hello, world\n I'm looking at a printed copy of the GNU make manual, Version 3.79, dated April 2000. The HTML version http://www.gnu.org/manual/make-3.79.1/html_chapter/make_3.html#SEC15 reads the same. Specifically, the last paragraph of 3.3 Including other Makefiles reads: This is acts like ... I'm not a native speaker, but this sounds like either 'is' or 'acts' should be removed. Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped) _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make