Re: libtool ChangeLog Makefile.am libltdl/config/ge...

[Ralf Wildenhues]

[ moving from libtool-commit ]

Hi Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 08:35:13PM CET:
> On 9 Mar 2008, at 10:12, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>>      Fix compiler output to be in the user locale.
>>      * libltdl/config/general.m4sh (func_show_eval_locale): New
>>      function, for running commands in the user locale.
>>      * libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_compile): Use it for
>>      compiling.
>>      * tests/localization.at (localized compiler messages): New test.
>>      * Makefile.am: Adjust.
>>      Report by Bruno Haible.
>
> Looks worthy of a NEWS entry...

Sure.  Thanks.  Also the bunch of testsuite fixes (there will need to be
a few more) and the w32 cross fix.  I've applied this.

Cheers,
Ralf

2008-03-14  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>

        * NEWS: Update.
 
Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.223
diff -u -r1.223 NEWS
--- NEWS        12 Mar 2008 19:48:24 -0000      1.223
+++ NEWS        14 Mar 2008 06:17:09 -0000
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 New in 2.3b: 2008-??-??: CVS version 2.3a, Libtool team:
 
+* New features:
+
+  - In compile mode, compiler output occurs in the user locale.  This
+    feature has been present in 1.5.26 but not in 2.2.
+
 * Changes in supported systems or compilers:
 
   - Initial shared library support for AmigaOS4 on powerpc.
@@ -15,6 +20,8 @@
   - Fix 2.2 regression in that `libtool --mode=execute CMD ARGS' does not
     transform ARGS that do not look like shell or C wrappers of libtool
     programs.
+  - Fix 2.2 regression that kept cross-compiling to w32 from working.
+  - Several testsuite issues have been fixed, thanks to user feedback.
 
 New in 2.2: 2008-03-01; CVS version 2.1c, Libtool team: