Older releases

Version 0.9.1, aka "Michael Neuling"

• Changes:
  • Fix ccache without distcc infinite loop (errno 26: out of fds).

Version 0.9.0, aka "Jelmer Vernooij"

• Changes:
  • Gnome panel control-area applet which sets symlink
  • Fix PowerPC (and other?) locking (patch from Tony Breeds)
  • Intercept ccache misses, so we don't have to guess chance of hit
  • Fix error reporting (also patched by Olof Johansson)

Version 0.8.4, aka "Tony Breeds"

• Changes:
  • Correctly notices symlinked ~/.ccontrol/default changing while we slept.

Version 0.8.3, aka "Michael Neuling"

• Changes:
  • Now can be built as a Debian package
  • Remove extraneous config.status file included in tarball.

Version 0.8.2, aka "Krisztian Kovacs"

• Configuration language changes:
  • "add env" option to add to environment (eg CCACHE_DIR).

Version 0.8.1, aka "Ben Elliston"

• Changes:
  • Clean up .orig and .rej files included accidentally.

Version 0.8, aka "Rusty Russell"

• Changes:
  • Fix bug where all complations done in parallel if distcc failed.
  • Invoking ccontrol by itself shows settings for current dir.

Version 0.7.2, aka "Michael Neuling"

• Changes:
  • Don't give parse error on extraneous whitespace.

Version 0.7.1, aka "Michael Neuling"

• Changes:
  • Don't break when xmlto or asciidoc are required but missing.
  • Minor manpage update and development Makefile improvements.

Version 0.7, aka "Martin Schwenke"

• Configuration language changes:
  • "add make" option to add to make command line (eg. for cross-compiling)
• Other changes:
  • ccontrol can now be invoked with --section= for special effects, such as using a different compiler (eg. "CC=ccontrol --section=cross gcc").
  • Faster response to config changes if distcc fails.
  • Examples and troubleshooting in documentation

Version 0.6.1, aka "Michael Neuling"

• Fix segmentation fault when "no-parallel" used without any argument.

Version 0.6, aka "Tony Breeds"

• Configuration language changes:
  • distc++-hosts for c++ compiles (defaults to distcc-hosts)
  • parallel keyword to override no-parallel
  • distcc only used if distcc-hosts/distc++-hosts set
• Other changes:
  • toplevel make now shouldn't queue behind other makes.

Version 0.5

• Configuration language changes:
  • off keyword for distcc and ccache to turn them off locally
• Other changes:
  • ccontrol: "cannot decrement semaphore" fixed: support multiple users
  • distcc: detect when distcc is failing, don't flood localhost.
  • documentation: fix cpus entry in ccontrol(1)
  • ccontrol-init: human names, fix some failure cases
  • ccache: don't limit distcc so hard when ccache enabled
  • install: create directories if necessary

Version 0.4

• Configuration language changes:
  • "parallel" renamed to "cpus" (other was confusing)
  • "[global]" must be replaced by "[*]": we now process *every* matching section, in order.
• Other changes:
  • ccontrol-init: better handling for probing distcc hosts
  • configuration: "include" keyword for including files
  • documentation: clarifications, hacking advice, license
  • distribution: include .hg dir to help users become developers
  • users: ccontrol now has a second user (and developer)