NEWS
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The currently released version is GNUSTEP-MAKE-VERSION.

Changes in version 1.3.0
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The package has gone through an extensive reorganization to break up each sub-make into two separate components. This allows for much simplified code and lots of code sharing between components. As a side effect, it also increased the speed of the code by at least a factor of 2.

  * Force shared=yes for cygwin and mingw

  * Bundles copy resources from subprojects.

  * Better resource management. Resources handled accross all project types.

  * Simplified and fixed user root location between make and base libraries.

  * Changed Apps directory to Applications

  * Fixes for MacOSX, MingW

Changes in version 1.2.1
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  * the source distribution code has been rewritten to be more general and extended.  Packages built using gnustep-make now automatically have handy targets building tarballs from sources or from CVS imports.

  * implemented support for auto-dependencies, which means that any object file automatically depends on all the header files which were used to build it.  Only works with newer compilers.

  * implemented INSTALL_AS_USER and INSTALL_AS_GROUP.

  * implemented a strip=yes option.

  * various bug fixes and minor improvements.

Changes in version 1.2.0
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  * The core rules and internals of gnustep-make have been fundamentally redesigned and rewritten.  notably, gnustep-make now works using only a single recursive sub-make invocation rather than two, which makes it consistently faster and simpler in all circumstances.

  * The clean rules have been heavily optimized - they no longer use recursive sub-make invocations at all and so they are really fast.

  * Many improvements to java support. Optimized management of nested classes

  * Better conformance to make conventions.

  * File specific compilation flags

  * Fixed darwin support

  * Support for C++ files.

  * Made use of library installation dir consistent with other installation.

  * Much improved Windows path support

Changes in version 1.0.1
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  * Support for Java tools.

  * Build GUI backend as a bundle (default).

  * Remove backend part of LIBRARY_COMBO.

  * Fixes to run on FreeBSD, Solaris.

Changes in version 1.0.0
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  * Optimizations that in many cases more than double the speed.

  * Added preliminary darwin support.

  * rpm packeing improvements.

  * Better checking for mingw and cygwin

Changes in version 0.9.2
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  * HOWTO and faq files moved from core package to here

  * Configurable GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT and GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT

Changes in version 0.9.1
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Make has been reoganized so that it only relies on libraries and other things that are necessary for the Makefile package itself. Any libraries wanting to add extra package information can do so by installing a make stub in the Additional directory. This greatly simplifies compilation and packaging.

  * Javadoc support added.

  * debian directory added for dpkg

  * RPM support rewritten from scratch.

Changes in version 0.9.0
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ffcall library is highly recommended for use with the GNUstep base library. You need to have installed it prior to configuring the Makefile package. See the INSTALL file.

  * Support for automatically generating RPM spec files.

  * Build suitable files for MacOS bundles

  * Add option for flattened directory structure.

  * LaText documentation support.

  * Added support for Frameworks

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.6
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The GNUstep system libraries are now installed in a separate system root directory (default /usr/GNUstep/System) rather than the GNUstep root directory (default /usr/GNUstep). You can revert to the old behavior using a configure option --without-system-root. We also recommend removing any previous GNUstep versions before installing the new one in order to avoid problems with the system finding the correct binary and/or library.

  * Support for Windows compilation (cygwin and mingw) and DLL creation and usage.

  * Java support rewritten and extended.