From 79c4137289e72fee67bb97ba9b436649532a1595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joerg Wunsch Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:49:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the new search order for avrdude.conf --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7d7f0b5f..781adb2b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ Changes since version 6.4: programmers on parallel or serial ports) virtually doesn't exist anymore, and the fuse combination that was covered by it do not match the fuses of modern AVR devices anyway. + - avrdude.conf is now being looked up in the location of the + executable file first, before considering the configured default + location; this eases a "portable use" where the entire suite is + not installed into its configured default location. (Basically + only relevant for unixoid systems; on Windows, this search order + has been used for many years already.) * New devices supported: