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| author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2005-03-04 12:52:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2005-03-04 12:52:32 +0000 |
| commit | 28078b517a3151f18cf427be87600803251d732b (patch) | |
| tree | d963a5674f982ccc6070f1596b8286239f84f5b8 /NEWS | |
| parent | cb2f20026908d5c6e48e2cd3e3e65b5f67498d02 (diff) | |
| download | gunmake-28078b517a3151f18cf427be87600803251d732b.tar.gz | |
- Missing docs for $|
- Update NEWS and AUTHORS files.
- Fix support request #103195.
- Apply patch #3679
- Fix handling of sys_siglist in autoconf/etc.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- History of user-visible changes. - 16 February 2005 + 3 March 2005 Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. @@ -10,12 +10,24 @@ manual, which is contained in this distribution as the file doc/make.texi. See the README file and the GNU make manual for instructions for reporting bugs. -Version 3.81beta2 +Version 3.81beta3 * GNU make is ported to OS/2. * GNU make is ported to MinGW. +* WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! + GNU make now implements a generic "second expansion" feature on the + prerequisites of both explicit and implicit (pattern) targets. After + the rule has been parsed, the prerequisites are expanded a second + time, this time with all the automatic variables in scope. This means + that in addition to using standard SysV $$@ in prerequisites lists, + you can also use complex functions such as $$(patsubst f%r,b%o,$$@) etc. + This behavior applies to implicit rules, as well, where the second + expansion occurs after the rule is matched. + However, this means that you need to double-quote any "$" in your + filenames; instead of "foo: boo$$bar" you must write "foo: foo$$$$bar" + * New command-line option: -L (--check-symlink-times). On systems that support symbolic links, if this option is given then GNU make will use the most recent modification time of any symbolic links that are @@ -41,6 +53,8 @@ Version 3.81beta2 - .DEFAULT_TARGET: Contains the name of the default target make will use if no targets are provided on the command line. It can be set to change the default target. + - New automatic variable: $| (added in 3.80, actually): contains all + the order-only prerequisites defined for the target. * New functions available in this release: - $(lastword ...) returns the last word in the list. This gives |