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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:36:00 -0000
From: Nathanael Nerode <neroden@doctormoo.dyndns.org>
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Subject: autoconfiscation -- questions about make usage
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All right.  I'm doing a lot of makefile rewriting as part of my
autoconfiscation of the top level directory.  I need to know what GNU make
constructs I'm allowed to use.  Do I need to stick to
lowest-common-denominator make?

It would make things easier if I could define static pattern rules, but if
I can't I can find a way around it.

--Nathanael