diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index ef2bb59fd..a381abd7e 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ while consuming minimal system resources. Changes ======= +Release candidate 4 resolves portability problems on 64-bit AIX and +64-bit MinGW, with FreeBSD/NetBSD/AIX make(1), and with the Sun C +compiler; improves the fallback used in groff's man pages to keep them +rendering on systems that don't implement the new `MR` man(7) macro; +makes generation of the distribution archive less dependent on the build +configuration; makes the automated tests more robust and revealing; +improves configuration checking for URW font availability; and updates +the documentation. + Since groff 1.22.4 was released in December 2018, 26 people have made a total of over 4,500 commits. @@ -135,14 +144,14 @@ sha256sum < groff-1.23.0.rc4.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d\ | xxd -r -p | base64 Caveats ======= +o A defect in GNU diffutils 3.9 (January 2023) causes gdiffmk to + malfunction and its automated test to fail. See + . + o GNU tools, or otherwise POSIX-conforming ones, are generally required to build on Solaris 10 or 11. See the "PROBLEMS" file in the distribution archive. -o A failure in automated testing occurs (if you run "make check") for - gdiffmk if GNU diffutils 3.9 is used. This is a known problem with - that release; see . - o Solaris 10 has known problems with automated tests; see the "PROBLEMS" file in the distribution archive.