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author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-03-22 15:24:46 -0500 |
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committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-03-22 15:24:46 -0500 |
commit | 541a3f95c0bf3ac0bc05b89b05046a1c6d659408 (patch) | |
tree | 48b3d79be57fc25b509383d29ee0208511c600f7 /ANNOUNCE | |
parent | 7346a1ad6f2afd46fe47133c785a98115601ced2 (diff) | |
download | groff-git-541a3f95c0bf3ac0bc05b89b05046a1c6d659408.tar.gz |
ANNOUNCE: Update.
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@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ while consuming minimal system resources. Changes ======= +Release candidate 4 resolves portability problems on 64-bit AIX and +64-bit MinGW, with FreeBSD/NetBSD/AIX make(1), and with the Sun C +compiler; improves the fallback used in groff's man pages to keep them +rendering on systems that don't implement the new `MR` man(7) macro; +makes generation of the distribution archive less dependent on the build +configuration; makes the automated tests more robust and revealing; +improves configuration checking for URW font availability; and updates +the documentation. + Since groff 1.22.4 was released in December 2018, 26 people have made a total of over 4,500 commits. @@ -135,14 +144,14 @@ sha256sum < groff-1.23.0.rc4.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d\ | xxd -r -p | base64 Caveats ======= +o A defect in GNU diffutils 3.9 (January 2023) causes gdiffmk to + malfunction and its automated test to fail. See + <https://debbugs.gnu.org/db/61/61193.html>. + o GNU tools, or otherwise POSIX-conforming ones, are generally required to build on Solaris 10 or 11. See the "PROBLEMS" file in the distribution archive. -o A failure in automated testing occurs (if you run "make check") for - gdiffmk if GNU diffutils 3.9 is used. This is a known problem with - that release; see <https://debbugs.gnu.org/db/61/61193.html>. - o Solaris 10 has known problems with automated tests; see the "PROBLEMS" file in the distribution archive. |