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@@ -1,10 +1,46 @@ -GNU make NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 9 May 1996 +GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- + History of user-visible changes. + 06 Apr 1996 -Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send GNU make bug reports to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu. +Version 3.76 + +* VPATH functionality has been changed to incorporate the VPATH+ patch, + previously maintained by Paul Smith <psmith@baynetworks.com>. See the + manual. + +* Make defines a new variable, `MAKECMDGOALS', to contain the goals that + were specified on the command line, if any. Modifying this variable + has no effect on the operation of make. + +* A new function, `$(wordlist S,E,TEXT)', is available: it returns a + list of words from number S to number E (inclusive) of TEXT. + +* Instead of an error, detection of future modification times gives a + warning and continues. + +* Fix the $(basename) and $(suffix) functions so they only operate on + the last filename, not the entire string: + + Command Old Result New Result + ------- ---------- ---------- + $(basename a.b) a a + $(basename a.b/c) a a.b/c + $(suffix a.b) b b + $(suffix a.b/c) b/c <empty> + +* Updates to the Windows 95/NT port from Rob Tulloh (see README.W32). + +* Eli Zaretskii has updated the port to 32-bit protected mode on MSDOS + and MS-Windows, building with the DJGPP v2 port of GNU C/C++ compiler + and utilities. See README.DOS for details, and direct all questions + concerning this port to Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> or DJ + Delorie <dj@delorie.com>. + Version 3.75 * The directory messages printed by `-w' and implicitly in sub-makes, @@ -23,7 +59,7 @@ Version 3.75 details, and direct all Amiga-related questions to <digulla@fh-konstanz.de>. * Rob Tulloh of Tivoli Systems has contributed a port to Windows NT or 95. - See README.WIN32 for details, and direct all Windows-related questions to + See README.W32 for details, and direct all Windows-related questions to <rob_tulloh@tivoli.com>. Version 3.73 |