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Linux-Announce Digest #808, Volume #4 Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:13:04 EDT
Contents:
GNU M4 1.4.1 released. (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
GDB 6.1.1 released! (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
No Starch Press releases "The Official Blender 2.3 Guide" ("Kathryn Barrett")
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:11:51 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: GNU M4 1.4.1 released. (fwd)
========== Forwarded message ==========
Thanks to bugfixes from Debian, and the work of Akim Demaille and Paul Eggert,
I am pleased to announce the release of GNU M4 1.4.1.
GNU m4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor. It is
mostly SVR4 compatible although it has some extensions (for example, handling
more than 9 positional parameters to macros). GNU m4 also has built-in
functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc.
GNU m4 is a macro processor in the sense that it copies its input to the
output expanding macros as it goes. Macros are either builtin or user-defined
and can take any number of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion m4
has builtin functions for including named files, running UNIX commands, doing
integer arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways, recursion etc... m4 can
be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own
right. It is used extensively by GNU Autoconf, Sendmail and the fvwm window
manager.
This release contains long standing bug fixes to the venerable 10 year
old 1.4 release. It does not contain any of the development code from
the forthcoming 2.0 release on the CVS trunk.
New in 1.4.1 - June 2004, by Paul Eggert
* maketemp now creates an empty file with the given name, instead of merely
returning the name of a nonexistent file. This closes a security hole.
m4-1.4.1 is available now from ftp.gnu.org. Please use a mirror to reduce
stress on the main gnu machine:
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
The compressed sources are here:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.1.tar.gz
The gpg detached signature is here:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.1.tar.gz.sig
Here are the MD5 and SHA1 checksums:
76984d94e85afb21caa88b5cc5aea0b3 m4-1.4.1.tar.gz
fe84b1ffb9db2af704633622cf1670344dcfe9a6 src/m4-1.4.1.tar.gz
You can also fetch the sourcecode from anonymous cvs by using the following
commands:
$ export CVS_RSH=ssh
$ cvs -z3 -d :ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/m4 \
co -r m4-1_4_1 m4
Please report bugs to <bug-m4@gnu.org>.
--
Gary V. Vaughan ())_. gary@{lilith.warpmail.net,gnu.org}
Research Scientist ( '/ http://tkd.kicks-ass.net
GNU Hacker / )= http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool
Technical Author `(_~)_ http://sources.redhat.com/autobook
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:12:11 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: GDB 6.1.1 released! (fwd)
========== Forwarded message ==========
GDB 6.1.1 released!
Version 6.1.1 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous
FTP. GDB is a source-level debugger for C, C++, Pascal, Objective-C
and many other languages. GDB can target (i.e., debug programs
running on) more than a dozen different processor architectures, and
GDB itself can run on most popular GNU/Linux, Unix and Microsoft
Windows variants.
You can download GDB from Project GNU's FTP server in the directory:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb
The previous version, 6.1, was released roughly 2 months ago; and in
that time several new features have been added and many bugs have been
fixed. The details are below. In addition, a number of late breaking
problems have been identified and they are also mentioned below.
The vital stats:
Size md5sum Name
16704501 64cbef11992238ed154cc13c953491d0 gdb-6.1.1.tar.gz
12586670 dd25473f61a3a2e1b08dee5f67ebae28 gdb-6.1.1.tar.bz2
There is a web page for GDB at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
That page includes information about GDB mailing lists (an
announcement mailing list, developers discussion lists, etc.), details
on how to access GDB's CVS repository, locations for development
snapshots, preformatted documentation, and links to related
information around the net. We will put errata notes and
host-specific tips for this release on-line as any problems come up.
All mailing lists archives are also browsable via the web.
The credit must go to Shrinivas Atre, Jim Blandy, Joel Brobecker, Paul
Brook, Kevin Buettner, David Carlton, Stephane Carrez, Michael
Elizabeth Chastain, Albert Chin-A-Young, Randolph Chung, Stephen
Clarke, Nick Clifton, Brendan Conoboy, Chris Demetriou, Dhananjay
Deshpande, Ben Elliston, Christopher Faylor, Adam Fedor, Fred Fish,
Orjan Friberg, Anthony Green, Jerome Guitton, Richard Henderson, Paul
N. Hilfinger, Jim Ingham, Bernardo Innocenti, Daniel Jacobowitz,
Andreas Jaeger, Jeff Johnston, Nick Kelsey, Mark Kettenis, David
Lecomber, H.J. Lu, Michal Ludvig, Roland McGrath, Bryce McKinlay,
Jason Merrill, Robert Millan, David S. Miller, Mark Mitchell, Alan
Modra, Jason Molenda, David Mosberger, Atsushi Nemoto, Mark Newman,
Rainer Orth, Pawel Ostrowski, Nick Roberts, Theodore A. Roth, Kei
Sakamoto, Richard Sandiford, Peter Schauer, Andreas Schwab, Michael
Snyder, Ian Lance Taylor, Corinna Vinschen, Kris Warkentin, Ulrich
Weigand, James E Wilson, Jimi Xenidis, Elena Zannoni, and Eli
Zaretskii along with all our testers and uses that who all contributed
to the 6.1 release series.
Keep those fixes and improvements coming in! (See
http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/)
Andrew Cagney
on behalf of the GDB Developers.
*** Changes in GDB 6.1.1:
* TUI (Text-mode User Interface) built-in (also included in GDB 6.1)
The TUI (Text-mode User Interface) is now built as part of a default
GDB configuration. It is enabled by either selecting the TUI with the
command line option "-i=tui" or by running the separate "gdbtui"
program. For more information on the TUI, see the manual "Debugging
with GDB".
* Pending breakpoint support (also included in GDB 6.1)
Support has been added to allow you to specify breakpoints in shared
libraries that have not yet been loaded. If a breakpoint location
cannot be found, and the "breakpoint pending" option is set to auto,
GDB queries you if you wish to make the breakpoint pending on a future
shared-library load. If and when GDB resolves the breakpoint symbol,
the pending breakpoint is removed as one or more regular breakpoints
are created.
Pending breakpoints are very useful for GCJ Java debugging.
* Fixed ISO-C build problems
The files bfd/elf-bfd.h, gdb/dictionary.c and gdb/types.c contained
non ISO-C code that stopped them being built using a more strict ISO-C
compiler (e.g., IBM's C compiler).
* Fixed build problem on IRIX 5
Due to header problems with <sys/proc.h>, the file gdb/proc-api.c
wasn't able to compile compile on an IRIX 5 system.
* Added execute permission to gdb/gdbserver/configure
The shell script gdb/testsuite/gdb.stabs/configure lacked execute
permission. This bug would cause configure to fail on a number of
systems (Solaris, IRIX). Ref: server/519.
* Fixed build problem on hpux2.0w-hp-hpux11.00 using the HP ANSI C compiler
Older HPUX ANSI C compilers did not accept variable array sizes. somsolib.c
has been updated to use constant array sizes.
* Fixed a panic in the DWARF Call Frame Info code on Solaris 2.7
GCC 3.3.2, on Solaris 2.7, includes the DW_EH_PE_funcrel encoding in
its generated DWARF Call Frame Info. This encoding was causing GDB to
panic, that panic has been fixed. Ref: gdb/1628.
* Fixed a problem when examining parameters in shared library code.
When examining parameters in optimized shared library code generated
by a mainline GCC, GDB would incorrectly report ``Variable "..." is
not available''. GDB now correctly displays the variable's value.
*** Changes in GDB 6.1:
* Removed --with-mmalloc
Support for the mmalloc memory manager has been removed, as it
conflicted with the internal gdb byte cache.
* Changes in AMD64 configurations
The AMD64 target now includes the %cs and %ss registers. As a result
the AMD64 remote protocol has changed; this affects the floating-point
and SSE registers. If you rely on those registers for your debugging,
you should upgrade gdbserver on the remote side.
* Revised SPARC target
The SPARC target has been completely revised, incorporating the
FreeBSD/sparc64 support that was added for GDB 6.0. As a result
support for LynxOS and SunOS 4 has been dropped. Calling functions
from within GDB on operating systems with a non-executable stack
(Solaris, OpenBSD) now works.
* New C++ demangler
GDB has a new C++ demangler which does a better job on the mangled
names generated by current versions of g++. It also runs faster, so
with this and other changes gdb should now start faster on large C++
programs.
* DWARF 2 Location Expressions
GDB support for location expressions has been extended to support function
arguments and frame bases. Older versions of GDB could crash when they
encountered these.
* C++ nested types and namespaces
GDB's support for nested types and namespaces in C++ has been
improved, especially if you use the DWARF 2 debugging format. (This
is the default for recent versions of GCC on most platforms.)
Specifically, if you have a class "Inner" defined within a class or
namespace "Outer", then GDB realizes that the class's name is
"Outer::Inner", not simply "Inner". This should greatly reduce the
frequency of complaints about not finding RTTI symbols. In addition,
if you are stopped at inside of a function defined within a namespace,
GDB modifies its name lookup accordingly.
* New native configurations
NetBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-netbsd*
OpenBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-openbsd*
OpenBSD/alpha alpha*-*-openbsd*
OpenBSD/sparc sparc-*-openbsd*
OpenBSD/sparc64 sparc64-*-openbsd*
* New debugging protocols
M32R with SDI protocol m32r-*-elf*
* "set prompt-escape-char" command deleted.
The command "set prompt-escape-char" has been deleted. This command,
and its very obscure effet on GDB's prompt, was never documented,
tested, nor mentioned in the NEWS file.
* OBSOLETE configurations and files
Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
permanently REMOVED.
Sun 3, running SunOS 3 m68*-*-sunos3*
Sun 3, running SunOS 4 m68*-*-sunos4*
Sun 2, running SunOS 3 m68000-*-sunos3*
Sun 2, running SunOS 4 m68000-*-sunos4*
Motorola 680x0 running LynxOS m68*-*-lynxos*
AT&T 3b1/Unix pc m68*-att-*
Bull DPX2 (68k, System V release 3) m68*-bull-sysv*
decstation mips-dec-* mips-little-*
riscos mips-*-riscos* mips-*-sysv*
sonymips mips-sony-*
sysv mips*-*-sysv4* (IRIX 5/6 not included)
* REMOVED configurations and files
SGI Irix-4.x mips-sgi-irix4 or iris4
SGI Iris (MIPS) running Irix V3: mips-sgi-irix or iris
Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
HP/PA running BSD hppa*-*-bsd*
HP/PA running OSF/1 hppa*-*-osf*
HP/PA Pro target hppa*-*-pro*
PMAX (MIPS) running Mach 3.0 mips*-*-mach3*
386BSD i[3456]86-*-bsd*
Sequent family i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*
i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*
i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*
SPARC running LynxOS sparc-*-lynxos*
SPARC running SunOS 4 sparc-*-sunos4*
Tsqware Sparclet sparclet-*-*
Fujitsu SPARClite sparclite-fujitsu-none or sparclite
Known problems in GDB 6.1.1
See also: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/
*** Build problems
build/1458: comple failed on hpux11
GDB 6.1 is known to have build problems on HP/UX 11.00 using the
vendor supplied compilers (GDB does build on HP/UX 11.11, and using
GCC).
*** Misc
gdb/1560: Control-C does not always interrupt GDB.
When GDB is busy processing a command which takes a long time to
complete, hitting Control-C does not have the expected effect.
The command execution is not aborted, and the "QUIT" message confirming
the abortion is displayed only after the command has been completed.
*** C++ support
gdb/931: GDB could be more generous when reading types C++ templates on
input
When the user types a template, GDB frequently requires the type to be
typed in a certain way (e.g. "const char*" as opposed to "const char *"
or "char const *" or "char const*").
gdb/1512: no canonical way to output names of C++ types
We currently don't have any canonical way to output names of C++ types.
E.g. "const char *" versus "char const *"; more subtleties arise when
dealing with templates.
gdb/1516: [regression] local classes, gcc 2.95.3, dwarf-2
With gcc 2.95.3 and the dwarf-2 debugging format, classes which are
defined locally to a function include the demangled name of the function
as part of their name. For example, if a function "foobar" contains a
local class definition "Local", gdb will say that the name of the class
type is "foobar__Fi.0:Local".
This applies only to classes where the class type is defined inside a
function, not to variables defined with types that are defined somewhere
outside any function (which most types are).
gdb/1588: names of c++ nested types in casts must be enclosed in quotes
You must type
(gdb) print ('Foo::Bar') x
or
(gdb) print ('Foo::Bar' *) y
instead of
(gdb) print (Foo::Bar) x
or
(gdb) print (Foo::Bar *) y
respectively.
gdb/1091: Constructor breakpoints ignored
gdb/1193: g++ 3.3 creates multiple constructors: gdb 5.3 can't set
breakpoints
When gcc 3.x compiles a C++ constructor or C++ destructor, it generates
2 or 3 different versions of the object code. These versions have
unique mangled names (they have to, in order for linking to work), but
they have identical source code names, which leads to a great deal of
confusion. Specifically, if you set a breakpoint in a constructor or a
destructor, gdb will put a breakpoint in one of the versions, but your
program may execute the other version. This makes it impossible to set
breakpoints reliably in constructors or destructors.
gcc 3.x generates these multiple object code functions in order to
implement virtual base classes. gcc 2.x generated just one object code
function with a hidden parameter, but gcc 3.x conforms to a multi-vendor
ABI for C++ which requires multiple object code functions.
*** Stack backtraces
GDB's core code base has been updated to use a new backtrace
mechanism. This mechanism makes it possible to support new features
such DWARF 2 Call Frame Information (which in turn makes possible
backtraces through optimized code).
Since this code is new, it is known to still have a few problems:
gdb/1505: [regression] gdb prints a bad backtrace for a thread
When backtracing a thread, gdb does not stop when it reaches the
outermost frame, instead continuing until it hits garbage. This is
sensitive to the operating system and thread library.
hppa*-*-*
mips*-*-*
The MIPS and HPPA backtrace code has only very recently been updated
to use GDB's new frame mechanism. At present there are still a few
problems, in particular backtraces through signal handlers do not
work.
People encountering problems with these architectures should consult
GDB's web pages and mailing lists (http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/)
to see if there are updates.
powerpc*-*-*
PowerPC architecture support, in 6.1, does not use the new frame code.
Fortunately, PowerPC architecture support, in GDB's mainline sources,
have been updated. People encountering problems should consider
downloading a more current snapshot of GDB
(http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/current/).
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:14:31 CST
From: "Kathryn Barrett" <nostarchpr@oreilly.com>
Subject: No Starch Press releases "The Official Blender 2.3 Guide"
No Starch Press releases "The Official Blender 2.3 Guide"
For Immediate Release
For more information, to request a review copy, or to schedule an
interview, contact Leigh Sacks (leigh@nostarch.com or 415.863.9900)
THE OFFICIAL BLENDER 2.3 GUIDE
Official Guide to Blender, the Free 3D Creation Suite
San Francisco, CA - Blender is a free, fully-integrated 3D graphics
creation suite that allows modeling, animation, rendering,
post-production, and realtime interactive 3D with cross-platform
compatibility (Windows, Linux, Irix, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X).
Originally developed by Not a Number (NaN) as a commercial product,
Blender has since been released as free software under the GNU GPL, and
has well over 250,000 registered users. It is a perfect tool for
beginners, students, and designers who want to include 3D creation as part
of their portfolio offering or dabble in 3D design and animation.
"The Official Blender 2.3 Guide" (No Starch Press, June 04, $49.95, with
CD-ROM) is a complete guide to Blender, written and produced by the
Blender community, with the support of the Blender Foundation. The book
includes a CD-ROM with versions of Blender for all platforms (Windows,
Mac, Linux, and more), example files and python scripts, image galleries
and movies, and all files needed for the book's tutorials. A full color
insert demonstrates Blender's capabilities, with stunning clarity and
vibrant color. Readers will find:
* Methods for designing models, defining materials, and simulating light,
as well as design basics and advanced techniques
* Instructions for rendering 3D scenes, including special effects like
motion blur and cartoon edges
* Help creating 3D animations: moving objects in time, deforming objects,
and animating characters
* Tutorials for using Blender as a video editor with the advanced sequence
editor that gives animations a professional finish
* Ways to extend Blender with Python scripting and binary plugins to
create the perfect customized software suite for specific design needs
"The Official Blender 2.3 Guide" was written, developed, and produced by
the Blender Foundation, but is being printed and distributed by No Starch
Press. As No Starch Press publisher William Pollock explains, "As an open
source application, Blender is a moving target. We felt it was important
to bring the book to the wider Blender community now, as it was delivered
to us, rather than spend months editing it as we often do. This book is a
great example of how an open source community can produce something of
real value to its members and how we as a publisher can enable that," adds
Pollock.
"A crucial part of the Blender Foundation strategy is to establish a solid
network of commercial partners around our open source projects,"
elaborates Blender founder Ton Roosendaal, who is also co-author of "The
Official Blender 2.3 Guide". "No Starch Press was one of the first to
recognize this opportunity, and we are proud to continue working with them
as our publishing partner. No Starch Press will ensure that this book is
in all bookstores in the US, and will help the book, and Blender itself,
reach a wider audience."
THE OFFICIAL BLENDER 2.3 GUIDE
Free 3D Creation Suite for Modeling, Animation, and Rendering
Produced and Edited by Ton Roosendaal and Stefano Selleri
ISBN 1593270410, June 2004, US $49.95 ($69.95 Cdn), 768 pp. + 16 pp. color
insert, w/CD-ROM
Available at fine bookstores everywhere, from www.oreilly.com/nostarch, or
directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com, orders@nostarch.com, and
800.420.7240)
No Starch Press titles are distributed throughout the U.S. by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
www.blender.org; www.blender3d.org
Table of contents: http://www.nostarch.com/officialblender_toc.htm
Cover image: http://www.nostarch.com/officialblender_big.htm
Sample chapter: http://www.nostarch.com/download/officialblender_ch7.pdf
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The Blender Foundation is the non-profit organization that maintains
Blender under the GNU GPL license. Chairman Ton Roosendaal is Blender's
creator and the founder of the non-profit Blender Foundation. He is the
co-author of "The Official Blender GameKit" (No Starch Press) and "The
Official Blender 2.0 Guide" (Premier Press). Stefano Selleri is an
Assistant Professor at the University of Florence, Italy. He has been
working with 3D design since 1995 and with Blender since 1999.
ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS
Since 1994, No Starch Press has published unique books on technology, with
a focus on Open Source, security, hacking, web development, programming,
gaming, and alternative operating systems. Our titles have personality,
our authors are passionate, and our books tackle topics that people care
about.
For more information, to request a review copy, or to schedule an
interview, contact Leigh Sacks (leigh@nostarch.com or 415.863.9900).
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