From c4353af3f9b143b213644c09da5cf46ef611b250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 04:04:42 +0000 Subject: * Reworked function.c to use separate functions instead of a huge case stmt. * Added new functions $(error ...) and $(warning ...) and documented same. * In windows/dos shells, only treat \ as an escape for special chars. --- NEWS | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fcff5f2..c7044b6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU make NEWS -*-indented-text-*- History of user-visible changes. - 22 Feb 1999 + 22 Mar 1999 Copyright (C) 1992,93,94,95,96,97,98,1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Please send GNU make bug reports to bug-make@gnu.org. Version 3.78 +* Two new functions, $(error ...) and $(warning ...) are provided. The + former will cause make to fail and exit immediately upon expansion of + the function, with the text provided as the error message. The latter + causes the text provided to be printed as a warning message, but make + proceeds normally. + * Make defines a new variable, .LIBPATTERNS. This variable controls how the link library dependency expansion (dependencies like ``-lfoo'') is performed. -- cgit v1.2.3