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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2005-06-25 18:57:28 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2005-06-25 18:57:28 +0000
commit978819e1d6e9354b5b20d15c875bef98579873ae (patch)
treee601b286b4cd0ceb5cace61bea3d1bc6074480b3 /NEWS
parent467115baae38eba41b3800b4e0e84afb7f3ec99b (diff)
downloadgunmake-978819e1d6e9354b5b20d15c875bef98579873ae.tar.gz
Add a new variable: MAKE_RESTARTS, to count how many times make has re-exec'd.
When rebuilding makefiles, unset -B if MAKE_RESTARTS is >0.
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Version 3.81beta3
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$$bar" you
- must write "foo: foo$$$$bar"
+ now must write "foo: foo$$$$bar".
* New command-line option: -L (--check-symlink-times). On systems that
support symbolic links, if this option is given then GNU make will
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ Version 3.81beta3
version of GNU make.
- .DEFAULT_GOAL: Set the name of the default goal make will
use if no goals are provided on the command line.
+ - MAKE_RESTARTS: If set, then this is the number of times this
+ instance of make has been restarted (see "How Makefiles Are Remade"
+ in the manual).
- New automatic variable: $| (added in 3.80, actually): contains all
the order-only prerequisites defined for the target.