From d2429d7508169501d2dfeefca5608005142fe236 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:43:04 +0000 Subject: Update some NEWS and README nits, and add new gettext macros to config's Makefile.am. --- NEWS | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d8706c5..8b3f4b5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ Version 3.80 This syntax is only valid within explicit and static pattern rules: it cannot be used in implicit (suffix or pattern) rules. Edouard G. Parmelan provided a patch implementing this feature; however, I - decided to implemented it in a different way. + decided to implement it in a different way. -* A new function is defined: $(quote ...). The argument to this +* A new function is defined: $(value ...). 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. @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ Version 3.80 variables. This may mean that if you added extra escaping to your $(call ...) function arguments you will need to undo it now. +* The variable invoked by $(call ...) can now be recursive: unlike other + variables it can reference itself and this will not produce an error + when it is used as the first argument to $(call ...) (but only then). + * New pseudo-target .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME, superseding the configure option --disable-nsec-timestamps. You might need this if your build process depends on tools like "cp -p" preserving time stamps, since -- cgit v1.2.3