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| author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2017-05-27 20:07:30 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2017-06-04 18:37:21 -0400 |
| commit | b90fabc8d6f34fb37d428dc0fb1b8b1951a9fbed (patch) | |
| tree | 9728845ec2d8b6a7c973d49e71c7cb9f4b574154 /NEWS | |
| parent | 816a867ff51110cbca1956ad0e625d8251a7531b (diff) | |
| download | make-git-b90fabc8d6f34fb37d428dc0fb1b8b1951a9fbed.tar.gz | |
* NEWS: Do not insert a space during '+=' if the value is empty.
* doc/make.texi (Appending): Document this behavior.
* variable.c (do_variable_definition): Only add a space if the variable
value is not empty.
* tests/scripts/variables/flavors: Test this behavior.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=108&set This was claimed to be fixed in 3.81, but wasn't, for some reason. To detect this change search for 'nocomment' in the .FEATURES variable. +* WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! + Previously appending using '+=' to an empty variable would result in a value + starting with a space. Now the initial space is only added if the variable + already contains some value. Similarly, appending an empty string does not + add a trailing space. + * The previous limit of 63 jobs under -jN on MS-Windows is now increased to 4095. That limit includes the subprocess started by the $(shell) function. |