%% "Randall J . Million" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  rjm> I have been unable to assertain why GNU make cannot handle the
  rjm> following file, while the AIX default make handles it just
  rjm> fine.

  rjm> y.tab.o lex.yy.o: $(@:.o=.c)

This syntax isn't supported by GNU make (actually, this syntax isn't
supported by any make I'm aware of--I'll take your word for it that AIX
make groks it, but it's _extremely_ non-portable).

See the section "Incompatibilities and Missing Features" in the GNU make
manual.

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