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authorSteven Knight <knight@baldmt.com>2003-08-16 04:22:37 (GMT)
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Release Notes
-This is an beta release of SCons, a tool for building software (and
-other files). SCons is implemented in Python, and its "configuration
-files" are actually Python scripts, allowing you to use the full power
-of a real scripting language to solve build problems. You do not,
-however, need to know Python to use SCons effectively.
+This is a beta release of SCons, a tool for building software (and other
+files). SCons is implemented in Python, and its "configuration files"
+are actually Python scripts, allowing you to use the full power of a
+real scripting language to solve build problems. You do not, however,
+need to know Python to use SCons effectively.
So that everyone using SCons can help each other learn how to use it
more effectively, please sign up for the scons-users mailing list at:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ more effectively, please sign up for the scons-users mailing list at:
-RELEASE 0.XX - XXX
+RELEASE 0.91 - Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:00:44 -0500
This is the second beta release of SCons. Please consult the
CHANGES.txt file for a list of specific changes since last release.
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ RELEASE 0.XX - XXX
- MSVC .res files are not rebuilt when icons change.
- The -c option does not clean up .sconsign files or directories
- created as part of the build.
+ created as part of the build, and also does not clean up
+ SideEffect files (for example, Visual Studio .pdb files).
- Switching content signatures from "MD5" to "timestamp" and back
again can cause unusual errors. These errors can be cleared up by
@@ -155,8 +156,27 @@ RELEASE 0.XX - XXX
- Using a construction variable in its own expansion can cause
an infinite loop.
- - When using SourceSignatures('timestamp'), changes to Python
- Value() Nodes do not cause rebuilds.
+ - Appending values to construction variables may suffer from type
+ errors if, for example, you try to append a string to list or
+ vice versa.
+
+ - When using multiple Repositories, changing the name of an include
+ file can cause an old version of the file to be used.
+
+ - There is currently no way to force use of a relative path (../*)
+ for directories outside the top-level SConstruct file.
+
+ - The Jar() Builder will, on its second or subsequent invocation,
+ package up the .sconsign files that SCons uses to track
+ signatures.
+
+ - SCons does not currently have a way to detect that an intermediate
+ file has been corrupted from outside and should be rebuilt.
+
+ - Unicode characters in path names do not work in all circumstances.
+
+ - A stray source file in a BuildDir can prevent targets from being
+ (re)built when they should.
- No support yet for the following planned command-line options: