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author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2016-03-19 17:26:08 -0400 |
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committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2016-03-21 00:44:53 -0400 |
commit | 2b9dd215d588a1b9aa8eaa398e567414afaafce8 (patch) | |
tree | 5fa7dd34968fe6c63ef78bcc83aaa795cf1144e5 /NEWS | |
parent | fc2ddebdae087dbdd4b0db7654696e1a0e53ebc3 (diff) | |
download | make-git-2b9dd215d588a1b9aa8eaa398e567414afaafce8.tar.gz |
* function.c (func_file): Support reading from files.
* NEWS: Add information about reading files.
* make.texi (File Function): Describe reading files.
* tests/scripts/functions/file: Test new features for $(file ...)
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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=106&set successful or not "0" if not successful. The variable value is unset if no != or $(shell ...) function has been invoked. +* The $(file ...) function can now read from a file with $(file <FILE). + The function is expanded to the contents of the file. The contents are + expanded verbatim except that the final newline, if any, is stripped. + * VMS-specific changes: * Perl test harness now works. |