diff NEWS @ 15167:1c711a646fa7

Deprecate configure variables CC_VERSION, CXX_VERSION. Replaced with GCC_VERSION, GXX_VERSION. * NEWS: Announce deprecated variables CC_VERSION, CXX_VERSION. * common.mk: Add new substitutions for GCC_VERSION, GXX_VERSION * configure.ac: Add new substitutions for GCC_VERSION, GXX_VERSION * toplev.cc (Foctave_config_info): Add variables OCTAVE_CONF_GCC_VERSION, OCTAVE_CONF_GXX_VERSION to configure info report. * oct-conf.in.h: Add variables OCTAVE_CONF_GCC_VERSION, OCTAVE_CONF_GXX_VERSION to header file.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:04:26 -0700
parents fabc0e37ead1
children 3a33f93c9e62
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--- a/NEWS	Mon Aug 13 12:56:53 2012 -0700
+++ b/NEWS	Mon Aug 13 14:04:26 2012 -0700
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
     January 1st of the current year.  The previous default was the current day,
     month, and year.  This may produce changes in existing scripts.
 
+ ** The default name of the Octave crash dump file is now called
+    octave-workspace instead of octave-core.
+      
  ** Other new functions added in 3.8.0:
 
       betaincinv   erfcinv      splinefit
@@ -84,9 +87,6 @@
       cmunique     fminsearch   rgbplot     
       colorcube    lines        shrinkfaces 
 
- ** The default name of the Octave crash dump file is now called
-    octave-workspace instead of octave-core.
-      
  ** Deprecated functions.
 
     The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.4 and have been
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@
 
       static
 
+    The following configuration variables have been deprecated in Octave
+    3.8 and will be removed from Octave 3.12 (or whatever version is the
+    second major release after 3.8):
+
+      CC_VERSION  (now GCC_VERSION)
+      CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)
+
+
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 3.6:
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