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- From: roland@prep.ai.mit.edu (Roland McGrath)
- Newsgroups: gnu.announce
- Subject: GNU Make version 3.63
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:56:22 -0500
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- Version 3.63 of GNU make is now available for anonymous FTP from
- prep.ai.mit.edu in make-3.63.tar.Z (about 545k compressed) or
- make-3.63.tar.z (about 385k gzip'd). The DVI and Info files are in
- make-doc-3.63.tar.Z (about 350k compressed) or make-doc-3.63.tar.z (about
- 265k gzip'd). Unidiffs from version 3.62 are in make-3.62-3.63.diff.Z
- (about 360k compressed) or make-3.62-3.63.diff.z (about 250k gzip'd).
-
- With this release, GNU Make now completely conforms to the POSIX.2
- specification for `make'.
-
- Notable changes from version 3.62 are (see the NEWS file in the
- distribution for a complete list):
-
- * Make now uses a standard GNU `configure' script, generated by Autoconf.
- Building and installation should be much more straightforward.
-
- * There is now a shell script to build Make the first time, if you have no
- other `make' program.
-
- * Make now accepts long options. There is now an informative usage message
- that tells you what all the options are and what they do. Try `make --help'.
-
- * There are two new directives: `export' and `unexport'. All variables are
- no longer automatically put into the environments of the commands that
- Make runs. Instead, only variables specified on the command line or in
- the environment are exported by default. To export others, use:
- export VARIABLE
- or you can define variables with:
- export VARIABLE = VALUE
- or:
- export VARIABLE := VALUE
- You can use just:
- export
- or:
- .EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES:
- to get the old behavior. See the node `Variables/Recursion' in the manual
- for a full description.
-
- * A single `include' directive can now specify more than one makefile to
- include, like this:
- include file1 file2
- You can also use shell file name patterns in an `include' directive:
- include *.mk
-
-
- We have also significantly updated and improved the Texinfo manual for
- Make, with a new introductory chapter for novice users, a quick reference
- appendix for forgetful wizards, and a new section on automatically
- generated dependencies. This manual is being printed with the new lay-flat
- binding technology, and will be appearing soon at fine bookstores near you.
- (You can also buy a lovely printed manual directly from the FSF; send
- e-mail to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu find out how. And, of course, the Texinfo
- source for the manual is included in the distribution as always.)
-
-
- Send bug reports to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
- Send other questions or comments to roland@prep.ai.mit.edu.
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