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@@ -8,10 +8,26 @@ See the end for copying conditions. All changes mentioned here are more fully described in the GNU make manual, which is contained in this distribution as the file make.texinfo. -Please send GNU make bug reports to bug-make@gnu.org. +Please send GNU make bug reports to <bug-make@gnu.org>. See the README file and the GNU make manual for details on sending bug reports. +Version 3.78.2 + +* Previously, GNU make quoted variables such as MAKEFLAGS and + MAKEOVERRIDES for proper parsing by the shell. This allowed them to + be used within make build scripts. However, using them there is not + proper behavior: they are meant to be passed to subshells via the + environment. Unfortunately the values were not quoted properly to be + passed through the environment. This meant that some invocations of + make didn't properly pass values to submakes. + + With this version we change that behavior: now these variables are + quoted properly for passing through the environment, which is the + correct way to do it. If you previously used these variables + explicitly within a make rule you may need to re-examine your use for + correctness given this change. + Version 3.78 * Two new functions, $(error ...) and $(warning ...) are available. The |