make-4.4.1

[Bruce Dubbs]

New point version.

[Xi Ruoyao]

The sed (for SIGPIPE) is no longer needed.

[Xi Ruoyao]

Version 4.4.1 (26 Feb 2023)

This release is primarily a bug-fix release. A complete list of bugs fixed in this version is available here:

​https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=110&set=custom

• WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! In previous releases it was not well-defined when updates to MAKEFLAGS made inside a makefile would be visible. This release ensures they are visible immediately, even when invoking $(shell ...) functions. Also, command line variable assignments are now always present in MAKEFLAGS, even when parsing makefiles. Implementation provided by Dmitry Goncharov <dgoncharov@…>

• New feature: Parallel builds of archives. Previously it was not possible to use parallel builds with archives. It is still not possible using the built-in rules, however you can now override the built-in rules with a slightly different set of rules and use parallel builds with archive creation. See the "Dangers When Using Archives" section of the GNU Make manual, and ​https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?14927

• Previously target-specific variables would inherit their "export" capability from parent target-specific variables even if they were marked private. Now private parent target-specific variables have no affect. For more details see ​https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?61463

• Disable FIFO jobserver on GNU/Hurd and Cygwin. Experimentation shows that the new FIFO-based jobserver doesn't work well on GNU/Hurd or Cygwin: revert these systems to use the pipe-based jobserver.

• Updates to allow building on OS/2. Provided by KO Myung-Hun <komh78@…>

• New platform: GNU Make is supported on z/OS. Thanks to Igor Todorovski <itodorov@…> for the patches and testing assistance.

[Xi Ruoyao]

Two tests fail running with root. We can use the chown tester -R . and su tester -c 'make check' trick. Or do you think we should report the issue to upstream?

[Xi Ruoyao]

Replying to Xi Ruoyao:

Two tests fail running as root. We can use the chown tester -R . and su tester -c 'make check' trick. Or do you think we should report the issue to upstream?

Created ​https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63852.

[Xi Ruoyao]

Done at r11.3-6-g770e78952.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Milestone renamed