311 | <br/> |
| 2312 | |
| 2313 | <b>Version 1.0 (July 31, 2009)</b><br/> |
| 2314 | Initial version of the tool. |
| 2315 | |
| 2316 | <div class="footer"> |
| 2317 | get the source code on GitHub : <a href="https://github.com/lvc/abi-compliance-checker">lvc/abi-compliance-checker</a> |
| 2318 | </div> |
| 2319 | |
| 2320 | <br/> |
| 2321 | <br/> |
| 2322 | |
| 2323 | </div> |
| 2324 | </body> |
| 2325 | </html> |