GNU make release 3.77.

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 GNU make NEWS                                               -*-indented-text-*-
   History of user-visible changes.
-  19 Sep 1997
+  19 May 1998
 
-Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
-Please send GNU make bug reports to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+Please send GNU make bug reports to bug-make@gnu.org.
+
+Version 3.77
+
+* Implement BSD make's "?=" variable assignment operator.  The variable
+  is assigned the specified value only if that variable is not already
+  defined.
+
+* Make defines a new variable, "CURDIR", to contain the current working
+  directory (after the -C option, if any, has been processed).
+  Modifying this variable has no effect on the operation of make.
+
+* Make defines a new default RCS rule, for new-style master file
+  storage: ``% :: RCS/%'' (note no ``,v'' suffix).
+
+  Make defines new default rules for DOS-style C++ file naming
+  conventions, with ``.cpp'' suffixes.  All the same rules as for
+  ``.cc'' and ``.C'' suffixes are provided, along with LINK.cpp and
+  COMPILE.cpp macros (which default to the same value as LINK.cc and
+  COMPILE.cc).  Note CPPFLAGS is still C preprocessor flags!  You should
+  use CXXFLAGS to change C++ compiler flags.
+
+* A new feature, "target-specific variable values", has been added.
+  This is a large change so please see the appropriate sections of the
+  manual for full details.  Briefly, syntax like this:
+
+    TARGET: VARIABLE = VALUE
+
+  defines VARIABLE as VALUE within the context of TARGET.  This is
+  similar to SunOS make's "TARGET := VARIABLE = VALUE" feature.  Note
+  that the assignment may be of any type, not just recursive, and that
+  the override keyword is available.
+
+  COMPATIBILITY: This new syntax means that if you have any rules where
+  the first or second dependency has an equal sign (=) in its name,
+  you'll have to escape them with a backslash: "foo : bar\=baz".
+  Further, if you have any dependencies which already contain "\=",
+  you'll have to escape both of them: "foo : bar\\\=baz".
+
+* A new appendix listing the most common error and warning messages
+  generated by GNU make, with some explanation, has been added to the
+  GNU make User's Manual.
+
+* Updates to the GNU make Customs library support (see README.customs).
+
+* Updates to the Windows 95/NT port from Rob Tulloh (see README.W32),
+  and to the DOS port from Eli Zaretski (see README.DOS).
 
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