conan 1.4.0

1.4.0 (30-May-2018)

on Python PyPI

1.4.0

• Feature: Added scm conanfile attribute, to easily clone/checkout from remote repositories and to capture the remote and commit in the exported recipe when the recipe and the sources lives in the same repository.
• Feature: Added cmake_paths generator to create a file setting CMAKE_MODULE_PATH and CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to the packages folders.
  It can be used as a CMake toolchain to perform a transparent CMake usage, without include any line of cmake code related to Conan.
• Feature: Added cmake_find_package generator that generates one FindXXX.cmake file per each dependency both with classic CMake approach and modern
  using transitive CMake targets. Read more :ref:here <cmake_find_package_generator>.
• Feature: Added :command:conan search --json json output to the command.
• Feature: CMake build helper now sets PKG_CONFIG_PATH automatically and receives new parameter pkg_config_paths to override it.
• Feature: CMake build helper doesn't require to specify "arch" nor "compiler" anymore when the generator is "Unix Makefiles".
• Feature: Introduced default settings for GCC 8, Clang 7.
• Feature: Introduced support for c++ language standard c++20.
• Feature: Auto-managed fPIC option in AutoTools build helper.
• Feature: tools.vcvars_command() and tools.vcvars_dict() now take vcvars_ver and winsdk_version as parameters.
• Feature: tools.vcvars_dict() gets only the env vars set by vcvars with new parameter only_diff=True.
• Feature: Generator virtualbuildenv now sets Visual Studio env vars via tool.vcvars_dict().
• Fix: Message "Package '1' created" in package commands with short_paths=True now shows package ID.
• Fix: tools.vcvars_dict() failing to create dictionary due to newlines in vcvars command output.
• Bugfix: tools.which() returning directories instead of only files.
• Bugfix: Inconsistent local cache when developing a recipe with short_paths=True.
• Bugfix: Fixed reusing MSBuild() helper object for multi-configuration packages.
• Bugfix: Fixed authentication using env vars such as CONAN_PASSWORD when CONAN_NON_INTERACTIVE=True.
• Bugfix: Fixed Android api_level was not used to adjust CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.
• Bugfix: Fixed MSBuild() build helper creating empty XML node for runtime when the setting was not declared.
• Bugfix: Fixed default_options not supporting = in value when specified as tuple.
• Bugfix: AutoToolsBuildEnvironment build helper's pkg_config_paths parameter now sets paths relative to the install folder or absolute
  ones if provided.