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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=109&se In the NEXT release of GNU make, support for these systems will be removed. If you want to see them continue to be supported, contact <bug-make@gnu.org>. +* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibility! + In the NEXT release of GNU make, pattern rules will implement the same + behavior change for multiple targets as explicit grouped targets, below: if + any target of the rule is needed by the build, the recipe will be invoked if + any target of the rule is missing or out of date. During testing some + makefiles were found to contain pattern rules that do not build all targets; + this can cause issues so we are delaying this change for one release cycle + to allow these makefiles to be updated. GNU make show a warning if it + detects this situation: "pattern recipe did not update peer target". + * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! GNU make now uses temporary files in more situations than previous releases. If your build system sets TMPDIR (or TMP or TEMP on Windows) and deletes the @@ -32,12 +42,12 @@ https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=109&se needs to find its temporary directory before the makefiles are parsed. * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! - Previously each target in a grouped target rule (pattern or explicit) was - considered individually: if the targets needed by the build were not out of - date the recipe was not run even if other targets in the group were out of - date. Now if any of the grouped targets are needed by the build, then if - any of the grouped targets are out of date the recipe is run and all targets - in the group are considered updated. + Previously each target in a explicit grouped target rule was considered + individually: if the targets needed by the build were not out of date the + recipe was not run even if other targets in the group were out of date. Now + if any of the grouped targets are needed by the build, then if any of the + grouped targets are out of date the recipe is run and all targets in the + group are considered updated. * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! Previously if --no-print-directory was seen anywhere in the environment or |