FWIW, check out the -hackers archives, there was someone from NetBSD working on new features from another pmake descendant. I think the link was this: http://www.quick.com.au/ftp/pub/sjg/help/bmake.html It would be great if we could all use the same, well behaved, make. cheers, Pedro. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message