From f39e48fa509d727a5c51db84234891369db9fdfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Stinner Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:29:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-23404: Document "make regen-all" in What's New in Python 3.6 --- Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index 60469cd1d36519..0f4d39d0ec7a37 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -1853,6 +1853,15 @@ Build and C API Changes * The :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSConverter` and :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder` functions will now accept :term:`path-like objects `. +.. versionchanged:: 3.6.2 + The UNIX build system using Makefile does not recompile generated files + based on file modification time anymore. The new ``make regen-all`` command + can be called explicitly to force a recompilation of all generated files. As + a consequence, by default, compililing Python doesn't need Python anymore. + The ``make touch`` command (to fix file modification time) was also removed + since it becomes useless. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in + :issue:`23404`.) + Other Improvements ==================