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      1 Version 1.10
      2 ============
      3 
      4 All:
      5 - Disabled branch coverage processing per default to improve processing
      6   performance (can be re-enabled using a config file setting)
      7 - Added option --rc to override config file settings from the command line
      8 - Added option --config-file to override the config file location
      9 - Fixed handling of '<' in filenames
     10 
     11 genhtml:
     12 - Added option --ignore-errors to continue after errors
     13 - Added man page note to further explain branch coverage output
     14 - Fixed man page description of default coverage rates
     15 - Fixed HTML page title for directory pages
     16 - Fixed handling of special characters in file and directory names
     17 - Fixed directory prefix calculation
     18 - Fixed warning when source files are found in root directory
     19 
     20 geninfo:
     21 - Added options --external and --no-external to include/exclude external
     22   source files such as standard libary headers
     23 - Added option --compat to specify compatibility modes
     24 - Added missing man page sections for --derive-func-data and --no-markers
     25 - Added support for MinGW output on MSYS. From martin.hopfeld (a] sse-erfurt.de
     26 - Added support for gcc 4.7 .gcno file format.  Based on patch by
     27   berrange (a] redhat.com
     28 - Added auto-detection of gcc-4.7 function record format. Includes
     29   suggestions by garnold (a] google.com
     30 - Fixed exclusion markers for --derive-func-data.  Reported by bettse (a] gmail.com
     31 - Fixed processing of pre-3.3 gcov files. Reported by georgysebastian (a] gmail.com
     32 - Fixed handling of '<built-in>.gcov' files
     33 - Fixed warning about unhandled .gcov files
     34 - Improved --debug output
     35 - Removed help text for obsolete parameter --function-coverage
     36 
     37 genpng:
     38 - Fixed handling of empty source files. Reported by: sylvestre (a] debian.org
     39 
     40 lcov:
     41 - Added options --external and --no-external to include/exclude external source
     42   files such as standard libary headers
     43 - Added option --summary to show summary coverage information
     44 - Added option --compat to specify compatibility modes
     45 - Fixed missing Perl version dependency in RPM spec file. Reported by
     46   Martin Hopfeld <martin.hopfeld (a] sse-erfurt.de>
     47 - Fixed geninfo not recognizing Objective-C functions. Based on patch
     48   by abrahamh (a] web.de
     49 - Fixed option --no-recursion not being passed to geninfo
     50 - Fixed capitalization of the term 'Perl'
     51 - Improved coverage rate calculation to only show 0%/100% when no/full coverage
     52   is achieved.  Based on suggestions by Paul.Zimmermann (a] loria.fr and
     53   vincent (a] vinc17.net
     54 
     55 lcovrc:
     56 - Added description for geninfo_compat setting
     57 - Added config file setting 'genhtml_charset' to specify HTML charset
     58 - Added config file setting 'geninfo_external' to include/exclude external
     59   source files such as standard libary headers
     60 - Added config file setting 'geninfo_gcov_all_blocks' to modify lcov's use
     61   of gcov's -a option
     62 - Added config file setting 'geninfo_compat' to specify compatibility modes
     63 - Added config file setting 'geninfo_adjust_src_path' to enabled source path
     64   adjustments.  Inspired by patch by ammon.riley (a] gmail.com
     65 - Added config file setting 'geninfo_auto_base' to automatically determine
     66   the base directory when collecting coverage data
     67 - Added config file setting 'lcov_function_coverage' to enable/disable
     68   function coverage processing
     69 - Added config file setting 'lcov_branch_coverage' to enable/disable
     70   branch coverage processing
     71 
     72 
     73 Version 1.9
     74 ===========
     75 
     76 genhtml:
     77 - Improved wording for branch representation tooltip text
     78 - Fixed vertical alignment of HTML branch representation
     79 
     80 geninfo:
     81 - Improved warning message about --initial not generating branch coverage data
     82 - Debugging messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
     83 - Fixed problem with some .gcno files. Reported by gui (a] futarque.com.
     84   (file.gcno: reached unexpected end of file)
     85 - Fixed problem with relative build paths. Reported by zhanbiao2000 (a] gmail.com.
     86   (cannot find an entry for ^#src#test.c.gcov in .gcno file, skipping file!)
     87 - Fixed problem where coverage data is missing for some files. Reported by
     88   weston_schmidt (a] open-roadster.com
     89 - Fixed problem where exclusion markers are ignored when gathering
     90   initial coverage data. Reported by ahmed_osman (a] mentor.com.
     91 - Fixed large execution counts showing as negative numbers in HTML output.
     92   Reported by kkyriako (a] yahoo.com.
     93 - Fixed problem that incorrectly associated branches outside of a block with
     94   branches inside the first block
     95 
     96 lcov:
     97 - Fixed problem that made lcov ignore --kernel-directory parameters when
     98   specifying --initial. Reported by hjia (a] redhat.com.
     99 - Added --list-full-path option to prevent lcov from truncating paths in list
    100   output
    101 - Added lcov_list_width and lcov_list_truncate_max directives to the
    102   lcov configuration file to allow for list output customization
    103 - Improved list output
    104 
    105 COPYING:
    106 - Added license text to better comply with GPL recommendations
    107 
    108 
    109 Version 1.8
    110 ===========
    111 
    112 gendesc:
    113 - Fixed problem with single word descriptions
    114 
    115 genhtml:
    116 - Added support for branch coverage measurements
    117 - Added --demangle-cpp option to convert C++ function names to human readable
    118   format. Based on a patch by slava.semushin (a] gmail.com.
    119 - Improved color legend: legend display takes up less space in HTML output
    120 - Improved coverage rate limits: all coverage types use the same limits
    121   unless specified otherwise
    122 - Fixed CRLF line breaks in source code when generating html output. Based
    123   on patch by michael.knigge (a] set-software.de.
    124 - Fixed warning when $HOME is not set
    125 - Fixed problem with --baseline-file option. Reported by sixarm (a] gmail.com.
    126   (Undefined subroutine &main::add_fnccounts called at genhtml line 4560.)
    127 - Fixed problem with --baseline-file option and files without function
    128   coverage data (Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at genhtml
    129   line 4441.)
    130 - Fixed short-name option ambiguities
    131 - Fixed --highlight option not showing line data from converted test data
    132 - Fixed warnings about undefined value used. Reported by nikita (a] zhuk.fi.
    133 - Fixed error when processing tracefiles without function data. Reported
    134   by richard.corden (a] gmail.com (Can't use an undefined value as a HASH
    135   reference at genhtml line 1506.)
    136 
    137 geninfo:
    138 - Added support for branch coverage measurements
    139 - Added support for exclusion markers: Users can exclude lines of code from
    140   coverage reports by adding keywords to the source code.
    141 - Added --derive-func-data option
    142 - Added --debug option to better debug problems with graph files
    143 - Fixed CRLF line breaks in source code when generating tracefiles. Based on
    144   patch by michael.knigge (a] set-software.de.
    145 - Fixed problems with unnamed source files
    146 - Fixed warning when $HOME is not set. Reported by acalando (a] free.fr.
    147 - Fixed errors when processing unnamed source files
    148 - Fixed help text typo
    149 - Fixed errors when processing incomplete function names in .bb files
    150 - Fixed filename prefix detection
    151 - Fixed problem with matching filename
    152 - Fixed problem when LANG is set to non-english locale. Reported by
    153   benoit_belbezet (a] yahoo.fr.
    154 - Fixed short-name option ambiguities
    155 
    156 genpng:
    157 - Fixed runtime-warning
    158 
    159 lcov:
    160 - Added support for branch coverage measurements
    161 - Added support for the linux-2.6.31 upstream gcov kernel support
    162 - Added --from-package and --to-package options
    163 - Added --derive-func-data option
    164 - Added overall coverage result output for more operations
    165 - Improved output of lcov --list
    166 - Improved gcov-kernel handling
    167 - Fixed minor problem with --diff
    168 - Fixed double-counting of function data
    169 - Fixed warning when $HOME is not set. Reported by acalando (a] free.fr.
    170 - Fixed error when combining tracefiles without function data. Reported by
    171   richard.corden (a] gmail.com. (Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference
    172   at lcov line 1341.)
    173 - Fixed help text typo
    174 - Fixed filename prefix detection
    175 - Fixed lcov ignoring information about converted test data
    176 
    177 README: 
    178 - Added note to mention required -lgcov switch during linking
    179 
    180  
    181 Version 1.7:
    182 ============
    183 
    184 gendesc:
    185 - Updated error and warning messages
    186 - Updated man page
    187 
    188 genhtml:
    189 - Added function coverage data display patch by tomzo (a] nefkom.net (default is on)
    190 - Added --function-coverage to enable function coverage display
    191 - Added --no-function-coverage to disable function coverage display
    192 - Added sorting option in HTLM output (default is on)
    193 - Added --sort to enable sorting
    194 - Added --no-sort to disable sorting
    195 - Added --html-gzip to create gzip-compressed HTML output (patch by
    196   dnozay (a] vmware.com)
    197 - Fixed problem when using --baseline-file on coverage data files that
    198   contain data for files not found in the baseline file
    199 - Updated error and warning messages
    200 - Updated man page
    201 
    202 geninfo:
    203 - Added function coverage data collection patch by tomzo (a] nefkom.net
    204 - Added more verbose output when a "ERROR: reading string" error occurs
    205   (patch by scott.heavner (a] philips.com)
    206 - Fixed geninfo not working with directory names containing spaces (reported
    207   by jeffconnelly (a] users.sourceforge.net)
    208 - Fixed "ERROR: reading string" problem with gcc 4.1
    209 - Fixed problem with function names that contain non-alphanumerical characters
    210 - Fixed problem with gcc versions before 3.3
    211 - Updated error and warning messages
    212 - Updated man page
    213 
    214 genpng:
    215 - Updated error and warning messages
    216 - Updated man page
    217 
    218 lcov:
    219 - Added support for function coverage data for adding/diffing tracefiles
    220 - Added --no-recursion option to disable recursion into sub-directories
    221   while scanning for gcov data files
    222 - Fixed lcov -z not working with directory names containing spaces (reported
    223   by Jeff Connelly)
    224 - Updated error and warning messages
    225 - Updated man page
    226 
    227 lcov.spec:
    228 - Updated of description and title information
    229 
    230 lcovrc:
    231 - Added genhtml_function_hi_limit
    232 - Added genhtml_function_med_limit
    233 - Added genhtml_function_coverage
    234 - Added genhtml_sort
    235 - Updated man page
    236 
    237 Makefile:
    238 - Updated info text
    239 
    240 
    241 Version 1.6:
    242 ============
    243 
    244 geninfo:
    245 - Added libtool compatibility patch by thomas (a] apestaart.org (default is on)
    246 - Added --compat-libtool option to enable libtool compatibility mode
    247 - Added --no-compat-libtool option to disable libtool compatibility mode
    248 - Changed default for line checksumming to off
    249 - Added --checksum option to enable line checksumming
    250 - Added --gcov-tool option
    251 - Added --ignore-errors option
    252 - Added --initial option to generate zero coverage from graph files
    253 - Removed automatic test name modification on s390
    254 - Added --checksum option
    255 - Updated man page
    256 
    257 lcov:
    258 - Added libtool compatibility patch by thomas (a] apestaart.org
    259 - Added --compat-libtool option to enable libtool compatibility mode
    260 - Added --no-compat-libtool option to disable libtool compatibility mode
    261 - Added --checksum option to enable line checksumming
    262 - Added --gcov-tool option
    263 - Added --ignore-errors option
    264 - Added --initial option to generate zero coverage from graph files
    265 - Updated help text
    266 - Updated man page
    267 - Fixed lcov not working when -k is specified more than once
    268 - Fixed lcov not deleting .gcda files when specifying -z and -d
    269 
    270 lcovrc:
    271 - Added geninfo_compat_libtool option
    272 - Added geninfo_checksum option
    273 - Removed geninfo_no_checksum option from example lcovrc
    274 - Updated man page
    275 
    276 README:
    277 - Added description of lcovrc file
    278 
    279 
    280 Version 1.5:
    281 ============
    282 
    283 genhtml:
    284 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
    285 - Added --legend option
    286 - Added --html-prolog option
    287 - Added --html-epilog option
    288 - Added --html-extension option
    289 - Added warning when specifying --no-prefix and --prefix
    290 - Reworked help text to make it more readable
    291 
    292 geninfo:
    293 - Renamed 'sles9' compatibility mode to 'hammer' compatibility mode
    294 - Added support for mandrake gcc 3.3.2
    295 - Fixed bbg file reading in hammer compatibility mode
    296 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
    297 - Added --base-directory option
    298 
    299 lcov:
    300 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
    301 - Added --base-directory option
    302 
    303 
    304 Version 1.4:
    305 ============
    306 
    307 All:
    308 - Added configuration file support
    309 
    310 genhtml:
    311 - Fixed help text message
    312 - Fixed handling of special characters in file- and directory names
    313 - Added description of --css-file option to man page
    314 
    315 geninfo:
    316 - Added support for GCOV file format as used by GCC 3.3.3 on SUSE SLES9
    317 - Fixed error text message
    318 - Added check to abort processing if no source code file is available
    319 - Added workaround for a problem where geninfo could not find source code
    320   files for a C++ project
    321 - Fixed 'branch'-statement parsing for GCC>=3.3 .gcov files
    322 - Fixed exec count-statement parsing for GCC>=3.3 .gcov files
    323 - Fixed .gcno-file parser (some lines were not counted as being instrumented)
    324 
    325 lcov:
    326 - Modified path for temporary files from '.' to '/tmp'
    327 - Fixed comments
    328 - Removed unused function 'escape_shell'
    329 
    330 lcovrc:
    331 - Introduced sample configuration file
    332 
    333 Makefile:
    334 - Added rule to install configuration file
    335 - Fixed installation path for man pages
    336 
    337 
    338 Version 1.3:
    339 ============
    340 
    341 All:
    342 - Added compatibility for gcc-3.4
    343 
    344 lcov:
    345 - Modified --diff function to better cope with ambiguous entries in patch files
    346 - Modified --capture option to use modprobe before insmod (needed for 2.6)
    347 - Added --path option required for --diff function
    348 
    349 
    350 Version 1.2:
    351 ============
    352 
    353 All:
    354 - Added compatibility for gcc-3.3
    355 - Adjusted LCOV-URL (http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php)
    356 - Minor changes to whitespaces/line breaks/spelling
    357 - Modified call mechanism so that parameters for external commands are not
    358   parsed by the shell mechanism anymore (no more problems with special
    359   characters in paths/filenames)
    360 - Added checksumming mechanism: each tracefile now contains a checksum for
    361   each instrumented line to detect incompatible data
    362 
    363 Makefile:
    364 - Added rule to build source RPM
    365 - Changed install path for executables (/usr/local/bin -> /usr/bin)
    366 
    367 lcov.spec:
    368 - Modified to support building source rpms
    369 
    370 updateversion.pl:
    371 - Modified to include update of release number in spec file
    372 
    373 genhtml:
    374 - Fixed bug which would not correctly associate data sets with an empty
    375   test name (only necessary when using --show-details in genhtml)
    376 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
    377   of checksums
    378 - Implemented new command line option '--highlight' which highlights lines of
    379   code which were only covered in converted tracefiles (see '--diff' option of
    380   lcov)
    381 
    382 geninfo:
    383 - Added workaround for a bug in gcov shipped with gcc-3.2 which aborts when
    384   encountering empty .da files
    385 - Fixed geninfo so that it does not abort after encountering empty .bb files
    386 - Added function to collect branch coverage data
    387 - Added check for gcov tool
    388 - Added check for the '--preserve-paths' option of gcov; if available, this
    389   will prevent losing .gcov files in some special cases (include files with
    390   same name in different subdirectories)
    391 - Implemented new command line option '--follow' to control whether or not 
    392   links should be followed while searching for .da files.
    393 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
    394   of checksums
    395 
    396 lcov:
    397 - Fixed bug which would not correctly associate data sets with an empty
    398   test name (only necessary when using --show-details in genhtml)
    399 - Cleaned up internal command line option check
    400 - Files are now processed in alphabetical order
    401 - Added message when reading tracefiles
    402 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
    403   of checksums
    404 - Implemented new command line option '--diff' which allows converting
    405   coverage data from an older source code version by using a diff file
    406   to map line numbers
    407 - Implemented new command line option '--follow' to control whether or not 
    408   links should be followed while searching for .da files.
    409 
    410 genpng:
    411 - Added support for the highlighting option of genhtml
    412 - Corrected tab to spaces conversion
    413 - Modified genpng to take number of spaces to use in place of tab as input
    414   instead of replacement string
    415   
    416 
    417 Version 1.1:
    418 ============
    419 
    420 - Added CHANGES file
    421 - Added Makefile implementing the following targets:
    422   * install    : install LCOV scripts and man pages
    423   * uninstall  : revert previous installation
    424   * dist       : create lcov.tar.gz file and lcov.rpm file
    425   * clean      : clean up example directory, remove .tar and .rpm files
    426 - Added man pages for all scripts
    427 - Added example program to demonstrate the use of LCOV with a userspace
    428   application
    429 - Implemented RPM build process
    430 - New directory structure:
    431   * bin        : contains all executables
    432   * example    : contains a userspace example for LCOV
    433   * man        : contains man pages
    434   * rpm        : contains files required for the RPM build process
    435 - LCOV-scripts are now in bin/
    436 - Removed .pl-extension from LCOV-script files
    437 - Renamed readme.txt to README
    438 
    439 README:
    440 - Adjusted mailing list address to ltp-coverage (a] lists.sourceforge.net
    441 - Fixed incorrect parameter '--output-filename' in example LCOV call
    442 - Removed tool descriptions and turned them into man pages
    443 - Installation instructions now refer to RPM and tarball
    444 
    445 descriptions.tests:
    446 - Fixed some spelling errors
    447 
    448 genhtml:
    449 - Fixed bug which resulted in an error when trying to combine .info files
    450   containing data without a test name
    451 - Fixed bug which would not correctly handle data files in directories
    452   with names containing some special characters ('+', etc.)
    453 - Added check for empty tracefiles to prevent division-by-zeros
    454 - Implemented new command line option --num-spaces / the number of spaces
    455   which replace a tab in source code view is now user defined
    456 - Fixed tab expansion so that in source code view, a tab doesn't produce a
    457   fixed number of spaces, but as many spaces as are needed to advance to the
    458   next tab position
    459 - Output directory is now created if it doesn't exist
    460 - Renamed "overview page" to "directory view page"
    461 - HTML output pages are now titled "LCOV" instead of "GCOV"
    462 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
    463 
    464 geninfo:
    465 - Fixed bug which would not allow .info files to be generated in directories
    466   with names containing some special characters
    467 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
    468 
    469 lcov:
    470 - Fixed bug which would cause lcov to fail when the tool is installed in
    471   a path with a name containing some special characters
    472 - Implemented new command line option '--add-tracefile' which allows the
    473   combination of data from several tracefiles
    474 - Implemented new command line option '--list' which lists the contents
    475   of a tracefile
    476 - Implemented new command line option '--extract' which allows extracting
    477   data for a particular set of files from a tracefile
    478 - Implemented new command line option '--remove' which allows removing
    479   data for a particular set of files from a tracefile
    480 - Renamed '--reset' to '--zerocounters' to avoid a naming ambiguity with
    481   '--remove'
    482 - Changed name of gcov kernel directory from /proc/gcov to a global constant
    483   so that it may be changed easily when required in future versions
    484 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
    485 
    486 
    487 Version 1.0 (2002-09-05):
    488 =========================
    489 
    490 - Initial version
    491 
    492