In case you haven't run into it, a make file like so: x\ y: z causes make 3.78.1 to fail with make: read.c:892: read_makefile: Assertion '*p2 != '\0'' failed. (and core dump.) -- p e t e r m i l l e r * f u c h s i a . g r o a n @ v i r g i n . n e t ----------------------------------------------------------------------------