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@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ A complete list of bugs fixed in this version is available here: http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set=custom * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! - This version of make adheres to the POSIX backslash/newline handling, - introducing the following differences: - * Each backslash/newline in a variable value is replaced with a space; - multiple consecutive backslash/newlines do not condense into one space. - * In recipes, a recipe prefix following a backslash-newlines is removed. + If .POSIX is specified, then make adheres to the POSIX backslash/newline + handling requirements, which introduces the following changes to the + standard backslash/newline handling in non-recipe lines: + * Any trailing space before the backslash is preserved + * Each backslash/newline (plus subsequent whitespace) is converted to a + single space * New command line option: --trace enables tracing of targets. When enabled the recipe to be invoked is printed even if it would otherwise be suppressed |