History¶

Following lists the changes per released version.

v0.4.11, 2016-01-24:

general; updated to waf version 1.8.19
general; tested with waf versions 1.8.10 ~ 1.8.19
general; tested with python-2.7.10 and python python-3.4.3
ccenv; add /DEBUG link option; used for exporting debug program database
ccenv; add /Fd<appname>.pdb CL link option; specifies debug program database name
cppcheck; presence is now optional, source code checking will be skipped durinig build when not available
issue17; removed redundant quotes around preprocessor defines

v0.4.10, 2015-03-15:

general; updated to waf version 1.8.7
cmake, makefile; improved detection of include paths
issue14; set external path and symbol references

v0.4.9, 2015-01-07:

bdist; renamed module package into bdist, better reflects intended use of the module
ccenv; use a shallow environment copy, i.e. use env.derive() for each variant build environment

v0.4.8, 2015-01-05:

ccenv; added configuration option host (e.g. host = linux), only create variant build environment when building on the specified host
general; updated documentation to use theme from ‘Read the Docs’

v0.4.7, 2014-12-31:

ccenv; new module, replacement of ccross and gnucc modules
ccross, gnucc; marked as deprecated, use ccenv instead
general; dropped default support for batched_cc,unity, still too experimental
issue6; added check for presence of C and C++ compilers in eclipse module

v0.4.6, 2014-12-30:

issue13; improved package installation
general; added description for test script
general; updated setup script for Fedora

v0.4.5, 2014-12-07:

cppcheck; fixed crash when used in conf.check(); i.e. there are no bld.options

v0.4.4, 2014-12-07:

cppcheck; fixed static title and header in top index page
cppcheck; show highlighted source code for each file

v0.4.3, 2014-12-05:

makefile, cmake, msdev; use additional system includes (bld.env.INCLUDES)
msdev; treat bld.objects() as stlib.

v0.4.2, 2014-11-30:

issue12; makefile, treat bld.objects() as stlib.
makefile; improved detection and handling of nested libraries.
issue11; cmake, treat bld.objects() as stlib.

v0.4.1, 2014-11-23:

ccross; added support for msvc
ccross; use gcc as default host compiler, use –cchost to use default platform compiler
ccross; added option for specifying compiler postfix in ccross.ini file
cppcheck; reimplemented using JinJa2

v0.4.0, 2014-11-17:

waftools; moved get_deps() and get_targets() to module deps

v0.3.9, 2014-11-16:

waftools; return unique list of deps in waftools.get_deps()
eclipse; [bug fix] use general compiler flags and includes
eclipse; [bug fix] export bld.objects() as static library
cmake; [bug fix] export bld.objects() as static library

v0.3.8, 2014-11-13:

issue9; add -pthread option by default in gnucc and use it for export(eclipse, makefiles, codeblocks)
eclipse; [bug fix] added shared system libs
eclipse; added eclipse_skipme task generator option
codeblocks; added codeblocks_skipme task generator option
cmake; added cmake_skipme task generator option
msdev; added msdev_skipme task generator option
codeblocks, cmake; only export projects for selected targets (e.g. –targets=a,b,)

v0.3.7, 2014-11-12:

general; added package dependency to chardet
ccross; fix when using multiple cross compilers
cppcheck; detect character encoding when parsing on source failed.

v0.3.6, 2014-11-10:

waftools; added generic waftools.recurse(ctx,trees=[]) function
issue8; check if options (e.g. env) exist in cross.ini file
ccross; use normal compiler, linker and archvier if no prefix has been specified in ccross.ini
eclipse; added generation of launchers

v0.3.5, 2014-11-09:

ccross; specify configuration file (cross.ini) using command line argument
ccross; added support for defining environment variables in ‘cross.ini’
wafinstall; allways create ‘extras’ directory (required for ‘compiler_c’ tool)

v0.3.4, 2014-11-06:

msdev, makefile; only export projects for selected targets (e.g. –targets=a,b,)
wafinstall; by default do not install files from waflib/Tools/extras (i.e. –tools=None), add missing __init__.py file to waflib/Tools/extras.

v0.3.3, 2014-11-04:

wafinstall; corrected detection of compression of the waf archive (gz or bz2)
makefile; several fixes and improvements:
- handle cflags in task generator being specified as string
- added support for read_shlib()
- only build C/C++ tasks
- use correct makefile, build directory and libpaths for variants (cross-compile)
eclipse; several fixes and improvements:
- added support for library task generators exporting headers only (i.e. no source)
- added missing external libraries in project; use ‘lib’ from task generator, added support for read_shlib(), a.k.a. fake_lib

v0.3.2, 2014-11-03:

issue5; fixed detection of (cross)compilers in ccross module when using waf-1.8.x

v0.3.1, 2014-10-30:

issue4; added missing package files (‘msdev.sln’ and ‘doxy.config’)
wafinstall; improved/revised waf install script (beta)

v0.3.0, 2014-10-23:

wafinstall; added install script, can be used to install the waf build system

v0.2.0, 2014-10-15:

general; added support for waf-1.8.x, several fixes for environment variables being changed to type(list)
ccross; use new unity and batched_cc tools from waf-1.8.x when available

v0.1.8, 2014-10-11:

general; updated package trove classifiers in setup.py
indent; new module uses GNU indent in order to clean-up and format C/C++ source code
documentation; improved detailed description of modules

v0.1.7, 2014-10-06:

makefile, codeblocks, eclipse; added support for multiple build environments (cross-compile)
codeblocks; added support for multiple build environments (cross-compile)
eclipse; changed export, now only export settings defined within the environment

v0.1.6, 2014-09-03:

makefile; corrected creation of relative source paths and fixed a problem when using underscores in directory or task names
cppcheck; fixed broken hyperlinks when using firefox web browser

v0.1.5, 2014-08-24:

general; corrected download url in setup.py
general; always use tgz format for released packages
gnucc; new module containing GNU C/C++ compiler specific configuration settings
examples; updated build scripts in ‘playground’

v0.1.4, 2014-08-18:

depends, tree; renamed depends module into tree
documenation; added tree to package description
waftools; added ‘location’ variable (i.e. ‘waftools.location’)
msdev, eclipse, cmake, codeblocks, make; improved export speed
issue2, issue3; improved installation path of package data files (e.g. msdev.sln)
msdev, cmake, codeblocks; fixed export on Windows

v0.1.3, 2014-07-21:

license; changed license to MIT
documentation; updated and improved detailed description of modules
msdev, eclipse, cmake, codeblocks, make; improved export function
eclipse; improved export when using MinGW on Windows

v0.1.2, 2014-07-01:

eclipse; improved export when includes and use tgen arguments are specified as string intead of list
codeblocks; use LIBPATH and INCLUDES dependencies, added pthread linker option
depend; new module that allows users to get an overview of dependencies between tasks
doxygen; new module that allows users to create C/C++ source documentation

v0.1.1, 2014-05-10:

codeblocks; added extra check when parsing dependencies (use)
msdev; added extra check when parsing dependencies (use)
eclipse; added extra check when parsing dependencies (use)
cppcheck; added extra check on C/C++ sources containing non human readable characters

v0.1.0, 2014-04-08:

msdev; added export function of C/C++ tasks to Visual Studio projects.

v0.0.9, 2014-04-01:

initial release.