Changeset 153 in kBuild for branches/GNU/src/gmake/NEWS

Timestamp:

Sep 8, 2004 2:43:30 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

bird

Message:

GNU Make 3.81beta1.

File:

• branches/GNU/src/gmake/NEWS (modified) (3 diffs)

branches/GNU/src/gmake/NEWS

@@ -1 +1 @@
 GNU make NEWS                                               -*-indented-text-*-
   History of user-visible changes.
-  17 April 2003
-
-Copyright (C) 2002,2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+  06 March 2004
+
+Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
@@ -10 +10 @@
 
 Please send GNU make bug reports to <[email protected]>.
-See the README file and the GNU make manual for details on sending bug
-reports.
-
-
-Version 3.81rc1
+See the README file and the GNU make manual for details on reporting bugs.
+
+
+Version 3.81beta1
 
 * GNU make is ported to OS/2.
@@ -28 +27 @@
   call are now masked in the context of the inner call.
 
+* Implemented a solution for the "thundering herd" problem with "-j -l".
+  This version of GNU make uses an algorithm suggested by Thomas Riedl
+  <[email protected]> to track the number of jobs started in the
+  last second and adjust GNU make's view of the system's load average
+  accordingly.
+
 * Enhancements for POSIX compatibility:
    - Only touch targets (under -t) if they have at least one command.
 
-* Updated to autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7.6, and gettext 0.12.1.  Users
+* Updated to autoconf 2.59, automake 1.8.2, and gettext 0.14.1.  Users
   should not be impacted.