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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ Version 3.80 list when a makefile is just being read (before any includes) is the name of the current makefile. -* GNU make now supports some simple introspection capability: two new - built-in variables are defined: $(.VARIABLES) and $(.TARGETS). These - expand to a complete list of variables and targets, respectively, - defined by all makefiles at the time the variables are expanded. +* A new built-in variable is defined: $(.VARIABLES). When it is + expanded it returns a complete list of variable names defined by all + makefiles at that moment. + +* A new command-line option is defined, -B or --always-make. If + specified GNU make will consider all targets out-of-date even if they + would otherwise not be. * The arguments to $(call ...) functions were being stored in $1, $2, etc. as recursive variables, even though they are fully expanded |