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GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*-
History of user-visible changes. History of user-visible changes.
21 September 2004 16 February 2005
Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end for copying conditions. See the end for copying conditions.
All changes mentioned here are more fully described in the GNU make All changes mentioned here are more fully described in the GNU make
manual, which is contained in this distribution as the file doc/make.texi. manual, which is contained in this distribution as the file doc/make.texi.
See the README file and the GNU make manual for instructions for
Please send GNU make bug reports to <bug-make@gnu.org>. reporting bugs.
See the README file and the GNU make manual for details on reporting bugs.
Version 3.81beta1 Version 3.81beta2
* GNU make is ported to OS/2. * GNU make is ported to OS/2.
Port provided by Andreas Buening <andreas.buening@nexgo.de>. Port provided by Andreas Buening <andreas.buening@nexgo.de>.
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last second and adjust GNU make's view of the system's load average last second and adjust GNU make's view of the system's load average
accordingly. accordingly.
* New functions available in this release:
- $(lastword ...) returns the last word in the list. This gives
identical results as $(word $(words ...) ...), but is much faster.
- $(abspath ...) returns the absolute path (all "." and ".."
directories resolved, and any duplicate "/" characters removed) for
each path provided.
- $(realpath ...) returns the canonical pathname for each path
provided. The canonical pathname is the absolute pathname, with
all symbolic links resolved as well.
* Changes made for POSIX compatibility:
- Only touch targets (under -t) if they have at least one command.
- Setting the SHELL make variable does NOT change the value of the
SHELL environment variable given to programs invoked by make. As
an enhancement to POSIX, if you export the make variable SHELL then
it will be set in the environment, just as before.
* On DOS and MS Windows systems, explicitly setting SHELL to a pathname * On DOS and MS Windows systems, explicitly setting SHELL to a pathname
ending in "cmd" or "cmd.exe" (case-insensitive) will force GNU make to ending in "cmd" or "cmd.exe" (case-insensitive) will force GNU make to
use the DOS command interpreter in batch mode even if a UNIX-like use the DOS command interpreter in batch mode even if a UNIX-like
shell could be found on the system. shell could be found on the system.
* Enhancements for POSIX compatibility:
- Only touch targets (under -t) if they have at least one command.
* Updated to autoconf 2.59, automake 1.8.2, and gettext 0.14.1. Users * Updated to autoconf 2.59, automake 1.8.2, and gettext 0.14.1. Users
should not be impacted. should not be impacted.
* New translations for Swedish, Chinese (simplified), Ukrainian,
Belarusian, Finnish, and Irish. Many updated translations.
Version 3.80 Version 3.80