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@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * In -p output, .RECIPEPREFIX settings are shown and all target-specific variables are output as if in a makefile, instead of as comments. +* On MS-Windows, recipes that use ".." quoting will no longer force + invocation of commands via temporary batch files and stock Windows + shells, they will be short-circuited and invoked directly. (In + other words, " is no longer a special character for stock Windows + shells.) This avoids hitting shell limits for command length when + quotes are used, but nothing else in the command requires the shell. + This change could potentially mean some minor incompatibilities in + behavior when the recipe uses quoted string on shell command lines. + Version 3.82 |