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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2016-03-19 17:26:08 -0400
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2016-03-21 00:44:53 -0400
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* 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.