kdesvn-build release 1.9

Released: 2009-May-29

Download it: kdesvn-build-1.9.tar.bz2 (60KB)
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kdesvn-build 1.9 had the following changes from the prior release (1.8):

Note: KDE 3.5-series build support has not been tested in some time, but should still work. This is the last kdesvn-build release where that will be true, I plan on removing all KDE 3-specific code before the next release.

New Features:

• kdesvn-build can now run unit tests for a KDE module, if present (best example is kdelibs). This is controlled by the new run-tests option. Example output:

          [...]
          Build succeeded after 14 minutes, and 48 seconds.
          All tests ran successfully.
          Installing kdelibs.

  See KDE bug 167334.

• kdesvn-build can now remove old unused log directories automatically. This can potentially save a lot of disk space if you have used kdesvn-build for a long time. This is controlled by the new purge-old-logs option.

  All unused log directories are removed at the end of the build if this option is in effect.

  If you want to perform a one-time removal, you can use a command like this: kdesvn-build --no-svn --no-build --no-install --purge-old-logs=true kdelibs

Bugfixes:

• kdesvn-build now sets the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH variable when building KDE modules. This essentially makes CMake prefer software packages installed from kdesvn-build over packages already present on the system if both are present. This fixes build errors from using incompatible software.
• Fix a bug where kdesvn-build would run svn without forcing the output to be English even though English output was expected.
• Do not warn about consecutive build failures for modules that kdesvn-build isn't working on at the time.
• kdesvn-build now skips the conflicted source code check if a source code update is not performed, since kdesvn-build would have performed the check last time the source was updated.
• Fix a problem in environment handling on some systems, which would result in odd error messages and warnings.