1 Planned Release Check 0.13.0
3 * missing <unistd.h> in some files
4 Issue #196 and Issue #186 (GitHub)
6 * Add checkmk to CMake build.
9 Fri Oct 20, 2017: Released Check 0.12.0
10 2017-10-20 10:00:00 +0000
11 based on hash c472c743d7c9f01ae9ea6a0e8e08132251b62abd
13 * Fix out-of-tree builds with CMake.
16 * Fix issue found with Clang regarding invalid suffix on a literal
19 * Check now responds to a few errors in a more clear way when it cannot run tests.
22 * Fix missing pid_t definition in check.h on Windows
25 * The maximum message size of check assertions is now configurable.
28 * Check support added for Visual Studios 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017 both for x86/64 and ARM.
31 * Changed license of example CMake files to BSD (was previously LGPL).
34 * Fix issue with floating point macros on MinGW
38 Sat Dec 17, 2016: Released Check 0.11.0
39 2016-12-17 15:00:00 +0000
40 based on hash 7c9cfb4b13124b93a63e60b3c681c2bf4f2723ce
42 * Avoid issue in unit test output checking where a shell's built-in printf
43 command does not work properly, but the printf program itself is correct.
45 * Emit only valid XML characters in XML logging (assumes ASCII encoding).
48 * Add LGPL header to files where it was missing; update FSF address in LGPL headers
51 * Strip timestamps from examples using filterdiff if available. This
52 allow build output to be reproducible.
55 * Use double slash for regular expressions in checkmk for better Solaris support.
57 * Improve CMake build files for better Visual Studio 2015 support.
60 * Fix potential SIGSEGV in Check related to the disk filling up during a test.
63 * Support added for applying tags to test cases and selectively running
64 test cases based on tags.
67 * Macros for comparing memory regions (ck_assert_mem_eq, ck_assert_mem_ne)
71 * Macros for comparing floating point numbers have been added.
74 * Macros for comparing string, but allowing for NULL (ck_assert_pstr_eq,
75 ck_assert_pstr_ne) have been added.
78 * Macros for checking if a pointer is NULL or not have been added.
82 Sun Aug 2, 2015: Released Check 0.10.0
83 based on r1217 (2015-08-02 19:21:14 +0000)
85 * CMake on MinGW and MSVC was unable to find time related types because
86 time.h was not included. This header is now included for the checks.
89 * If the test runner process catches a SIGTERM or SIGINT signal the running
90 tests are now also killed.
93 * If Check is compiled without support for fork(), the behavior of
94 functions which require fork() to be useful have been changed.
95 Functions that attempt to set CK_FORK mode are no-ops,
96 check_fork() returns in failure, and check_waitpid_and_exit()
99 * Add space around operators in assert messages for readability.
102 * Use mkstemp() if available instead of tmpfile() or tempnam().
105 * Fix issue with string formatting in ck_assert(), where using
106 the % operator would be interpreted as a string formatter. Bug #96.
108 * In nofork mode, the location of a failed assertion within a test
109 case was lost if that test case has a checked teardown fixture
110 (even if that fixture function is empty). This is now fixed.
114 Sat July 26, 2014: Released Check 0.9.14
115 based on r1174 (2014-07-03 18:43:49 +0000)
117 * Changes to (unofficially for now) support Solaris and AIX platforms.
119 * Fix issue with checked teardown functions in CK_NOFORK mode. If
120 the teardown function called an assertion that failed, an
121 infinate loop would result. Bug#98. As a result of the change, for now
122 checked teardown functions that fail in CK_NOFORK mode will
123 not cause the test to fail.
125 * Allow checked fixtures when compiled without fork(). Previously
126 such setup/teardown functions were disabled, as the full contract
127 for checked fixtures could not be honored. Checked fixtures
128 in CK_NOFORK mode are now closer to the contract, and are now
131 * Various code cleanup, including changes for compiling Check on
132 c++ compilers Clang and g++ (which are less forgiving than their
135 * Re-enable internal unit tests, which verify which line numbers are
136 reported for unit test failures. (The tests were unintentionally
137 disabled in a previous release).
140 Fri May 30, 2014: Released Check 0.9.13
141 based on r1137 (2014-05-26 21:03:09 +0000)
143 * When a test assertion fails, exit() was invoked. This results in any
144 registered exit handlers being invoked. A test should not be relied
145 upon to clean up if it fails. Instead, _exit() will be used to signal
146 a test failure, to prevent exit handlers from being invoked.
148 * Fix issue with string formatting in ck_assert_(u)int_* calls, where using
149 the % operator would be interpreted as a string formatter. Bug #96.
151 * If the LOG/XML/TAP file name is set to "-" either through the
152 srunner_set_log() srunner_set_xml() or srunner_set_tap() calls
153 or through the related environment variables, the logged data will be
154 printed to stdout instead of a file. This is mainly to support using TAP
155 for fixtures which expect the results to be reported via stdout. However,
156 it is available via all of Check's logging modalities.
158 * For CMake builds, check_stdint.h was not being installed. This is now
161 * Check's example under doc/example now also works for CMake projects
162 using Visual Studios and MSVC. This includes an example CMake
166 Mon Jan 20, 2014: Released Check 0.9.12
167 based on r1054 (2014-01-16 23:08:03 +0000)
169 * Additional unit tests created for internal and external Check
172 * Check now compiled on Windows using MSVC when using CMake and
173 NMake. All unit tests pass, though shell script based ones need
174 to be run in the MSYS environment.
176 * Check now compiles on Windows using Visual Studio 10
177 when using CMake. check_check passes when run from Visual Studios.
179 * Always capture the start and end times of tests when using
180 NO_FORK mode. Previously the end time was not captured,
181 resulting in arbitrary durations being recorded when tests
184 * Added additional configure script checks for support of
185 timer_create() on the target system. This allows for
186 OpenBSD to compile and run all Check's unit tests successfully.
188 * Added a unit test, check_mem_leaks, which can be used against
189 valgrind to test for memory leaks. No memory leaks were found.
191 * Added tcase_add_loop_test support in checkm. Patch from patches #46.
193 * Add support for logging in Test Anything Protocol (TAP) format.
195 * Refactor Check's assertions to be more like the assert() call in
196 assert.h, in that static source code analyzers can use gcc attributes
197 in the header to make assumptions about the flow of the code. See
200 * fix ck_assert_ptr_* causing const compilation warnings. Patch from
203 Wed, Nov 4, 2013: Released Check 0.9.11
204 based on r856 (2013-11-04 02:09:21 +0000)
206 * Check's unit tests pass when compiled out of the source tree.
208 * Check compiles for Windows using the MinGW/msys environment (without using fork), and all unit tests pass.
210 * Check compiles for Windows using the Cygwin environment, and all unit tests pass.
212 * Check compiles for Windows using MinGW in Linux (without using fork), and all unit tests pass using wine 1.4.
214 * Check compiles for Windows using MinGW-w64 in Linux (without using fork), and all unit tests pass using wine 1.4.
216 * On systems without timer_settimer, use setitimer (if available) to get
217 subsecond unit test timeouts. If setitimer is unavailable, fallback
220 Thu, Apr 18, 2013: Released Check 0.9.10
221 based on r743 (2013-04-18 11:27:03 +0200)
223 * Support 64bit int for __ck_assert_int. Patch from bug #3599471
225 * Add equivalent uint variants for __ck_assert_int. Patch from bug #3600433.
227 * Detect if the system has a C99 compliant version of the printf related
228 functions for check to use, and if not use an implementation provided by
231 * Updated HACKING and release procedure in Makefile.am.
233 * Detect if the system has clock_gettime() available, and if not use an
234 implementation provided by check. clock_gettime() is used to measure
235 test durations. The implementation for OSX uses OSX specific system calls
236 to get the time. For all other systems, clock_gettime() does nothing.
238 * Updated documentation in check.h to reference new check API.
240 * Remove usage of deprecated fail(), fail_if(), and fail_unless() calls from
243 * Fix implementation of putenv in check's libcompat for systems that do not
246 * Fix implementation of unsettenv in check's libcompat for systems that do
249 * Improvements to the new Check API: new comparison functions for pointers:
250 ck_assert_ptr_(eq|ne).
252 * Test timeouts can now be in nanosecond precision. The tcase_set_timeout
253 call, and CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT and CK_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER environment
254 variables now can accept floating point arguments.
256 * Cleanup compile warnings, patch #3579199 on SF.
258 * Renamed Check's internal list functions to start with check_, patch #3448601 on SF.
260 Mon, Oct 22, 2012: Released Check 0.9.9
261 based on r637 (2012-10-22 13:54:14 +0200)
263 * Measure test duration and print in XML output.
264 Feature request #3521371 on SF, but reimplemented.
266 * Added contrib/XML_for_JUnit.xsl from feature request #3521371 on SF.
268 * Added support for setting log files via environment variables.
269 Patch #3576713 on SF.
271 * Added better pkg-config and subunit support, patch #3417041 on SF.
273 * Make tests/test_vars.in bourne shell compatible, bug #3472578 on SF.
275 * Added ck_ prefix to mutex_lock variable, to avoid name clash on Solaris.
276 Solves bug #3472574 on SF.
278 * In autoconf, request system extensions to generate 64-bit safe code,
279 solution from patch #2803433 on SF.
281 * Fix for mutex deadlock when killing threads, patch #3564640 on SF.
283 * Make XML output well-formed, solution from patch #3575642 on SF.
284 Solves bug #3485651 also.
286 * Fix buggy duration calculation, bug #3575451 on SF.
288 * A more complete CMake / MSVC patch for those interested in pursuing
289 Windows development with Check and Visual Studio. See
290 patches/mloskot.windows.patch.
292 * Added instructions for improving the speed and output of `make
293 check' when using Automake. See contrib/improved_make_check/.
295 * Added a chapter in the documentation for selective running of tests.
297 * Changed how the message pipe is read. Before, the whole file was copied to
298 RAM with realloc, giving problems with huge allocations for repetetive
299 tests, the problem was visible for a specific GStreamer test case.
301 * Improvements to the new Check API: documentation, macros that allow
302 multiple evaluation, unit tests, and new
303 ck_assert_(str|int)_(lt|le|gt|ge) comparison functions.
305 * Made the new Check API primary and use it to define macros from old Check API
307 * Added checkmk, a tool for reducing "boilerplate coding" when writing
308 unit tests with check.
310 * Added xslt link to xml output, added display of iteration field into xslt
311 stylesheet and moved it to directory accessible from web page root
313 * Added longjmp to fail function to ensure that no code will be executed in test
314 function after failed assertion
316 * Fix dead assignments and several possible NULL pointer dereferences
318 Tue, Sep 22, 2009: Released Check 0.9.8
319 based on r559 (2009-09-23 21:00).
321 * Fix CHECK_MICRO_VERSION, left at 6 in 0.9.7 by mistake.
323 Tue, Sep 22, 2009: Released Check 0.9.7
324 based on r552 (2009-09-22 09:26).
326 * Added CK_SUBUNIT support for outputting test information in the subunit wire
327 protocol. See the check manual for more information. (Contributed by Robert
330 * Added code and tests for timeout scaling via environment variable.
331 Feature requested in tracker item #1549835 on sourceforge.
333 * Added documentation for testing exit values with tcase_add_exit_test().
335 * Add make_macros perl script from somebody (who?)
337 * add type to check_type error message
339 * add contrib dir with xslt transform
341 * function exist testing support (patch #1726574).
343 * introduce HAVE_WORKING_SETENV to protect tc_timeout_env usage
345 * support running tests with multiple pthreads (Daniel Gollub, closes 1391527)
347 * partial MSYS/MinGW support
349 Mon, Dec 29, 2008: Released Check 0.9.6
350 based on r453 (2008-12-01 22:14:15).
352 * 'make distcheck' does not work out of the box. Disable the two
353 top lines in doc/Makefile.am and it shall pass. Will have to
356 * add call to AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([strsignal])
357 * add new rpl_strsignal following rpl_(re)malloc template, body
358 of function due to Roland Illig
359 -- hopefully closes 1629755
361 * add missing NULL argument to fail* varargs macro calls
362 * define incorrect tests for __GNUC__ only
363 -- both per Roland Illig in bug 1677391
365 * define CK_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED for GCC >= 2.95, closing:
366 [ 1674626 ] compile error with non defined __attribute__ compiler
368 * Fixed error in documentation example Makefile.am, bug #1888237
370 * Fixed spelling (patch #1652630)
372 * Handle NULL in srunner_add_suite(). Fixes #1624887
374 * add CK_FORK_GETENV to enum fork_status and delete CK_FORK_UNSPECIFIED
376 * call strdup on result from strsignal to avoid clobbering it
377 * add Torok Edwin to AUTHORS
379 * add CK_TEST_RESULT_INVALID to enum test_result
381 * add CK_CTX_INVALID to ck_result_ctx and don't use -1 anymore
383 * count checks in setup() as well; patch due to Roland Stigge
385 * use int __attribute__((unused)) _i instead of
386 int _i __attribute__((unused))
387 per gcc-3.3.5 request from Sebastian Trahm
389 * rename signal to _signal in _tcase_add_test to avoid a
390 symbol clash with /usr/include/sys/signal.h on OS X.
392 * define rpl_malloc and rpl_realloc for platforms where
393 !malloc(0) and !realloc(0,0), such as AIX, because configure
394 goes and redefines malloc/realloc in this case...
396 * SVNChangeLog patch from Robert Collins
398 * Incorporated patch from Debian for debian bug #395466. This fixes
399 'AM_PATH_CHECK causes "possibly undefined macro" errors'.
401 * Added new Check fail API. Implemented on top of fail_unless. Future
402 versions will reverse this so fail_unless is implemented on top of the
403 ck_assert API. This API is not documented yet, will probably not be fully
404 released until 0.9.8, when it will be possible to choose API.
406 Tue, Nov 21, 2006: Released Check 0.9.5
408 * Fixed code coverage support to work with gcc4 and buggy libtool.
410 * Changed loop test iteration variable from i to _i. Added example of
411 loop test usage to documentation.
413 * Fixed distcheck target by adding SVNChangeLog to EXTRA_DIST.
415 * Fixed signal string problem in tests. Strings differed between
416 OSes, now we use strsignal(). Fixes Sourceforge bug #1539828.
418 * Fixed problem with process group ID, especially visible on Solaris
419 and LynxOS. Fixes Sourceforge bugs #1407360 and #1539828.
421 Fri, Oct 13, 2006: Released Check 0.9.4
423 * Updated manual and converted from DocBook to Texinfo.
425 * Added pkg-config support.
427 * Added Libtool support to build both static and shared libraries.
429 * Removed debian/ and rpm/ directories for building packages.
430 Downstream maintainers can easily handle this.
432 * Updated GNU Build System to use modern Autotools.
434 * Fixed sourceforge bug #1327225, two teardown checked fixtures
437 * Added a new kind of test, looping tests, which are called with a new
438 context for each loop iteration. This makes them ideal for table
439 based tests. Previously, with the loop in the test itself, only the
440 first error was caught and then the test would exit. Now all errors
441 are shown at once which should help in debugging
443 * Added possibility to turn off timeout tests in check's own unit tests
444 through configure option --disable-timeout-tests.
446 * Added coverage analysis for check's own unit tests.
448 Thu, Aug 25, 2005: Released Check 0.9.3
450 Applied debian patches from debian maintainer.
452 Fixed documentation bug #1216502.
454 gcc 2.95.3 compatibility fixed (patch #1161654, bug #1211672).
456 Messaging refactored to make it work with forking tests, and also with
457 threading tests on linux 2.4. Added check_fork and check_waitpid_and_exit
458 to be used for forking tests. (bug # 1233585)
460 Timeout error message changed (feature request #1121452, bug #1160305).
462 Fix check.spec for fc3 x86_64 (patch #1111782)
465 Fri, Nov 12, 2004: Released Check 0.9.2
467 Use strsignal to print describing text for signals.
468 Documented signals handling and timeouts.
469 Changed failure message for fail_if.
470 Added support for timeouts on tests, enabling detection of eternal loops.
471 Changed name on function list_create to check_list_create to avoid name clash.
472 Applied ANSI C99 patch (#1047014) for macro var args.
473 Cleaned up the self test verification to simplify merging of new tests.
474 Fixed debian and rpm targets
476 Added support for testing on expected signals. Implementation courtesy of
477 Lucas Di Pentima and Cesar Ballardini.
480 Fri, Sep 3, 2004: Released Check 0.9.1
482 Updated tutorial with new features.
483 Added support for XML output of the test results, courtesy of Frederic Peters.
484 Fixed setup bug from forum, failure in setup did not abort test in nofork mode.
485 Applied varargs patch (#933411) and added test cases.
486 Applied fail_if (#709167) patch.
487 Applied 'newbies' patch #995028 for autoconf doc.
488 Applied doc patch #995028 from Bill Barnard.
489 Fixed portability problems tests by changing == to =.
490 Changed copyright according to bug report.
491 Applied patch 796705. Replacing _exit with exit.
492 Applied patch for bug 793671.
495 Mon, May 17, 2004: Released Check 0.9.0
497 Run fixture teardowns in reverse order to setup
498 Plugged some memory leaks.
499 Added test name to log outputs.
500 Applied patch (802160) for distcheck bug (579604).
501 Fixed log printouts for nofork mode.
502 Updated documentation and converted to DocBook.
504 Added a new print mode, CK_ENV, that gets the print mode from the
505 environment variable CK_VERBOSITY.
507 Made tcase_free and suite_free static. This may break existing test
508 programs. Everything is now freed when srunner_free is called.
511 Mon Oct 21, 2002: Released Check 0.8.4
514 Allow to use check.h from C++.
515 Plugged some memory leaks.
518 Fri May 24, 2002: Released Check 0.8.3
520 Fixed various build problems. Fixed a problem with check.m4.
521 Documentation updates.
524 Mon Apr 15, 2002: Released Check 0.8.2
526 Added version information to headers and library. Added an autoconf
527 macro to easily integrate check into projects that use autoconf.
529 Removed limitations on line number, message and buffer sizes.
531 Declared constant string parameters as const.
534 Sat Mar 2, 2002: Released Check 0.8.1
536 Changed license to LGPL.
538 Fixed bug in running checked setup in nofork mode.
541 Wed Oct 24, 2001: Released Check 0.8.0
543 Support running in a nofork mode. Defined a checked fixture as well as
544 an unchecked fixture, support failing in checked and uncheck fixture
545 functions, and errors in checked fixture functions. Rewrote the
546 back-end to use pipes, rather than message queues.
548 Reimplemented printing functions in terms of string formatting
549 functions, to allow better testing of output without full end-to-end
552 Renamed some public constants to use the CK_ naming convention. This
553 will break existing test programs.
555 Documented the new features, and changed the distribution to include
556 sgml and html files, as well as lyx files, as many people don't have
560 Thu Aug 23, 2001: Released Check 0.7.3
562 Fixed the Autoconf Lyx check in acinclude.m4 so that configure works
563 on Solaris systems (and hopefully others), and cleaned up a minor
564 problem in Debian packaging.
567 Fri Aug 17, 2001: Released Check 0.7.2
569 Automated RPM packaging, and included debian packaging. The makefiles
570 now has an rpm target (the RPMFLAGS variable can be set to add
571 additional flags to RPM). Debian packages are built the ordinary way
574 Moved the example*.* files to tutorial*.*, since the docs really are
575 tutorials. Beefed up the tutorial docs to add clarity to the behavior
576 of fixture setup/teardown (based on a helpful critique by Fred Drake),
577 and to document the static nature of unit tests demanded by the bug
580 Many bugfixes: added -Wall to the CCFLAGS for gcc, and fixed a mess of
581 warnings that resulted. Changed a bizarre naming mismatch in
582 tcase_set_fixture (masked by the lack of compile warnings), and made
583 unit tests static (both bugfixes suggested by Fred Drake). Also added
584 a more sophisticated test of Lyx to (hopefully) ensure that Lyx
585 supports linuxdoc (but it's not clear to me how to test that for
589 Wed Jul 30, 2001: Released Check 0.7.1
591 Reorganized printing and logging functions to allow for a less
592 primitive logging function. Logging is now documented in the tutorial
596 Wed Jul 11, 2001: Released Check 0.7.0
598 Included a primitive logging function (at the moment, it only prints a
599 copy of the CRVERBOSE output to the log file), added the ability for
600 an SRunner to run multiple suites (and reorganized the Check tests to
601 take advantage of that), and added the magic to allow Check to be used
604 Also added Doxygen markup to the header file, but I'm not terribly
605 satisfied withe clarity of the output. I may switch to CWEB... Next
606 release should include API docs and improved logging, if nothing else
610 Wed Jun 27, 2001: Released Check 0.6.1
612 Bug fix for srunner_failures (bad version actually returned all
613 results), added srunner_results to do what srunner_failures used to
614 do, and added corrected unit tests for both.
616 Also changed the API for reporting the number of failed tests from
617 srunner_nfailed to srunner_ntests_failed, to harmonized better with
618 new function srunner_ntests_run. This unfortunately may break some
619 unit tests slightly -- that's why the major release number is 0 :-)
622 Thu Jun 21, 2001: Released Check 0.6.0
624 Features improved unit test reporting options, more complete unit
625 tests, and end-to-end test, and a full API into TestResults
631 GPL compliance release
633 Initial public release