> Make doesn't know about "!"?

This has already been fixed.

Try the latest beta:

    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.81beta4.tar.gz

> Sigh, must use sh -c '!....'

No.  Many special characters will cause make to invoke a shell.  For
example, double-quotes (").  Until you can get the fixed version you can
use something like this as a workaround:

    all: ; ! test -w "/"

to force make to run a shell.

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