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diff --git a/src/RELEASE.txt b/src/RELEASE.txt index 234c0ff..e5e383e 100644 --- a/src/RELEASE.txt +++ b/src/RELEASE.txt @@ -20,11 +20,39 @@ more effectively, please sign up for the scons-users mailing list at: -RELEASE 0.98.4 - Sat, 17 May 2008 22:14:46 -0700 +RELEASE 0.98.5 - Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:20:35 -0700 This is a release candidate for SCons 1.0. Please consult the CHANGES.txt file for a list of specific changes since last release. + Please note the following important changes since release 0.98.4: + + -- scons.bat NOW RETURNS THE REAL SCONS EXIT STATUS + + The scons.bat script shipped with SCons used to exit with + a status of 1 when it detected any failed (non-zero) exit + status from the underlying Python execution of SCons itself. + The scons.bat script now exits with the actual status + returned by SCons. + + -- SCONS NOW WARNS WHEN TRYING TO LINK C++ AND FORTRAN OBJECT FILES + + Some C++ toolchains do not understand Fortran runtimes and create + unpredictable executables when linking C++ and Fortran object + files together. SCons now issues a warning if you try to link + C++ and Fortran object files into the same executable: + + scons: warning: Using $CXX to link Fortran and C++ code together. + This may generate a buggy executable if the '/usr/bin/gcc' + compiler does not know how to deal with Fortran runtimes. + + The warning may be suppressed with either the --warning=no-link + or --warning=no-fortran-cxx-mix command line options, or by + adding either of the following lines to a SConscript file: + + SetOption('warn', 'no-link') + SetOption('warn', 'no-fortran-cxx-mix') + Please note the following important changes since release 0.98: -- SCONS NO LONGER SETS THE GNU TOOLCHAIN -fPIC FLAG IN $SHCXXFLAGS |