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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2000-01-11 07:31:42 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2000-01-11 07:31:42 +0000
commitb7b83d6398e8e552dd1b9d70d18d7262753e03d4 (patch)
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downloadgunmake-b7b83d6398e8e552dd1b9d70d18d7262753e03d4.tar.gz
* Change $(call...) to not expand arguments by default.
* Unify the way arguments are passed to builtin functions in function.c.
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@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ Version 3.79
makefile is always run serially regardless of the value of -j. Any
submakes will still be run in parallel if -j was specified.
+* The $(call ...) function doesn't expand its arguments automatically
+ anymore. This allows you to put builtin functions like "if" and
+ "foreach", which also have special expansion rules, in a $(call ...)
+ function and have it work properly. This was suggested by Damien
+ GIBOU <damien.gibou@st.com>.
+
* The -d (--debug) option has changed: it now allows optional flags
controlling the amount and type of debugging output. By default only
a minimal amount information is generated, displaying the names of