1 Announcement
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The GNUstep Makefile Package version 2.4.0 is now available.

1.1 What is the GNUstep makefile package?
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The makefile package is a simple, powerful and extensible way to write
makefiles for a GNUstep-based project.  It allows the user to write a
project without having to deal with the complex issues associated with
configuration, building, installation, and packaging.  It also allows
the user to easily create cross-compiled binaries.

1.2 Changes in version `2.4.0'
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   * Add -enable-objc-nonfragile-abi flag

   * New serial-subdirectories.make and parallel-subdirectories.make.

   * Support for parallel building of subdirectories.

   * Support for parallel building of different instances.

   * Support source files in subdirectories without using a subproject.

   * Support header files in sub-subdirectories.

   * Batch-compile Java files (much faster).

   * Changed default compilation flags to -O2 -g.

   * Fixes for building documentation.

   * Renamed info files to prevent conflicts.

   * Updated cygwin support.

1.3 Changes in version `2.2.0'
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   * New -with-objc-lib-flag for specifying libobjc.

   * Automatically uses -lobjc_gc with configured with garbage
     collection

   * Parallel building supported using e.g. make -j 2

   * Use install -p if available.

   * make uninstall works better now.

1.4 Obtaining gnustep-make
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You can get the gstep-make-2.4.0.tar.gz distribution file at
`ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core'

   Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page
`http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep' or send bug reports to
<bug-gnustep@gnu.org>.