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Re: gmake schedule
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Paul D. Smith |
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Re: gmake schedule |
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07 May 2005 14:43:22 -0400 |
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%% "Don" <duckunique@yahoo.com> writes:
d> (1) are the latest gnu make features (e.g., eval) encouraged and
d> stable, or are they considered experimental or fringe
d> elements of gnu make?
They are intended to be stable.
d> (2) it's a pain for me to rapidly update software in my office;
d> so, if 'eval' is stable and recommended in the 3.81rc's, it would
d> be valuable to know when 3.81 is to be released, or if the latest
d> 3.81rc is likely to be functionally identical to the final release
d> for common platforms (e.g., linux, nt, sun).
The current beta2 release is not functionally identical to what 3.81
will look like. There are changes made since then which cause
backward-compatibility issues. In particular, you will run into
problems if your makefiles have prerequisites that have "$" in the
filename (Java, in particular, will run into problems with GNU make
3.81).
The next beta3 release should have all the functionality of GNU make
3.81.
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