LinuxCNC 2.9.4 has been released. This bugfix and enhancement release. Highlights include:
- Backport the hm2_spix driver for Raspberry Pi 3, 4 and 5 to the 2.9 branch. - Fixes for issues #2482, #2939, #2939 - Gmoccapy: many updates (see the full changelog below) - Follow symlinks in config dir - Fixes to allow 2.9 to compile in Debain Sid - Add clearer info on ini entries containing lowercase chars - Quite a lot of typos in the docs. - Backport fix hm2_spi driver. This was discovered in master and fixed in PR #3225. - qtvcp -cam align panel: fix setting x and y scaling - docs: improve “HAL Component Generator” doc page (halcompile) - Remove remaining use of deprecated distutils. Addresses #1080668 - QTVCP: Several updates - gscreen: several updates - Merge pull request #3083 from hansu/gtk-sourceview-4-migration - qtplasmac: fix file load after single cut - Merge pull request #3049 from mark-v-d/2.9 - Added new man pages to debian/linuxcnc.install.in. - fix restoring of locale setting in interp - Merge pull request #3035 from sensille/litehm2-2.9 - Allow uniq_id to be used to select hal_input devices. (#3015) (See the full changelog below for more details) Packages have been prepared for: Buster - uspace - amd64 (PC) arm64 (Pi with 64-bit kernels.[1]) Buster - RTAI - amd64 Bullseye - uspace - amd64 (only) [2] Bookworm - uspace - amd64, arm64 Bookworm - RTAI - amd64 For existing users of 2.9.3 on the above platforms this should be offered as an automatic update. Contributors to this release are (in alphabetical order): andypugh Arne Jansen Bertho Stultiens CMorley David Mueller Greg Carl Hans Unzner Håvard F. Aasen mark-v-d Moses McKnight Ondřej Sluka pcw-mesa Petter Reinholdtsen Robert Schöftner Sebastian Kuzminsky Sigma1912 Steffen Moeller zz912 Full changelog: - Merge pull request #3283 from Sigma1912/patch-2 - Gmoccapy: fix bugs caused by GStat missing changes in interpreter mode - gmoccapy: expand G-code editor in edit mode - gmoccapy: revert “remember position of hbox2 (GtkPaned)” - Merge pull request #3269 from hansu/gmoccapy-3-4-9 - gmoccapy_3_4_9: set version number and update release notes - gmoccapy: ensure usage of lowercase for settings in pref file (#3181) - gmoccapy: get offset names directly from offsetpage-widget - offsetpage-widget: don’t translate column 0 - gmoccapy: revert “added Gtk.Paned for upper main area” - gmoccapy: fix wrong states of spindle button images after program abort - Follow symlinks in config dir - Merge pull request #3259 from BsAtHome/backport-debian_sid-include - Necessary include for gettimeofday() in debian:sid. - Merge pull request #3251 from Sigma1912/patch-1 - Add clearer info on ini entries containing lowercase chars - Update m-code.adoc - typo exection -> execution - Merge pull request #3247 from Sigma1912/patch-1 - gmoccapy.adoc: correct INI section name [MACROS] - Disable “override limits” at the end of the jog. This fixes the issue that the override was not cleared in teleop (homed) mode Issue #2482 - Doc: User Defined Command, add note on exit codes != 0 - gmoccapy: update release notes - docs: fix list in building-linuxcnc.adoc - Typos in carousel.comp - Merge pull request #3227 from BsAtHome/backport_2.9_3200-3202 - Merge pull request #3226 from BsAtHome/backport_2.9_fix-hm2_spi - Backport fix hm2_spi driver. This was discovered in master and fixed in PR #3225. - Backport fix superfluous NULL check to 2.9 branch (issue #3202). - Backport fix invalid printf format to 2.9 branch (issue #3200). - Merge pull request #3212 from BsAtHome/hm2_spix-backport-2.9 - Add missing include to fix checks. - Backport the hm2_spix driver for Raspberry Pi 3, 4 and 5 to the 2.9 branch. - qtvcp -cam align panel: fix setting x and y scaling - gmoccapy: further corrections of sample INI-file regarding really used values - docs: update gmoccapy docs regarding INI values - halshow: fix error on right click “Set to ..” - docs: little typo in gstat.adoc - gmoccapy: move spaces out of translatable strings - Fix “Change to raw strings to fix Python SyntaxWarning” (2) - Merge pull request #3179 from hansu/issue-3175 - Fix “Change to raw strings to fix Python SyntaxWarning” - docs: gmoccapy - fix order of settings section according to actual order - Merge pull request #3172 from havardAasen/fix-python-syntax-warning - Fix deprecated locale.format() -> locale.format_string() - Update regex - Change to raw strings to fix Python SyntaxWarning - docs: improve “HAL Component Generator” doc page (halcompile) - Merge pull request #3158 from petterreinholdtsen/bug-debian-1080668-python3-setuptools - Dropped use of depricated python3-setuptools / distutils. - Merge pull request #3159 from petterreinholdtsen/2.9-upstream-ax-python - Fetched latest ax_python.m4 and ax_python_devel.m4 from upstream. - Revert “Remove remaining use of deprecated distutils.” - Revert “Distutils, fix error in previous fix” - Distutils, fix error in previous fix Addresses #1080668 - Remove remaining use of deprecated distutils. Addresses #1080668 - QTVCP: Typo in error message - Merge pull request #3137 from petterreinholdtsen/2.9-avoid-bashism-configure-ac - Avoid bashism in configure.ac - qtvcp -test_panel: remove distutils library requirement - Merge pull request #3048 from hansu/gmoccapy-gcmc-config - qtvcp -action_buttons: fix momentary buttons status indicator - Merge pull request #3130 from hansu/gmoccapy-deprecation-warning-2 - gmoccapy: fix deprecation warning “Gtk.StyleContext.get_background_color is deprecated” - Merge pull request #3115 from zz912/patch-30 - Merge pull request #3125 from hansu/gmoccapy-deprecation-warning - gscreen: remove deprecated use of GtkLabel constructor - gmoccapy: remove deprecated use of GtkLabel constructor - Merge pull request #3118 from zz912/patch-31 - lathe_macros.ini - enable postgui.hal - Replace non-exist toolchange.py by stdglue.py - Merge pull request #3106 from LinuxCNC/andypugh/gscreen - gscreen: Fix Spartan sim homing - gscreen: Further tidying up to clear up runtime errors and startup verbosity - gscreen: Fix broken configs - Silverdragon++ I found how to do settings when fixing gaxis - gscreen: Fix broken configs - tester - gscreen: Fix broken configs - gaxis - gscreen: Fix broken configs - 9-axis - gscreen: Fix broken configs - Spartan - gscreen: Fix broken configs - Industrial - gscreen: Fix broken configs - docs: add note to gmoccapy keyboard shortcuts - fix: eliminated printf in shell script - Merge pull request #3090 from Sigma1912/2.9-fix-configs-apps-gladevcp - Fix sim config: apps/gladevcp/animated-backdrop - Add workaround for long keys= in mqtt-publisher This fixes #3084 - docs: fixed wrong unit: µm –> um - Merge pull request #3099 from Sigma1912/2.9-configs-apps-xhc-hb04-2 - Add note about required ‘XTerm’ to README ‘configs/apps/xhc-hb04’ - Update configs/apps/gladevcp/animated-backdrop/cairodraw.py - Merge pull request #3083 from hansu/gtk-sourceview-4-migration - configs/apps/gladevcp/animated-backdrop: partial fix - configs/apps/gladevcp/by-widget/sourceview: fix ‘up’,’down’ button functionalitiy - fix configs/apps/gladevcp: update to gtk3 (‘sourceview’ and ‘animated backdrop’ still not 100%)) - Use now GtkSourceview 4 - qtplasmac: fix file load after single cut - Merge pull request #3076 from Sigma1912/2.9-fix-sim-config-rack-toolchange - Fix glade panel and remove depricated ‘Features’ entries in ini - qtvcp -tab_widget: fix float/int error with new libraries - Merge pull request #3054 from petterreinholdtsen/2.9-build-sid - Reinsert github CI test build on sid - Merge pull request #3026 from hansu/2966-gmoccapy-destroys-tooltable - Merge pull request #3049 from mark-v-d/2.9 - We need to turn cutter compensation off for the rapid to the startpoint as well. - Merge pull request #3017 from petterreinholdtsen/2-9-smoe-debian_manpages - gmoccapy: add sim config for gcmc support - tooledit: throw exeption when locale not set - tooltable: create a backup file when error occurs on saving + add exception message - Adjusted handling of man pages to avoid duplicate lists. - Merge pull request #3043 from petterreinholdtsen/2.9-disable-unstable-build - Disabled github CI build on unstable/sid until it start working again. - Merge pull request #3042 from petterreinholdtsen/2.9-new-manpage-install - Merge pull request #3041 from rmu75/rs/fix-locale-restore-2.9 - Added new man pages to debian/linuxcnc.install.in. - fix restoring of locale setting in interp - Revert “docs: force monospace font in ASCII art (related to #3007)” - Merge pull request #3035 from sensille/litehm2-2.9 - hostmot2: collect initial writes into a single packet - shmen.cc: Revert a mistaken srrncmp->rtapi_srtlcpy change, - Add missing mapages (#3029) - docs: force monospace font in ASCII art (related to #3007) - docs: fix missing line break in toggle2nist man page - Merge pull request #3020 from mark-v-d/2.9 - Fixed bug #2939. But now new and improved. This fixes the case where the sub actually has a leadout, but it is too short. - Fixed bug #2939. When fixing the case where there was no leadout move, I broke the case where the leadout was exceeding the starting point. - Allow uniq_id to be used to select hal_input devices. (#3015) [1] I don’t have a Pi running armhf at the moment, though it’s just a case of setting up an SD card then building the package. If you need it, then let me know. [2] If anyone badly needs Bullseye debs for RTAI or arm64 / armhf then let me know. (all but the amd64 uspace builds have to be manually created) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
