1 Planned Release Check 0.13.0
3 * configure: optional build documentation
6 * missing <unistd.h> in some files
7 Issue #196 and Issue #186 (GitHub)
9 * Add checkmk to CMake build.
12 Fri Oct 20, 2017: Released Check 0.12.0
13 2017-10-20 10:00:00 +0000
14 based on hash c472c743d7c9f01ae9ea6a0e8e08132251b62abd
16 * Fix out-of-tree builds with CMake.
19 * Fix issue found with Clang regarding invalid suffix on a literal
22 * Check now responds to a few errors in a more clear way when it cannot run tests.
25 * Fix missing pid_t definition in check.h on Windows
28 * The maximum message size of check assertions is now configurable.
31 * Check support added for Visual Studios 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017 both for x86/64 and ARM.
34 * Changed license of example CMake files to BSD (was previously LGPL).
37 * Fix issue with floating point macros on MinGW
41 Sat Dec 17, 2016: Released Check 0.11.0
42 2016-12-17 15:00:00 +0000
43 based on hash 7c9cfb4b13124b93a63e60b3c681c2bf4f2723ce
45 * Avoid issue in unit test output checking where a shell's built-in printf
46 command does not work properly, but the printf program itself is correct.
48 * Emit only valid XML characters in XML logging (assumes ASCII encoding).
51 * Add LGPL header to files where it was missing; update FSF address in LGPL headers
54 * Strip timestamps from examples using filterdiff if available. This
55 allow build output to be reproducible.
58 * Use double slash for regular expressions in checkmk for better Solaris support.
60 * Improve CMake build files for better Visual Studio 2015 support.
63 * Fix potential SIGSEGV in Check related to the disk filling up during a test.
66 * Support added for applying tags to test cases and selectively running
67 test cases based on tags.
70 * Macros for comparing memory regions (ck_assert_mem_eq, ck_assert_mem_ne)
74 * Macros for comparing floating point numbers have been added.
77 * Macros for comparing string, but allowing for NULL (ck_assert_pstr_eq,
78 ck_assert_pstr_ne) have been added.
81 * Macros for checking if a pointer is NULL or not have been added.
85 Sun Aug 2, 2015: Released Check 0.10.0
86 based on r1217 (2015-08-02 19:21:14 +0000)
88 * CMake on MinGW and MSVC was unable to find time related types because
89 time.h was not included. This header is now included for the checks.
92 * If the test runner process catches a SIGTERM or SIGINT signal the running
93 tests are now also killed.
96 * If Check is compiled without support for fork(), the behavior of
97 functions which require fork() to be useful have been changed.
98 Functions that attempt to set CK_FORK mode are no-ops,
99 check_fork() returns in failure, and check_waitpid_and_exit()
102 * Add space around operators in assert messages for readability.
105 * Use mkstemp() if available instead of tmpfile() or tempnam().
108 * Fix issue with string formatting in ck_assert(), where using
109 the % operator would be interpreted as a string formatter. Bug #96.
111 * In nofork mode, the location of a failed assertion within a test
112 case was lost if that test case has a checked teardown fixture
113 (even if that fixture function is empty). This is now fixed.
117 Sat July 26, 2014: Released Check 0.9.14
118 based on r1174 (2014-07-03 18:43:49 +0000)
120 * Changes to (unofficially for now) support Solaris and AIX platforms.
122 * Fix issue with checked teardown functions in CK_NOFORK mode. If
123 the teardown function called an assertion that failed, an
124 infinate loop would result. Bug#98. As a result of the change, for now
125 checked teardown functions that fail in CK_NOFORK mode will
126 not cause the test to fail.
128 * Allow checked fixtures when compiled without fork(). Previously
129 such setup/teardown functions were disabled, as the full contract
130 for checked fixtures could not be honored. Checked fixtures
131 in CK_NOFORK mode are now closer to the contract, and are now
134 * Various code cleanup, including changes for compiling Check on
135 c++ compilers Clang and g++ (which are less forgiving than their
138 * Re-enable internal unit tests, which verify which line numbers are
139 reported for unit test failures. (The tests were unintentionally
140 disabled in a previous release).
143 Fri May 30, 2014: Released Check 0.9.13
144 based on r1137 (2014-05-26 21:03:09 +0000)
146 * When a test assertion fails, exit() was invoked. This results in any
147 registered exit handlers being invoked. A test should not be relied
148 upon to clean up if it fails. Instead, _exit() will be used to signal
149 a test failure, to prevent exit handlers from being invoked.
151 * Fix issue with string formatting in ck_assert_(u)int_* calls, where using
152 the % operator would be interpreted as a string formatter. Bug #96.
154 * If the LOG/XML/TAP file name is set to "-" either through the
155 srunner_set_log() srunner_set_xml() or srunner_set_tap() calls
156 or through the related environment variables, the logged data will be
157 printed to stdout instead of a file. This is mainly to support using TAP
158 for fixtures which expect the results to be reported via stdout. However,
159 it is available via all of Check's logging modalities.
161 * For CMake builds, check_stdint.h was not being installed. This is now
164 * Check's example under doc/example now also works for CMake projects
165 using Visual Studios and MSVC. This includes an example CMake
169 Mon Jan 20, 2014: Released Check 0.9.12
170 based on r1054 (2014-01-16 23:08:03 +0000)
172 * Additional unit tests created for internal and external Check
175 * Check now compiled on Windows using MSVC when using CMake and
176 NMake. All unit tests pass, though shell script based ones need
177 to be run in the MSYS environment.
179 * Check now compiles on Windows using Visual Studio 10
180 when using CMake. check_check passes when run from Visual Studios.
182 * Always capture the start and end times of tests when using
183 NO_FORK mode. Previously the end time was not captured,
184 resulting in arbitrary durations being recorded when tests
187 * Added additional configure script checks for support of
188 timer_create() on the target system. This allows for
189 OpenBSD to compile and run all Check's unit tests successfully.
191 * Added a unit test, check_mem_leaks, which can be used against
192 valgrind to test for memory leaks. No memory leaks were found.
194 * Added tcase_add_loop_test support in checkm. Patch from patches #46.
196 * Add support for logging in Test Anything Protocol (TAP) format.
198 * Refactor Check's assertions to be more like the assert() call in
199 assert.h, in that static source code analyzers can use gcc attributes
200 in the header to make assumptions about the flow of the code. See
203 * fix ck_assert_ptr_* causing const compilation warnings. Patch from
206 Wed, Nov 4, 2013: Released Check 0.9.11
207 based on r856 (2013-11-04 02:09:21 +0000)
209 * Check's unit tests pass when compiled out of the source tree.
211 * Check compiles for Windows using the MinGW/msys environment (without using fork), and all unit tests pass.
213 * Check compiles for Windows using the Cygwin environment, and all unit tests pass.
215 * Check compiles for Windows using MinGW in Linux (without using fork), and all unit tests pass using wine 1.4.
217 * Check compiles for Windows using MinGW-w64 in Linux (without using fork), and all unit tests pass using wine 1.4.
219 * On systems without timer_settimer, use setitimer (if available) to get
220 subsecond unit test timeouts. If setitimer is unavailable, fallback
223 Thu, Apr 18, 2013: Released Check 0.9.10
224 based on r743 (2013-04-18 11:27:03 +0200)
226 * Support 64bit int for __ck_assert_int. Patch from bug #3599471
228 * Add equivalent uint variants for __ck_assert_int. Patch from bug #3600433.
230 * Detect if the system has a C99 compliant version of the printf related
231 functions for check to use, and if not use an implementation provided by
234 * Updated HACKING and release procedure in Makefile.am.
236 * Detect if the system has clock_gettime() available, and if not use an
237 implementation provided by check. clock_gettime() is used to measure
238 test durations. The implementation for OSX uses OSX specific system calls
239 to get the time. For all other systems, clock_gettime() does nothing.
241 * Updated documentation in check.h to reference new check API.
243 * Remove usage of deprecated fail(), fail_if(), and fail_unless() calls from
246 * Fix implementation of putenv in check's libcompat for systems that do not
249 * Fix implementation of unsettenv in check's libcompat for systems that do
252 * Improvements to the new Check API: new comparison functions for pointers:
253 ck_assert_ptr_(eq|ne).
255 * Test timeouts can now be in nanosecond precision. The tcase_set_timeout
256 call, and CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT and CK_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER environment
257 variables now can accept floating point arguments.
259 * Cleanup compile warnings, patch #3579199 on SF.
261 * Renamed Check's internal list functions to start with check_, patch #3448601 on SF.
263 Mon, Oct 22, 2012: Released Check 0.9.9
264 based on r637 (2012-10-22 13:54:14 +0200)
266 * Measure test duration and print in XML output.
267 Feature request #3521371 on SF, but reimplemented.
269 * Added contrib/XML_for_JUnit.xsl from feature request #3521371 on SF.
271 * Added support for setting log files via environment variables.
272 Patch #3576713 on SF.
274 * Added better pkg-config and subunit support, patch #3417041 on SF.
276 * Make tests/test_vars.in bourne shell compatible, bug #3472578 on SF.
278 * Added ck_ prefix to mutex_lock variable, to avoid name clash on Solaris.
279 Solves bug #3472574 on SF.
281 * In autoconf, request system extensions to generate 64-bit safe code,
282 solution from patch #2803433 on SF.
284 * Fix for mutex deadlock when killing threads, patch #3564640 on SF.
286 * Make XML output well-formed, solution from patch #3575642 on SF.
287 Solves bug #3485651 also.
289 * Fix buggy duration calculation, bug #3575451 on SF.
291 * A more complete CMake / MSVC patch for those interested in pursuing
292 Windows development with Check and Visual Studio. See
293 patches/mloskot.windows.patch.
295 * Added instructions for improving the speed and output of `make
296 check' when using Automake. See contrib/improved_make_check/.
298 * Added a chapter in the documentation for selective running of tests.
300 * Changed how the message pipe is read. Before, the whole file was copied to
301 RAM with realloc, giving problems with huge allocations for repetetive
302 tests, the problem was visible for a specific GStreamer test case.
304 * Improvements to the new Check API: documentation, macros that allow
305 multiple evaluation, unit tests, and new
306 ck_assert_(str|int)_(lt|le|gt|ge) comparison functions.
308 * Made the new Check API primary and use it to define macros from old Check API
310 * Added checkmk, a tool for reducing "boilerplate coding" when writing
311 unit tests with check.
313 * Added xslt link to xml output, added display of iteration field into xslt
314 stylesheet and moved it to directory accessible from web page root
316 * Added longjmp to fail function to ensure that no code will be executed in test
317 function after failed assertion
319 * Fix dead assignments and several possible NULL pointer dereferences
321 Tue, Sep 22, 2009: Released Check 0.9.8
322 based on r559 (2009-09-23 21:00).
324 * Fix CHECK_MICRO_VERSION, left at 6 in 0.9.7 by mistake.
326 Tue, Sep 22, 2009: Released Check 0.9.7
327 based on r552 (2009-09-22 09:26).
329 * Added CK_SUBUNIT support for outputting test information in the subunit wire
330 protocol. See the check manual for more information. (Contributed by Robert
333 * Added code and tests for timeout scaling via environment variable.
334 Feature requested in tracker item #1549835 on sourceforge.
336 * Added documentation for testing exit values with tcase_add_exit_test().
338 * Add make_macros perl script from somebody (who?)
340 * add type to check_type error message
342 * add contrib dir with xslt transform
344 * function exist testing support (patch #1726574).
346 * introduce HAVE_WORKING_SETENV to protect tc_timeout_env usage
348 * support running tests with multiple pthreads (Daniel Gollub, closes 1391527)
350 * partial MSYS/MinGW support
352 Mon, Dec 29, 2008: Released Check 0.9.6
353 based on r453 (2008-12-01 22:14:15).
355 * 'make distcheck' does not work out of the box. Disable the two
356 top lines in doc/Makefile.am and it shall pass. Will have to
359 * add call to AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([strsignal])
360 * add new rpl_strsignal following rpl_(re)malloc template, body
361 of function due to Roland Illig
362 -- hopefully closes 1629755
364 * add missing NULL argument to fail* varargs macro calls
365 * define incorrect tests for __GNUC__ only
366 -- both per Roland Illig in bug 1677391
368 * define CK_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED for GCC >= 2.95, closing:
369 [ 1674626 ] compile error with non defined __attribute__ compiler
371 * Fixed error in documentation example Makefile.am, bug #1888237
373 * Fixed spelling (patch #1652630)
375 * Handle NULL in srunner_add_suite(). Fixes #1624887
377 * add CK_FORK_GETENV to enum fork_status and delete CK_FORK_UNSPECIFIED
379 * call strdup on result from strsignal to avoid clobbering it
380 * add Torok Edwin to AUTHORS
382 * add CK_TEST_RESULT_INVALID to enum test_result
384 * add CK_CTX_INVALID to ck_result_ctx and don't use -1 anymore
386 * count checks in setup() as well; patch due to Roland Stigge
388 * use int __attribute__((unused)) _i instead of
389 int _i __attribute__((unused))
390 per gcc-3.3.5 request from Sebastian Trahm
392 * rename signal to _signal in _tcase_add_test to avoid a
393 symbol clash with /usr/include/sys/signal.h on OS X.
395 * define rpl_malloc and rpl_realloc for platforms where
396 !malloc(0) and !realloc(0,0), such as AIX, because configure
397 goes and redefines malloc/realloc in this case...
399 * SVNChangeLog patch from Robert Collins
401 * Incorporated patch from Debian for debian bug #395466. This fixes
402 'AM_PATH_CHECK causes "possibly undefined macro" errors'.
404 * Added new Check fail API. Implemented on top of fail_unless. Future
405 versions will reverse this so fail_unless is implemented on top of the
406 ck_assert API. This API is not documented yet, will probably not be fully
407 released until 0.9.8, when it will be possible to choose API.
409 Tue, Nov 21, 2006: Released Check 0.9.5
411 * Fixed code coverage support to work with gcc4 and buggy libtool.
413 * Changed loop test iteration variable from i to _i. Added example of
414 loop test usage to documentation.
416 * Fixed distcheck target by adding SVNChangeLog to EXTRA_DIST.
418 * Fixed signal string problem in tests. Strings differed between
419 OSes, now we use strsignal(). Fixes Sourceforge bug #1539828.
421 * Fixed problem with process group ID, especially visible on Solaris
422 and LynxOS. Fixes Sourceforge bugs #1407360 and #1539828.
424 Fri, Oct 13, 2006: Released Check 0.9.4
426 * Updated manual and converted from DocBook to Texinfo.
428 * Added pkg-config support.
430 * Added Libtool support to build both static and shared libraries.
432 * Removed debian/ and rpm/ directories for building packages.
433 Downstream maintainers can easily handle this.
435 * Updated GNU Build System to use modern Autotools.
437 * Fixed sourceforge bug #1327225, two teardown checked fixtures
440 * Added a new kind of test, looping tests, which are called with a new
441 context for each loop iteration. This makes them ideal for table
442 based tests. Previously, with the loop in the test itself, only the
443 first error was caught and then the test would exit. Now all errors
444 are shown at once which should help in debugging
446 * Added possibility to turn off timeout tests in check's own unit tests
447 through configure option --disable-timeout-tests.
449 * Added coverage analysis for check's own unit tests.
451 Thu, Aug 25, 2005: Released Check 0.9.3
453 Applied debian patches from debian maintainer.
455 Fixed documentation bug #1216502.
457 gcc 2.95.3 compatibility fixed (patch #1161654, bug #1211672).
459 Messaging refactored to make it work with forking tests, and also with
460 threading tests on linux 2.4. Added check_fork and check_waitpid_and_exit
461 to be used for forking tests. (bug # 1233585)
463 Timeout error message changed (feature request #1121452, bug #1160305).
465 Fix check.spec for fc3 x86_64 (patch #1111782)
468 Fri, Nov 12, 2004: Released Check 0.9.2
470 Use strsignal to print describing text for signals.
471 Documented signals handling and timeouts.
472 Changed failure message for fail_if.
473 Added support for timeouts on tests, enabling detection of eternal loops.
474 Changed name on function list_create to check_list_create to avoid name clash.
475 Applied ANSI C99 patch (#1047014) for macro var args.
476 Cleaned up the self test verification to simplify merging of new tests.
477 Fixed debian and rpm targets
479 Added support for testing on expected signals. Implementation courtesy of
480 Lucas Di Pentima and Cesar Ballardini.
483 Fri, Sep 3, 2004: Released Check 0.9.1
485 Updated tutorial with new features.
486 Added support for XML output of the test results, courtesy of Frederic Peters.
487 Fixed setup bug from forum, failure in setup did not abort test in nofork mode.
488 Applied varargs patch (#933411) and added test cases.
489 Applied fail_if (#709167) patch.
490 Applied 'newbies' patch #995028 for autoconf doc.
491 Applied doc patch #995028 from Bill Barnard.
492 Fixed portability problems tests by changing == to =.
493 Changed copyright according to bug report.
494 Applied patch 796705. Replacing _exit with exit.
495 Applied patch for bug 793671.
498 Mon, May 17, 2004: Released Check 0.9.0
500 Run fixture teardowns in reverse order to setup
501 Plugged some memory leaks.
502 Added test name to log outputs.
503 Applied patch (802160) for distcheck bug (579604).
504 Fixed log printouts for nofork mode.
505 Updated documentation and converted to DocBook.
507 Added a new print mode, CK_ENV, that gets the print mode from the
508 environment variable CK_VERBOSITY.
510 Made tcase_free and suite_free static. This may break existing test
511 programs. Everything is now freed when srunner_free is called.
514 Mon Oct 21, 2002: Released Check 0.8.4
517 Allow to use check.h from C++.
518 Plugged some memory leaks.
521 Fri May 24, 2002: Released Check 0.8.3
523 Fixed various build problems. Fixed a problem with check.m4.
524 Documentation updates.
527 Mon Apr 15, 2002: Released Check 0.8.2
529 Added version information to headers and library. Added an autoconf
530 macro to easily integrate check into projects that use autoconf.
532 Removed limitations on line number, message and buffer sizes.
534 Declared constant string parameters as const.
537 Sat Mar 2, 2002: Released Check 0.8.1
539 Changed license to LGPL.
541 Fixed bug in running checked setup in nofork mode.
544 Wed Oct 24, 2001: Released Check 0.8.0
546 Support running in a nofork mode. Defined a checked fixture as well as
547 an unchecked fixture, support failing in checked and uncheck fixture
548 functions, and errors in checked fixture functions. Rewrote the
549 back-end to use pipes, rather than message queues.
551 Reimplemented printing functions in terms of string formatting
552 functions, to allow better testing of output without full end-to-end
555 Renamed some public constants to use the CK_ naming convention. This
556 will break existing test programs.
558 Documented the new features, and changed the distribution to include
559 sgml and html files, as well as lyx files, as many people don't have
563 Thu Aug 23, 2001: Released Check 0.7.3
565 Fixed the Autoconf Lyx check in acinclude.m4 so that configure works
566 on Solaris systems (and hopefully others), and cleaned up a minor
567 problem in Debian packaging.
570 Fri Aug 17, 2001: Released Check 0.7.2
572 Automated RPM packaging, and included debian packaging. The makefiles
573 now has an rpm target (the RPMFLAGS variable can be set to add
574 additional flags to RPM). Debian packages are built the ordinary way
577 Moved the example*.* files to tutorial*.*, since the docs really are
578 tutorials. Beefed up the tutorial docs to add clarity to the behavior
579 of fixture setup/teardown (based on a helpful critique by Fred Drake),
580 and to document the static nature of unit tests demanded by the bug
583 Many bugfixes: added -Wall to the CCFLAGS for gcc, and fixed a mess of
584 warnings that resulted. Changed a bizarre naming mismatch in
585 tcase_set_fixture (masked by the lack of compile warnings), and made
586 unit tests static (both bugfixes suggested by Fred Drake). Also added
587 a more sophisticated test of Lyx to (hopefully) ensure that Lyx
588 supports linuxdoc (but it's not clear to me how to test that for
592 Wed Jul 30, 2001: Released Check 0.7.1
594 Reorganized printing and logging functions to allow for a less
595 primitive logging function. Logging is now documented in the tutorial
599 Wed Jul 11, 2001: Released Check 0.7.0
601 Included a primitive logging function (at the moment, it only prints a
602 copy of the CRVERBOSE output to the log file), added the ability for
603 an SRunner to run multiple suites (and reorganized the Check tests to
604 take advantage of that), and added the magic to allow Check to be used
607 Also added Doxygen markup to the header file, but I'm not terribly
608 satisfied withe clarity of the output. I may switch to CWEB... Next
609 release should include API docs and improved logging, if nothing else
613 Wed Jun 27, 2001: Released Check 0.6.1
615 Bug fix for srunner_failures (bad version actually returned all
616 results), added srunner_results to do what srunner_failures used to
617 do, and added corrected unit tests for both.
619 Also changed the API for reporting the number of failed tests from
620 srunner_nfailed to srunner_ntests_failed, to harmonized better with
621 new function srunner_ntests_run. This unfortunately may break some
622 unit tests slightly -- that's why the major release number is 0 :-)
625 Thu Jun 21, 2001: Released Check 0.6.0
627 Features improved unit test reporting options, more complete unit
628 tests, and end-to-end test, and a full API into TestResults
634 GPL compliance release
636 Initial public release