- Update to 4.0
  * see details in NEWS and ChangeLog files 
  * Bugfixes, a complete list of bugs fixed in this version is
    available here
    http://sv.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?group=make&report_id=111&fix_release_id=101&set=custom
  * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility! backslash/newline handling
  * New feature: GNU Guile integration
  * New command line option: --output-sync (-O) enables grouping of
    output by target or by recursive make.
  * New command line option: --trace enables tracing of targets.
  * New command line option argument: --debug now accepts a "n"
    (none) flag which disables all debugging settings that are
    currently enabled.
  * New feature: The "job server" capability is now supported on
    Windows.
  * New feature: The .ONESHELL capability is now supported on
    Windows.
  * New feature: "!=" shell assignment operator as an alternative
    to the $(shell ...) function.  Implemented for compatibility
    with BSD makefiles.
  * New feature: "::=" simple assignment operator as defined by
    POSIX in 2012.
  * New feature: Loadable objects
  * New function: $(file ...) writes to a file.
  * New variable: $(GNUMAKEFLAGS) will be parsed for make flags,
    just like MAKEFLAGS is.  It can be set in the environment or
    the makefile, containing GNU make-specific flags to allow your
    makefile to be portable to other versions of make.
  * New variable: `MAKE_HOST' gives the name of the host
    architecture make was compiled for.

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