From 0ada207e2dca2b69a65ce186e625e7f6397edd34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 07:21:16 +0000 Subject: Changes for make 3.75.1 --- NEWS | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8f7603d..e79cbe7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,46 @@ -GNU make NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 9 May 1996 +GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- + History of user-visible changes. + 06 Apr 1996 -Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send GNU make bug reports to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu. +Version 3.76 + +* VPATH functionality has been changed to incorporate the VPATH+ patch, + previously maintained by Paul Smith . See the + manual. + +* Make defines a new variable, `MAKECMDGOALS', to contain the goals that + were specified on the command line, if any. Modifying this variable + has no effect on the operation of make. + +* A new function, `$(wordlist S,E,TEXT)', is available: it returns a + list of words from number S to number E (inclusive) of TEXT. + +* Instead of an error, detection of future modification times gives a + warning and continues. + +* Fix the $(basename) and $(suffix) functions so they only operate on + the last filename, not the entire string: + + Command Old Result New Result + ------- ---------- ---------- + $(basename a.b) a a + $(basename a.b/c) a a.b/c + $(suffix a.b) b b + $(suffix a.b/c) b/c + +* Updates to the Windows 95/NT port from Rob Tulloh (see README.W32). + +* Eli Zaretskii has updated the port to 32-bit protected mode on MSDOS + and MS-Windows, building with the DJGPP v2 port of GNU C/C++ compiler + and utilities. See README.DOS for details, and direct all questions + concerning this port to Eli Zaretskii or DJ + Delorie . + Version 3.75 * The directory messages printed by `-w' and implicitly in sub-makes, @@ -23,7 +59,7 @@ Version 3.75 details, and direct all Amiga-related questions to . * Rob Tulloh of Tivoli Systems has contributed a port to Windows NT or 95. - See README.WIN32 for details, and direct all Windows-related questions to + See README.W32 for details, and direct all Windows-related questions to . Version 3.73 -- cgit v1.2.3