From d6a7894d3a6bdb45def58b2fdfb0629233f4f38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 03:31:29 +0000 Subject: Fix Savannah bug # 1332: handle backslash-newline pairs in command scripts according to POSIX rules. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b39114d..48b8dec 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ Version 3.81beta3 double-quote any "$" in your filenames; instead of "foo: boo$$bar" you now must write "foo: foo$$$$bar". +* WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! + In order to comply with POSIX, the way in which GNU make processes + backslash-newline sequences in command strings has changed. See the + GNU make manual section "Shell Execution" for details. + * New command-line option: -L (--check-symlink-times). On systems that support symbolic links, if this option is given then GNU make will use the most recent modification time of any symbolic links that are -- cgit v1.2.3