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@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=104&set * Compiling GNU make now requires a conforming ISO C 1989 compiler and standard runtime library. -* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibility! - Wildcards are not documented as returning sorted values, but up to and - including this release the results have been sorted and some makefiles are - apparently depending on that. In the next release of GNU make, for - performance reasons, we may remove that sorting. If your makefiles - require sorted results from wildcard expansions, use the $(sort ...) - function to request it explicitly. - * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! The POSIX standard for make was changed in the 2008 version in a fundamentally incompatible way: make is required to invoke the shell as if @@ -42,6 +34,21 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=104&set existing targets were provided in $?). * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! + Wildcards were not documented as returning sorted values, but the results + have been sorted up until this release.. If your makefiles require sorted + results from wildcard expansions, use the $(sort ...) function to request + it explicitly. + +* WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! + In previous versions of make it was acceptable to list one or more explicit + targets followed by one or more pattern targets in the same rule and it + worked "as expected". However, this was not documented as acceptable and if + you listed any explicit targets AFTER the pattern targets, the entire rule + would be mis-parsed. This release removes this ability completely: make + will generate an error message if you mix explicit and pattern targets in + the same rule. + +* WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! 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 |