Changes between version 5.0.X and 5.1 of Scilab
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Version 5.0.1 begins at rev. 27555.

Tests:
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* Tests added for functions: umf_luget, taucs_chget, pcg, removedir, rmdir, ones


Compilation:
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* libmatio is now detected thanks to pkg-config

* More warnings in C/C++/Fortran during the compilation process.
See http://lists.scilab.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-browse?list=dev&cmd=showmsg&msgnum=684
Enhancement:
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* Scilab 5.1 uses GIWS 1.0

* Update of some output strings (standard, warning & error)

* Update of the example in the dynamic_link modules and in the toolbox skeleton (use the actual filename instead of the .o)

Bug fixes:
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* rmdir & removedir had problems with the recursive delete under GNU/Linux

* In the binary, the path to the fortran include directory was wrong.

* bug 3500 fixed - [pcre] match position but no character = no match

* bug 3462 fixed - The match string returned by regexp is not the right one if the subject string contains backslashes.

* bug 3131 fixed - version 'GLIBC_2.4' not found with the binary version under some GNU/Linux distro

* bug 3314 fixed - linspace primitive - rev 27707 - removed use of "ones" and use colon (i.e. :) operator only

* bug 3322 fixed - trimmean primitive - rev 27627 - Added verbose option, added unit tests, updated doc.

* bug 3512 fixed - regexp could return incorrect results

* bug 3530 fixed - Check that X11/Xlib.h is available since the Tk header needs it

* bug 3529 fixed - rmdir was trying to change the permission on the file/directory. This behavior has been removed.

* bug 3540 fixed - With the linux binary version, a symbolic link of <SCILAB INSTALL PATH>/bin/scilab in /usr/local/bin (for example) did not work.

* bug 3546 fixed - frmag is broken when called with hn given by a vector of coefficients instead of a polynomial.

* bug 3551 fixed - bvodeS and bvode hang and close Scilab 5.0.1

* bug 3549 fixed - machine.h was including PATH_MAX.h, BOOL.h and PARAMS.h, includes have been cleaned up.

* bug in the script in charge of the dispatch of localization files fixed (tools/localization/dispatchLocalizationFile.sh)

* paths in examples.bat in SCI/modules/javasci/examples were wrong

* bug 3556 fixed - derivative was not supporting non compiled functions

* bug 3565 fixed - bad detection of the IBM JDK

* bug 3566, 3567 fixed - sort and gsort didn't sort correctly complex matrix.