Upgrade WAF to 1.5.14

36 files changed, 1045 insertions, 454 deletions

diff --git a/tools/waf-light b/tools/waf-light
index 6a02da1f73a..1fb8ce4ab72 100755
--- a/tools/waf-light
+++ b/tools/waf-light
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-# Thomas Nagy, 2005-2009
+# encoding: ISO8859-1
+# Thomas Nagy, 2005-2010
 
 """
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if 'PSYCOWAF' in os.environ:
 	try:import psyco;psyco.full()
 	except:pass
 
-VERSION="1.5.10"
+VERSION="1.5.14"
 REVISION="x"
 INSTALL="x"
 C1='x'
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ t = join(w, 'Tools')
 f = join(w, '3rdparty')
 sys.path = [w, t, f] + sys.path
 
-import Scripting
-Scripting.prepare(t, cwd, VERSION, wafdir)
-sys.exit(0)
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	import Scripting
+	Scripting.prepare(t, cwd, VERSION, wafdir)
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/3rdparty/boost.py b/tools/wafadmin/3rdparty/boost.py
index 47e4500d2e2..a2500f6100f 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/3rdparty/boost.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/3rdparty/boost.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #   conf.check_boost(lib='signals filesystem', static='onlystatic', score_version=(-1000, 1000), tag_minscore=1000)
 #
 #def build(bld):
-#   bld.new_task_gen(source='main.c', target='bar', uselib="BOOST BOOST_SYSTEM")
+#   bld(source='main.c', target='bar', uselib="BOOST BOOST_SYSTEM")
 #
 #ISSUES:
 # * find_includes should be called only once!
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 ##      * the rest of the code has not really been tried
 #       * make certain a demo is provided (in demos/adv for example)
 
-# TODO: boost.py will be removed in waf 1.6
+# TODO: bad and underdocumented code -> boost.py will be removed in waf 1.6 to be rewritten later
 
 import os.path, glob, types, re, sys
 import Configure, config_c, Options, Utils, Logs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ is_versiontag = re.compile('^\d+_\d+_?\d*$')
 is_threadingtag = re.compile('^mt$')
 is_abitag = re.compile('^[sgydpn]+$')
 is_toolsettag = re.compile('^(acc|borland|como|cw|dmc|darwin|gcc|hp_cxx|intel|kylix|vc|mgw|qcc|sun|vacpp)\d*$')
+is_pythontag=re.compile('^py[0-9]{2}$')
 
 def set_options(opt):
 	opt.add_option('--boost-includes', type='string', default='', dest='boostincludes', help='path to the boost directory where the includes are e.g. /usr/local/include/boost-1_35')
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ def version_string(version):
 def libfiles(lib, pattern, lib_paths):
 	result = []
 	for lib_path in lib_paths:
-		libname = pattern % ('boost_' + lib + '*')
-		result += glob.glob(lib_path + '/' + libname)
+		libname = pattern % ('boost_%s[!_]*' % lib)
+		result += glob.glob(os.path.join(lib_path, libname))
 	return result
 
 @conf
@@ -99,9 +100,10 @@ def tags_score(tags, kw):
 	score = 0
 	needed_tags = {
 		'threading': kw['tag_threading'],
-		'abi': kw['tag_abi'],
-		'toolset': kw['tag_toolset'],
-		'version': kw['tag_version']
+		'abi':       kw['tag_abi'],
+		'toolset':   kw['tag_toolset'],
+		'version':   kw['tag_version'],
+		'python':    kw['tag_python']
 	}
 
 	if kw['tag_toolset'] is None:
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ def tags_score(tags, kw):
 		if is_threadingtag.match(tag): found_tags['threading'] = tag
 		if is_abitag.match(tag): found_tags['abi'] = tag
 		if is_toolsettag.match(tag): found_tags['toolset'] = tag
+		if is_pythontag.match(tag): found_tags['python'] = tag
 
 	for tagname in needed_tags.iterkeys():
 		if needed_tags[tagname] is not None and tagname in found_tags:
@@ -148,8 +151,12 @@ def validate_boost(self, kw):
 		set_default(kw, x, None)
 	set_default(kw, 'tag_abi', '^[^d]*$')
 
+	set_default(kw, 'python', str(sys.version_info[0]) + str(sys.version_info[1]) )
+	set_default(kw, 'tag_python', '^py' + kw['python'] + '$')
+
 	set_default(kw, 'score_threading', (10, -10))
 	set_default(kw, 'score_abi', (10, -10))
+	set_default(kw, 'score_python', (10,-10))
 	set_default(kw, 'score_toolset', (1, -1))
 	set_default(kw, 'score_version', (100, -100))
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Build.py b/tools/wafadmin/Build.py
index 509b625108b..f28b80dbb61 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Build.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Build.py
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@ class BuildError(Utils.WafError):
 		Utils.WafError.__init__(self, self.format_error())
 
 	def format_error(self):
-		lst = ['Build failed']
+		lst = ['Build failed:']
 		for tsk in self.tasks:
 			txt = tsk.format_error()
 			if txt: lst.append(txt)
-		return '\n'.join(lst)
+		sep = ' '
+		if len(lst) > 2:
+			sep = '\n'
+		return sep.join(lst)
 
 def group_method(fun):
 	"""
@@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ def group_method(fun):
 			m = k[0].task_manager
 			if not m.groups: m.add_group()
 			m.groups[m.current_group].post_funs.append((fun, k, kw))
-			kw['cwd'] = k[0].path
+			if not 'cwd' in kw:
+				kw['cwd'] = k[0].path
 		else:
 			fun(*k, **kw)
 	return f
@@ -269,7 +273,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 				self.generator.start()
 			except KeyboardInterrupt:
 				dw()
-				if self.generator.consumers:
+				if Runner.TaskConsumer.consumers:
 					self.save()
 				raise
 			except Exception:
@@ -278,7 +282,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 				raise
 			else:
 				dw()
-				if self.generator.consumers:
+				if Runner.TaskConsumer.consumers:
 					self.save()
 
 			if self.generator.error:
@@ -316,6 +320,9 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 				except OSError: pass
 
 	def new_task_gen(self, *k, **kw):
+		if self.task_gen_cache_names:
+			self.task_gen_cache_names = {}
+
 		kw['bld'] = self
 		if len(k) == 0:
 			ret = TaskGen.task_gen(*k, **kw)
@@ -328,6 +335,13 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 			ret = cls(*k, **kw)
 		return ret
 
+	def __call__(self, *k, **kw):
+		if self.task_gen_cache_names:
+			self.task_gen_cache_names = {}
+
+		kw['bld'] = self
+		return TaskGen.task_gen(*k, **kw)
+
 	def load_envs(self):
 		try:
 			lst = Utils.listdir(self.cachedir)
@@ -384,7 +398,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 				lstvariants.append(env.variant())
 		self.lst_variants = lstvariants
 
-		debug('build: list of variants is %r' % lstvariants)
+		debug('build: list of variants is %r', lstvariants)
 
 		for name in lstvariants+[0]:
 			for v in 'node_sigs cache_node_abspath'.split():
@@ -418,7 +432,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 
 		if not self.srcnode:
 			self.srcnode = self.root.ensure_dir_node_from_path(srcdir)
-		debug('build: srcnode is %s and srcdir %s' % (self.srcnode.name, srcdir))
+		debug('build: srcnode is %s and srcdir %s', self.srcnode.name, srcdir)
 
 		self.path = self.srcnode
 
@@ -498,24 +512,30 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 		lst.reverse()
 
 		# list the files in the build dirs
-		# remove the existing timestamps if the build files are removed
-		for variant in self.lst_variants:
-			sub_path = os.path.join(self.bldnode.abspath(), variant , *lst)
-			try:
+		try:
+			for variant in self.lst_variants:
+				sub_path = os.path.join(self.bldnode.abspath(), variant , *lst)
 				self.listdir_bld(src_dir_node, sub_path, variant)
-			except OSError:
-				#debug('build: osError on ' + sub_path)
-				# listdir failed, remove all sigs of nodes
-				# TODO more things to remove?
-				dict = self.node_sigs[variant]
-				for node in src_dir_node.childs.values():
-					if node.id in dict:
+		except OSError:
+
+			# listdir failed, remove the build node signatures for all variants
+			for node in src_dir_node.childs.values():
+				if node.id & 3 != Node.BUILD:
+					continue
+
+				for dct in self.node_sigs:
+					if node.id in dct:
 						dict.__delitem__(node.id)
 
-					# avoid deleting the build dir node
-					if node.id != self.bldnode.id:
-						src_dir_node.childs.__delitem__(node.name)
-				os.makedirs(sub_path)
+				# the policy is to avoid removing nodes representing directories
+				src_dir_node.childs.__delitem__(node.name)
+
+			for variant in self.lst_variants:
+				sub_path = os.path.join(self.bldnode.abspath(), variant , *lst)
+				try:
+					os.makedirs(sub_path)
+				except OSError:
+					pass
 
 	# ======================================= #
 	def listdir_src(self, parent_node):
@@ -599,7 +619,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 
 		lst = [str(env[a]) for a in vars_lst]
 		ret = Utils.h_list(lst)
-		debug("envhash: %r %r" % (ret, lst))
+		debug('envhash: %r %r', ret, lst)
 
 		# next time
 		self.cache_sig_vars[idx] = ret
@@ -769,6 +789,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 						Logs.warn('could not remove %s (error code %r)' % (e.filename, e.errno))
 			return True
 
+	red = re.compile(r"^([A-Za-z]:)?[/\\\\]*")
 	def get_install_path(self, path, env=None):
 		"installation path prefixed by the destdir, the variables like in '${PREFIX}/bin' are substituted"
 		if not env: env = self.env
@@ -776,7 +797,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 		path = path.replace('/', os.sep)
 		destpath = Utils.subst_vars(path, env)
 		if destdir:
-			destpath = os.path.join(destdir, destpath.lstrip(os.sep))
+			destpath = os.path.join(destdir, self.red.sub('', destpath))
 		return destpath
 
 	def install_files(self, path, files, env=None, chmod=O644, relative_trick=False, cwd=None):
@@ -891,10 +912,11 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 				link = True
 			elif os.readlink(tgt) != src:
 				link = True
+
+			if link:
 				try: os.remove(tgt)
 				except OSError: pass
 
-			if link:
 				info('* symlink %s (-> %s)' % (tgt, src))
 				os.symlink(src, tgt)
 			return 0
@@ -909,7 +931,7 @@ class BuildContext(Utils.Context):
 
 	def exec_command(self, cmd, **kw):
 		# 'runner' zone is printed out for waf -v, see wafadmin/Options.py
-		debug('runner: system command -> %s' % cmd)
+		debug('runner: system command -> %s', cmd)
 		if self.log:
 			self.log.write('%s\n' % cmd)
 			kw['log'] = self.log
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Configure.py b/tools/wafadmin/Configure.py
index 78346925aa3..163b46dc778 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Configure.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Configure.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class ConfigurationContext(Utils.Context):
 		for tool in tools:
 			tool = tool.replace('++', 'xx')
 			if tool == 'java': tool = 'javaw'
+			if tool.lower() == 'unittest': tool = 'unittestw'
 			# avoid loading the same tool more than once with the same functions
 			# used by composite projects
 
@@ -166,10 +167,14 @@ class ConfigurationContext(Utils.Context):
 			self.tool_cache.append(mag)
 
 			module = Utils.load_tool(tool, tooldir)
-			func = getattr(module, 'detect', None)
-			if func:
-				if type(func) is type(find_file): func(self)
-				else: self.eval_rules(funs or func)
+
+			if funs:
+				self.eval_rules(funs)
+			else:
+				func = getattr(module, 'detect', None)
+				if func:
+					if type(func) is type(find_file): func(self)
+					else: self.eval_rules(func)
 
 			self.tools.append({'tool':tool, 'tooldir':tooldir, 'funs':funs})
 
@@ -232,17 +237,20 @@ class ConfigurationContext(Utils.Context):
 
 	def check_message_1(self, sr):
 		self.line_just = max(self.line_just, len(sr))
-		self.log.write(sr + '\n\n')
+		for x in ('\n', self.line_just * '-', '\n', sr, '\n'):
+			self.log.write(x)
 		Utils.pprint('NORMAL', "%s :" % sr.ljust(self.line_just), sep='')
 
 	def check_message_2(self, sr, color='GREEN'):
+		self.log.write(sr)
+		self.log.write('\n')
 		Utils.pprint(color, sr)
 
 	def check_message(self, th, msg, state, option=''):
 		sr = 'Checking for %s %s' % (th, msg)
 		self.check_message_1(sr)
 		p = self.check_message_2
-		if state: p('ok ' + option)
+		if state: p('ok ' + str(option))
 		else: p('not found', 'YELLOW')
 
 	# FIXME remove in waf 1.6
@@ -268,10 +276,15 @@ class ConfigurationContext(Utils.Context):
 				ret = find_program_impl(self.env, x, path_list, var, environ=self.environ)
 				if ret: break
 
-		self.check_message('program', ','.join(filename), ret, ret)
-		self.log.write('find program=%r paths=%r var=%r -> %r\n\n' % (filename, path_list, var, ret))
-		if not ret and mandatory:
-			self.fatal('The program %r could not be found' % filename)
+		self.check_message_1('Check for program %s' % ' or '.join(filename))
+		self.log.write('  find program=%r paths=%r var=%r\n  -> %r\n' % (filename, path_list, var, ret))
+		if ret:
+			Utils.pprint('GREEN', str(ret))
+		else:
+			Utils.pprint('YELLOW', 'not found')
+			if mandatory:
+				self.fatal('The program %r is required' % filename)
+
 		if var:
 			self.env[var] = ret
 		return ret
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Constants.py b/tools/wafadmin/Constants.py
index 35147b9b505..fa1a7293ad7 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Constants.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Constants.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ maintainer: the version number is updated from the top-level wscript file
 """
 
 # do not touch these three lines, they are updated automatically
-HEXVERSION = 0x105010
-WAFVERSION="1.5.10"
-WAFREVISION = "6794M"
+HEXVERSION = 0x105014
+WAFVERSION="1.5.14"
+WAFREVISION = "7363M"
 ABI = 7
 
 # permissions
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Environment.py b/tools/wafadmin/Environment.py
index 984d2ff04f3..0b6e72ceb95 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Environment.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Environment.py
@@ -53,8 +53,13 @@ class Environment(object):
 	def __setitem__(self, key, value):
 		self.table[key] = value
 
-	def __delitem__(self, key, value):
+	def __delitem__(self, key):
 		del self.table[key]
+	
+	def pop(self, key, *args):
+		if len(args):
+			return self.table.pop(key, *args)
+		return self.table.pop(key)
 
 	def set_variant(self, name):
 		self.table[VARIANT] = name
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ class Environment(object):
 		for m in re_imp.finditer(code):
 			g = m.group
 			tbl[g(2)] = eval(g(3))
-		Logs.debug('env: %s' % str(self.table))
+		Logs.debug('env: %s', self.table)
 
 	def get_destdir(self):
 		"return the destdir, useful for installing"
@@ -197,9 +202,9 @@ class Environment(object):
 		else:
 			self[name] = value
 
-	def __detattr__(self, name):
+	def __delattr__(self, name):
 		if name in self.__slots__:
-			object.__detattr__(self, name)
+			object.__delattr__(self, name)
 		else:
 			del self[name]
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Logs.py b/tools/wafadmin/Logs.py
index c2da1ddb8c4..c160b377366 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Logs.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Logs.py
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ colors_lst = {
 'cursor_off' :'\x1b[?25l',
 }
 
-got_tty = not os.environ.get('TERM', 'dumb') in ['dumb', 'emacs']
-if got_tty:
+got_tty = False
+term = os.environ.get('TERM', 'dumb')
+if not term in ['dumb', 'emacs']:
 	try:
-		got_tty = sys.stderr.isatty()
+		got_tty = sys.stderr.isatty() or (sys.platform == 'win32' and term in ['xterm', 'msys'])
 	except AttributeError:
-		got_tty = False
+		pass
 
 import Utils
 
@@ -93,17 +94,17 @@ class formatter(logging.Formatter):
 				return rec.c1+rec.msg+rec.c2
 		return logging.Formatter.format(self, rec)
 
-def debug(msg):
+def debug(*k, **kw):
 	if verbose:
-		# FIXME why does it eat the newlines????
-		msg = msg.replace('\n', ' ')
-		logging.debug(msg)
+		k = list(k)
+		k[0] = k[0].replace('\n', ' ')
+		logging.debug(*k, **kw)
 
-def error(msg):
-	logging.error(msg)
+def error(*k, **kw):
+	logging.error(*k, **kw)
 	if verbose > 1:
-		if isinstance(msg, Utils.WafError):
-			st = msg.stack
+		if isinstance(k[0], Utils.WafError):
+			st = k[0].stack
 		else:
 			st = traceback.extract_stack()
 		if st:
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Node.py b/tools/wafadmin/Node.py
index 6157aaa78c8..26a2113e029 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Node.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Node.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ ${TGT[0].abspath(env)} -> /path/to/dir/to/file.ext
 
 """
 
-import os, sys, fnmatch, re
-import Utils
+import os, sys, fnmatch, re, stat
+import Utils, Constants
 
 UNDEFINED = 0
 DIR = 1
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ class Node(object):
 						return None
 		return current
 
-	# FIXME: remove in waf 1.6 ?
 	def ensure_dir_node_from_path(self, lst):
 		"used very rarely, force the construction of a branch of node instance for representing folders"
 
@@ -278,7 +277,6 @@ class Node(object):
 					current = self.__class__(name, prev, DIR)
 		return current
 
-	# FIXME: remove in waf 1.6
 	def exclusive_build_node(self, path):
 		"""
 		create a hierarchy in the build dir (no source folders) for ill-behaving compilers
@@ -495,7 +493,7 @@ class Node(object):
 		return self.name[k:]
 
 	def find_iter_impl(self, src=True, bld=True, dir=True, accept_name=None, is_prune=None, maxdepth=25):
-		"find nodes in the filesystem hierarchy, try to instanciate the nodes passively"
+		"""find nodes in the filesystem hierarchy, try to instanciate the nodes passively; same gotcha as ant_glob"""
 		bld_ctx = self.__class__.bld
 		bld_ctx.rescan(self)
 		for name in bld_ctx.cache_dir_contents[self.id]:
@@ -534,7 +532,7 @@ class Node(object):
 		raise StopIteration
 
 	def find_iter(self, in_pat=['*'], ex_pat=exclude_pats, prune_pat=prune_pats, src=True, bld=True, dir=False, maxdepth=25, flat=False):
-		"find nodes recursively, this returns everything but folders by default"
+		"""find nodes recursively, this returns everything but folders by default; same gotcha as ant_glob"""
 
 		if not (src or bld or dir):
 			raise StopIteration
@@ -568,9 +566,12 @@ class Node(object):
 		return ret
 
 	def ant_glob(self, *k, **kw):
+		"""
+		known gotcha: will enumerate the files, but only if the folder exists in the source directory
+		"""
 
 		src=kw.get('src', 1)
-		bld=kw.get('bld', 1)
+		bld=kw.get('bld', 0)
 		dir=kw.get('dir', 0)
 		excl = kw.get('excl', exclude_regs)
 		incl = k and k[0] or kw.get('incl', '**')
@@ -655,6 +656,36 @@ class Node(object):
 
 		return ret
 
+	def update_build_dir(self, env=None):
+
+		if not env:
+			for env in bld.all_envs:
+				self.update_build_dir(env)
+			return
+
+		path = self.abspath(env)
+
+		lst = Utils.listdir(path)
+		try:
+			self.__class__.bld.cache_dir_contents[self.id].update(lst)
+		except KeyError:
+			self.__class__.bld.cache_dir_contents[self.id] = set(lst)
+		self.__class__.bld.cache_scanned_folders[self.id] = True
+
+		for k in lst:
+			npath = path + os.sep + k
+			st = os.stat(npath)
+			if stat.S_ISREG(st[stat.ST_MODE]):
+				ick = self.find_or_declare(k)
+				if not (ick.id in self.__class__.bld.node_sigs[env.variant()]):
+					self.__class__.bld.node_sigs[env.variant()][ick.id] = Constants.SIG_NIL
+			elif stat.S_ISDIR(st[stat.ST_MODE]):
+				child = self.find_dir(k)
+				if not child:
+					child = self.ensure_dir_node_from_path(k)
+				child.update_build_dir(env)
+
+
 class Nodu(Node):
 	pass
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Options.py b/tools/wafadmin/Options.py
index bbb53a8c6a7..8d7a34a1930 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Options.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Options.py
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ class Handler(Utils.Context):
 
 		for tool in tools:
 			tool = tool.replace('++', 'xx')
+			if tool == 'java': tool = 'javaw'
+			if tool.lower() == 'unittest': tool = 'unittestw'
 			module = Utils.load_tool(tool, path)
 			try:
 				fun = module.set_options
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Runner.py b/tools/wafadmin/Runner.py
index 8a5b6b9a7e4..384b1c68c7e 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Runner.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Runner.py
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ def run(*args, **kwargs):
 threading.Thread.run = run
 
 class TaskConsumer(threading.Thread):
-	def __init__(self, m):
+	ready = Queue(0)
+	consumers = []
+
+	def __init__(self):
 		threading.Thread.__init__(self)
 		self.setDaemon(1)
-		self.master = m
 		self.start()
 
 	def run(self):
@@ -37,9 +39,9 @@ class TaskConsumer(threading.Thread):
 			pass
 
 	def loop(self):
-		m = self.master
 		while 1:
-			tsk = m.ready.get()
+			tsk = TaskConsumer.ready.get()
+			m = tsk.master
 			if m.stop:
 				m.out.put(tsk)
 				continue
@@ -98,16 +100,13 @@ class Parallel(object):
 		# tasks that are awaiting for another task to complete
 		self.frozen = []
 
-		# tasks waiting to be run by the consumers
-		self.ready = Queue(0)
+		# tasks returned by the consumers
 		self.out = Queue(0)
 
 		self.count = 0 # tasks not in the producer area
 
 		self.processed = 1 # progress indicator
 
-		self.consumers = None # the consumer threads, created lazily
-
 		self.stop = False # error condition to stop the build
 		self.error = False # error flag
 
@@ -162,6 +161,12 @@ class Parallel(object):
 	def start(self):
 		"execute the tasks"
 
+		if TaskConsumer.consumers:
+			# the worker pool is usually loaded lazily (see below)
+			# in case it is re-used with a different value of numjobs:
+			while len(TaskConsumer.consumers) < self.numjobs:
+				TaskConsumer.consumers.append(TaskConsumer())
+
 		while not self.stop:
 
 			self.refill_task_list()
@@ -202,12 +207,13 @@ class Parallel(object):
 				# run me: put the task in ready queue
 				tsk.position = (self.processed, self.total)
 				self.count += 1
-				self.ready.put(tsk)
+				tsk.master = self
+				TaskConsumer.ready.put(tsk)
 				self.processed += 1
 
 				# create the consumer threads only if there is something to consume
-				if not self.consumers:
-					self.consumers = [TaskConsumer(self) for i in xrange(self.numjobs)]
+				if not TaskConsumer.consumers:
+					TaskConsumer.consumers = [TaskConsumer() for i in xrange(self.numjobs)]
 
 		# self.count represents the tasks that have been made available to the consumer threads
 		# collect all the tasks after an error else the message may be incomplete
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Scripting.py b/tools/wafadmin/Scripting.py
index a1d53b3c874..203e143c2b3 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Scripting.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Scripting.py
@@ -201,19 +201,20 @@ def configure(conf):
 
 	src = getattr(Options.options, SRCDIR, None)
 	if not src: src = getattr(Utils.g_module, SRCDIR, None)
+	if not src: src = getattr(Utils.g_module, 'top', None)
 	if not src:
 		src = '.'
 		incomplete_src = 1
 	src = os.path.abspath(src)
 
 	bld = getattr(Options.options, BLDDIR, None)
-	if not bld:
-		bld = getattr(Utils.g_module, BLDDIR, None)
-		if bld == '.':
-			raise Utils.WafError('Setting blddir="." may cause distclean problems')
+	if not bld: bld = getattr(Utils.g_module, BLDDIR, None)
+	if not bld: bld = getattr(Utils.g_module, 'out', None)
 	if not bld:
 		bld = 'build'
 		incomplete_bld = 1
+	if bld == '.':
+		raise Utils.WafError('Setting blddir="." may cause distclean problems')
 	bld = os.path.abspath(bld)
 
 	try: os.makedirs(bld)
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ def dont_dist(name, src, build_dir):
 
 	if (name.startswith(',,')
 		or name.startswith('++')
-		or name.startswith('.waf-1.')
+		or name.startswith('.waf')
 		or (src == '.' and name == Options.lockfile)
 		or name in excludes
 		or name == build_dir
@@ -451,6 +452,7 @@ def copytree(src, dst, build_dir):
 # TODO in waf 1.6, change this method if "srcdir == blddir" is allowed
 def distclean(ctx=None):
 	'''removes the build directory'''
+	global commands
 	lst = os.listdir('.')
 	for f in lst:
 		if f == Options.lockfile:
@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ def distclean(ctx=None):
 					Logs.warn('file %r cannot be removed' % f)
 
 		# remove the local waf cache
-		if f.startswith('.waf-'):
+		if not commands and f.startswith('.waf'):
 			shutil.rmtree(f, ignore_errors=True)
 
 # FIXME waf 1.6 a unique ctx parameter, and remove the optional appname and version
@@ -488,7 +490,10 @@ def dist(appname='', version=''):
 	if not version: version = getattr(Utils.g_module, VERSION, '1.0')
 
 	tmp_folder = appname + '-' + version
-	arch_name = tmp_folder+'.tar.'+g_gz
+	if g_gz in ['gz', 'bz2']:
+		arch_name = tmp_folder + '.tar.' + g_gz
+	else:
+		arch_name = tmp_folder + '.' + 'zip'
 
 	# remove the previous dir
 	try:
@@ -516,9 +521,12 @@ def dist(appname='', version=''):
 			# go back to the root directory
 			os.chdir(back)
 
-	tar = tarfile.open(arch_name, 'w:' + g_gz)
-	tar.add(tmp_folder)
-	tar.close()
+	if g_gz in ['gz', 'bz2']:
+		tar = tarfile.open(arch_name, 'w:' + g_gz)
+		tar.add(tmp_folder)
+		tar.close()
+	else:
+		Utils.zip_folder(tmp_folder, arch_name, tmp_folder)
 
 	try: from hashlib import sha1 as sha
 	except ImportError: from sha import sha
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Task.py b/tools/wafadmin/Task.py
index 9efaf417ea8..f9f16a95fa1 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Task.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Task.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The role of the Task Manager is to give the tasks in order (groups of task that
 
 """
 
-import os, shutil, sys, re, random, datetime
+import os, shutil, sys, re, random, datetime, tempfile
 from Utils import md5
 import Build, Runner, Utils, Node, Logs, Options
 from Logs import debug, warn, error
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ class store_task_type(type):
 
 		if name.endswith('_task'):
 			name = name.replace('_task', '')
+		if name != 'TaskBase':
 			TaskBase.classes[name] = cls
 
 class TaskBase(object):
@@ -502,9 +503,9 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 	* persistence: do not re-execute tasks that have already run
 	* caching: same files can be saved and retrieved from a cache directory
 	* dependencies:
-	   implicit, like .c files depending on .h files
-       explicit, like the input nodes or the dep_nodes
-       environment variables, like the CXXFLAGS in self.env
+		implicit, like .c files depending on .h files
+		explicit, like the input nodes or the dep_nodes
+		environment variables, like the CXXFLAGS in self.env
 	"""
 	vars = []
 	def __init__(self, env, **kw):
@@ -612,18 +613,14 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 		bld = self.generator.bld
 
 		# first compute the signature
-		try:
-			new_sig = self.signature()
-		except KeyError:
-			debug("task: something is wrong, computing the task %r signature failed" % self)
-			return RUN_ME
+		new_sig = self.signature()
 
 		# compare the signature to a signature computed previously
 		key = self.unique_id()
 		try:
 			prev_sig = bld.task_sigs[key][0]
 		except KeyError:
-			debug("task: task %r must run as it was never run before or the task code changed" % self)
+			debug("task: task %r must run as it was never run before or the task code changed", self)
 			return RUN_ME
 
 		# compare the signatures of the outputs
@@ -633,7 +630,7 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 				if bld.node_sigs[variant][node.id] != new_sig:
 					return RUN_ME
 			except KeyError:
-				debug("task: task %r must run as the output nodes do not exist" % self)
+				debug("task: task %r must run as the output nodes do not exist", self)
 				return RUN_ME
 
 		# debug if asked to
@@ -648,8 +645,8 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 		bld = self.generator.bld
 		env = self.env
 		sig = self.signature()
+		ssig = sig.encode('hex')
 
-		cnt = 0
 		variant = env.variant()
 		for node in self.outputs:
 			# check if the node exists ..
@@ -662,35 +659,78 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 
 			# important, store the signature for the next run
 			bld.node_sigs[variant][node.id] = sig
+		bld.task_sigs[self.unique_id()] = self.cache_sig
 
-			# We could re-create the signature of the task with the signature of the outputs
-			# in practice, this means hashing the output files
-			# this is unnecessary
-			if Options.cache_global:
-				ssig = sig.encode('hex')
-				dest = os.path.join(Options.cache_global, '%s_%d_%s' % (ssig, cnt, node.name))
-				try: shutil.copy2(node.abspath(env), dest)
-				except IOError: warn('Could not write the file to the cache')
-				cnt += 1
+		# file caching, if possible
+		# try to avoid data corruption as much as possible
+		if not Options.cache_global or Options.options.nocache or not self.outputs:
+			return None
 
-		bld.task_sigs[self.unique_id()] = self.cache_sig
+		if getattr(self, 'cached', None):
+			return None
+
+		dname = os.path.join(Options.cache_global, ssig)
+		tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=Options.cache_global)
+
+		try:
+			shutil.rmtree(dname)
+		except:
+			pass
+
+		try:
+			for node in self.outputs:
+				variant = node.variant(env)
+				dest = os.path.join(tmpdir, node.name)
+				shutil.copy2(node.abspath(env), dest)
+		except (OSError, IOError):
+			try:
+				shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
+			except:
+				pass
+		else:
+			try:
+				os.rename(tmpdir, dname)
+			except OSError:
+				try:
+					shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
+				except:
+					pass
+			else:
+				try:
+					os.chmod(dname, O755)
+				except:
+					pass
 
 	def can_retrieve_cache(self):
-		"""Retrieve build nodes from the cache - the file time stamps are updated
-		for cleaning the least used files from the cache dir - be careful when overridding"""
-		if not Options.cache_global: return None
-		if Options.options.nocache: return None
-		if not self.outputs: return None
+		"""
+		Retrieve build nodes from the cache
+		update the file timestamps to help cleaning the least used entries from the cache
+		additionally, set an attribute 'cached' to avoid re-creating the same cache files
+
+		suppose there are files in cache/dir1/file1 and cache/dir2/file2
+		first, read the timestamp of dir1
+		then try to copy the files
+		then look at the timestamp again, if it has changed, the data may have been corrupt (cache update by another process)
+		should an exception occur, ignore the data
+		"""
+		if not Options.cache_global or Options.options.nocache or not self.outputs:
+			return None
 
 		env = self.env
 		sig = self.signature()
+		ssig = sig.encode('hex')
+
+		# first try to access the cache folder for the task
+		dname = os.path.join(Options.cache_global, ssig)
+		try:
+			t1 = os.stat(dname).st_mtime
+		except OSError:
+			return None
 
-		cnt = 0
 		for node in self.outputs:
 			variant = node.variant(env)
 
-			ssig = sig.encode('hex')
-			orig = os.path.join(Options.cache_global, '%s_%d_%s' % (ssig, cnt, node.name))
+			orig = os.path.join(dname, node.name)
 			try:
 				shutil.copy2(orig, node.abspath(env))
 				# mark the cache file as used recently (modified)
@@ -698,13 +738,21 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 			except (OSError, IOError):
 				debug('task: failed retrieving file')
 				return None
-			else:
-				cnt += 1
+
+		# is it the same folder?
+		try:
+			t2 = os.stat(dname).st_mtime
+		except OSError:
+			return None
+
+		if t1 != t2:
+			return None
 
 		for node in self.outputs:
 			self.generator.bld.node_sigs[variant][node.id] = sig
 			self.generator.bld.printout('restoring from cache %r\n' % node.bldpath(env))
 
+		self.cached = True
 		return 1
 
 	def debug_why(self, old_sigs):
@@ -714,12 +762,12 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 		def v(x):
 			return x.encode('hex')
 
-		debug("Task %r" % self)
+		debug("Task %r", self)
 		msgs = ['Task must run', '* Source file or manual dependency', '* Implicit dependency', '* Environment variable']
 		tmp = 'task: -> %s: %s %s'
 		for x in xrange(len(msgs)):
 			if (new_sigs[x] != old_sigs[x]):
-				debug(tmp % (msgs[x], v(old_sigs[x]), v(new_sigs[x])))
+				debug(tmp, msgs[x], v(old_sigs[x]), v(new_sigs[x]))
 
 	def sig_explicit_deps(self):
 		bld = self.generator.bld
@@ -731,7 +779,10 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 				bld.rescan(x.parent)
 
 			variant = x.variant(self.env)
-			m.update(bld.node_sigs[variant][x.id])
+			try:
+				m.update(bld.node_sigs[variant][x.id])
+			except KeyError:
+				raise Utils.WafError('Missing node signature for %r (required by %r)' % (x, self))
 
 		# manual dependencies, they can slow down the builds
 		if bld.deps_man:
@@ -748,8 +799,8 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 						variant = v.variant(self.env)
 						try:
 							v = bld.node_sigs[variant][v.id]
-						except KeyError: # make it fatal?
-							v = ''
+						except KeyError:
+							raise Utils.WafError('Missing node signature for %r (required by %r)' % (v, self))
 					elif hasattr(v, '__call__'):
 						v = v() # dependency is a function, call it
 					m.update(v)
@@ -805,14 +856,21 @@ class Task(TaskBase):
 		# no previous run or the signature of the dependencies has changed, rescan the dependencies
 		(nodes, names) = self.scan()
 		if Logs.verbose:
-			debug('deps: scanner for %s returned %s %s' % (str(self), str(nodes), str(names)))
+			debug('deps: scanner for %s returned %s %s', str(self), str(nodes), str(names))
 
 		# store the dependencies in the cache
 		bld.node_deps[key] = nodes
 		bld.raw_deps[key] = names
 
 		# recompute the signature and return it
-		sig = self.compute_sig_implicit_deps()
+		try:
+			sig = self.compute_sig_implicit_deps()
+		except KeyError:
+			try:
+				nodes = bld.node_deps.get(self.unique_id(), [])
+			except:
+				nodes = '?'
+			raise Utils.WafError('Missing node signature for %r (for implicit dependencies %r)' % (nodes, self))
 
 		return sig
 
@@ -855,7 +913,7 @@ def compile_fun_shell(name, line):
 	The reserved keywords TGT and SRC represent the task input and output nodes
 
 	quick test:
-	bld.new_task_gen(source='wscript', rule='echo "foo\\${SRC[0].name}\\bar"')
+	bld(source='wscript', rule='echo "foo\\${SRC[0].name}\\bar"')
 	"""
 
 	extr = []
@@ -886,7 +944,7 @@ def compile_fun_shell(name, line):
 
 	c = COMPILE_TEMPLATE_SHELL % (line, parm)
 
-	debug('action: %s' % c)
+	debug('action: %s', c)
 	return (funex(c), dvars)
 
 def compile_fun_noshell(name, line):
@@ -924,7 +982,7 @@ def compile_fun_noshell(name, line):
 			app("lst.extend(%r)" % params[-1].split())
 
 	fun = COMPILE_TEMPLATE_NOSHELL % "\n\t".join(buf)
-	debug('action: %s' % fun)
+	debug('action: %s', fun)
 	return (funex(fun), dvars)
 
 def compile_fun(name, line, shell=None):
@@ -992,10 +1050,29 @@ def update_outputs(cls):
 	def post_run(self):
 		old_post_run(self)
 		bld = self.outputs[0].__class__.bld
-		bld.node_sigs[self.env.variant()][self.outputs[0].id] = \
-		Utils.h_file(self.outputs[0].abspath(self.env))
+		for output in self.outputs:
+			bld.node_sigs[self.env.variant()][output.id] = Utils.h_file(output.abspath(self.env))
 	cls.post_run = post_run
 
+	old_runnable_status = cls.runnable_status
+	def runnable_status(self):
+		status = old_runnable_status(self)
+		if status != RUN_ME:
+			return status
+
+		try:
+			bld = self.outputs[0].__class__.bld
+			new_sig  = self.signature()
+			prev_sig = bld.task_sigs[self.unique_id()][0]
+			if prev_sig == new_sig:
+				return SKIP_ME
+		except KeyError:
+			pass
+		except IndexError:
+			pass
+		return RUN_ME
+	cls.runnable_status = runnable_status
+
 def extract_outputs(tasks):
 	"""file_deps: Infer additional dependencies from task input and output nodes
 	"""
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/TaskGen.py b/tools/wafadmin/TaskGen.py
index 97f2f016839..2bd1ba689df 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/TaskGen.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/TaskGen.py
@@ -196,13 +196,13 @@ class task_gen(object):
 		self.meths = out
 
 		# then we run the methods in order
-		debug('task_gen: posting %s %d' % (self, id(self)))
+		debug('task_gen: posting %s %d', self, id(self))
 		for x in out:
 			try:
 				v = getattr(self, x)
 			except AttributeError:
 				raise Utils.WafError("tried to retrieve %s which is not a valid method" % x)
-			debug('task_gen: -> %s (%d)' % (x, id(self)))
+			debug('task_gen: -> %s (%d)', x, id(self))
 			v()
 
 	def post(self):
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class task_gen(object):
 			#error("OBJECT ALREADY POSTED" + str( self))
 			return
 		self.apply()
-		debug('task_gen: posted %s' % self.name)
+		debug('task_gen: posted %s', self.name)
 		self.posted = True
 
 	def get_hook(self, ext):
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def declare_order(*k):
 		if not f1 in task_gen.prec[f2]:
 			task_gen.prec[f2].append(f1)
 
-def declare_chain(name='', action='', ext_in='', ext_out='', reentrant=1, color='BLUE',
+def declare_chain(name='', action='', ext_in='', ext_out='', reentrant=True, color='BLUE',
 	install=0, before=[], after=[], decider=None, rule=None, scan=None):
 	"""
 	see Tools/flex.py for an example
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def declare_chain(name='', action='', ext_in='', ext_out='', reentrant=1, color=
 	def x_file(self, node):
 		if decider:
 			ext = decider(self, node)
-		elif isinstance(ext_out, str):
+		else:
 			ext = ext_out
 
 		if isinstance(ext, str):
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def declare_chain(name='', action='', ext_in='', ext_out='', reentrant=1, color=
 		elif isinstance(ext, list):
 			out_source = [node.change_ext(x) for x in ext]
 			if reentrant:
-				for i in xrange(reentrant):
+				for i in xrange((reentrant is True) and len(out_source) or reentrant):
 					self.allnodes.append(out_source[i])
 		else:
 			# XXX: useless: it will fail on Utils.to_list above...
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ Intelligent compilers binding aspect-oriented programming and parallelization, w
 """
 def taskgen(func):
 	setattr(task_gen, func.__name__, func)
+	return func
 
 def feature(*k):
 	def deco(func):
@@ -502,6 +503,8 @@ def exec_rule(self):
 
 	# create the task class
 	name = getattr(self, 'name', None) or self.target or self.rule
+	if not isinstance(name, str):
+		name = str(self.idx)
 	cls = Task.task_type_from_func(name, func, vars)
 
 	# now create one instance
@@ -524,9 +527,6 @@ def exec_rule(self):
 				raise Utils.WafError('input file %r could not be found (%r)' % (x, self.path.abspath()))
 			tsk.inputs.append(y)
 
-	if getattr(self, 'always', None):
-		Task.always_run(cls)
-
 	if getattr(self, 'scan', None):
 		cls.scan = self.scan
 
@@ -539,7 +539,10 @@ def exec_rule(self):
 	if getattr(self, 'on_results', None):
 		Task.update_outputs(cls)
 
-	for x in ['after', 'before']:
+	if getattr(self, 'always', None):
+		Task.always_run(cls)
+
+	for x in ['after', 'before', 'ext_in', 'ext_out']:
 		setattr(cls, x, getattr(self, x, []))
 feature('*')(exec_rule)
 before('apply_core')(exec_rule)
@@ -552,8 +555,8 @@ def sequence_order(self):
 	there is also an awesome trick for executing the method in last position
 
 	to use:
-	bld.new_task_gen(features='javac seq')
-	bld.new_task_gen(features='jar seq')
+	bld(features='javac seq')
+	bld(features='jar seq')
 
 	to start a new sequence, set the attribute seq_start, for example:
 	obj.seq_start = True
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ar.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ar.py
index 626f8e95a09..af9b17fd6e9 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ar.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ar.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Task, Utils
 from Configure import conftest
 
 ar_str = '${AR} ${ARFLAGS} ${AR_TGT_F}${TGT} ${AR_SRC_F}${SRC}'
-cls = Task.simple_task_type('static_link', ar_str, color='YELLOW', ext_in='.o', shell=False)
+cls = Task.simple_task_type('static_link', ar_str, color='YELLOW', ext_in='.o', ext_out='.bin', shell=False)
 cls.maxjobs = 1
 cls.install = Utils.nada
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ccroot.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ccroot.py
index 0ee2609a1b4..084d71f957d 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ccroot.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ccroot.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def scan(self):
 		node = self.inputs[0]
 		(nodes, names) = preproc.get_deps(node, self.env, nodepaths = self.env['INC_PATHS'])
 		if Logs.verbose:
-			debug('deps: deps for %s: %r; unresolved %r' % (str(node), nodes, names))
+			debug('deps: deps for %s: %r; unresolved %r', str(node), nodes, names)
 		return (nodes, names)
 
 	all_nodes = []
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def scan(self):
 	for node in self.inputs:
 		(nodes, names) = preproc.get_deps(node, self.env, nodepaths = self.env['INC_PATHS'])
 		if Logs.verbose:
-			debug('deps: deps for %s: %r; unresolved %r' % (str(node), nodes, names))
+			debug('deps: deps for %s: %r; unresolved %r', str(node), nodes, names)
 		for x in nodes:
 			if id(x) in seen: continue
 			seen.add(id(x))
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def default_cc(self):
 @feature('cprogram', 'dprogram', 'cstaticlib', 'dstaticlib', 'cshlib', 'dshlib')
 def apply_verif(self):
 	"""no particular order, used for diagnostic"""
-	if not (self.source or getattr(self, 'add_objects', None)):
+	if not (self.source or getattr(self, 'add_objects', None) or getattr(self, 'uselib_local', None)):
 		raise Utils.WafError('no source files specified for %s' % self)
 	if not self.target:
 		raise Utils.WafError('no target for %s' % self)
@@ -329,10 +329,13 @@ def apply_link(self):
 	self.link_task = tsk
 
 @feature('cc', 'cxx')
-@after('apply_link', 'init_cc', 'init_cxx')
+@after('apply_link', 'init_cc', 'init_cxx', 'apply_core')
 def apply_lib_vars(self):
 	"""after apply_link because of 'link_task'
 	after default_cc because of the attribute 'uselib'"""
+
+	# after 'apply_core' in case if 'cc' if there is no link
+
 	env = self.env
 
 	# 1. the case of the libs defined in the project (visit ancestors first)
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cc.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cc.py
index 3f96feab891..57b3b126c8d 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cc.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cc.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ c_compiler = {
 	'win32':  ['msvc', 'gcc'],
 	'cygwin': ['gcc'],
 	'darwin': ['gcc'],
-	'aix5':   ['gcc'],
+	'aix':    ['xlc', 'gcc'],
 	'linux':  ['gcc', 'icc', 'suncc'],
 	'sunos':  ['gcc', 'suncc'],
 	'irix':   ['gcc'],
@@ -33,17 +33,24 @@ def detect(conf):
 	"""
 	try: test_for_compiler = Options.options.check_c_compiler
 	except AttributeError: conf.fatal("Add set_options(opt): opt.tool_options('compiler_cc')")
+	orig = conf.env
 	for compiler in test_for_compiler.split():
+		conf.env = orig.copy()
 		try:
 			conf.check_tool(compiler)
 		except Configure.ConfigurationError, e:
 			debug('compiler_cc: %r' % e)
 		else:
 			if conf.env['CC']:
+				orig.table = conf.env.get_merged_dict()
+				conf.env = orig
 				conf.check_message(compiler, '', True)
 				conf.env['COMPILER_CC'] = compiler
 				break
 			conf.check_message(compiler, '', False)
+			break
+	else:
+		conf.fatal('could not configure a c compiler!')
 
 def set_options(opt):
 	build_platform = Utils.unversioned_sys_platform()
@@ -57,11 +64,3 @@ def set_options(opt):
 	for c_compiler in test_for_compiler.split():
 		opt.tool_options('%s' % c_compiler, option_group=cc_compiler_opts)
 
-	"""opt.add_option('-d', '--debug-level',
-	action = 'store',
-	default = ccroot.DEBUG_LEVELS.RELEASE,
-	help = "Specify the debug level, does nothing if CFLAGS is set in the environment. [Allowed Values: '%s']" % "', '".join(ccroot.DEBUG_LEVELS.ALL),
-	choices = ccroot.DEBUG_LEVELS.ALL,
-	dest = 'debug_level')"""
-
-
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cxx.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cxx.py
index 38288e058fb..e321594f1bb 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cxx.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/compiler_cxx.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cxx_compiler = {
 'win32':  ['msvc', 'g++'],
 'cygwin': ['g++'],
 'darwin': ['g++'],
-'aix':    ['g++'],
+'aix':    ['xlc++', 'g++'],
 'linux':  ['g++', 'icpc', 'sunc++'],
 'sunos':  ['g++', 'sunc++'],
 'irix':   ['g++'],
@@ -28,17 +28,24 @@ def __list_possible_compiler(platform):
 def detect(conf):
 	try: test_for_compiler = Options.options.check_cxx_compiler
 	except AttributeError: raise Configure.ConfigurationError("Add set_options(opt): opt.tool_options('compiler_cxx')")
+	orig = conf.env
 	for compiler in test_for_compiler.split():
 		try:
+			conf.env = orig.copy()
 			conf.check_tool(compiler)
 		except Configure.ConfigurationError, e:
 			debug('compiler_cxx: %r' % e)
 		else:
 			if conf.env['CXX']:
+				orig.table = conf.env.get_merged_dict()
+				conf.env = orig
 				conf.check_message(compiler, '', True)
 				conf.env['COMPILER_CXX'] = compiler
 				break
 			conf.check_message(compiler, '', False)
+			break
+	else:
+		conf.fatal('could not configure a cxx compiler!')
 
 def set_options(opt):
 	build_platform = Utils.unversioned_sys_platform()
@@ -52,10 +59,3 @@ def set_options(opt):
 	for cxx_compiler in test_for_compiler.split():
 		opt.tool_options('%s' % cxx_compiler, option_group=cxx_compiler_opts)
 
-	"""opt.add_option('-d', '--debug-level',
-		action = 'store',
-		default = ccroot.DEBUG_LEVELS.RELEASE,
-		help = "Specify the debug level, does nothing if CXXFLAGS is set in the environment. [Allowed Values: '%s']" % "', '".join(ccroot.DEBUG_LEVELS.ALL),
-		choices = ccroot.DEBUG_LEVELS.ALL,
-		dest = 'debug_level')"""
-
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py
index beb17abb6c0..5663fb8b8e3 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ def validate_cfg(self, kw):
 	if 'modversion' in kw:
 		return
 
+	if 'variables' in kw:
+		if not 'msg' in kw:
+			kw['msg'] = 'Checking for %s variables' % kw['package']
+		return
+
 	# checking for the version of a module, for the moment, one thing at a time
 	for x in cfg_ver.keys():
 		y = x.replace('-', '_')
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ def validate_cfg(self, kw):
 			return
 
 	if not 'msg' in kw:
-		kw['msg'] = 'Checking for %s' % kw['package']
+		kw['msg'] = 'Checking for %s' % (kw['package'] or kw['path'])
 	if not 'okmsg' in kw:
 		kw['okmsg'] = 'ok'
 	if not 'errmsg' in kw:
@@ -121,22 +126,31 @@ def validate_cfg(self, kw):
 @conf
 def cmd_and_log(self, cmd, kw):
 	Logs.debug('runner: %s\n' % cmd)
-	if self.log: self.log.write('%s\n' % cmd)
+	if self.log:
+		self.log.write('%s\n' % cmd)
 
 	try:
-		p = Utils.pproc.Popen(cmd, stdout=Utils.pproc.PIPE, shell=True)
-		output = p.communicate()[0]
-	except OSError:
-		self.fatal('fail')
+		p = Utils.pproc.Popen(cmd, stdout=Utils.pproc.PIPE, stderr=Utils.pproc.PIPE, shell=True)
+		(out, err) = p.communicate()
+	except OSError, e:
+		self.log.write('error %r' % e)
+		self.fatal(str(e))
+
+	out = str(out)
+	err = str(err)
+
+	if self.log:
+		self.log.write(out)
+		self.log.write(err)
 
 	if p.returncode:
 		if not kw.get('errmsg', ''):
 			if kw.get('mandatory', False):
-				kw['errmsg'] = output.strip()
+				kw['errmsg'] = out.strip()
 			else:
 				kw['errmsg'] = 'fail'
 		self.fatal('fail')
-	return output
+	return out
 
 @conf
 def exec_cfg(self, kw):
@@ -165,6 +179,18 @@ def exec_cfg(self, kw):
 		self.define('%s_VERSION' % Utils.quote_define_name(kw.get('uselib_store', kw['modversion'])), version)
 		return version
 
+	# retrieving variables of a module
+	if 'variables' in kw:
+		env = kw.get('env', self.env)
+		uselib = kw.get('uselib_store', kw['package'].upper())
+		vars = Utils.to_list(kw['variables'])
+		for v in vars:
+			val = self.cmd_and_log('%s --variable=%s %s' % (kw['path'], v, kw['package']), kw).strip()
+			env.append_unique('%s_%s' % (uselib, v), val)
+		if not 'okmsg' in kw:
+			kw['okmsg'] = 'ok'
+		return
+
 	lst = [kw['path']]
 	for key, val in kw.get('define_variable', {}).iteritems():
 		lst.append('--define-variable=%s=%s' % (key, val))
@@ -184,6 +210,12 @@ def exec_cfg(self, kw):
 
 @conf
 def check_cfg(self, *k, **kw):
+	"""
+	for pkg-config mostly, but also all the -config tools
+	conf.check_cfg(path='mpicc', args='--showme:compile --showme:link', package='', uselib_store='OPEN_MPI')
+	conf.check_cfg(package='dbus-1', variables='system_bus_default_address session_bus_services_dir')
+	"""
+
 	self.validate_cfg(kw)
 	if 'msg' in kw:
 		self.check_message_1(kw['msg'])
@@ -213,7 +245,7 @@ def check_cfg(self, *k, **kw):
 
 # env: an optional environment (modified -> provide a copy)
 # compiler: cc or cxx - it tries to guess what is best
-# type: program, shlib, staticlib, objects
+# type: cprogram, cshlib, cstaticlib
 # code: a c code to execute
 # uselib_store: where to add the variables
 # uselib: parameters to use for building
@@ -364,23 +396,26 @@ def validate_c(self, kw):
 def post_check(self, *k, **kw):
 	"set the variables after a test was run successfully"
 
-	is_success = 0
+	is_success = False
 	if kw['execute']:
 		if kw['success']:
-			is_success = kw['success']
+			is_success = True
 	else:
 		is_success = (kw['success'] == 0)
 
-	def define_or_stuff():
-		nm = kw['define_name']
-		if kw['execute'] and kw.get('define_ret', None) and isinstance(is_success, str):
-			self.define(kw['define_name'], is_success, quote=kw.get('quote', 1))
-		else:
-			self.define_cond(kw['define_name'], is_success)
-
 	if 'define_name' in kw:
 		if 'header_name' in kw or 'function_name' in kw or 'type_name' in kw or 'fragment' in kw:
-			define_or_stuff()
+			if kw['execute']:
+				key = kw['success']
+				if isinstance(key, str):
+					if key:
+						self.define(kw['define_name'], key, quote=kw.get('quote', 1))
+					else:
+						self.define_cond(kw['define_name'], True)
+				else:
+					self.define_cond(kw['define_name'], False)
+			else:
+				self.define_cond(kw['define_name'], is_success)
 
 	if is_success and 'uselib_store' in kw:
 		import cc, cxx
@@ -478,7 +513,7 @@ def run_c_code(self, *k, **kw):
 
 	bld.rescan(bld.srcnode)
 
-	o = bld.new_task_gen(features=[kw['compile_mode'], kw['type']], source=test_f_name, target='testprog')
+	o = bld(features=[kw['compile_mode'], kw['type']], source=test_f_name, target='testprog')
 
 	for k, v in kw.iteritems():
 		setattr(o, k, v)
@@ -507,11 +542,18 @@ def run_c_code(self, *k, **kw):
 	# if we need to run the program, try to get its result
 	if kw['execute']:
 		args = Utils.to_list(kw.get('exec_args', []))
-		try:
-			data = Utils.cmd_output([lastprog] + args).strip()
-		except ValueError, e:
+		proc = Utils.pproc.Popen([lastprog], *args, stdout=Utils.pproc.PIPE, stderr=Utils.pproc.PIPE)
+		(out, err) = proc.communicate()
+		w = self.log.write
+		w(str(out))
+		w('\n')
+		w(str(err))
+		w('\n')
+		w('returncode %r' % proc.returncode)
+		w('\n')
+		if proc.returncode:
 			self.fatal(Utils.ex_stack())
-		ret = data
+		ret = out
 
 	return ret
 
@@ -540,7 +582,7 @@ def define(self, define, value, quote=1):
 	# the user forgot to tell if the value is quoted or not
 	if isinstance(value, str):
 		if quote:
-			tbl[define] = '"%s"' % str(value)
+			tbl[define] = '"%s"' % repr('"'+value)[2:-1].replace('"', '\\"')
 		else:
 			tbl[define] = value
 	elif isinstance(value, int):
@@ -643,8 +685,6 @@ def get_config_header(self):
 			config_header.append('#define %s' % key)
 		elif value is UNDEFINED:
 			config_header.append('/* #undef %s */' % key)
-		elif isinstance(value, str):
-			config_header.append('#define %s %s' % (key, repr(value)[1:-1]))
 		else:
 			config_header.append('#define %s %s' % (key, value))
 	return "\n".join(config_header)
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gas.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gas.py
index 89c1524f07c..fb255966980 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gas.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gas.py
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ def asm_hook(self, node):
 	self.compiled_tasks.append(task)
 	self.meths.append('asm_incflags')
 
-@taskgen
 @after('apply_obj_vars_cc')
 @after('apply_obj_vars_cxx')
 @before('apply_link')
 def asm_incflags(self):
-	if self.env['ASINCFLAGS']: self.env['_ASINCFLAGS'] = self.env['ASINCFLAGS']
-	if 'cxx' in self.features: self.env['_ASINCFLAGS'] = self.env['_CXXINCFLAGS']
-	else: self.env['_ASINCFLAGS'] = self.env['_CCINCFLAGS']
+	self.env.append_value('_ASINCFLAGS', self.env.ASINCFLAGS)
+	var = ('cxx' in self.features) and 'CXX' or 'CC'
+	self.env.append_value('_ASINCFLAGS', self.env['_%sINCFLAGS' % var])
 
 def detect(conf):
 	conf.find_program(['gas', 'as'], var='AS')
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gnome.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gnome.py
index 39aebd65cb7..c098a41bb4b 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gnome.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/gnome.py
@@ -66,13 +66,18 @@ def apply_gnome_doc(self):
 	self.env['APPNAME'] = self.doc_module
 	lst = self.to_list(self.doc_linguas)
 	bld = self.bld
+	lst.append('C')
+
 	for x in lst:
-		tsk = self.create_task('xml2po')
-		node = self.path.find_resource(x+'/'+x+'.po')
-		src = self.path.find_resource('C/%s.xml' % self.doc_module)
-		out = self.path.find_or_declare('%s/%s.xml' % (x, self.doc_module))
-		tsk.set_inputs([node, src])
-		tsk.set_outputs(out)
+		if not x == 'C':
+			tsk = self.create_task('xml2po')
+			node = self.path.find_resource(x+'/'+x+'.po')
+			src = self.path.find_resource('C/%s.xml' % self.doc_module)
+			out = self.path.find_or_declare('%s/%s.xml' % (x, self.doc_module))
+			tsk.set_inputs([node, src])
+			tsk.set_outputs(out)
+		else:
+			out = self.path.find_resource('%s/%s.xml' % (x, self.doc_module))
 
 		tsk2 = self.create_task('xsltproc2po')
 		out2 = self.path.find_or_declare('%s/%s-%s.omf' % (x, self.doc_module, x))
@@ -83,8 +88,8 @@ def apply_gnome_doc(self):
 		tsk2.run_after.append(tsk)
 
 		if bld.is_install:
-			path = self.install_path + 'gnome/help/%s/%s' % (self.doc_module, x)
-			bld.install_files(self.install_path + 'omf', out2, env=self.env)
+			path = self.install_path + '/gnome/help/%s/%s' % (self.doc_module, x)
+			bld.install_files(self.install_path + '/omf', out2, env=self.env)
 			for y in self.to_list(self.doc_figures):
 				try:
 					os.stat(self.path.abspath() + '/' + x + '/' + y)
@@ -92,6 +97,12 @@ def apply_gnome_doc(self):
 				except:
 					bld.install_as(path + '/' + y, self.path.abspath() + '/C/' + y)
 			bld.install_as(path + '/%s.xml' % self.doc_module, out.abspath(self.env))
+			if x == 'C':
+				xmls = self.to_list(self.doc_includes)
+				xmls.append(self.doc_entities)
+				for z in xmls:
+					out = self.path.find_resource('%s/%s' % (x, z))
+					bld.install_as(path + '/%s' % z, out.abspath(self.env))
 
 # OBSOLETE
 class xml_to_taskgen(TaskGen.task_gen):
@@ -180,7 +191,7 @@ Task.simple_task_type('xml2po', '${XML2PO} ${XML2POFLAGS} ${SRC} > ${TGT}', colo
 xslt_magic = """${XSLTPROC2PO} -o ${TGT[0].abspath(env)} \
 --stringparam db2omf.basename ${APPNAME} \
 --stringparam db2omf.format docbook \
---stringparam db2omf.lang C \
+--stringparam db2omf.lang ${TGT[0].abspath(env)[:-4].split('-')[-1]} \
 --stringparam db2omf.dtd '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN' \
 --stringparam db2omf.omf_dir ${PREFIX}/share/omf \
 --stringparam db2omf.help_dir ${PREFIX}/share/gnome/help \
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/intltool.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/intltool.py
index 27ab8c6d78e..deb8f4a6341 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/intltool.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/intltool.py
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ from Logs import error
 """
 Usage:
 
-bld.new_task_gen(features='intltool_in', source='a.po b.po', podir='po', cache='.intlcache', flags='')
-
-
+bld(features='intltool_in', source='a.po b.po', podir='po', cache='.intlcache', flags='')
 
 """
+
 class intltool_in_taskgen(TaskGen.task_gen):
 	"""deprecated"""
 	def __init__(self, *k, **kw):
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/javaw.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/javaw.py
index a1f7374b183..f3fb03b1f59 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/javaw.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/javaw.py
@@ -123,16 +123,15 @@ def apply_java(self):
 		tsk.env.append_value('JAVACFLAGS', ['-sourcepath', names])
 
 	if self.jarname:
-		tsk = self.create_task('jar_create')
-		tsk.set_inputs(bld_nodes)
-		tsk.set_outputs(self.path.find_or_declare(self.jarname))
+		jtsk = self.create_task('jar_create', bld_nodes, self.path.find_or_declare(self.jarname))
+		jtsk.set_run_after(tsk)
 
-		if not self.env['JAROPTS']:
+		if not self.env.JAROPTS:
 			if self.jaropts:
-				self.env['JAROPTS'] = self.jaropts
+				self.env.JAROPTS = self.jaropts
 			else:
 				dirs = '.'
-				self.env['JAROPTS'] = ['-C', ''.join(self.env['OUTDIR']), dirs]
+				self.env.JAROPTS = ['-C', ''.join(self.env['OUTDIR']), dirs]
 
 Task.simple_task_type('jar_create', '${JAR} ${JARCREATE} ${TGT} ${JAROPTS}', color='GREEN')
 cls = Task.simple_task_type('javac', '${JAVAC} -classpath ${CLASSPATH} -d ${OUTDIR} ${JAVACFLAGS} ${SRC}')
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/lua.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/lua.py
index c6dd6ae1756..5b181e1310f 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/lua.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/lua.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TaskGen.declare_chain(
 	rule = '${LUAC} -s -o ${TGT} ${SRC}',
 	ext_in = '.lua',
 	ext_out = '.luac',
-	reentrant = 0,
+	reentrant = False,
 	install = 'LUADIR', # env variable
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/misc.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/misc.py
index 9e6a48f60fa..9903ee4bd3c 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/misc.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/misc.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def apply_copy(self):
 		tsk = self.create_task('copy', node, newnode)
 		tsk.fun = self.fun
 		tsk.chmod = self.chmod
+		tsk.install_path = self.install_path
 
 		if not tsk.env:
 			tsk.debug()
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/msvc.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/msvc.py
index 6e382ceccef..64fb05bceeb 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/msvc.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/msvc.py
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ def setup_msvc(conf, versions):
 			for target in platforms:
 				try:
 					arch,(p1,p2,p3) = targets[target]
-					compiler,version = version.split()
-					return compiler,p1,p2,p3
+					compiler,revision = version.split()
+					return compiler,revision,p1,p2,p3
 				except KeyError: continue
 		except KeyError: continue
 	conf.fatal('msvc: Impossible to find a valid architecture for building (in setup_msvc)')
 
 @conf
 def get_msvc_version(conf, compiler, version, target, vcvars):
-	debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: ' + compiler + ' ' + version + ' ' + target + ' ...')
+	debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: %r %r %r', compiler, version, target)
 	batfile = os.path.join(conf.blddir, 'waf-print-msvc.bat')
 	f = open(batfile, 'w')
 	f.write("""@echo off
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ echo LIB=%%LIB%%
 		if lines[0].find(x) != -1:
 			break
 	else:
-		debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: %r %r %r -> not found' % (compiler, version, target))
+		debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: %r %r %r -> not found', compiler, version, target)
 		conf.fatal('msvc: Impossible to find a valid architecture for building (in get_msvc_version)')
 
 	for line in lines[1:]:
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ echo LIB=%%LIB%%
 		if p.returncode != 0:
 			raise Exception('return code: %r: %r' % (p.returncode, err))
 	except Exception, e:
-		debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: %r %r %r -> failure' % (compiler, version, target))
+		debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: %r %r %r -> failure', compiler, version, target)
 		debug(str(e))
 		conf.fatal('msvc: cannot run the compiler (in get_msvc_version)')
 	else:
-		debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: %r %r %r -> OK' % (compiler, version, target))
+		debug('msvc: get_msvc_version: %r %r %r -> OK', compiler, version, target)
 
 	return (MSVC_PATH, MSVC_INCDIR, MSVC_LIBDIR)
 
@@ -297,12 +297,13 @@ def gather_icl_versions(conf, versions):
 
 @conf
 def get_msvc_versions(conf):
-	if not conf.env['MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS']:
-		conf.env['MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS'] = []
-		conf.gather_msvc_versions(conf.env['MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS'])
-		conf.gather_wsdk_versions(conf.env['MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS'])
-		conf.gather_icl_versions(conf.env['MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS'])
-	return conf.env['MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS']
+	if not conf.env.MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS:
+		lst = []
+		conf.gather_msvc_versions(lst)
+		conf.gather_wsdk_versions(lst)
+		conf.gather_icl_versions(lst)
+		conf.env.MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS = lst
+	return conf.env.MSVC_INSTALLED_VERSIONS
 
 @conf
 def print_all_msvc_detected(conf):
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ def libname_msvc(self, libname, is_static=False, mandatory=False):
 	for path in _libpaths:
 		for libn in libnames:
 			if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, libn)):
-				debug('msvc: lib found: %s' % os.path.join(path,libn))
+				debug('msvc: lib found: %s', os.path.join(path,libn))
 				return re.sub('\.lib$', '',libn)
 
 	#if no lib can be found, just return the libname as msvc expects it
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ link_add_flags
 @conftest
 def autodetect(conf):
 	v = conf.env
-	compiler, path, includes, libdirs = detect_msvc(conf)
+	compiler, version, path, includes, libdirs = detect_msvc(conf)
 	v['PATH'] = path
 	v['CPPPATH'] = includes
 	v['LIBPATH'] = libdirs
@@ -475,19 +476,16 @@ def find_msvc(conf):
 
 	v = conf.env
 
-	compiler, path, includes, libdirs = detect_msvc(conf)
-	v['PATH'] = path
-	v['CPPPATH'] = includes
-	v['LIBPATH'] = libdirs
+	compiler, version, path, includes, libdirs = detect_msvc(conf)
 
 	compiler_name, linker_name, lib_name = _get_prog_names(conf, compiler)
+	has_msvc_manifest = (compiler == 'msvc' and float(version) >= 8) or (compiler == 'wsdk' and float(version) >= 6)	or (compiler == 'intel' and float(version) >= 11)
 
 	# compiler
 	cxx = None
-	if v['CXX']: cxx = v['CXX']
+	if v.CXX: cxx = v.CXX
 	elif 'CXX' in conf.environ: cxx = conf.environ['CXX']
-	if not cxx: cxx = conf.find_program(compiler_name, var='CXX', path_list=path)
-	if not cxx: conf.fatal('%s was not found (compiler)' % compiler_name)
+	if not cxx: cxx = conf.find_program(compiler_name, var='CXX', path_list=path, mandatory=True)
 	cxx = conf.cmd_to_list(cxx)
 
 	# before setting anything, check if the compiler is really msvc
@@ -496,43 +494,50 @@ def find_msvc(conf):
 	if not Utils.cmd_output([cxx, '/nologo', '/?'], silent=True, env=env):
 		conf.fatal('the msvc compiler could not be identified')
 
-	# c/c++ compiler
-	v['CC'] = v['CXX'] = cxx
-	v['CC_NAME'] = v['CXX_NAME'] = 'msvc'
+	link = v.LINK_CXX
+	if not link:
+		link = conf.find_program(linker_name, path_list=path, mandatory=True)
+	ar = v.AR
+	if not ar:
+		ar = conf.find_program(lib_name, path_list=path, mandatory=True)
 
-	# environment flags
-	try: v.prepend_value('CPPPATH', conf.environ['INCLUDE'])
-	except KeyError: pass
-	try: v.prepend_value('LIBPATH', conf.environ['LIB'])
-	except KeyError: pass
+	# manifest tool. Not required for VS 2003 and below. Must have for VS 2005 and later
+	mt = v.MT
+	if has_msvc_manifest:
+		mt = conf.find_program('MT', path_list=path, mandatory=True)
 
-	# linker
-	if not v['LINK_CXX']:
-		link = conf.find_program(linker_name, path_list=path)
-		if link: v['LINK_CXX'] = link
-		else: conf.fatal('%s was not found (linker)' % linker_name)
-	v['LINK'] = link
+	# no more possibility of failure means the data state will be consistent
+	# we may store the data safely now
 
-	if not v['LINK_CC']: v['LINK_CC'] = v['LINK_CXX']
+	v.MSVC_MANIFEST = has_msvc_manifest
+	v.PATH = path
+	v.CPPPATH = includes
+	v.LIBPATH = libdirs
 
-	# staticlib linker
-	if not v['AR']:
-		stliblink = conf.find_program(lib_name, path_list=path)
-		if not stliblink: return
-		v['AR']   = stliblink
-		v['ARFLAGS'] = ['/NOLOGO']
+	# c/c++ compiler
+	v.CC = v.CXX = cxx
+	v.CC_NAME = v.CXX_NAME = 'msvc'
+
+	v.LINK = v.LINK_CXX = link
+	if not v.LINK_CC:
+		v.LINK_CC = v.LINK_CXX
+
+	v.AR = ar
+	v.MT = mt
+	v.MTFLAGS = v.ARFLAGS = ['/NOLOGO']
 
-	# manifest tool. Not required for VS 2003 and below. Must have for VS 2005 and later
-	manifesttool = conf.find_program('MT', path_list=path)
-	if manifesttool:
-		v['MT'] = manifesttool
-		v['MTFLAGS'] = ['/NOLOGO']
 
 	conf.check_tool('winres')
 
-	if not conf.env['WINRC']:
+	if not conf.env.WINRC:
 		warn('Resource compiler not found. Compiling resource file is disabled')
 
+	# environment flags
+	try: v.prepend_value('CPPPATH', conf.environ['INCLUDE'])
+	except KeyError: pass
+	try: v.prepend_value('LIBPATH', conf.environ['LIB'])
+	except KeyError: pass
+
 @conftest
 def msvc_common_flags(conf):
 	v = conf.env
@@ -702,52 +707,47 @@ def apply_manifest(self):
 	"""Special linker for MSVC with support for embedding manifests into DLL's
 	and executables compiled by Visual Studio 2005 or probably later. Without
 	the manifest file, the binaries are unusable.
-	See: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235542(VS.80).aspx
-	Problems with this tool: it is always called whether MSVC creates manifests or not."""
-
-	if self.env.CC_NAME != 'msvc':
-		return
+	See: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235542(VS.80).aspx"""
 
-	tsk = self.create_task('msvc_manifest')
-	tsk.set_inputs(self.link_task.outputs[0])
+	if self.env.CC_NAME == 'msvc' and self.env.MSVC_MANIFEST:
+		out_node = self.link_task.outputs[0]
+		man_node = out_node.parent.find_or_declare(out_node.name + '.manifest')
+		self.link_task.outputs.append(man_node)
+		self.link_task.do_manifest = True
 
 def exec_mf(self):
 	env = self.env
-	outfile = self.inputs[0].bldpath(env)
-	manifest = outfile + '.manifest'
-	if os.path.exists(manifest):
-		debug('msvc: manifesttool')
-		mtool = env['MT']
-		if not mtool:
-			return 0
-
-		mode = ''
-		# embedding mode. Different for EXE's and DLL's.
-		# see: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235591(VS.80).aspx
-		if 'cprogram' in self.generator.features:
-			mode = '1'
-		elif 'cshlib' in self.generator.features:
-			mode = '2'
-
-		debug('msvc: embedding manifest')
-		#flags = ' '.join(env['MTFLAGS'] or [])
-
-		lst = []
-		lst.extend(Utils.to_list(env['MT']))
-		lst.extend(Utils.to_list(env['MTFLAGS']))
-		lst.extend(Utils.to_list("-manifest"))
-		lst.extend(Utils.to_list(manifest))
-		lst.extend(Utils.to_list("-outputresource:%s;%s" % (outfile, mode)))
-
-		#cmd='%s %s -manifest "%s" -outputresource:"%s";#%s' % (mtool, flags,
-		#	manifest, outfile, mode)
-		lst = [lst]
-		ret = self.exec_command(*lst)
-
-	return ret
-
-cls = Task.task_type_from_func('msvc_manifest', vars=['MT', 'MTFLAGS'], color='BLUE', func=exec_mf, ext_in='.bin')
-cls.quiet = 1
+	mtool = env['MT']
+	if not mtool:
+		return 0
+
+	self.do_manifest = False
+
+	outfile = self.outputs[0].bldpath(env)
+	manifest = self.outputs[-1].bldpath(env)
+
+	# embedding mode. Different for EXE's and DLL's.
+	# see: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235591(VS.80).aspx
+	mode = ''
+	if 'cprogram' in self.generator.features:
+		mode = '1'
+	elif 'cshlib' in self.generator.features:
+		mode = '2'
+
+	debug('msvc: embedding manifest')
+	#flags = ' '.join(env['MTFLAGS'] or [])
+
+	lst = []
+	lst.extend(Utils.to_list(env['MT']))
+	lst.extend(Utils.to_list(env['MTFLAGS']))
+	lst.extend(Utils.to_list("-manifest"))
+	lst.extend(Utils.to_list(manifest))
+	lst.extend(Utils.to_list("-outputresource:%s;%s" % (outfile, mode)))
+
+	#cmd='%s %s -manifest "%s" -outputresource:"%s";#%s' % (mtool, flags,
+	#	manifest, outfile, mode)
+	lst = [lst]
+	return self.exec_command(*lst)
 
 ########## stupid evil command modification: concatenate the tokens /Fx, /doc, and /x: with the next token
 
@@ -769,7 +769,11 @@ def exec_command_msvc(self, *k, **kw):
 		env.update(PATH = ';'.join(self.env['PATH']))
 		kw['env'] = env
 
-	return self.generator.bld.exec_command(*k, **kw)
+	ret = self.generator.bld.exec_command(*k, **kw)
+	if ret: return ret
+	if getattr(self, 'do_manifest', None):
+		ret = exec_mf(self)
+	return ret
 
 for k in 'cc cxx winrc cc_link cxx_link static_link qxx'.split():
 	cls = Task.TaskBase.classes.get(k, None)
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/perl.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/perl.py
index 9e3b12ac773..a6787a86ecf 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/perl.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/perl.py
@@ -36,31 +36,29 @@ def check_perl_version(conf, minver=None):
 	Perl binary can be overridden by --with-perl-binary config variable
 
 	"""
-	res = True
 
-	if not getattr(Options.options, 'perlbinary', None):
-		perl = conf.find_program("perl", var="PERL")
-		if not perl:
-			return False
+	if getattr(Options.options, 'perlbinary', None):
+		conf.env.PERL = Options.options.perlbinary
 	else:
-		perl = Options.options.perlbinary
-		conf.env['PERL'] = perl
-
-	version = Utils.cmd_output(perl + " -e'printf \"%vd\", $^V'")
-	if not version:
-		res = False
-		version = "Unknown"
-	elif not minver is None:
-		ver = tuple(map(int, version.split(".")))
+		conf.find_program('perl', var='PERL', mandatory=True)
+
+	try:
+		version = Utils.cmd_output([conf.env.PERL, '-e', 'printf "%vd",$^V'])
+	except:
+		conf.fatal('could not determine the perl version')
+
+	conf.env.PERL_VERSION = version
+	cver = ''
+	if minver:
+		try:
+			ver = tuple(map(int, version.split('.')))
+		except:
+			conf.fatal('unsupported perl version %r' % version)
 		if ver < minver:
-			res = False
+			conf.fatal('perl is too old')
 
-	if minver is None:
-		cver = ""
-	else:
-		cver = ".".join(map(str,minver))
-	conf.check_message("perl", cver, res, version)
-	return res
+		cver = '.'.join(map(str,minver))
+	conf.check_message('perl', cver, True, version)
 
 @conf
 def check_perl_module(conf, module):
@@ -85,31 +83,25 @@ def check_perl_ext_devel(conf):
 	Sets different xxx_PERLEXT variables in the environment.
 
 	Also sets the ARCHDIR_PERL variable useful as installation path,
-	which can be overridden by --with-perl-archdir option.
+	which can be overridden by --with-perl-archdir
 	"""
-	if not conf.env['PERL']:
-		return False
-
-	perl = conf.env['PERL']
+	if not conf.env.PERL:
+		conf.fatal('perl detection is required first')
 
 	def read_out(cmd):
-		return Utils.to_list(Utils.cmd_output(perl + cmd))
-
-	conf.env["LINKFLAGS_PERLEXT"] = read_out(" -MConfig -e'print $Config{lddlflags}'")
-	conf.env["CPPPATH_PERLEXT"] = read_out(" -MConfig -e'print \"$Config{archlib}/CORE\"'")
-	conf.env["CCFLAGS_PERLEXT"] = read_out(" -MConfig -e'print \"$Config{ccflags} $Config{cccdlflags}\"'")
+		return Utils.to_list(Utils.cmd_output([conf.env.PERL, '-MConfig', '-e', cmd]))
 
-	conf.env["XSUBPP"] = read_out(" -MConfig -e'print \"$Config{privlib}/ExtUtils/xsubpp$Config{exe_ext}\"'")
-	conf.env["EXTUTILS_TYPEMAP"] = read_out(" -MConfig -e'print \"$Config{privlib}/ExtUtils/typemap\"'")
+	conf.env.LINKFLAGS_PERLEXT = read_out('print $Config{lddlflags}')
+	conf.env.CPPPATH_PERLEXT   = read_out('print "$Config{archlib}/CORE"')
+	conf.env.CCFLAGS_PERLEXT   = read_out('print "$Config{ccflags} $Config{cccdlflags}"')
+	conf.env.XSUBPP            = read_out('print "$Config{privlib}/ExtUtils/xsubpp$Config{exe_ext}"')
+	conf.env.EXTUTILS_TYPEMAP  = read_out('print "$Config{privlib}/ExtUtils/typemap"')
+	conf.env.perlext_PATTERN   = '%s.' + read_out('print $Config{dlext}')[0]
 
-	if not getattr(Options.options, 'perlarchdir', None):
-		conf.env["ARCHDIR_PERL"] = Utils.cmd_output(perl + " -MConfig -e'print $Config{sitearch}'")
+	if getattr(Options.options, 'perlarchdir', None):
+		conf.env.ARCHDIR_PERL = Options.options.perlarchdir
 	else:
-		conf.env["ARCHDIR_PERL"] = getattr(Options.options, 'perlarchdir')
-
-	conf.env['perlext_PATTERN'] = '%s.' + Utils.cmd_output(perl + " -MConfig -e'print $Config{dlext}'")
-
-	return True
+		conf.env.ARCHDIR_PERL = read_out('print $Config{sitearch}')[0]
 
 def set_options(opt):
 	opt.add_option("--with-perl-binary", type="string", dest="perlbinary", help = 'Specify alternate perl binary', default=None)
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/preproc.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/preproc.py
index b88b4e10397..924bea2227a 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/preproc.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/preproc.py
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ class c_parser(object):
 		self.count_files += 1
 		if self.count_files > 30000: raise PreprocError("recursion limit exceeded")
 		pc = self.parse_cache
-		debug('preproc: reading file %r' % filepath)
+		debug('preproc: reading file %r', filepath)
 		try:
 			lns = pc[filepath]
 		except KeyError:
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ class c_parser(object):
 				traceback.print_exc()
 
 	def start(self, node, env):
-		debug('preproc: scanning %s (in %s)' % (node.name, node.parent.name))
+		debug('preproc: scanning %s (in %s)', node.name, node.parent.name)
 
 		self.env = env
 		variant = node.variant(env)
@@ -684,11 +684,11 @@ class c_parser(object):
 				self.process_line(kind, line)
 			except Exception, e:
 				if Logs.verbose:
-					debug('preproc: line parsing failed (%s): %s %s' % (e, line, Utils.ex_stack()))
+					debug('preproc: line parsing failed (%s): %s %s', e, line, Utils.ex_stack())
 
 	def process_line(self, token, line):
 		ve = Logs.verbose
-		if ve: debug('preproc: line is %s - %s state is %s' % (token, line, self.state))
+		if ve: debug('preproc: line is %s - %s state is %s', token, line, self.state)
 		state = self.state
 
 		# make certain we define the state if we are about to enter in an if block
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ class c_parser(object):
 			(kind, inc) = extract_include(line, self.defs)
 			if inc in self.ban_includes: return
 			if token == 'import': self.ban_includes.append(inc)
-			if ve: debug('preproc: include found %s    (%s) ' % (inc, kind))
+			if ve: debug('preproc: include found %s    (%s) ', inc, kind)
 			if kind == '"' or not strict_quotes:
 				self.tryfind(inc)
 		elif token == 'elif':
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ class c_parser(object):
 			m = re_mac.search(line)
 			if m:
 				name = m.group(0)
-				if ve: debug('preproc: define %s   %s' % (name, line))
+				if ve: debug('preproc: define %s   %s', name, line)
 				self.defs[name] = line
 			else:
 				raise PreprocError("invalid define line %s" % line)
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/python.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/python.py
index b3f925126a8..d87d1e8ac30 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/python.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/python.py
@@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ def check_python_version(conf, minver=None):
 		conf.check_message_custom('Python version', '', pyver_full)
 	else:
 		minver_str = '.'.join(map(str, minver))
-		conf.check_message('Python version', ">= %s" % (minver_str,), result, option=pyver_full)
+		conf.check_message('Python version', ">= %s" % minver_str, result, option=pyver_full)
 
 	if not result:
-		conf.fatal('The python version is too old (%r)' % minver)
+		conf.fatal('The python version is too old (%r)' % pyver_full)
 
 @conf
 def check_python_module(conf, module_name):
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/qt4.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/qt4.py
index 669e6d755f3..0a60b861230 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/qt4.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/qt4.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ else:
 
 import os, sys
 import ccroot, cxx
-import TaskGen, Task, Utils, Runner, Options, Node
+import TaskGen, Task, Utils, Runner, Options, Node, Configure
 from TaskGen import taskgen, feature, after, extension
 from Logs import error
 from Constants import *
@@ -261,12 +261,8 @@ def apply_qt4(self):
 			k = create_rcc_task(self, t.outputs[0])
 			self.link_task.inputs.append(k.outputs[0])
 
-	lst = []
-	for flag in self.to_list(self.env['CXXFLAGS']):
-		if len(flag) < 2: continue
-		if flag[0:2] == '-D' or flag[0:2] == '-I':
-			lst.append(flag)
-	self.env['MOC_FLAGS'] = lst
+	self.env.append_value('MOC_FLAGS', self.env._CXXDEFFLAGS)
+	self.env.append_value('MOC_FLAGS', self.env._CXXINCFLAGS)
 
 @extension(EXT_QT4)
 def cxx_hook(self, node):
@@ -366,7 +362,7 @@ def detect_qt4(conf):
 
 	if not qtlibs:
 		try:
-			qtlibs = Utils.cmd_output([qmake, '-query', 'QT_LIBRARIES']).strip() + os.sep
+			qtlibs = Utils.cmd_output([qmake, '-query', 'QT_INSTALL_LIBS']).strip() + os.sep
 		except ValueError:
 			qtlibs = os.path.join(qtdir, 'lib')
 
@@ -409,12 +405,41 @@ def detect_qt4(conf):
 
 	vars_debug = [a+'_debug' for a in vars]
 
-	pkgconfig = env['pkg-config'] or 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=%s:%s/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/qt4/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/qt4/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/qt4/lib:/opt/qt4/lib pkg-config --silence-errors' % (qtlibs, qtlibs)
-	for i in vars_debug+vars:
-		try:
-			conf.check_cfg(package=i, args='--cflags --libs', path=pkgconfig)
-		except ValueError:
-			pass
+	try:
+		conf.find_program('pkg-config', var='pkgconfig', path_list=paths, mandatory=True)
+
+	except Configure.ConfigurationError:
+
+		for lib in vars_debug+vars:
+			uselib = lib.upper()
+
+			d = (lib.find('_debug') > 0) and 'd' or ''
+
+			# original author seems to prefer static to shared libraries
+			for (pat, kind) in ((conf.env.staticlib_PATTERN, 'STATIC'), (conf.env.shlib_PATTERN, '')):
+
+				conf.check_message_1('Checking for %s %s' % (lib, kind))
+
+				for ext in ['', '4']:
+					path = os.path.join(qtlibs, pat % (lib + d + ext))
+					if os.path.exists(path):
+						env.append_unique(kind + 'LIB_' + uselib, lib + d + ext)
+						conf.check_message_2('ok ' + path, 'GREEN')
+						break
+				else:
+					conf.check_message_2('not found', 'YELLOW')
+					continue
+				break
+
+			env.append_unique('LIBPATH_' + uselib, qtlibs)
+			env.append_unique('CPPPATH_' + uselib, qtincludes)
+			env.append_unique('CPPPATH_' + uselib, qtincludes + os.sep + lib)
+	else:
+		for i in vars_debug+vars:
+			try:
+				conf.check_cfg(package=i, args='--cflags --libs --silence-errors', path=conf.env.pkgconfig)
+			except ValueError:
+				pass
 
 	# the libpaths are set nicely, unfortunately they make really long command-lines
 	# remove the qtcore ones from qtgui, etc
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ruby.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ruby.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1a818de2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/ruby.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+# daniel.svensson at purplescout.se 2008
+
+import os
+import Task, Options, Utils
+from TaskGen import before, feature, after
+from Configure import conf
+
+@feature('rubyext')
+@before('apply_incpaths', 'apply_type_vars', 'apply_lib_vars', 'apply_bundle')
+@after('default_cc', 'vars_target_cshlib')
+def init_rubyext(self):
+	self.default_install_path = '${ARCHDIR_RUBY}'
+	self.uselib = self.to_list(getattr(self, 'uselib', ''))
+	if not 'RUBY' in self.uselib:
+		self.uselib.append('RUBY')
+	if not 'RUBYEXT' in self.uselib:
+		self.uselib.append('RUBYEXT')
+
+@feature('rubyext')
+@before('apply_link')
+def apply_ruby_so_name(self):
+	self.env['shlib_PATTERN'] = self.env['rubyext_PATTERN']
+
+@conf
+def check_ruby_version(conf, minver=()):
+	"""
+	Checks if ruby is installed.
+	If installed the variable RUBY will be set in environment.
+	Ruby binary can be overridden by --with-ruby-binary config variable
+	"""
+
+	if Options.options.rubybinary:
+		conf.env.RUBY = Options.options.rubybinary
+	else:
+		conf.find_program("ruby", var="RUBY", mandatory=True)
+
+	ruby = conf.env.RUBY
+
+	try:
+		version = Utils.cmd_output([ruby, '-e', 'puts defined?(VERSION) ? VERSION : RUBY_VERSION']).strip()
+	except:
+		conf.fatal('could not determine ruby version')
+	conf.env.RUBY_VERSION = version
+
+	try:
+		ver = tuple(map(int, version.split(".")))
+	except:
+		conf.fatal('unsupported ruby version %r' % version)
+
+	cver = ''
+	if minver:
+		if ver < minver:
+			conf.fatal('ruby is too old')
+		cver = ".".join(str(x) for x in minver)
+
+	conf.check_message('ruby', cver, True, version)
+
+@conf
+def check_ruby_ext_devel(conf):
+	if not conf.env.RUBY:
+		conf.fatal('ruby detection is required first')
+
+	if not conf.env.CC_NAME and not conf.env.CXX_NAME:
+		conf.fatal('load a c/c++ compiler first')
+
+	version = tuple(map(int, conf.env.RUBY_VERSION.split(".")))
+
+	def read_out(cmd):
+		return Utils.to_list(Utils.cmd_output([conf.env.RUBY, '-rrbconfig', '-e', cmd]))
+
+	def read_config(key):
+		return read_out('puts Config::CONFIG[%r]' % key)
+
+	ruby = conf.env['RUBY']
+	archdir = read_config('archdir')
+	cpppath = archdir
+	if version >= (1, 9, 0):
+		ruby_hdrdir = read_config('rubyhdrdir')
+		cpppath += ruby_hdrdir
+		cpppath += [os.path.join(ruby_hdrdir[0], read_config('arch')[0])]
+
+	conf.check(header_name='ruby.h', includes=cpppath, mandatory=True, errmsg='could not find ruby header file')
+
+	conf.env.LIBPATH_RUBYEXT = read_config('libdir')
+	conf.env.LIBPATH_RUBYEXT += archdir
+	conf.env.CPPPATH_RUBYEXT = cpppath
+	conf.env.CCFLAGS_RUBYEXT = read_config("CCDLFLAGS")
+	conf.env.rubyext_PATTERN = '%s.' + read_config('DLEXT')[0]
+
+	# ok this is really stupid, but the command and flags are combined.
+	# so we try to find the first argument...
+	flags = read_config('LDSHARED')
+	while flags and flags[0][0] != '-':
+		flags = flags[1:]
+
+	# we also want to strip out the deprecated ppc flags
+	if len(flags) > 1 and flags[1] == "ppc":
+		flags = flags[2:]
+
+	conf.env.LINKFLAGS_RUBYEXT = flags
+	conf.env.LINKFLAGS_RUBYEXT += read_config("LIBS")
+	conf.env.LINKFLAGS_RUBYEXT += read_config("LIBRUBYARG_SHARED")
+
+	if Options.options.rubyarchdir:
+		conf.env.ARCHDIR_RUBY = Options.options.rubyarchdir
+	else:
+		conf.env.ARCHDIR_RUBY = read_config('sitearchdir')[0]
+
+	if Options.options.rubylibdir:
+		conf.env.LIBDIR_RUBY = Options.options.rubylibdir
+	else:
+		conf.env.LIBDIR_RUBY = read_config('sitelibdir')[0]
+
+def set_options(opt):
+	opt.add_option('--with-ruby-archdir', type='string', dest='rubyarchdir', help='Specify directory where to install arch specific files')
+	opt.add_option('--with-ruby-libdir', type='string', dest='rubylibdir', help='Specify alternate ruby library path')
+	opt.add_option('--with-ruby-binary', type='string', dest='rubybinary', help='Specify alternate ruby binary')
+
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/UnitTest.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/unittestw.py
index a65f0312184..b85ccc0fb93 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/UnitTest.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/unittestw.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Total number of tests: %i
 New unit test system
 
 The targets with feature 'test' are executed after they are built
-bld.new_task_gen(features='cprogram cc test', ...)
+bld(features='cprogram cc test', ...)
 
 To display the results:
 import UnitTest
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ bld.add_post_fun(UnitTest.summary)
 import threading
 testlock = threading.Lock()
 
+def set_options(opt):
+	opt.add_option('--alltests', action='store_true', default=True, help='Exec all unit tests', dest='all_tests')
+
 @feature('test')
 @after('apply_link', 'vars_target_cprogram')
 def make_test(self):
@@ -219,52 +222,58 @@ def make_test(self):
 		return
 
 	self.default_install_path = None
-	tsk = self.create_task('utest')
-	tsk.set_inputs(self.link_task.outputs)
+	self.create_task('utest', self.link_task.outputs)
 
 def exec_test(self):
-	testlock.acquire()
-	fail = False
-	try:
-		filename = self.inputs[0].abspath(self.env)
 
-		try:
-			fu = getattr(self.generator.bld, 'all_test_paths')
-		except AttributeError:
-			fu = os.environ.copy()
-			self.generator.bld.all_test_paths = fu
-
-			lst = []
-			for obj in self.generator.bld.all_task_gen:
-				link_task = getattr(obj, 'link_task', None)
-				if link_task:
-					lst.append(link_task.outputs[0].parent.abspath(obj.env))
-
-			def add_path(dct, path, var):
-				dct[var] = os.pathsep.join(Utils.to_list(path) + [os.environ.get(var, '')])
-			if sys.platform == 'win32':
-				add_path(fu, lst, 'PATH')
-			elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
-				add_path(fu, lst, 'DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH')
-				add_path(fu, lst, 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
-			else:
-				add_path(fu, lst, 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
+	status = 0
 
-		try:
-			ret = Utils.cmd_output(filename, cwd=self.inputs[0].parent.abspath(self.env), env=fu)
-		except Exception, e:
-			fail = True
-			ret = '' + str(e)
+	variant = self.env.variant()
+	filename = self.inputs[0].abspath(self.env)
+
+	try:
+		fu = getattr(self.generator.bld, 'all_test_paths')
+	except AttributeError:
+		fu = os.environ.copy()
+		self.generator.bld.all_test_paths = fu
+
+		lst = []
+		for obj in self.generator.bld.all_task_gen:
+			link_task = getattr(obj, 'link_task', None)
+			if link_task and link_task.env.variant() == variant:
+				lst.append(link_task.outputs[0].parent.abspath(obj.env))
+
+		def add_path(dct, path, var):
+			dct[var] = os.pathsep.join(Utils.to_list(path) + [os.environ.get(var, '')])
+
+		if sys.platform == 'win32':
+			add_path(fu, lst, 'PATH')
+		elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
+			add_path(fu, lst, 'DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH')
+			add_path(fu, lst, 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
 		else:
-			pass
+			add_path(fu, lst, 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
+
 
-		stats = getattr(self.generator.bld, 'utest_results', [])
-		stats.append((filename, fail, ret))
-		self.generator.bld.utest_results = stats
+	cwd = getattr(self.generator, 'ut_cwd', '') or self.inputs[0].parent.abspath(self.env)
+	proc = Utils.pproc.Popen(filename, cwd=cwd, env=fu, stderr=Utils.pproc.PIPE, stdout=Utils.pproc.PIPE)
+	(stdout, stderr) = proc.communicate()
+
+	tup = (filename, proc.returncode, stdout, stderr)
+	self.generator.utest_result = tup
+
+	testlock.acquire()
+	try:
+		bld = self.generator.bld
+		Logs.debug("ut: %r", tup)
+		try:
+			bld.utest_results.append(tup)
+		except AttributeError:
+			bld.utest_results = [tup]
 	finally:
 		testlock.release()
 
-cls = Task.task_type_from_func('utest', func=exec_test, color='RED', ext_in='.bin')
+cls = Task.task_type_from_func('utest', func=exec_test, color='PINK', ext_in='.bin')
 
 old = cls.runnable_status
 def test_status(self):
@@ -279,11 +288,18 @@ def summary(bld):
 	lst = getattr(bld, 'utest_results', [])
 	if lst:
 		Utils.pprint('CYAN', 'execution summary')
-		for (f, fail, ret) in lst:
-			col = fail and 'RED' or 'GREEN'
-			Utils.pprint(col, (fail and 'FAIL' or 'ok') + " " + f)
-			if fail: Utils.pprint('NORMAL', ret.replace('\\n', '\n'))
 
-def set_options(opt):
-	opt.add_option('--alltests', action='store_true', default=False, help='Exec all unit tests', dest='all_tests')
+		total = len(lst)
+		tfail = len([x for x in lst if x[1]])
+
+		Utils.pprint('CYAN', '  tests that pass %d/%d' % (total-tfail, total))
+		for (f, code, out, err) in lst:
+			if not code:
+				Utils.pprint('CYAN', '    %s' % f)
+
+		Utils.pprint('CYAN', '  tests that fail %d/%d' % (tfail, total))
+		for (f, code, out, err) in lst:
+			if code:
+				Utils.pprint('CYAN', '    %s' % f)
+
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/xlc.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/xlc.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e787f7dfc09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/xlc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+# Thomas Nagy, 2006-2008 (ita)
+# Ralf Habacker, 2006 (rh)
+# Yinon Ehrlich, 2009
+# Michael Kuhn, 2009
+
+import os, sys
+import Configure, Options, Utils
+import ccroot, ar
+from Configure import conftest
+
+@conftest
+def find_xlc(conf):
+	cc = conf.find_program(['xlc_r', 'xlc'], var='CC', mandatory=True)
+	cc = conf.cmd_to_list(cc)
+	conf.env.CC_NAME = 'xlc'
+	conf.env.CC      = cc
+
+@conftest
+def find_cpp(conf):
+	v = conf.env
+	cpp = None
+	if v['CPP']: cpp = v['CPP']
+	elif 'CPP' in conf.environ: cpp = conf.environ['CPP']
+	if not cpp: cpp = v['CC']
+	v['CPP'] = cpp
+
+@conftest
+def xlc_common_flags(conf):
+	v = conf.env
+
+	# CPPFLAGS CCDEFINES _CCINCFLAGS _CCDEFFLAGS
+	v['CCFLAGS_DEBUG'] = ['-g']
+	v['CCFLAGS_RELEASE'] = ['-O2']
+
+	v['CC_SRC_F']            = ''
+	v['CC_TGT_F']            = ['-c', '-o', ''] # shell hack for -MD
+	v['CPPPATH_ST']          = '-I%s' # template for adding include paths
+
+	# linker
+	if not v['LINK_CC']: v['LINK_CC'] = v['CC']
+	v['CCLNK_SRC_F']         = ''
+	v['CCLNK_TGT_F']         = ['-o', ''] # shell hack for -MD
+
+	v['LIB_ST']              = '-l%s' # template for adding libs
+	v['LIBPATH_ST']          = '-L%s' # template for adding libpaths
+	v['STATICLIB_ST']        = '-l%s'
+	v['STATICLIBPATH_ST']    = '-L%s'
+	v['RPATH_ST']            = '-Wl,-rpath,%s'
+	v['CCDEFINES_ST']        = '-D%s'
+
+	v['SONAME_ST']           = ''
+	v['SHLIB_MARKER']        = ''
+	v['STATICLIB_MARKER']    = ''
+	v['FULLSTATIC_MARKER']   = '-static'
+
+	# program
+	v['program_LINKFLAGS']   = ['-Wl,-brtl']
+	v['program_PATTERN']     = '%s'
+
+	# shared library
+	v['shlib_CCFLAGS']       = ['-fPIC', '-DPIC'] # avoid using -DPIC, -fPIC aleady defines the __PIC__ macro
+	v['shlib_LINKFLAGS']     = ['-G', '-Wl,-brtl,-bexpfull']
+	v['shlib_PATTERN']       = 'lib%s.so'
+
+	# static lib
+	v['staticlib_LINKFLAGS'] = ''
+	v['staticlib_PATTERN']   = 'lib%s.a'
+
+def detect(conf):
+	conf.find_xlc()
+	conf.find_cpp()
+	conf.find_ar()
+	conf.xlc_common_flags()
+	conf.cc_load_tools()
+	conf.cc_add_flags()
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/xlcxx.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/xlcxx.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..696fcae6609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/xlcxx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+# Thomas Nagy, 2006 (ita)
+# Ralf Habacker, 2006 (rh)
+# Yinon Ehrlich, 2009
+# Michael Kuhn, 2009
+
+import os, sys
+import Configure, Options, Utils
+import ccroot, ar
+from Configure import conftest
+
+@conftest
+def find_xlcxx(conf):
+	cxx = conf.find_program(['xlc++_r', 'xlc++'], var='CXX', mandatory=True)
+	cxx = conf.cmd_to_list(cxx)
+	conf.env.CXX_NAME = 'xlc++'
+	conf.env.CXX      = cxx
+
+@conftest
+def find_cpp(conf):
+	v = conf.env
+	cpp = None
+	if v['CPP']: cpp = v['CPP']
+	elif 'CPP' in conf.environ: cpp = conf.environ['CPP']
+	if not cpp: cpp = v['CXX']
+	v['CPP'] = cpp
+
+@conftest
+def xlcxx_common_flags(conf):
+	v = conf.env
+
+	# CPPFLAGS CXXDEFINES _CXXINCFLAGS _CXXDEFFLAGS
+	v['CXXFLAGS_DEBUG'] = ['-g']
+	v['CXXFLAGS_RELEASE'] = ['-O2']
+
+	v['CXX_SRC_F']           = ''
+	v['CXX_TGT_F']           = ['-c', '-o', ''] # shell hack for -MD
+	v['CPPPATH_ST']          = '-I%s' # template for adding include paths
+
+	# linker
+	if not v['LINK_CXX']: v['LINK_CXX'] = v['CXX']
+	v['CXXLNK_SRC_F']        = ''
+	v['CXXLNK_TGT_F']        = ['-o', ''] # shell hack for -MD
+
+	v['LIB_ST']              = '-l%s' # template for adding libs
+	v['LIBPATH_ST']          = '-L%s' # template for adding libpaths
+	v['STATICLIB_ST']        = '-l%s'
+	v['STATICLIBPATH_ST']    = '-L%s'
+	v['RPATH_ST']            = '-Wl,-rpath,%s'
+	v['CXXDEFINES_ST']       = '-D%s'
+
+	v['SONAME_ST']           = ''
+	v['SHLIB_MARKER']        = ''
+	v['STATICLIB_MARKER']    = ''
+	v['FULLSTATIC_MARKER']   = '-static'
+
+	# program
+	v['program_LINKFLAGS']   = ['-Wl,-brtl']
+	v['program_PATTERN']     = '%s'
+
+	# shared library
+	v['shlib_CXXFLAGS']      = ['-fPIC', '-DPIC'] # avoid using -DPIC, -fPIC aleady defines the __PIC__ macro
+	v['shlib_LINKFLAGS']     = ['-G', '-Wl,-brtl,-bexpfull']
+	v['shlib_PATTERN']       = 'lib%s.so'
+
+	# static lib
+	v['staticlib_LINKFLAGS'] = ''
+	v['staticlib_PATTERN']   = 'lib%s.a'
+
+def detect(conf):
+	conf.find_xlcxx()
+	conf.find_cpp()
+	conf.find_ar()
+	conf.xlcxx_common_flags()
+	conf.cxx_load_tools()
+	conf.cxx_add_flags()
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Utils.py b/tools/wafadmin/Utils.py
index 698eab78030..1d1b2009c1a 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Utils.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Utils.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ if is_win32:
 				Logs.info(stdout)
 				if stderr:
 					Logs.error(stderr)
+				return proc.returncode
 			else:
 				proc = pproc.Popen(s,**kw)
 				return proc.wait()
@@ -226,13 +227,15 @@ def waf_version(mini = 0x010000, maxi = 0x100000):
 		sys.exit(0)
 
 def python_24_guard():
-	if sys.hexversion<0x20400f0:
-		raise ImportError("Waf requires Python >= 2.3 but the raw source requires Python 2.4")
+	if sys.hexversion < 0x20400f0 or sys.hexversion >= 0x3000000:
+		raise ImportError("Waf requires Python >= 2.3 but the raw source requires Python 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6")
 
 def ex_stack():
 	exc_type, exc_value, tb = sys.exc_info()
-	exc_lines = traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
-	return ''.join(exc_lines)
+	if Logs.verbose > 1:
+		exc_lines = traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
+		return ''.join(exc_lines)
+	return str(exc_value)
 
 def to_list(sth):
 	if isinstance(sth, str):
@@ -262,16 +265,12 @@ def load_module(file_path, name=WSCRIPT_FILE):
 
 	module.waf_hash_val = code
 
-	module_dir = os.path.dirname(file_path)
-	sys.path.insert(0, module_dir)
+	sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(file_path))
 	try:
-		exec(code, module.__dict__)
-	except Exception, e:
-		try:
-			raise WscriptError(traceback.format_exc(), file_path)
-		except:
-			raise e
-	sys.path.remove(module_dir)
+		exec(compile(code, file_path, 'exec'), module.__dict__)
+	except Exception:
+		raise WscriptError(traceback.format_exc(), file_path)
+	sys.path.pop(0)
 
 	g_loaded_modules[file_path] = module
 
@@ -522,6 +521,15 @@ def detect_platform():
 	return s
 
 def load_tool(tool, tooldir=None):
+	'''
+	load_tool: import a Python module, optionally using several directories.
+	@param tool [string]: name of tool to import.
+	@param tooldir [list]: directories to look for the tool.
+	@return: the loaded module.
+
+	Warning: this function is not thread-safe: plays with sys.path,
+					 so must run in sequence.
+	'''
 	if tooldir:
 		assert isinstance(tooldir, list)
 		sys.path = tooldir + sys.path
@@ -529,11 +537,11 @@ def load_tool(tool, tooldir=None):
 		try:
 			return __import__(tool)
 		except ImportError, e:
-			raise WscriptError('Could not load the tool %r in %r' % (tool, sys.path))
+			Logs.error('Could not load the tool %r in %r:\n%s' % (tool, sys.path, e))
+			raise
 	finally:
 		if tooldir:
-			for d in tooldir:
-				sys.path.remove(d)
+			sys.path = sys.path[len(tooldir):]
 
 def readf(fname, m='r'):
 	"get the contents of a file, it is not used anywhere for the moment"
@@ -589,9 +597,10 @@ class Context(object):
 				nexdir = os.path.join(self.curdir, x)
 
 			base = os.path.join(nexdir, WSCRIPT_FILE)
+			file_path = base + '_' + name
 
 			try:
-				txt = readf(base + '_' + name, m='rU')
+				txt = readf(file_path, m='rU')
 			except (OSError, IOError):
 				try:
 					module = load_module(base)
@@ -616,21 +625,18 @@ class Context(object):
 			else:
 				dc = {'ctx': self}
 				if getattr(self.__class__, 'pre_recurse', None):
-					dc = self.pre_recurse(txt, base + '_' + name, nexdir)
+					dc = self.pre_recurse(txt, file_path, nexdir)
 				old = self.curdir
 				self.curdir = nexdir
 				try:
 					try:
-						exec(txt, dc)
-					except Exception, e:
-						try:
-							raise WscriptError(traceback.format_exc(), base)
-						except:
-							raise e
+						exec(compile(txt, file_path, 'exec'), dc)
+					except Exception:
+						raise WscriptError(traceback.format_exc(), base)
 				finally:
 					self.curdir = old
 				if getattr(self.__class__, 'post_recurse', None):
-					self.post_recurse(txt, base + '_' + name, nexdir)
+					self.post_recurse(txt, file_path, nexdir)
 
 if is_win32:
 	old = shutil.copy2
@@ -639,6 +645,25 @@ if is_win32:
 		shutil.copystat(src, src)
 	setattr(shutil, 'copy2', copy2)
 
+def zip_folder(dir, zip_file_name, prefix):
+	"""
+	prefix represents the app to add in the archive
+	"""
+	import zipfile
+	zip = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file_name, 'w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+	base = os.path.abspath(dir)
+
+	if prefix:
+		if prefix[-1] != os.sep:
+			prefix += os.sep
+
+	n = len(base)
+	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(base):
+		for f in files:
+			archive_name = prefix + root[n:] + os.sep + f
+			zip.write(root + os.sep + f, archive_name, zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+	zip.close()
+
 def get_elapsed_time(start):
 	"Format a time delta (datetime.timedelta) using the format DdHhMmS.MSs"
 	delta = datetime.datetime.now() - start
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/ansiterm.py b/tools/wafadmin/ansiterm.py
index 2372df9e4c5..8e71313b2e6 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/ansiterm.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/ansiterm.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import sys, os
 try:
+	if (not sys.stderr.isatty()) or (not sys.stdout.isatty()):
+		raise ValueError('not a tty')
+
 	from ctypes import *
 
 	class COORD(Structure):
@@ -8,19 +11,25 @@ try:
 	class SMALL_RECT(Structure):
 		_fields_ = [("Left", c_short), ("Top", c_short), ("Right", c_short), ("Bottom", c_short)]
 
-	
 	class CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO(Structure):
 		_fields_ = [("Size", COORD), ("CursorPosition", COORD), ("Attributes", c_short), ("Window", SMALL_RECT), ("MaximumWindowSize", COORD)]
 
+	class CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO(Structure):
+		_fields_ = [('dwSize',c_ulong), ('bVisible', c_int)]
+
 	sbinfo = CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO()
+	csinfo = CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO()
 	hconsole = windll.kernel32.GetStdHandle(-11)
 	windll.kernel32.GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hconsole, byref(sbinfo))
+	if sbinfo.Size.X < 10 or sbinfo.Size.Y < 10: raise Exception('small console')
+	windll.kernel32.GetConsoleCursorInfo(hconsole, byref(csinfo))
 except Exception:
 	pass
 else:
-	import re
+	import re, threading
 
 	to_int = lambda number, default: number and int(number) or default
+	wlock = threading.Lock()
 
 	STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11
 	STD_ERROR_HANDLE = -12
@@ -63,8 +72,7 @@ else:
 				windll.kernel32.SetConsoleCursorPosition(self.hconsole, clear_start)
 			else: # Clear from cursor position to end of screen
 				clear_start = sbinfo.CursorPosition
-				clear_length = ((sbinfo.Size.X - sbinfo.CursorPosition.X) + 
-					sbinfo.Size.X * (sbinfo.Size.Y - sbinfo.CursorPosition.Y))
+				clear_length = ((sbinfo.Size.X - sbinfo.CursorPosition.X) + sbinfo.Size.X * (sbinfo.Size.Y - sbinfo.CursorPosition.Y))
 			chars_written = c_int()
 			windll.kernel32.FillConsoleOutputCharacterA(self.hconsole, c_char(' '), clear_length, clear_start, byref(chars_written))
 			windll.kernel32.FillConsoleOutputAttribute(self.hconsole, sbinfo.Attributes, clear_length, clear_start, byref(chars_written))
@@ -159,6 +167,14 @@ else:
 			attrib = self.escape_to_color.get((intensity, color), 0x7)
 			windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTextAttribute(self.hconsole, attrib)
 
+		def show_cursor(self,param):
+			csinfo.bVisible = 1
+			windll.kernel32.SetConsoleCursorInfo(self.hconsole, byref(csinfo))
+
+		def hide_cursor(self,param):
+			csinfo.bVisible = 0
+			windll.kernel32.SetConsoleCursorInfo(self.hconsole, byref(csinfo))
+
 		ansi_command_table = {
 			'A': move_up,
 			'B': move_down,
@@ -171,13 +187,16 @@ else:
 			'f': set_cursor,
 			'J': clear_screen,
 			'K': clear_line,
+			'h': show_cursor,
+			'l': hide_cursor,
 			'm': set_color,
 			's': push_cursor,
 			'u': pop_cursor,
 		}
 		# Match either the escape sequence or text not containing escape sequence
-		ansi_tokans = re.compile('(?:\x1b\[([0-9;]*)([a-zA-Z])|([^\x1b]+))')
+		ansi_tokans = re.compile('(?:\x1b\[([0-9?;]*)([a-zA-Z])|([^\x1b]+))')
 		def write(self, text):
+			wlock.acquire()
 			for param, cmd, txt in self.ansi_tokans.findall(text):
 				if cmd:
 					cmd_func = self.ansi_command_table.get(cmd)
@@ -189,7 +208,7 @@ else:
 						windll.kernel32.WriteConsoleW(self.hconsole, txt, len(txt), byref(chars_written), None)
 					else:
 						windll.kernel32.WriteConsoleA(self.hconsole, txt, len(txt), byref(chars_written), None)
-					
+			wlock.release()
 
 		def flush(self):
 			pass
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/py3kfixes.py b/tools/wafadmin/py3kfixes.py
index ca08b36f467..ebfeaae77fe 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/py3kfixes.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/py3kfixes.py
@@ -61,14 +61,20 @@ def r3(code):
 	code = code.replace('p.communicate()[0]', 'p.communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")')
 	return code
 
+@subst('ansiterm.py')
+def r33(code):
+	code = code.replace('unicode', 'str')
+	return code
+
 @subst('Task.py')
 def r4(code):
 	code = code.replace("up(self.__class__.__name__)", "up(self.__class__.__name__.encode())")
 	code = code.replace("up(self.env.variant())", "up(self.env.variant().encode())")
 	code = code.replace("up(x.parent.abspath())", "up(x.parent.abspath().encode())")
 	code = code.replace("up(x.name)", "up(x.name.encode())")
-	code = code.replace('class TaskBase(object):\n\t__metaclass__=store_task_type', 'class TaskBase(object, metaclass=store_task_type):')
+	code = code.replace('class TaskBase(object):\n\t__metaclass__=store_task_type', 'import binascii\n\nclass TaskBase(object, metaclass=store_task_type):')
 	code = code.replace('keys=self.cstr_groups.keys()', 'keys=list(self.cstr_groups.keys())')
+	code = code.replace("sig.encode('hex')", 'binascii.hexlify(sig)')
 	return code
 
 @subst('Build.py')
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ def r7(code):
 	code = code.replace('class task_gen(object):\n\t__metaclass__=register_obj', 'class task_gen(object, metaclass=register_obj):')
 	return code
 
-@subst('Tools/config_c.py')
+@subst('Tools/python.py')
 def r8(code):
 	code = code.replace('p.communicate()[0]', 'p.communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")')
 	return code
@@ -102,6 +108,10 @@ def r9(code):
 	code = code.replace('f.write(c)', 'f.write(c.encode("utf-8"))')
 	return code
 
+@subst('Tools/config_c.py')
+def r10(code):
+	code = code.replace("key=kw['success']", "key=kw['success']\n\t\t\t\ttry:\n\t\t\t\t\tkey=key.decode('utf-8')\n\t\t\t\texcept:\n\t\t\t\t\tpass")
+	return code
 
 def fixdir(dir):
 	global all_modifs