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@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set
interpreted as shell assignment. Change your assignment to add whitespace
between the "!" and "=": "variable! = value"
+* New feature: "::=" simple assignment operator as defined by POSIX in 2012.
+ This operator has identical functionality to ":=" in GNU make, but will be
+ portable to any implementation of make conforming to a sufficiently new
+ 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.