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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Version 3.78
causes the text provided to be printed as a warning message, but make
proceeds normally.
+* A new function, $(apply ...) is provided. This allows users to create
+ their own parameterized macros and invoke them later. This
+ implementation of this feature was provided by Han-Wen Nienhuys
+ <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>.
+
* Make defines a new variable, .LIBPATTERNS. This variable controls how
library dependency expansion (dependencies like ``-lfoo'') is performed.
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ Version 3.78
LD, AR, etc.). Specifying this option forces -r (--no-builtin-rules)
as well.
-* A "job server" feature, proposed by Howard Chu <hyc@highlandsun.com>.
+* A "job server" feature, suggested 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