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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- History of user-visible changes. - 31 Mar 1999 + 13 Apr 1999 Copyright (C) 1992,93,94,95,96,97,98,1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. @@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ Version 3.78 * Make allows CRLF sequences as well as traditional LF, for compatibility with makefiles created on other operating systems. + +* A "job server" feature, proposed by Howard Chu <hyc@highlandsun.com>. + + On systems that support POSIX pipe(2) semantics, GNU make can now pass + -jN options to submakes rather than forcing them all to use -j1. The + top make and all its sub-make processes use a pipe to communicate with + each other to ensure that no more than N jobs are started across all + makes. To get the old behavior of -j back, you can configure make + with the --disable-job-server option. Version 3.77 |