[bug #61594] suggest new $(hash ...) function

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #61594 (project make): It's a bit confusing because the "good and useful points" were all made in responses to the mailing list, not posted to this Savannah issue. In any event, I don't see any point in using any sort of cryptographic hash, even one as widely available

[bug #48643] Irrelevant targets can confuse make on which pattern rule to select.

Follow-up Comment #26, bug #48643 (project make): The reason to include a flag for option #4 is that users may have newer versions of GNU make (installed on their distros) but not be able to modify all the makefiles they are using to address their problems (older software downloaded from

[bug #61623] Add a startup optimizaton hint to the manual.

URL: Summary: Add a startup optimizaton hint to the manual. Project: make Submitted by: dgoncharov Submitted on: Sun 05 Dec 2021 09:56:47 PM UTC Severity: 3 - Normal

[bug #61621] unshare -Upf no longer works on make unless --disable-posix-spawn is given

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #61621 (project make): After investigation is appears that the POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS flag is causing the problem. Applying this patch solved it for me: diff --git a/src/job.c b/src/job.c index 54fadf00..9d97fc44 100644 --- a/src/job.c +++ b/src/job.c @@ -2359,8 +2359,8

[bug #61623] Add a startup optimizaton hint to the manual.

Additional Item Attachment, bug #61623 (project make): File name: sv61623_doc.diff Size:1 KB ___ Reply to this item at:

Re: [PATCH] doc: note that $(wildcard) is implemented in terms of glob(3)

On Fri, 2021-12-03 at 22:10 +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > Would a patch that's updated to note that, and discusses the behavior > in older versions be acceptable for inclusion? I added a note about this to the docs. Thanks for pointing it out!

[bug #61594] suggest new $(hash ...) function

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #61594 (project make): To add my concern regarding integrating cryptographic hashes into GNU Make relate specifically to import restrictions of some of these hashes to a large number of countries. Searching on Cryptographic Import Restrictions will explain this. Having