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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2002-07-09 06:35:56 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2002-07-09 06:35:56 +0000
commit6c9a393f954805d49ab6c66957b46199ddd6e78e (patch)
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Documentation and tests for order-only prerequisites.
Add a new test suite for automatic variables.
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Version <next>
+* A new feature exists: order-only prerequisites. These prerequisites
+ affect the order in which targets are built, but they do not impact
+ the rebuild/no-rebuild decision of their dependents. That is to say,
+ they allow you to require target B be built before target A, without
+ requiring that target A will always be rebuilt if target B is updated.
+ Patch for this feature provided by Greg McGary <greg@mcgary.org>.
+
* A new function is defined: $(quote ...). 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.