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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>1999-08-13 07:36:26 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>1999-08-13 07:36:26 +0000
commitcbb9e38d10b35a469d0880542b12530817b11003 (patch)
tree47814942687f380da81eaaaadaff436eef4e591c /NEWS
parent9e79637ec3fcd24394b2d705ff7c64bd91da9b24 (diff)
downloadgunmake-cbb9e38d10b35a469d0880542b12530817b11003.tar.gz
* Rework jobserver yet one more time.
* Install the $(if ...) function and document it. Still need some examples.
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@@ -12,17 +12,21 @@ Please send GNU make bug reports to bug-make@gnu.org.
Version 3.78
-* Two new functions, $(error ...) and $(warning ...) are provided. The
+* Two new functions, $(error ...) and $(warning ...) are available. The
former will cause make to fail and exit immediately upon expansion of
the function, with the text provided as the error message. The latter
causes the text provided to be printed as a warning message, but make
proceeds normally.
-* A new function, $(call ...) is provided. This allows users to create
+* A new function $(call ...) is available. This allows users to create
their own parameterized macros and invoke them later. Original
- implementation of this feature was provided by Han-Wen Nienhuys
+ implementation of this function was provided by Han-Wen Nienhuys
<hanwen@cs.uu.nl>.
+* A new function $(if ...) is available. It provides if-then-else
+ capabilities in a builtin function. Original implementation of this
+ function was provided by Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>.
+
* Make defines a new variable, .LIBPATTERNS. This variable controls how
library dependency expansion (dependencies like ``-lfoo'') is performed.