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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * New variable: $(GNUMAKEFLAGS) will be parsed for make flags, just like MAKEFLAGS is. It can be set in the environment or the makefile, containing GNU make-specific flags to allow your makefile to be portable to other - versions of make. GNU make never sets or modifies GNUMAKEFLAGS. + versions of make. Once this variable is parsed, GNU make will set it to the + empty string so that flags will not be duplicated on recursion. * New variable: `MAKE_HOST' gives the name of the host architecture make was compiled for. This is the same value you see after 'Built for' @@ -81,8 +82,10 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * Behavior of MAKEFLAGS and MFLAGS is more rigorously defined. All simple flags are grouped together in the first word of MAKEFLAGS. No options that - accept arguments appear there. If no simple flags are present MAKEFLAGS - begins with a space. MFLAGS never begins with "- ". + accept arguments appear in the first word. If no simple flags are present + MAKEFLAGS begins with a space. Flags with both short and long versions + always use the short versions in MAKEFLAGS. Flags are listed in + alphabetical order using ASCII ordering. MFLAGS never begins with "- ". * Setting the -r and -R options in MAKEFLAGS inside a makefile now works as expected, removing all built-in rules and variables, respectively. |