platform/upstream/make.git
36 years agoMajor Beta release before release 2.0. Beta2
Roland McGrath [Sun, 22 May 1988 14:49:44 +0000 (14:49 +0000)]
Major Beta release before release 2.0.

36 years agoMisc cleanup
Roland McGrath [Sun, 22 May 1988 13:39:08 +0000 (13:39 +0000)]
Misc cleanup

36 years agoStatic pattern rules section rewritten by RMS.
Roland McGrath [Sun, 22 May 1988 12:29:23 +0000 (12:29 +0000)]
Static pattern rules section rewritten by RMS.

36 years agoDocumented extended static rules.
Roland McGrath [Fri, 20 May 1988 17:00:49 +0000 (17:00 +0000)]
Documented extended static rules.

36 years agoFixed a couple Texinfo bugs.
Roland McGrath [Wed, 18 May 1988 16:26:55 +0000 (16:26 +0000)]
Fixed a couple Texinfo bugs.

36 years agoMiscellaneous changes by Richard Stallman, added `$$@' to the
Roland McGrath [Sun, 15 May 1988 18:58:00 +0000 (18:58 +0000)]
Miscellaneous changes by Richard Stallman, added `$$@' to the
list of unsupported features.

36 years ago* Made `$<' automatic variable be the first dependency of any rule.
Roland McGrath [Wed, 11 May 1988 21:30:52 +0000 (21:30 +0000)]
* Made `$<' automatic variable be the first dependency of any rule.
* Bumped revision number to correspond to `make.c'.

36 years ago* Miscellaneous changes suggested by RMS.
Roland McGrath [Wed, 4 May 1988 17:56:07 +0000 (17:56 +0000)]
* Miscellaneous changes suggested by RMS.
* The `define' directive makes recursive variables.
* Removed the `expand' function.

36 years agoAdded Bugs section, replacing the paragraph in
Roland McGrath [Sun, 1 May 1988 14:49:57 +0000 (14:49 +0000)]
Added Bugs section, replacing the paragraph in
the Overview chapter (Top node).

36 years ago* Removed `roland@rtsg.lbl.gov' address.
Roland McGrath [Sat, 30 Apr 1988 15:24:24 +0000 (15:24 +0000)]
* Removed `roland@rtsg.lbl.gov' address.
* Doubled up @'s in addresses to fix Makeinfo errors.

36 years agoRemoved $($@) automatic macro.
Roland McGrath [Sun, 24 Apr 1988 00:57:23 +0000 (00:57 +0000)]
Removed $($@) automatic macro.

36 years ago* Added paragraph about reporting bugs.
Roland McGrath [Sat, 23 Apr 1988 22:01:48 +0000 (22:01 +0000)]
* Added paragraph about reporting bugs.
* Documented -v (print version info) flag.
* Corrected a couple typos (probably made a couple more :-).
* Given to RMS for beta-testing.

36 years ago* Changed RCS stuff slightly (added a keyword).
Roland McGrath [Sat, 23 Apr 1988 18:28:02 +0000 (18:28 +0000)]
* Changed RCS stuff slightly (added a keyword).
* Changed date from February to April, 1988.
* Given to RMS for beta-testing.

36 years ago* Bumped revision number to be the same as the source.
Roland McGrath [Sat, 23 Apr 1988 17:40:09 +0000 (17:40 +0000)]
* Bumped revision number to be the same as the source.
* Note that the `patsubst' expansion function and expansions
  of the form `$(a:-b)', etc. (from Sun sh) were in revision
  1.2 but were accidently omitted from the log entry.

36 years ago* Added RCS log.
Roland McGrath [Sat, 23 Apr 1988 16:16:04 +0000 (16:16 +0000)]
* Added RCS log.
* Changed the copyrights from Richard Stallman to Free Software Foundation.
* Added Roland McGrath to the authors on the title page.
* Missing `include'd makefiles are warnings, not fatal errors.
* Clarified that conditionals determine what is `seen' in the makefile,
  so they can't be used to determine commands based on macros that are
  defined when the commands are executed (such as `$@').
* Added `-w' switch to log directories to stdout.
* Added selective VPATH lists and the `vpath' directive.
* Added the previously undocumented `-lLIB' dependent syntax.
* Added the `filter', `filter-out', `strip' and `join' expansion functions.
* Added simply expanded vs. recursively expanded variables, `:=' variable
  assignments and changed most examples to use `:=' rather than `='.
* Corrected miscellaneous typos, grammatical errors, etc.

This version of the documentation is accurate for revision 1.2 of the source.

36 years agoInitial revision Release1
Roland McGrath [Sat, 23 Apr 1988 16:12:14 +0000 (16:12 +0000)]
Initial revision
This version was distributed by RMS in `binutils.tar'.