hi there, here is a little Makefile that makes make version 3.79.1 abort:
--- .FORCE: a: .FORCE @echo "foobar is $(foobar)" a: foobar+="foobar" --- it runs fine when I call 'make', but with 'make foobar="bla"' it aborts (with a meaningful error message). By the way, I sent in a bug report almost a year ago about errors when resolving target patterns in specific cases, but never got any feedback. Is make actually maintained these days ? Should I send the bugreport again ? Thanks a lot, Stefan _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make