From fc0fe4103ac983d88b83dad0daf97664ffa8e04b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 04:30:55 +0000 Subject: * Add new jobserver feature. * Small updates to the manual * E.Zaretskii fix for new DJGPP version. --- NEWS | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8a1e11b..897232b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- History of user-visible changes. - 31 Mar 1999 + 13 Apr 1999 Copyright (C) 1992,93,94,95,96,97,98,1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. @@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ Version 3.78 * Make allows CRLF sequences as well as traditional LF, for compatibility with makefiles created on other operating systems. + +* A "job server" feature, proposed by Howard Chu . + + On systems that support POSIX pipe(2) semantics, GNU make can now pass + -jN options to submakes rather than forcing them all to use -j1. The + top make and all its sub-make processes use a pipe to communicate with + each other to ensure that no more than N jobs are started across all + makes. To get the old behavior of -j back, you can configure make + with the --disable-job-server option. Version 3.77 -- cgit v1.2.3