5 - Updated error and warning messages
9 - Added function coverage data display patch by tomzo@nefkom.net (default is on)
10 - Added --function-coverage to enable function coverage display
11 - Added --no-function-coverage to disable function coverage display
12 - Added sorting option in HTLM output (default is on)
13 - Added --sort to enable sorting
14 - Added --no-sort to disable sorting
15 - Added --html-gzip to create gzip-compressed HTML output (patch by
17 - Fixed problem when using --baseline-file on coverage data files that
18 contain data for files not found in the baseline file
19 - Updated error and warning messages
23 - Added function coverage data collection patch by tomzo@nefkom.net
24 - Added more verbose output when a "ERROR: reading string" error occurs
25 (patch by scott.heavner@philips.com)
26 - Fixed geninfo not working with directory names containing spaces (reported
27 by jeffconnelly@users.sourceforge.net)
28 - Fixed "ERROR: reading string" problem with gcc 4.1
29 - Fixed problem with function names that contain non-alphanumerical characters
30 - Fixed problem with gcc versions before 3.3
31 - Updated error and warning messages
35 - Updated error and warning messages
39 - Added support for function coverage data for adding/diffing tracefiles
40 - Added --no-recursion option to disable recursion into sub-directories
41 while scanning for gcov data files
42 - Fixed lcov -z not working with directory names containing spaces (reported
44 - Updated error and warning messages
48 - Updated of description and title information
51 - Added genhtml_function_hi_limit
52 - Added genhtml_function_med_limit
53 - Added genhtml_function_coverage
65 - Added libtool compatibility patch by thomas@apestaart.org (default is on)
66 - Added --compat-libtool option to enable libtool compatibility mode
67 - Added --no-compat-libtool option to disable libtool compatibility mode
68 - Changed default for line checksumming to off
69 - Added --checksum option to enable line checksumming
70 - Added --gcov-tool option
71 - Added --ignore-errors option
72 - Added --initial option to generate zero coverage from graph files
73 - Removed automatic test name modification on s390
74 - Added --checksum option
78 - Added libtool compatibility patch by thomas@apestaart.org
79 - Added --compat-libtool option to enable libtool compatibility mode
80 - Added --no-compat-libtool option to disable libtool compatibility mode
81 - Added --checksum option to enable line checksumming
82 - Added --gcov-tool option
83 - Added --ignore-errors option
84 - Added --initial option to generate zero coverage from graph files
87 - Fixed lcov not working when -k is specified more than once
88 - Fixed lcov not deleting .gcda files when specifiying -z and -d
91 - Added geninfo_compat_libtool option
92 - Added geninfo_checksum option
93 - Removed geninfo_no_checksum option from example lcovrc
97 - Added description of lcovrc file
104 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
105 - Added --legend option
106 - Added --html-prolog option
107 - Added --html-epilog option
108 - Added --html-extension option
109 - Added warning when specifying --no-prefix and --prefix
110 - Reworked help text to make it more readable
113 - Renamed 'sles9' compatibility mode to 'hammer' compatibility mode
114 - Added support for mandrake gcc 3.3.2
115 - Fixed bbg file reading in hammer compatibility mode
116 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
117 - Added --base-directory option
120 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
121 - Added --base-directory option
128 - Added configuration file support
131 - Fixed help text message
132 - Fixed handling of special characters in file- and directory names
133 - Added description of --css-file option to man page
136 - Added support for GCOV file format as used by GCC 3.3.3 on SUSE SLES9
137 - Fixed error text message
138 - Added check to abort processing if no source code file is available
139 - Added workaround for a problem where geninfo could not find source code
140 files for a C++ project
141 - Fixed 'branch'-statement parsing for GCC>=3.3 .gcov files
142 - Fixed exec count-statement parsing for GCC>=3.3 .gcov files
143 - Fixed .gcno-file parser (some lines were not counted as being instrumented)
146 - Modified path for temporary files from '.' to '/tmp'
148 - Removed unused function 'escape_shell'
151 - Introduced sample configuration file
154 - Added rule to install configuration file
155 - Fixed installation path for man pages
162 - Added compatibility for gcc-3.4
165 - Modified --diff function to better cope with ambiguous entries in patch files
166 - Modified --capture option to use modprobe before insmod (needed for 2.6)
167 - Added --path option required for --diff function
174 - Added compatibility for gcc-3.3
175 - Adjusted LCOV-URL (http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php)
176 - Minor changes to whitespaces/line breaks/spelling
177 - Modified call mechanism so that parameters for external commands are not
178 parsed by the shell mechanism anymore (no more problems with special
179 characters in paths/filenames)
180 - Added checksumming mechanism: each tracefile now contains a checksum for
181 each instrumented line to detect incompatible data
184 - Added rule to build source RPM
185 - Changed install path for executables (/usr/local/bin -> /usr/bin)
188 - Modified to support building source rpms
191 - Modified to include update of release number in spec file
194 - Fixed bug which would not correctly associate data sets with an empty
195 test name (only necessary when using --show-details in genhtml)
196 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
198 - Implemented new command line option '--highlight' which highlights lines of
199 code which were only covered in converted tracefiles (see '--diff' option of
203 - Added workaround for a bug in gcov shipped with gcc-3.2 which aborts when
204 encountering empty .da files
205 - Fixed geninfo so that it does not abort after encountering empty .bb files
206 - Added function to collect branch coverage data
207 - Added check for gcov tool
208 - Added check for the '--preserve-paths' option of gcov; if available, this
209 will prevent losing .gcov files in some special cases (include files with
210 same name in different subdirectories)
211 - Implemented new command line option '--follow' to control whether or not
212 links should be followed while searching for .da files.
213 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
217 - Fixed bug which would not correctly associate data sets with an empty
218 test name (only necessary when using --show-details in genhtml)
219 - Cleaned up internal command line option check
220 - Files are now processed in alphabetical order
221 - Added message when reading tracefiles
222 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
224 - Implemented new command line option '--diff' which allows converting
225 coverage data from an older source code version by using a diff file
227 - Implemented new command line option '--follow' to control whether or not
228 links should be followed while searching for .da files.
231 - Added support for the highlighting option of genhtml
232 - Corrected tab to spaces conversion
233 - Modified genpng to take number of spaces to use in place of tab as input
234 instead of replacement string
241 - Added Makefile implementing the following targets:
242 * install : install LCOV scripts and man pages
243 * uninstall : revert previous installation
244 * dist : create lcov.tar.gz file and lcov.rpm file
245 * clean : clean up example directory, remove .tar and .rpm files
246 - Added man pages for all scripts
247 - Added example program to demonstrate the use of LCOV with a userspace
249 - Implemented RPM build process
250 - New directory structure:
251 * bin : contains all executables
252 * example : contains a userspace example for LCOV
253 * man : contains man pages
254 * rpm : contains files required for the RPM build process
255 - LCOV-scripts are now in bin/
256 - Removed .pl-extension from LCOV-script files
257 - Renamed readme.txt to README
260 - Adjusted mailing list address to ltp-coverage@lists.sourceforge.net
261 - Fixed incorrect parameter '--output-filename' in example LCOV call
262 - Removed tool descriptions and turned them into man pages
263 - Installation instructions now refer to RPM and tarball
266 - Fixed some spelling errors
269 - Fixed bug which resulted in an error when trying to combine .info files
270 containing data without a test name
271 - Fixed bug which would not correctly handle data files in directories
272 with names containing some special characters ('+', etc.)
273 - Added check for empty tracefiles to prevent division-by-zeros
274 - Implemented new command line option --num-spaces / the number of spaces
275 which replace a tab in source code view is now user defined
276 - Fixed tab expansion so that in source code view, a tab doesn't produce a
277 fixed number of spaces, but as many spaces as are needed to advance to the
279 - Output directory is now created if it doesn't exist
280 - Renamed "overview page" to "directory view page"
281 - HTML output pages are now titled "LCOV" instead of "GCOV"
282 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
285 - Fixed bug which would not allow .info files to be generated in directories
286 with names containing some special characters
287 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
290 - Fixed bug which would cause lcov to fail when the tool is installed in
291 a path with a name containing some special characters
292 - Implemented new command line option '--add-tracefile' which allows the
293 combination of data from several tracefiles
294 - Implemented new command line option '--list' which lists the contents
296 - Implemented new command line option '--extract' which allows extracting
297 data for a particular set of files from a tracefile
298 - Implemented new command line option '--remove' which allows removing
299 data for a particular set of files from a tracefile
300 - Renamed '--reset' to '--zerocounters' to avoid a naming ambiguity with
302 - Changed name of gcov kernel directory from /proc/gcov to a global constant
303 so that it may be changed easily when required in future versions
304 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
307 Version 1.0 (2002-09-05):
308 =========================