Message-Id: <201506281639.t5SGdOmn014417@delorie.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:10:57 +0200
From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de)" <djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Release 2 of the DJGPP port of GNU make 4.1 uploaded (DJGPP
 2.05 only).
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This is a port of GNU make 4.1 to MSDOS/DJGPP.

   Make is a program for building other programs, given a description of
   the dependencies between the files.


   DJGPP specific changes.
   =======================

   - There are no DJGPP specific user visible changes.

   - This is the first port that has been compiled using djdev205.  Starting
     with this port version I will no longer support neither djdev204 nor djdev203.

   - The port has been tested by using it.  I have used them only on WinXP.
     It has worked flawlessly.  I do not kwon if this will ever be the case on
     FreeDOS.  I have never used/tested them in that environment.

   - The port has been configured and compiled on WinXP SP3.  There is no
     guarantee that this may be possible with any other DOS-like OS.  Due
     to the massive use of long file names it will not be possible to configure
     and compile without LFN support.  The port has been compiled using gcc510
     and bnu225br2.

   - The port does not provide NLS support.  No one of the required libraries
     have been ported using DJGPP 2.05 yet.


   As usual, all djgpp specific files (diffs, README files, etc.) are located in
   the /djgpp directory.  The sources have been configured to be build in the
   /_build.205 directory.  If for some reason it does not work for you, delete
   it contennts and configure from scratch again.

   For further information about GNU make please read the info docs and NEWS file.



   This is an verbatim extract of the NEWS file:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version 4.1 (05 Oct 2014)

A complete list of bugs fixed in this version is available here:

http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=105&set=custom

* New variables: $(MAKE_TERMOUT) and $(MAKE_TERMERR) are set to non-empty
   values if stdout or stderr, respectively, are believed to be writing to a
   terminal.  These variables are exported by default.

* Allow a no-text-argument form of the $(file ...) function.  Without a text
   argument nothing is written to the file: it is simply opened in the
   requested mode, then closed again.

* Change the fatal error for mixed explicit and implicit rules, that was
   introduced in GNU make 3.82, to a non-fatal error.  However, this syntax is
   still deprecated and may return to being illegal in a future version of GNU
   make.  Makefiles that rely on this syntax should be fixed.
   See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33034


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------





   The port consists of the usual three packages produced using djdev205
   that can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com and mirrors as (time tamp 2015-06-28):

     Make 4.1 binaries, info and man format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mak41br2.zip

     Make 4.1 dvi, html, pdf and ps format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mak41dr2.zip

     Make 4.1 source:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mak41sr2.zip


   Send GNU Make specific bug reports to <bug-make AT gnu DOT org>.
   Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to
   comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.


Enjoy.

         Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>