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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- History of user-visible changes. - 21 April 2002 + 06 July 2002 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. @@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ reports. Version <next> +* A new function is defined: $(quote ...). The argument to this + function is the _name_ of a variable. The result of the function is + the value of the variable, without having been expanded. + +* A new function is defined: $(eval ...). The arguments to this + function should expand to makefile commands, which will then be + evaluated as if they had appeared in the makefile. In combination + with define/endef multiline variable definitions this is an extremely + powerful capability. The $(quote ...) function is also useful here. + +* A new built-in variable is defined, $(MAKEFILE_LIST). It contains a + list of each makefile GNU make has read, or started to read, in the + order in which they were encountered. So, the last filename in the + list when a makefile is just being read (before any includes) is the + name of the current makefile. + * The arguments to $(call ...) functions were being stored in $1, $2, etc. as recursive variables, even though they are fully expanded before assignment. This means that escaped dollar signs ($$ etc.) |