The latest version (7.64) is operationally compatible with prior versions since 7.56 but includes the following small changes:
No functional changes. This version remains operationally compatible with all versions since 7.56.
Source code cleanup has eliminated more than 1,000 compiler warnings. Now, when Codeblocks is used to rebuild all 80,000 lines of source code, only 19 compiler warnings are detected, and all of them are now individually documented in the source code and all are known to be harmless.
As a result of this cleanup, the code is now more robust and more tolerant of configuration errors. Some of the compiler warnings that have been eliminated could possibly have caused occasional segmentation faults had they not been fixed.
If you already have version 7.61 working well then you will find little need to upgrade. But new users (and anybody that had problems with 7.61) should use version 7.64 just because the source code is cleaner.
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I tried to install this version on UBUNTU 18 but get an error "GLIBC_2.29 not found". My version of glibc is 2.27 and I cannot find a way to upgrade that (the apt-cache policy libc6 says the latest version available is 2.27)
Chief
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Thanks for this report. Sometimes my PcLinuxOS development environment uses newer libraries than are available on Ubuntu's "Long-Term Stable" releases. I think that was the cause of your glibc problem. Your choice to recompile LAC on your own system is the appropriate solution. I'm glad it worked.
Incidentally, I just compiled LAC 7.65 on two new versions of LINUX. In both cases, the compilation process was very easy as documented on the LAC web site. To summarize both experiences:
MX Linux: LAC runs silky-smooth with one tiny exception: Exactly once a second on my old laptop, there is a very tiny graphical "stutter". It's almost impossible to notice, but it bugs me because it makes LAC look like a Windows application (where flight sims routinely stutter in a similar manner). Honestly, Windows users would probably never notice it, but I am offended by its presence on LINUX.
Mangaro LINUX: LAC runs silky-smooth.
-bbosen-
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The latest version (7.64) is operationally compatible with prior versions since 7.56 but includes the following small changes:
No functional changes. This version remains operationally compatible with all versions since 7.56.
Source code cleanup has eliminated more than 1,000 compiler warnings. Now, when Codeblocks is used to rebuild all 80,000 lines of source code, only 19 compiler warnings are detected, and all of them are now individually documented in the source code and all are known to be harmless.
As a result of this cleanup, the code is now more robust and more tolerant of configuration errors. Some of the compiler warnings that have been eliminated could possibly have caused occasional segmentation faults had they not been fixed.
If you already have version 7.61 working well then you will find little need to upgrade. But new users (and anybody that had problems with 7.61) should use version 7.64 just because the source code is cleaner.
I tried to install this version on UBUNTU 18 but get an error "GLIBC_2.29 not found". My version of glibc is 2.27 and I cannot find a way to upgrade that (the apt-cache policy libc6 says the latest version available is 2.27)
Chief
Braincramp-- I neglected to actually recompile in codeblocks. After doing that it works fine.
Chief
Thanks for this report. Sometimes my PcLinuxOS development environment uses newer libraries than are available on Ubuntu's "Long-Term Stable" releases. I think that was the cause of your glibc problem. Your choice to recompile LAC on your own system is the appropriate solution. I'm glad it worked.
Incidentally, I just compiled LAC 7.65 on two new versions of LINUX. In both cases, the compilation process was very easy as documented on the LAC web site. To summarize both experiences:
MX Linux: LAC runs silky-smooth with one tiny exception: Exactly once a second on my old laptop, there is a very tiny graphical "stutter". It's almost impossible to notice, but it bugs me because it makes LAC look like a Windows application (where flight sims routinely stutter in a similar manner). Honestly, Windows users would probably never notice it, but I am offended by its presence on LINUX.
Mangaro LINUX: LAC runs silky-smooth.
-bbosen-