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The following must be implemented before switching to this version.
  1. Upgraded to the last build of GBS 3.00 (2014-03-18)
The following must done immediately after switching to this version.
  1. Upgrade to your directory structure with gbsmaint 7 9 (Upgrade).
  2. If you have Non-Full GBS SubSystems: Merge the non-GBS SubSystem action script files: (gbssubcleanup_bld, gbssubgen, gbssubmake, etc) into gbssub.
The following major changes were implemented:
  1. Introduction of multiple types of Non-Full GBS SubSystems. Refer to Handling SubSystems & Steps.
  2. The non-GBS SubSystem action script files: (gbssubcleanup_bld, gbssubgen, gbssubmake, etc) have been merged into one script-file: gbssub.
  3. Directory structure: Non GBS SubSystems now require the subdirectories gen and audit.
    Execution of a Non GBS SubSystem step is now controlled the same way as for Full GBS SubSystems. E.g.: The gen directory must contain a target directory to be selected for execution.
  4. gbsaudit and gbssysaudit Now require an Audit/Target combination in the SubSys audit directory to select the proper Audit/Target combination.

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New/Changed Functionality

  1. SubSystems are now presented in the order as defined in steps.gbs, if present.
  2. gbsaudit and gbssysaudit Now require an Audit/Target combination in the SubSys audit directory to select the proper Audit/Target combination.
  3. The non-GBS SubSystem action script files: (gbssubcleanup_bld, gbssubgen, gbssubmake, etc) have been merged into one script-file: gbssub.
  4. Added distinction / support of multiple non-GBS SubSystem types.(MSVS, make and Other)
  5. gbsbldcheck Replaces gbsbldaudit. (Just a name-change)
  6. target.gbs and audit.gbs now support conditional execution (pre-condition) in COMMAND item
  7. target.gbs and audit.gbs special COMMANDs ECHO and SET are now implemented
  8. gbsexport, gbsmakemake and gbswhich do not support the --target option anymore
  9. New Environment Variables: TARGET_PLUGIN and AUDIT_PLUGIN
  10. Directory structure: Non GBS SubSystems now require the subdirectories gen and audit.
    Execution of a Non GBS SubSystem step is now controlled the same way as for Full GBS SubSystems. E.g.: The gen directory must contain a target directory to be selected for execution.

Problems solved

  1. target.gbs, audit.gbs and tool.gbs: Proper user-plugin handling (.plugin)

Release Notes for GBS 3.00 Bottom Doc. Button Top Document Button Down Section Button Up Section Button

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New/Changed Functionality

  1. target.gbs and audit.gbs: Added VIA_FORMAT and changed behaviour of FLAG_FORMAT, SYSFLAG_FORMAT, INC_FORMAT, SYSINC_FORMAT and GLKB.
  2. target.gbs and audit.gbs: You can now have multiple COMMANDs and you can also specify a list of valid exit-codes for each command
  3. GBS Files: The .end directive was added.
  4. target.gbs and audit.gbs: Added FLAG_FORMAT and SYSFLAG_FORMAT
  5. target.gbs: GBS_glkb_type_LINES and GBS_glkb_type_FILE have been replaced by GBS_GLKB_LINES and GBS_GLKB_FILE.
  6. The detab command which allows for recursive directory processing has replaced the retab command.
  7. audit.gbs: Added mandatory item OUT_TYPES
  8. target.gbs: The P_COMMAND is no longer supported
  9. The --target option is not longer supported in the commands: gbsgen, gbsmake and gbsaudit.

Problems solved

  1. gbsmakemake generated 'file not found' messages for the Visual Studio plugin: msvs2012_cons
    The GBSEXT_ EnvVars for 'Windows Kit' (WK) have been replaced by those for 'Windows SDK' (SDK)
    This reflects on the switch.gbs.

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New/Changed Functionality

  1. This Release-version is not fully compatible with the Beta-version. Please mail me if you encounter problems.
  2. target.gbs: Plugin-names changed: mingw became mingw_cpp or mingw_c.
    Also changes for this in the GBSEXT_ names in the switch.gbs file.
  3. gbsaudit: Now remembers the last executed Audit and takes it as default for the next execution. GBS_AUDIT is now also shown in gbsshow and remembered across sessions.
  4. target.gbs was extended with new SRC item: INC_SEARCH_STYLE to facilitate various include-search methods.
    Needed to solve problem as mentioned below.

Problems solved

  1. gbsaudit and gbsmakemake: Not all header-files were found because the 'UNIX'-search method was not used.
    Needed a new target.gbs functionality as mentioned above.

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New/Changed Functionality

  1. gbsmaint: New entry 7 4 (SCMS Tools)
    Moved all gbsmaint SCMS related stuff to new entry.
    Added: Modify SCMS Settings
  2. New EnvVar: GBS_ROOT_PARENT (switch.gbs)

Problems solved

  1. Dependency on Perl smart-match (~~) removed.
  2. swr: Select SCMS: PATH can now contain non-existing Paths with GBS crashing.
  3. gbshelp: Documentation on Install and Setup improved
  4. Performance issues (minor)(Perl regular expressions usage)
  5. gbsmaint 3: Map Network Drives. Handling improved.
  6. Improved SCSM handling when creating a new Root

Release Notes for GBS 3.00 (Deprecated - not complete) Bottom Doc. Button Top Document Button Down Section Button Up Section Button

GBS 3.00 is not backwards compatible!

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The following must be implemented before switching to this version.
  1. Upgraded to the last build of GBS 2.05 (2012-06-20)
  2. Performed an 'Upgrade from previous release' (gbsmaint 7 9)
  3. Manually fix STEPS (see below)
The following major changes were implemented:
  1. Change in directory structure:
  2. steps.gbs: Layout changed. New item 'COMMAND' replaces arguments of Command STEP

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New/Changed Functionality

  1. .gbs: Windows only: .gbs moved from %HOMEDIR% to %APPDATA%. It will now be unique per User
    .gbs: Windows only: Startup icons moved from Images to .gbs .gbs: Linux: Now gbscmd.sh is also called at xterm startup, if it exists. .gbs: gbscmd.sh: Has been moved to GBS_BASE_PATH
  2. .gbs: Internal files renamed.
  3. All commands: A line will be drawn on the screen immediately after you typed the command so it is easy to find it on your term box.
  4. filerep: New: Non-GBS command to recursively and selectively Rename / Delete files. Also with RegExp. Very similar to wordrep.
  5. gbsaudit: Improved layout of Annotated Source. Including: Included lines containing warnings are now displayed, together with the (first) including sourceline. The latter was not always correct.
  6. steps.gbs: Layout changed. New item 'COMMAND' replaces arguments of Command STEP
  7. wordrep: Now accepts option -r= which is a combination of -r and -f
  8. gbssilo: Added 'Job' and 'Audit' columns to Audit overview
  9. gbsexit: New command. Cleanup a GBS session.
  10. gbsaudit: Summary: For PCLint message-levels are now displayed in order of severity.
  11. gbssysgen, gbssysmake and gbssysaudit commands now accept --c for comments. The comment will be displayed in the gbssilo summary overview.
  12. GBS Files: New directive: .eol_comment. Allows End-Of-Line comments. Handle with care...
  13. Command-line options now accept quoted strings (' ' or " ")
  14. gbsaudit QAC and QAC++ will now call the Naming Convention checker (pal.exe) if there is an style_ALL.nrf file in the $GBS_ROOT_PATH/sysaudit/$GBS_AUDIT directory.
    A user-message file (qac.usr.gbs or qacpp.usr.gbs) in the same directory will also be included.

Problems solved

  1. Some internal files-names (fail and gfl) were not unique enough. This caused problems when the tmp directory was not cleared for a long time. Repaired.
  2. gbsmakemake: Sometimes missed a file. Performance improved. Better messaging. directories.
  3. gbsexport: Dot-files were not deleted properly resulting in undeletable directories.
  4. gbsmakemake: Missed dependencies in case of white space between '#' and 'include'
  5. QAC++ warning level 99 caused incorrect results and Perl warning messages
  6. gbsedit: Sometimes did not checkout a file
  7. gbsaudit: Summary: For Density: When no 'After pre-processing nr of sourcelines' are available, the nr. of source-lines will be taken and the result displayed as a negative value.
  8. gbsaudit: PC-Lint post processing failed with #line statement with a line-numer that exceeds the number of source-lines.
  9. gbsaudit: Disabled annoying Skype highlighting of numbers that resemble phone-numbers in GBS generated HTML files.
  10. sws: --new: Audit directories were not created correctly
  11. gbsmaint: Plugins: Audit Define/Install: Audit directories were not created correctly.

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