- Missing docs for $|

- Update NEWS and AUTHORS files.
- Fix support request #103195.
- Apply patch #3679
- Fix handling of sys_siglist in autoconf/etc.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index c6f4c1a..0ecd35a 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -5942,10 +5942,11 @@ returns @samp{bar}.
 @cindex selecting word lists
 Returns the list of words in @var{text} starting with word @var{s} and
 ending with word @var{e} (inclusive).  The legitimate values of @var{s}
-and @var{e} start from 1.  If @var{s} is bigger than the number of words
-in @var{text}, the value is empty.  If @var{e} is bigger than the number
-of words in @var{text}, words up to the end of @var{text} are returned.
-If @var{s} is greater than @var{e}, nothing is returned.  For example,
+start from 1; @var{e} may start from 0.  If @var{s} is bigger than the
+number of words in @var{text}, the value is empty.  If @var{e} is
+bigger than the number of words in @var{text}, words up to the end of
+@var{text} are returned.  If @var{s} is greater than @var{e}, nothing
+is returned.  For example,
 
 @example
 $(wordlist 2, 3, foo bar baz)
@@ -8496,7 +8497,9 @@ prerequisites which are archive members, only the member named is used
 (@pxref{Archives}).  A target has only one prerequisite on each other file
 it depends on, no matter how many times each file is listed as a
 prerequisite.  So if you list a prerequisite more than once for a target,
-the value of @code{$^} contains just one copy of the name.
+the value of @code{$^} contains just one copy of the name.  This list
+does @strong{not} contain any of the order-only prerequisites; for those
+see the @samp{$|} variable, below.
 @cindex prerequisites, list of all
 @cindex list of all prerequisites
 
@@ -8508,6 +8511,12 @@ duplicated in the order they were listed in the makefile.  This is
 primarily useful for use in linking commands where it is meaningful to
 repeat library file names in a particular order.
 
+@vindex $|
+@vindex | @r{(automatic variable)}
+@item $|
+The names of all the order-only prerequisites, with spaces between
+them.
+
 @vindex $*
 @vindex * @r{(automatic variable)}
 @item $*