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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2012-10-29 07:05:21 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2012-10-29 07:05:21 +0000
commit7670c84f7732db29f5a9d9c145c2327f4b575f91 (patch)
tree1fafd8949c867b89444ef57c6d068e7b8fb1a70e /NEWS
parent2efd6b47bf59c3202ccc6218b42ba360136d3789 (diff)
downloadmake-7670c84f7732db29f5a9d9c145c2327f4b575f91.tar.gz
Implement new "load" directive.
Provides support for dynamically loadable objects in GNU make, as a "technology preview".
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ manual, which is contained in this distribution as the file doc/make.texi.
See the README file and the GNU make manual for instructions for
reporting bugs.
-Version 3.82.90
+Version 3.99.90
A complete list of bugs fixed in this version is available here:
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set
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
+ the user and can add extended functionality, usable by makefiles.
+
* New function: $(file ...) writes to a file.
* On failure, the makefile name and linenumber of the recipe that failed are