Fujishima Satsuki says: > make in 4-STABLE does not handle := as 5.x and 6.x do, when variable > is not defined. Domo arigato, Fujishima-san. I think this is it. The question is, what do we do about it? Other than me abandoning 4-STABLE, that is. That doesn't sound like a hot idea. Mike O'Brien