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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * Each backslash/newline (plus subsequent whitespace) is converted to a single space +* New feature: GNU Guile integration + This version of GNU make can be compiled with GNU Guile integration. + GNU Guile serves as an embedded extension language for make. + See the "Guile Function" section in the GNU Make manual for details. + Currently GNU Guile 1.8 and 2.0+ are supported. In Guile 1.8 there is no + support for internationalized character sets. In Guile 2.0+, scripts can be + encoded in UTF-8. + * New command line option: --output-sync (-O) enables grouping of output by target or by recursive make. This is useful during parallel builds to avoid mixing output from different jobs together giving hard-to-understand @@ -47,6 +55,8 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * New feature: "!=" shell assignment operator as an alternative to the $(shell ...) function. Implemented for compatibility with BSD makefiles. + Note there are subtle differences between "!=" and $(shell ...). See the + description in the GNU make manual. WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! Variables ending in "!" previously defined as "variable!= value" will now be interpreted as shell assignment. Change your assignment to add whitespace @@ -58,11 +68,6 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set version of POSIX (see http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=330). It is not necessary to define the .POSIX target to access this operator. -* New feature: GNU Guile integration - This version of GNU make can be compiled with GNU Guile integration. - GNU Guile serves as an embedded extension language for make. - See the "Guile Function" section in the GNU Make manual for details. - * New feature: Loadable objects This version of GNU make contains a "technology preview": the ability to load dynamic objects into the make runtime. These objects can be created by |