Cool Tools - BIT - Release Notes for version 1.2

Description

• Sun Binary Improvement Tool 1.2 SunOS_sparc 2007/06/19
  (Shipped with CMT Developer Tools)
  Sun Binary Improvement Tool 1.2 SunOS_sparc gccfss_lang 2007/07/11
  (Shipped with GCCFSS 4.0.4 respin)
1. Multiple shared libraries can now be instrumented and analyzed automatically, whether they are explicitly linked or opened dynamically with   dlopen(). 
2. Textual reports (‑a report) are now supported when multiple binaries are being processed.
3. Binaries with GCC exceptions can now be processed.
4. C++ template code and code fragmented with the ‑xF option can now be processed.
5. There is now a
     bit check target
   command which prints information about target.
6. Improved command-line help ( ‑h, ‑‑help )
7. The default cache directory has been moved from the user's home directory to the current working directory.
8. There is a set of .bit.rc files for setting certain parameters.
9. New options include ‑O outfile, ‑T, ‑L liblist, ‑r, ‑X, ‑u, ‑k, ‑K, and ‑N ignorelib.


• Sun Binary Improvement Tool 1.2 SunOS_sparc gccfss_lang 2007/04/25
  (Shipped with GCCFSS 4.0.4)
1. The man page shipped with the product is out-of-date. The correct one is here.
2. Textual reports (‑a report) are not supported when multiple binaries are being processed.
3. Experiments cannot be generated unless Sun Studio 12 is also available on the system.
4. Because of the two preceding items, multiple binaries cannot be processed.
5. Binaries with GCC exceptions can now be processed.
6. C++ template code and code fragmented with the ‑xF option can now be processed.
7. There is now a
     bit check target
   command which prints information about target.
8. Improved command-line help ( ‑h, ‑‑help )
9. The default cache directory has been moved from the user's home directory to the current working directory.
10. There is a set of .bit.rc files for setting certain parameters.
11. New options include ‑O outfile, ‑T, ‑L liblist, ‑r, ‑X, ‑u, ‑k, ‑K, and ‑N ignorelib.