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4.0 (in progress)
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This version is a complete rewrite of Premake.
- New, more readable syntax for project information
- Better validation of command-line arguments
- Standardized path handling across all project settings
- Upgraded to Lua 5.1.2
3.5
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- Prevent creation of import libraries on OS X
- Improved handling of dylibs on OS X
- Patch 1771977: Ability to compile C source as C++ in Code::Blocks (Ryan Pusztai)
- Patch 1771168: luaL_getn speed optimization (Richard O'Grady)
- Bug 1804810: out-implib not present in linux gnu compler toolchain
- Bug 1806949: .Net reference paths are broken when bindir is specified
- Bug 1806960: Make clean does not remove .mdb files
- Bug 1831389: Makefiles stored in subdirs contain no targets on first run
3.4
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- Added `no-pch` flag to suppress precompiled headers
- Added App.config support to GNU makefiles
- Add os.mkdir() to script environment
- Makefile now creates target directory before copying .NET references
- Feature 1520182: Enhanced file-handling functions
- Bug 531878: Problems with relative paths
- Bug 1723867: Config-specific post-build on GNU target (Benoit Miller)
- Bug 1596826: XML targets doesn't escape xml entities
- Bug 1600155: Core dump due to newpackage() and matchfiles()
- Bug 1608895: resgen command shown
- Bug 1639730: Output filename is not set
- Bug 1729227: non-portable executable with relative library path
- Bug 1559951: default clean rule removes package dir
- Patch 1733674: PCH support for Code::Block targets (Ryan Pusztai)
- Patch 1746563: Ability to specify GUID for VS targets (Ryan Pusztai)
- Patch 1754867: Creating import lib of different name (Ryan Pusztai)
3.3
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- Added support for prebuild, prelink, and postbuild commands
- Added `target` global variable to script environment
- Added build flag `no-edit-and-continue`
- Added build flags `native-wchar` and `no-native-wchar`
- Added build flag `no-manifest`
- Added build flag `seh-exceptions` (VS2005 only)
- Added `resdefines`, `respaths`, and `resoptions`
- Added `prebuildcommands`, `prelinkcommands`, and `postbuildcommands`
- Added `pchheader` and `pchsource` (Visual Studio only)
- Feature 1337547: Package-level bindir and libdir
- Bug 1565755: Generated makefiles do not work with MSYS
- Bug 1587955: Target path ignored for libs
- Bug 1574725: Static library extension for "gnu" target
- Bug 1522861: Fixed by using "ar -rcs" instead of "ar -cr && ranlib"
- Bug 1656816: Mkdir set wrong directory rights
- Bug 1655595: Compile/build problem on FreeBSD
- Bug: "gnu" clean rule doesn't work in cmd.exe
- Improved behavior of Linux findlib()
- Updated Code::Blocks support to latest project version (major="1" minor="6")
- Patch 1681666: GNU targets always show the console if kind = 'winexe'
3.2
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- Added support for Code::Blocks
- Updated MonoDevelop support
- Upgraded Lua to 5.0.3
- Added new matchdirs() to Lua script environment
- Expose list of packages as _PACKAGES global in Lua
- Turn off edit-and-continue in release builds with symbols
- Bug 1559873: libpaths inserts extra space after -L
3.1
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- Added support for Visual Studio 2005
- Added support for Windows resources to GNU make target
- Added path handling functions to Lua environment
- Added matchrecursive() for recursive file searches
- Added os.fileexists() function to Lua environment
- Added os.appendfile() function to Lua environment
- Changed `monoresgen` to `resgen` to keep up with Mono project
- Added `mono2` .NET compiler set for Mono .NET 2.0 support
- Feature 1096677: exclude files from matchfiles (package.excludes)
- Bug 1439463: VS2003 RTTI problem
- Bug 1439446: GNU Makefile problem under Mingw32
- Bug 1422068: package.path="." causes bad makefiles
- Bug 1431530: makefile target fails when project path specified
3.0
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- Upgraded Lua interpreter to version 5.0.1
- The options table now stores simple values, rather than tables
- Completed MonoDevelop support
- Improved .NET resource handling for GNU generator
- Added unit test suite
- Merged Scott Graham unicode build flag patch
- Removed package.warninglevel in favor of extra-warnings flag
- Added package.targetprefix
- Overhauled structure of generated GNU makefiles
- Added --os command line option
- Fixed bug 1268588: Use gcc to link C packages
- Fixed bug 1363306: GNU C# should copy referenced DLLs
2.4
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- Added chdir() to Lua script environment
- Merged Thomas Harning's patch for .NET resources on GNU
- Fixed bug 1194702: Can't put multiple packages in same directory
- Fixed bug in GNU shared library builds (doh!)
- Added target 'vs2002' to replace 'vs7'
2.3
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- Added 'project.config[]' with 'bindir' and 'libdir'
- Merged Scott Graham's "warninglevel" patch.
- Fixed bug 1153484: Import lib in wrong directory.
- Fixed bug 1013352: Stack overflow with large projects.
- Fixed bug 945406: package.files, bad value = crash
2.2
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- Worked around VS.NET bug for .NET assemblies > 64K.
- Added --very-verbose flag to GNU generator.
- GNU generator now supports assembly sources.
2.1
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- File extension of generated binaries can now be set
with config.targetextension.
- Windows targets now handle .def files for DLLs.
2.0
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- Can now specify build actions per file
- Include paths are now passed to VC7 resource compiler
- Removed _WIN32 define from Cygwin makefiles
- Added package.objdir to set intermediates directory
- Added rmdir() to Lua script environment
- A big bag of bug fixes
1.9
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- Made verbose mode even more verbose.
- posix.c now builds properly as C.
- Fixed package dependency generation for GNU and VS2003.
- Display Lua version number in usage text.
- Fixed VS link between *.aspx and *.aspx.cs files.
- Fixed VS link between *.resx and *.cs files.
- Fixed *.d file generation for gcc 2.9x.
- Unified various help options under '--help'.
- Bin and Lib paths can now be arbitrarily long.
- linkoptions are now applied in VC6 and VC7 projects.
1.8
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- Added support for ASP.NET projects.
- Fixed a bug in VC6 support for static libraries.
- matchfiles() now uses package path instead of script path.
- Added --verbose option.
- No longer apply no-rtti and no-exceptions to *.c files.
1.7
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- Location of generated project files can now be specified with
the project.path variable.
- Inter-package dependencies are fixed for GNU makefiles.
- No longer need to execute in same directory as project script.
- Added "c" language specifier.
- Added support for .resx and .config files to C# projects.
- Added support for full assembly names in .NET references.
- Fixed handling of paths in package.target variable.
- Improved support for SharpDevelop.
- Started support for OS X.
- Added support for Digital Mars compiler.
1.6
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- VS7 generator crashed if a package was built before one of its
dependencies. Now immediately assigns UUID before processing.
- Added support for Visual Studio 2003 and SharpDevelop.
- Added binaries directory as a reference path for VS7.
1.5
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- Added initial support for building static libraries.
- Added "no-main" flag, prevents overriding WinMain() on
Windows builds.
- Added "--no-rtti" and "no-exceptions" build flags to
disable those C++ features.
- Display error message when project has no packages.
- Moved VC7 *.pdb files into intermediates directory.
1.4
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- Bug fixes to the path manipulation routines.
- GNU makefiles are regenerated when premake scripts change.
1.3
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- Added support for the Cygwin environment.
- Added "static-runtime" build flag to statically link against C/C++
standard runtime libraries.
- Bug fixes to Visual Studio 6 and 7 generators and path reversing
algorithm.
1.2
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- Standardized format of command-line options.
- Can now handle custom command-line options in script.
- Added new function findlib().
- Added new C++ build flag "managed" for writing C++ .NET code.
- Can now use open-source C# compilers in VS6 generator.
- Several bug fixes to the VS7 generator.
1.1
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- Added support for custom build configurations. Added "optimize",
"optimize-size", "optimize-speed", and "no-symbols" flags to control
build settings.
- Added matchfiles() to select files using wildcards.
- Added "unsafe" flag for C# projects.
- Added newpackage() function for creating new package objects inline,
instead of creating separate scripts.
- Changed include() to dopackage() and option() to addoption(). The old
versions have been kept for compatibility, but will be deprecated
eventually.
- Major cleanup of the source code.
1.0
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- Fixed a bug related to the reference paths in VS7 C# projects.
- Display a warning message if a reference path can't be found.
- Automatically create bin and lib directories if they do not exist.
- GNU C# projects will now properly use the configured library paths.
- Added --with-mono and --with-pnet options.
- VS7 C# projects will now properly use the configured library paths.
- Switched to Lua (http://www.lua.org/) for project script parsing.
- Add support for custom project options.
- Changed 'type' to 'kind' to avoid conflict with Lua function of the same name.
- Changed 'conexe' to 'exe' because I liked it better.
- Changed 'library' to 'dll' for C# projects to keep things consistent.
0.9
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- Initial public release.