5 - Improved wording for branch representation tooltip text
6 - Fixed vertical alignment of HTML branch representation
9 - Improved warning message about --initial not generating branch coverage data
10 - Debugging messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
11 - Fixed problem with some .gcno files. Reported by gui@futarque.com.
12 (file.gcno: reached unexpected end of file)
13 - Fixed problem with relative build paths. Reported by zhanbiao2000@gmail.com.
14 (cannot find an entry for ^#src#test.c.gcov in .gcno file, skipping file!)
15 - Fixed problem where coverage data is missing for some files. Reported by
16 weston_schmidt@open-roadster.com
17 - Fixed problem where exclusion markers are ignored when gathering
18 initial coverage data. Reported by ahmed_osman@mentor.com.
19 - Fixed large execution counts showing as negative numbers in HTML output.
20 Reported by kkyriako@yahoo.com.
21 - Fixed problem that incorrectly associated branches outside of a block with
22 branches inside the first block
25 - Fixed problem that made lcov ignore --kernel-directory parameters when
26 specifying --initial. Reported by hjia@redhat.com.
27 - Added --list-full-path option to prevent lcov from truncating paths in list
29 - Added lcov_list_width and lcov_list_truncate_max directives to the
30 lcov configuration file to allow for list output customization
31 - Improved list output
34 - Added license text to better comply with GPL recommendations
41 - Fixed problem with single word descriptions
44 - Added support for branch coverage measurements
45 - Added --demangle-cpp option to convert C++ function names to human readable
46 format. Based on a patch by slava.semushin@gmail.com.
47 - Improved color legend: legend display takes up less space in HTML output
48 - Improved coverage rate limits: all coverage types use the same limits
49 unless specified otherwise
50 - Fixed CRLF line breaks in source code when generating html output. Based
51 on patch by michael.knigge@set-software.de.
52 - Fixed warning when $HOME is not set
53 - Fixed problem with --baseline-file option. Reported by sixarm@gmail.com.
54 (Undefined subroutine &main::add_fnccounts called at genhtml line 4560.)
55 - Fixed problem with --baseline-file option and files without function
56 coverage data (Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at genhtml
58 - Fixed short-name option ambiguities
59 - Fixed --highlight option not showing line data from converted test data
60 - Fixed warnings about undefined value used. Reported by nikita@zhuk.fi.
61 - Fixed error when processing tracefiles without function data. Reported
62 by richard.corden@gmail.com (Can't use an undefined value as a HASH
63 reference at genhtml line 1506.)
66 - Added support for branch coverage measurements
67 - Added support for exclusion markers: Users can exclude lines of code from
68 coverage reports by adding keywords to the source code.
69 - Added --derive-func-data option
70 - Added --debug option to better debug problems with graph files
71 - Fixed CRLF line breaks in source code when generating tracefiles. Based on
72 patch by michael.knigge@set-software.de.
73 - Fixed problems with unnamed source files
74 - Fixed warning when $HOME is not set. Reported by acalando@free.fr.
75 - Fixed errors when processing unnamed source files
76 - Fixed help text typo
77 - Fixed errors when processing incomplete function names in .bb files
78 - Fixed filename prefix detection
79 - Fixed problem with matching filename
80 - Fixed problem when LANG is set to non-english locale. Reported by
81 benoit_belbezet@yahoo.fr.
82 - Fixed short-name option ambiguities
85 - Fixed runtime-warning
88 - Added support for branch coverage measurements
89 - Added support for the linux-2.6.31 upstream gcov kernel support
90 - Added --from-package and --to-package options
91 - Added --derive-func-data option
92 - Added overall coverage result output for more operations
93 - Improved output of lcov --list
94 - Improved gcov-kernel handling
95 - Fixed minor problem with --diff
96 - Fixed double-counting of function data
97 - Fixed warning when $HOME is not set. Reported by acalando@free.fr.
98 - Fixed error when combining tracefiles without function data. Reported by
99 richard.corden@gmail.com. (Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference
101 - Fixed help text typo
102 - Fixed filename prefix detection
103 - Fixed lcov ignoring information about converted test data
106 - Added note to mention required -lgcov switch during linking
113 - Updated error and warning messages
117 - Added function coverage data display patch by tomzo@nefkom.net (default is on)
118 - Added --function-coverage to enable function coverage display
119 - Added --no-function-coverage to disable function coverage display
120 - Added sorting option in HTLM output (default is on)
121 - Added --sort to enable sorting
122 - Added --no-sort to disable sorting
123 - Added --html-gzip to create gzip-compressed HTML output (patch by
125 - Fixed problem when using --baseline-file on coverage data files that
126 contain data for files not found in the baseline file
127 - Updated error and warning messages
131 - Added function coverage data collection patch by tomzo@nefkom.net
132 - Added more verbose output when a "ERROR: reading string" error occurs
133 (patch by scott.heavner@philips.com)
134 - Fixed geninfo not working with directory names containing spaces (reported
135 by jeffconnelly@users.sourceforge.net)
136 - Fixed "ERROR: reading string" problem with gcc 4.1
137 - Fixed problem with function names that contain non-alphanumerical characters
138 - Fixed problem with gcc versions before 3.3
139 - Updated error and warning messages
143 - Updated error and warning messages
147 - Added support for function coverage data for adding/diffing tracefiles
148 - Added --no-recursion option to disable recursion into sub-directories
149 while scanning for gcov data files
150 - Fixed lcov -z not working with directory names containing spaces (reported
152 - Updated error and warning messages
156 - Updated of description and title information
159 - Added genhtml_function_hi_limit
160 - Added genhtml_function_med_limit
161 - Added genhtml_function_coverage
173 - Added libtool compatibility patch by thomas@apestaart.org (default is on)
174 - Added --compat-libtool option to enable libtool compatibility mode
175 - Added --no-compat-libtool option to disable libtool compatibility mode
176 - Changed default for line checksumming to off
177 - Added --checksum option to enable line checksumming
178 - Added --gcov-tool option
179 - Added --ignore-errors option
180 - Added --initial option to generate zero coverage from graph files
181 - Removed automatic test name modification on s390
182 - Added --checksum option
186 - Added libtool compatibility patch by thomas@apestaart.org
187 - Added --compat-libtool option to enable libtool compatibility mode
188 - Added --no-compat-libtool option to disable libtool compatibility mode
189 - Added --checksum option to enable line checksumming
190 - Added --gcov-tool option
191 - Added --ignore-errors option
192 - Added --initial option to generate zero coverage from graph files
195 - Fixed lcov not working when -k is specified more than once
196 - Fixed lcov not deleting .gcda files when specifying -z and -d
199 - Added geninfo_compat_libtool option
200 - Added geninfo_checksum option
201 - Removed geninfo_no_checksum option from example lcovrc
205 - Added description of lcovrc file
212 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
213 - Added --legend option
214 - Added --html-prolog option
215 - Added --html-epilog option
216 - Added --html-extension option
217 - Added warning when specifying --no-prefix and --prefix
218 - Reworked help text to make it more readable
221 - Renamed 'sles9' compatibility mode to 'hammer' compatibility mode
222 - Added support for mandrake gcc 3.3.2
223 - Fixed bbg file reading in hammer compatibility mode
224 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
225 - Added --base-directory option
228 - Added check for invalid characters in test names
229 - Added --base-directory option
236 - Added configuration file support
239 - Fixed help text message
240 - Fixed handling of special characters in file- and directory names
241 - Added description of --css-file option to man page
244 - Added support for GCOV file format as used by GCC 3.3.3 on SUSE SLES9
245 - Fixed error text message
246 - Added check to abort processing if no source code file is available
247 - Added workaround for a problem where geninfo could not find source code
248 files for a C++ project
249 - Fixed 'branch'-statement parsing for GCC>=3.3 .gcov files
250 - Fixed exec count-statement parsing for GCC>=3.3 .gcov files
251 - Fixed .gcno-file parser (some lines were not counted as being instrumented)
254 - Modified path for temporary files from '.' to '/tmp'
256 - Removed unused function 'escape_shell'
259 - Introduced sample configuration file
262 - Added rule to install configuration file
263 - Fixed installation path for man pages
270 - Added compatibility for gcc-3.4
273 - Modified --diff function to better cope with ambiguous entries in patch files
274 - Modified --capture option to use modprobe before insmod (needed for 2.6)
275 - Added --path option required for --diff function
282 - Added compatibility for gcc-3.3
283 - Adjusted LCOV-URL (http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php)
284 - Minor changes to whitespaces/line breaks/spelling
285 - Modified call mechanism so that parameters for external commands are not
286 parsed by the shell mechanism anymore (no more problems with special
287 characters in paths/filenames)
288 - Added checksumming mechanism: each tracefile now contains a checksum for
289 each instrumented line to detect incompatible data
292 - Added rule to build source RPM
293 - Changed install path for executables (/usr/local/bin -> /usr/bin)
296 - Modified to support building source rpms
299 - Modified to include update of release number in spec file
302 - Fixed bug which would not correctly associate data sets with an empty
303 test name (only necessary when using --show-details in genhtml)
304 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
306 - Implemented new command line option '--highlight' which highlights lines of
307 code which were only covered in converted tracefiles (see '--diff' option of
311 - Added workaround for a bug in gcov shipped with gcc-3.2 which aborts when
312 encountering empty .da files
313 - Fixed geninfo so that it does not abort after encountering empty .bb files
314 - Added function to collect branch coverage data
315 - Added check for gcov tool
316 - Added check for the '--preserve-paths' option of gcov; if available, this
317 will prevent losing .gcov files in some special cases (include files with
318 same name in different subdirectories)
319 - Implemented new command line option '--follow' to control whether or not
320 links should be followed while searching for .da files.
321 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
325 - Fixed bug which would not correctly associate data sets with an empty
326 test name (only necessary when using --show-details in genhtml)
327 - Cleaned up internal command line option check
328 - Files are now processed in alphabetical order
329 - Added message when reading tracefiles
330 - Implemented new command line option '--nochecksum' to suppress generation
332 - Implemented new command line option '--diff' which allows converting
333 coverage data from an older source code version by using a diff file
335 - Implemented new command line option '--follow' to control whether or not
336 links should be followed while searching for .da files.
339 - Added support for the highlighting option of genhtml
340 - Corrected tab to spaces conversion
341 - Modified genpng to take number of spaces to use in place of tab as input
342 instead of replacement string
349 - Added Makefile implementing the following targets:
350 * install : install LCOV scripts and man pages
351 * uninstall : revert previous installation
352 * dist : create lcov.tar.gz file and lcov.rpm file
353 * clean : clean up example directory, remove .tar and .rpm files
354 - Added man pages for all scripts
355 - Added example program to demonstrate the use of LCOV with a userspace
357 - Implemented RPM build process
358 - New directory structure:
359 * bin : contains all executables
360 * example : contains a userspace example for LCOV
361 * man : contains man pages
362 * rpm : contains files required for the RPM build process
363 - LCOV-scripts are now in bin/
364 - Removed .pl-extension from LCOV-script files
365 - Renamed readme.txt to README
368 - Adjusted mailing list address to ltp-coverage@lists.sourceforge.net
369 - Fixed incorrect parameter '--output-filename' in example LCOV call
370 - Removed tool descriptions and turned them into man pages
371 - Installation instructions now refer to RPM and tarball
374 - Fixed some spelling errors
377 - Fixed bug which resulted in an error when trying to combine .info files
378 containing data without a test name
379 - Fixed bug which would not correctly handle data files in directories
380 with names containing some special characters ('+', etc.)
381 - Added check for empty tracefiles to prevent division-by-zeros
382 - Implemented new command line option --num-spaces / the number of spaces
383 which replace a tab in source code view is now user defined
384 - Fixed tab expansion so that in source code view, a tab doesn't produce a
385 fixed number of spaces, but as many spaces as are needed to advance to the
387 - Output directory is now created if it doesn't exist
388 - Renamed "overview page" to "directory view page"
389 - HTML output pages are now titled "LCOV" instead of "GCOV"
390 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
393 - Fixed bug which would not allow .info files to be generated in directories
394 with names containing some special characters
395 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
398 - Fixed bug which would cause lcov to fail when the tool is installed in
399 a path with a name containing some special characters
400 - Implemented new command line option '--add-tracefile' which allows the
401 combination of data from several tracefiles
402 - Implemented new command line option '--list' which lists the contents
404 - Implemented new command line option '--extract' which allows extracting
405 data for a particular set of files from a tracefile
406 - Implemented new command line option '--remove' which allows removing
407 data for a particular set of files from a tracefile
408 - Renamed '--reset' to '--zerocounters' to avoid a naming ambiguity with
410 - Changed name of gcov kernel directory from /proc/gcov to a global constant
411 so that it may be changed easily when required in future versions
412 - Information messages are now printed to STDERR instead of STDOUT
415 Version 1.0 (2002-09-05):
416 =========================