Released as 20110422 'Libya'

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+20110422
+
+* {#} now works an alias for $PARALLEL_PID.
+
+* --eta now estimates way more accurately.
+
+* CPU detection code for AIX thanks to Christian Netrwal.
+
+* --joblog contains exitcode.
+
+* Thanks to Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason for reading my code.
+
+* GNU Parallel was presented at:
+  - LUGA, Augsburg, 2011-03-26, http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2011/Programm
+  - OSAA.dk, Aarhus, 2011-04-12
+
+* Blog entry in Japanese. Thanks to Riywo.
+  http://blog.riywo.com/2011/04/19/022802
+
+* Example of how to use GNU Parallel on PBS clusters. Thanks to Andrew
+  J Dolgert: http://web0.tc.cornell.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Gnu_Parallel
+
+* First example of using GNU Parallel in Hebrew. Thanks to omry.
+  http://nd.gd/jk
+
+* Intro video got past 10000 hits.
+  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpaiGYxkSuQ
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
 20110322
 
 * --tollef to be switch compatible with Tollef's parallel. This will

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67 for parallel 20110322.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67 for parallel 20110422.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20110322'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20110422'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20110322'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20110422'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures parallel 20110322 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20110422 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20110322:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20110422:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-parallel configure 20110322
+parallel configure 20110422
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by parallel $as_me 20110322, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20110422, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='parallel'
- VERSION='20110322'
+ VERSION='20110422'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20110322, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20110422, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2746,7 +2746,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-parallel config.status 20110322
+parallel config.status 20110422
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([parallel], [20110322], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([parallel], [20110422], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([

doc/release_new_version

@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=parallel
 
 # Only 350 requests per hour: 1 tweet = 3 requests
 # 119 tweets/hour = sleep 30 per tweet (40 to be safe)
-cat twitters | parallel -j1 sleep 40\; echo @{} You have earlier shown interest in GNU Parallel. \
+cat twitters | grep -iv removed | 
+  parallel -j1 sleep 40\; echo @{} You have earlier shown interest in GNU Parallel. \
 A new version is out: http://nd.gd/2j '|' ttytter
 
 == Send announce ==
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ A new version is out: http://nd.gd/2j '|' ttytter
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/post
 Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.admin
 
+https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/bug-parallel
+https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/parallel
+
 <<<<<
 from:tange@gnu.org
 to:parallel@gnu.org, bug-parallel@gnu.org, info-gnu@gnu.org, bug-directory@gnu.org
@@ -161,24 +165,32 @@ available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
 
 New in this release:
 
-? Part of Fedora?
+* {#} now works an alias for $PARALLEL_PID.
-? Part of Debian?
+
-? Part of Ubuntu?
+* --eta now estimates way more accurately.
 
 * CPU detection code for AIX thanks to Christian Netrwal.
 
+* --joblog contains exitcode.
+
 * Thanks to Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason for reading my code.
 
 * GNU Parallel was presented at:
   - LUGA, Augsburg, 2011-03-26, http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2011/Programm
   - OSAA.dk, Aarhus, 2011-04-12
 
+* Blog entry in Japanese. Thanks to Riywo.
+  http://blog.riywo.com/2011/04/19/022802
+
 * Example of how to use GNU Parallel on PBS clusters. Thanks to Andrew
   J Dolgert: http://web0.tc.cornell.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Gnu_Parallel
 
 * First example of using GNU Parallel in Hebrew. Thanks to omry.
   http://nd.gd/jk
 
+* Intro video got past 10000 hits.
+  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpaiGYxkSuQ
+
 * Bug fixes and man page updates.
 
 

packager/debian/debian-template/changelog

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-parallel (20100906-1) unstable; urgency=low
+parallel (20110422-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version
 

packager/obs/Makefile

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ all:
 	cd ../debian/ && make
 	cp ../debian/parallel_*.dsc ../debian/parallel_*.tar.gz home\:tange/parallel/
 	cp `ls ../../parallel-*.tar.bz2|tail -n1` home\:tange/parallel/
-	cd home\:tange/parallel/ && osc up && osc add *.dsc *.tar.gz *.tar.bz2 || true
+	cd home\:tange/parallel/ && osc up 
-	cd home\:tange/parallel/ && osc up && osc *.spec || true
+	cd home\:tange/parallel/ && osc add *.dsc *.tar.gz *.tar.bz2 && echo Src added OK || true
+	cd home\:tange/parallel/ && osc add *.spec && echo spec added OK || true
 	cd home\:tange/parallel/ && osc ci

src/niceload

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ B<parallel>(1), B<nice>(1)
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
 $Global::progname="niceload";
-$Global::version = 20110322;
+$Global::version = 20110422;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
 get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
 if($::opt_version) {

src/parallel

@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
 sub parse_options {
     # Returns: N/A
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20110408;
+    $Global::version = 20110422;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;
@@ -2155,6 +2155,7 @@ sub ncpus {
             } else {
                 $ncpu = qx(echo|$sshcmd $serverlogin parallel --number-of-cores);
             }
+	    chomp $ncpu;
             if($ncpu =~ /^\s*[0-9]+\s*$/s) {
                 $self->{'ncpus'} = $ncpu;
             } else {

src/parallel.pod

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ Command to execute.  If I<command> or the following arguments contain
 If I<command> is given, GNU B<parallel> will behave similar to B<xargs>. If
 I<command> is not given GNU B<parallel> will behave similar to B<cat | sh>.
 
+The I<command> must be an executable, a script or a composed command: an
+alias or a function will not work (see why
+http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=484296).
+
 
 =item B<{}>
 
@@ -2502,10 +2506,8 @@ B<prll> is also a tool for running jobs in parallel. It does not
 support running jobs on remote computers.
 
 B<prll> encourages using BASH aliases and BASH functions instead of
-scripts. GNU B<parallel> can use the aliases and functions that are
+scripts. GNU B<parallel> will never support running aliases and
-defined at login (using: B<parallel bash -ci myalias>) but it will
+functions (see why
-never support running aliases and functions that are defined defined
-later (see why
 http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=484296). However, scripts or
 composed commands work just fine.
 
@@ -2699,6 +2701,22 @@ allowed command length. It only uses a little more than half of what
 it could. This affects -X and -m. If this becomes a real problem for
 you file a bug-report.
 
+=head2 Aliases and functions do not work
+
+If you get:
+
+B<Can't exec "I<command>": No such file or directory>
+
+or:
+
+B<open3: exec of by I<command> failed>
+
+it may be because I<command> is not known, but it could also be
+because I<command> is an alias or a function. GNU B<parallel> will
+never support running aliases and functions (see why
+http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=484296), so change your
+alias or function to a script.
+
 
 =head1 REPORTING BUGS
 

src/sql

@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ $Global::Initfile && unlink $Global::Initfile;
 exit ($err);
 
 sub parse_options {
-    $Global::version = 20110322;
+    $Global::version = 20110422;
     $Global::progname = 'sql';
 
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself