Hi, [Please retain the CC tp [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that the Debian Bug Tracking system can record your input] This is a curious case. make 3.79.1 fails thusly: ====================================================================== __> cat Makefile foo=bar baz: echo $(foo:%-2,%-area) bah=$^ __> make Segmentation fault __> ====================================================================== Removing either term of the echo fails to tickle the seg fault, or changing the , to a =. manoj -- Nobody said computers were going to be polite. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make