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| author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2013-09-29 13:16:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2013-09-29 13:16:21 -0400 |
| commit | 3bf3fde98470549800147c6390fde17791862e1d (patch) | |
| tree | aa92a85b8b03d9a1d23723b5785cbaa017bf8801 /NEWS | |
| parent | 543521cd475e7182e30a17bd032b9fe2bb740bcb (diff) | |
| download | gunmake-3bf3fde98470549800147c6390fde17791862e1d.tar.gz | |
Portability for Guile 1.8. Force UTF-8 encoding.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * Each backslash/newline (plus subsequent whitespace) is converted to a single space +* New feature: GNU Guile integration + This version of GNU make can be compiled with GNU Guile integration. + GNU Guile serves as an embedded extension language for make. + See the "Guile Function" section in the GNU Make manual for details. + Currently GNU Guile 1.8 and 2.0+ are supported. In Guile 1.8 there is no + support for internationalized character sets. In Guile 2.0+, scripts can be + encoded in UTF-8. + * New command line option: --output-sync (-O) enables grouping of output by target or by recursive make. This is useful during parallel builds to avoid mixing output from different jobs together giving hard-to-understand @@ -47,6 +55,8 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set * New feature: "!=" shell assignment operator as an alternative to the $(shell ...) function. Implemented for compatibility with BSD makefiles. + Note there are subtle differences between "!=" and $(shell ...). See the + description in the GNU make manual. WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! Variables ending in "!" previously defined as "variable!= value" will now be interpreted as shell assignment. Change your assignment to add whitespace @@ -58,11 +68,6 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set version of POSIX (see http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=330). It is not necessary to define the .POSIX target to access this operator. -* New feature: GNU Guile integration - This version of GNU make can be compiled with GNU Guile integration. - GNU Guile serves as an embedded extension language for make. - See the "Guile Function" section in the GNU Make manual for details. - * New feature: Loadable objects This version of GNU make contains a "technology preview": the ability to load dynamic objects into the make runtime. These objects can be created by |