Re: GNU Make 4.3.92 release candidate available
> From: Paul Smith > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 02:59:18 -0400 > > I expect this to be the final release candidate before GNU Make 4.4. > I will probably allow for testing for about a week. > > > GNU make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and > other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. > > You can learn more at: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/ > > > A new release candidate for GNU make 4.4 is available now for download: > > 724e9144fa841bb1315aee1f2fd8e1d2 make-4.3.92.tar.lz > 09a2bb194655c99cd9eff23a9128df7f make-4.3.92.tar.gz > > You can obtain a copy from: https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/make/ The MinGW port of this builds cleanly and passes the test suite (after my usual patching of it).
Re: GNU Make 4.3.92 release candidate available
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 08:42 +0200, Martin Reinders wrote: > but from what Paul said in https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug- > make/2019-05/msg00017.html > > > Argh, another glob.c issue. I really need to figure out how to > > update to a newer version, preferably without breaking Windows AND > > pulling in 75% of gnulib stuff in the process. > > I assume we still have to live with these warnings? Yes, I have no plans to try to resolve this before 4.4. I've been noodling it over in the back of my brain but so far no epiphanies. > Apart from that, there is only one compiler warning: > > src/getopt.c:685:6: warning: add explicit braces to avoid dangling > else [-Wdangling-else] > else > ^ > > A fix had been posted in > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem_id=58075. That > looks like a "small effort" change to me, perhaps it can be > incorporated into GNU Make 4.4? The thing is that getopt.c is also an external file, like glob.c. It's not developed by GNU make, it was pulled in from an external toolset (like gnulib--but a long time ago so it's not receiving updates). I prefer to not make changes to these types of files locally but instead find a way to import newer versions. In any event, the C code here is correct, regardless of the warning. Cheers!
Re: GNU Make 4.3.92 release candidate available
Am 24.10.22 um 08:59 schrieb Paul Smith: > I expect this to be the final release candidate before GNU Make 4.4. > I will probably allow for testing for about a week. (I had accidentally posted this yesterday as reply to an older thread, but it was meant as feedback to make-4.3.92.) On macOS, compiling "glob.c" gives these warnings: glob.c:823:27: warning: incompatible pointer types passing 'char **' to parameter of type 'char *'; dereference with * [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] = (char **) realloc (pglob->gl_pathv, ^~~ * glob.c:942:24: warning: incompatible pointer types passing 'char **' to parameter of type 'char *'; dereference with * [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] = (char **) realloc (pglob->gl_pathv, ^~~ * glob.c:997:39: warning: incompatible pointer types passing 'char **' to parameter of type 'char *'; dereference with * [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] new_pathv = (char **) realloc (pglob->gl_pathv, ^~~ * glob.c:1388:23: warning: incompatible pointer types passing 'char **' to parameter of type 'char *'; dereference with * [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] = (char **) realloc (pglob->gl_pathv, ^~~ * but from what Paul said in https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2019-05/msg00017.html > Argh, another glob.c issue. I really need to figure out how to update > to a newer version, preferably without breaking Windows AND pulling in > 75% of gnulib stuff in the process. I assume we still have to live with these warnings? Apart from that, there is only one compiler warning: src/getopt.c:685:6: warning: add explicit braces to avoid dangling else [-Wdangling-else] else ^ A fix had been posted in https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem_id=58075. That looks like a "small effort" change to me, perhaps it can be incorporated into GNU Make 4.4? Regards, Martin
Re: GNU Make 4.3.92 release candidate available
> On 24 Oct 2022, at 14:17, Frank Heckenbach wrote: > > Paul Smith wrote: > >> I expect this to be the final release candidate before GNU Make 4.4. >> I will probably allow for testing for about a week. > All problems I reported appear fixed, thanks. > Indeed, me too. I'd forgotten I was even using it :) signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP
Re: GNU Make 4.3.92 release candidate available
On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 15:17 +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote: > Paul Smith wrote: > > I expect this to be the final release candidate before GNU Make > > 4.4. I will probably allow for testing for about a week. > > All problems I reported appear fixed, thanks. Nice, thanks for checking! And big thanks to Dmitry for finding (and patching) most of those issues.
Re: GNU Make 4.3.92 release candidate available
Paul Smith wrote: > I expect this to be the final release candidate before GNU Make 4.4. > I will probably allow for testing for about a week. All problems I reported appear fixed, thanks.
GNU Make 4.3.92 release candidate available
I expect this to be the final release candidate before GNU Make 4.4. I will probably allow for testing for about a week. GNU make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. You can learn more at: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/ A new release candidate for GNU make 4.4 is available now for download: 724e9144fa841bb1315aee1f2fd8e1d2 make-4.3.92.tar.lz 09a2bb194655c99cd9eff23a9128df7f make-4.3.92.tar.gz You can obtain a copy from: https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/make/ - NEWS Version 4.3.92 (24 Oct 2022) A complete list of bugs fixed in this version is available here: https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make_id=111_release_id=109=custom * WARNING: Deprecation! The following systems are deprecated in this release: - OS/2 (EMX) - AmigaOS - Xenix - Cray 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 . * 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 shows 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 contents during the build, or uses restrictive permissions, this may cause problems. You can choose an alternative temporary directory only for use by GNU Make by setting the new MAKE_TMPDIR environment variable before invoking make. Note that this value CANNOT be set inside the makefile, since make needs to find its temporary directory before the makefiles are parsed. * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! 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 command line it would take precedence over any --print-directory. Now, the last setting of directory printing options seen will be used, so a command line such as "--no-print-directory -w" _will_ show directory entry/exits. * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! Previously the order in which makefiles were remade was not explicitly stated, but it was (roughly) the inverse of the order in which they were processed by make. In this release, the order in which makefiles are rebuilt is the same order in which make processed them, and this is defined to be true in the GNU Make manual. * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! Previously only simple (one-letter) options were added to the MAKEFLAGS variable that was visible while parsing makefiles. Now, all options are available in MAKEFLAGS. If you want to check MAKEFLAGS for a one-letter option, expanding "$(firstword -$(MAKEFLAGS))" is a reliable way to return the set of one-letter options which can be examined via findstring, etc. * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! Previously makefile variables marked as export were not exported to commands started by the $(shell ...) function. Now, all exported variables are exported to $(shell ...). If this leads to recursion during expansion, then for backward-compatibility the value from the original environment is used. To detect this change search for 'shell-export' in the .FEATURES variable. * WARNING: New build requirement GNU Make utilizes facilities from GNU Gnulib: Gnulib requires certain C99 features in the C compiler and so these features are required by GNU Make: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/C99-features-assumed.html The configure script should verify the compiler has these features. * New feature: The .WAIT special target If the .WAIT target appears between two prerequisites of a target, then GNU Make will wait for all of the targets to the left of .WAIT in
