From b5ea49bae7e5074e472605e5d0c2413e62461718 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 18:41:14 +0300 Subject: Mention in NEWS change on Windows with quotes in command lines. --- NEWS | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5a0c20a..621be57 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * In -p output, .RECIPEPREFIX settings are shown and all target-specific variables are output as if in a makefile, instead of as comments. +* On MS-Windows, recipes that use ".." quoting will no longer force + invocation of commands via temporary batch files and stock Windows + shells, they will be short-circuited and invoked directly. (In + other words, " is no longer a special character for stock Windows + shells.) This avoids hitting shell limits for command length when + quotes are used, but nothing else in the command requires the shell. + This change could potentially mean some minor incompatibilities in + behavior when the recipe uses quoted string on shell command lines. + Version 3.82 -- cgit v1.2.3