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@@ -12,17 +12,20 @@ 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. +* New pseudo-target .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME, superseding the configure + option --disable-nsec-timestamps. You might need this if your build + process depends on tools like "cp -p" preserving time stamps, since + "cp -p" (right now) doesn't preserve the subsecond portion of a time + stamp. + Version 3.79.1 * .SECONDARY with no prerequisites now prevents any target from being removed because make thinks it's an intermediate file, not just those listed in the makefile. -* New configure option --disable-nsec-timestamps will keep make from - using sub-second timestamps on systems which support it. If your - build process depends on proper timestamp-preserving behavior of tools - like "cp -p" you might need this option, since "cp -p" (right now) - doesn't preserve the sub-second portion of the timestamp. +* New configure option --disable-nsec-timestamps, but this was + superseded in later versions by the .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME pseudo-target. Version 3.79 |