typo in ChangeLog

2019-07-04 Thread Jonny Grant
Hi Paul Long time! Hope everyone is well on GNU Make team Just noticed this typo, could it be changed to BATCH_MODE_ONLY_SHELL please 2003-11-22 Paul D. Smith * README.W32.template (Outputs): Clarification on -j with BATCH_MODE_ONLY_SEHLL suggested by Jonathan R. Grant

Re: [PATCH] Handle path to shell containing space

2019-07-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 08:13 +, Niklas DAHLQUIST wrote: > Attached patch fixes escape of spaces in path when executing > statements in makefiles that require shell. This ensures that the > split between binary and arguments are valid. It would be very helpful if you could provide an example of

Feature request / patch: dependency-only prerequisites

2019-07-04 Thread Christof Warlich
Dear all, please bear with me if I'm doing something wrong here, this is the first time that I'm trying to contribute to GNU Make. The attached patch would add a minor (but imho useful) feature to GNU Make. Here is an extract of the (changed) documentation (changes are in red), giving a quite co