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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- History of user-visible changes. - 12 Oct 2009 + 25 Oct 2009 See the end of this file for copyrights and conditions. @@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ Version 3.81.90 existing targets were provided in $?). * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! - As a result of parser enhancements, two backward-compatibility issues exist: - first, a prerequisite containing an "=" cannot be escaped with a backslash - any longer. You must create a variable containing an "=" and use that - variable in the prerequisite. Second, variable names can no longer contain - whitespace, unless you put the whitespace in a variable and use the - variable. + As a result of parser enhancements, three backward-compatibility issues + exist: first, a prerequisite containing an "=" cannot be escaped with a + backslash any longer. You must create a variable containing an "=" and use + that variable in the prerequisite. Second, variable names can no longer + contain whitespace, unless you put the whitespace in a variable and use the + variable. Third, in previous versions of make it was sometimes not flagged + as an error for explicit and pattern targets to appear in the same rule. + Now this is always reported as an error. * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! The pattern-specific variables and pattern rules are now applied in the |