[I wrote]
> I don't see why we use $* at all -- of the 150 or so instances, it
> looks like they *all* could be replaced with $< or $@.  The GNU make
> info page actually deprecates $* except for use with implicit rules.

Oh and hey, look at that.  Three of the usages are even buggy.

# see arch/ppc/boot/common/Makefile
# see arch/ppc/boot/mbx/Makefile
# see arch/ia64/boot/Makefile
.S.s:
        $(CPP) $(AFLAGS) -traditional -o $*.o $<


Peter

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