Re: make 3.79 Vs 3.8

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Pawan Nrisimha" <address@hidden> writes:

  pn> We're currently using the 3.79 version of GNUmake. If we now
  pn> upgrade to the 3.8 version,

There is no such thing as GNU make 3.8.  You  mean GNU make 3.80.

  pn> will this be backward compatible with thr makefiles we already
  pn> have.

There is a NEWS file shipped with GNU make that gives all the
user-visible changes between versions.  In general no, there are no
backward incompatibilities.

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Paul D. Smith <address@hidden>          Find some GNU make tips at:
 http://www.gnu.org                      http://make.paulandlesley.org
 "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist