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GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*-
History of user-visible changes.
- 21 April 2002
+ 06 July 2002
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end for copying conditions.
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Version <next>
+* A new function is defined: $(quote ...). The argument to this
+ function is the _name_ of a variable. The result of the function is
+ the value of the variable, without having been expanded.
+
+* A new function is defined: $(eval ...). The arguments to this
+ function should expand to makefile commands, which will then be
+ evaluated as if they had appeared in the makefile. In combination
+ with define/endef multiline variable definitions this is an extremely
+ powerful capability. The $(quote ...) function is also useful here.
+
+* A new built-in variable is defined, $(MAKEFILE_LIST). It contains a
+ list of each makefile GNU make has read, or started to read, in the
+ order in which they were encountered. So, the last filename in the
+ list when a makefile is just being read (before any includes) is the
+ name of the current makefile.
+
* The arguments to $(call ...) functions were being stored in $1, $2,
etc. as recursive variables, even though they are fully expanded
before assignment. This means that escaped dollar signs ($$ etc.)