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@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ Version 3.81rc2
the build_w32.bat batch file; see the file README.W32 for more
details.
+* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibility!
+ Up to and including this release, the '$?' variable does not contain
+ any prerequisite that does not exist, even though that prerequisite
+ might have caused the target to rebuild. Starting with the _next_
+ release of GNU make, '$?' will contain all prerequisites that caused
+ the target to be considered out of date. See this Savannah bug:
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=16051
+
* WARNING: Backward-incompatibility!
GNU make now implements a generic "second expansion" feature on the
prerequisites of both explicit and implicit (pattern) rules. In order