odd things defined in Sun make 4.0

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From: Marcus J. Ranum
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1989 10:44

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Is it normal for all makes to have a target coded into them for
'markfile.o', depending on 'markfile' and grabbing the sccsid from it ? 

I did a "make -p" the other day, and noticed this little hack, just
waiting to bite someone.

--mjr();

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Subject: odd things defined in Sun make 4.0
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