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2004-09-21Some code cleanups and efficiency enhancements. As far as I can tellPaul Smith1-1/+6
none of these have impacts that are visible to the user (although in some cases that appears to be nothing more than dumb luck :-/).
2004-03-06Don't use __STDC__; some compilers don't set it properly.Paul Smith1-1/+1
Use autoconf's test to set HAVE_ANSI_COMPILER and check that instead.
2004-03-04Updates to automate generation of GNU upload artifacts.Paul Smith1-3/+3
Fix a problem compiling on old, pre-ANSI systems. getloadavg test is still broken, but make builds. Document a breakage on SunOS 4.x systems.
2004-01-21Many bug fixes etc.Paul Smith1-5/+10
- Apply a fix for the "thundering herd" problem when using "-j -l". This also fixes bug #4693. - Fix bug #7257: allow functions as ifdef arguments - Fix bug #4518: make sure we print all double-colon rules with -p. - Upgrade to autconf 2.58/automake 1.8/gettext 0.13.1 - Various doc cleanups, etc.
2003-07-31Updated for autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7.6, and gettext 0.12.1.Paul Smith1-1/+4
Fixed problems with the dist target (adding missing files). Workaround for a bug in gettext 0.12.1 po/Makefile.in.in where distclean wasn't cleaning everything, which caused distcheck to fail.
2003-05-02- Fix bug #1405: allow multiple pattern-specific variables to match a target.Paul Smith1-3/+18
- Fix some uncleanliness about the implementation of patterns-specific vars. - Some enhancements to the OS/2 port.
2002-10-25A few minor fixes to the manual and automake files.Paul Smith1-1/+4
2002-10-04Update version info.3.80Paul Smith1-2/+1
2002-10-03Some updates for automake 1.7 and prep for releasing 3.80.Paul Smith1-1/+1
2002-09-10Have the test driver check for the new format of the time skew errorPaul Smith1-4/+11
messages.
2002-09-03Update some NEWS and README nits, and add new gettext macros to config'sPaul Smith1-2/+6
Makefile.am.
2002-08-08Incorporate some VMS fixes.Paul Smith1-4/+7
Add -B option docs. Add .VARIABLES variable. Add a few new tests. Add a new translation: Swedish
2002-08-01New variables, .VARIABLES and .TARGETS.Paul Smith1-1/+6
2002-07-10Implement SysV-style $$@ support. I looked at E.Parmelan's patch butPaul Smith1-2/+9
decided to implement this a different way, and didn't use it.
2002-07-09Documentation and tests for order-only prerequisites.Paul Smith1-0/+7
Add a new test suite for automatic variables.
2002-07-08Major updates in preparation for 3.80.Paul Smith1-1/+17
New version of the manual, put into the doc subdir. Enhancements: $(eval ...) and $(value ...) functions, various bug fixes, etc. See the ChangeLog. More to come.
2002-04-22Updates for new tools. Everything works now building on Linux,Paul Smith1-1/+2
including creating make packages. I'll try some other systems tomorrow. Also added a new translation: Croatian. Thanks!
2002-04-21Update GNU make to use Autoconf 2.53, Automake 1.6.1, Gettext 0.11.1.Paul Smith1-2/+12
We're using Gettext's "external" feature to avoid including the intl code in the GNU make distribution.
2002-04-20Installed a new translation for Hebrew.Paul Smith1-1/+1
2002-04-20Updates to translaations.Paul Smith1-3/+10
Fix an assert() in an obscure use of -q Handling of double-colon timestamp updates was broken in a bizarre way. Store arguments to $(call ...) functions in simple variables, not recursive variables.
2001-08-03Installed a new French translation (resolves Debian Bug #106720)Paul Smith1-1/+1
2001-07-05New/updated translations; minor update to the index of the manual.Paul Smith1-2/+2
2001-06-01Fix for EINTR problems when using jobserver.Paul Smith1-2/+7
New translation files. Fix for @+ inside define macros being applied too widely. Various other bug fixes.
2000-07-30* Various fixes; see the ChangeLog.Paul Smith1-5/+8
2000-07-07* Minor code cleanupsPaul Smith1-1/+1
* Fix for PR/1811, from Paul Eggert.
2000-06-23* Released 3.79.13.79.1Paul Smith1-3/+10
2000-06-20* More updates and fixes.Paul Smith1-0/+5
2000-06-13* Some timestamp fixes from Paul Eggert.Paul Smith1-1/+1
* Fix compilation on Linux; use libintl.h and not gettext.h when using the system gettext.
2000-04-05* Some final cleanups, and release 3.79.3.79Paul Smith1-2/+6
2000-03-27* Handle case of empty static pattern rule prerequisites.Paul Smith1-7/+1
* Fix linenumbers in error messages for rule definitions.
2000-02-05* Fix PR/1407.Paul Smith1-7/+10
* Keep filename/lineno information for variables, for debugging.
2000-01-25* Updated gettext to use more advanced libit 0.7 version.Paul Smith1-1/+1
* Various cleanups.
2000-01-23* A few fixes.Paul Smith1-1/+4
2000-01-22* Mention it in NEWS.Paul Smith1-0/+4
2000-01-22* Merge VMS patches by Hartmut Becker.Paul Smith1-2/+5
2000-01-11* Change $(call...) to not expand arguments by default.Paul Smith1-0/+6
* Unify the way arguments are passed to builtin functions in function.c.
1999-12-08* Various changes and fixes. See ChangeLog.Paul Smith1-5/+5
1999-11-22* Add new debugging output level selection feature.Paul Smith1-1/+7
1999-11-17* Many cleanups and bugfixes.Paul Smith1-2/+6
* New handling of += in target-specific variables.
1999-10-15* Fix PR/1394.Paul Smith1-1/+17
* Apply changes from Paul Eggert. * Many other cleanups (index/rindex --> strchr/strrchr, etc.)
1999-09-17* A few script fixes and updates for 3.78.Paul Smith1-1/+3
1999-09-16* Some minor pre-release updates.Paul Smith1-0/+5
1999-09-01* Added config.guess/config.sub for new autoconf tests.Paul Smith1-0/+10
1999-08-24* Terminology change in docs and code.Paul Smith1-0/+4
1999-08-13* Rework jobserver yet one more time.Paul Smith1-3/+7
* Install the $(if ...) function and document it. Still need some examples.
1999-07-21* Installed VMS fixes.Paul Smith1-4/+4
1999-07-15* Fix up and document $(apply ...) function.Paul Smith1-1/+6
1999-07-08* Added -R / --no-builtin-variables flag.Paul Smith1-0/+5
1999-04-25* Add new jobserver feature.Paul Smith1-1/+10
* Small updates to the manual * E.Zaretskii fix for new DJGPP version.
1999-04-02* Fix possible memory stomp.Paul Smith1-4/+3
* A few admin file cleanups.