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| author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2002-07-09 06:35:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2002-07-09 06:35:56 +0000 |
| commit | 6c9a393f954805d49ab6c66957b46199ddd6e78e (patch) | |
| tree | 88a3c6a2e807a1356d4bcca1ecca91a6cc037ee5 /NEWS | |
| parent | 724925be2b9a48f7911ee6baa315b872bd86995c (diff) | |
| download | gunmake-6c9a393f954805d49ab6c66957b46199ddd6e78e.tar.gz | |
Documentation and tests for order-only prerequisites.
Add a new test suite for automatic variables.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ reports. Version <next> +* A new feature exists: order-only prerequisites. These prerequisites + affect the order in which targets are built, but they do not impact + the rebuild/no-rebuild decision of their dependents. That is to say, + they allow you to require target B be built before target A, without + requiring that target A will always be rebuilt if target B is updated. + Patch for this feature provided by Greg McGary <greg@mcgary.org>. + * A new function is defined: $(quote ...). The argument to this function is the _name_ of a variable. The result of the function is the value of the variable, without having been expanded. |