On Wednesday 04/16/08 @ 10:06 am MDT, I received this from Andrew 
Sullivan <ajs at crankycanuck.ca>:
> (IIRC, you're definitely
> using gmake, and not something pretending to be GNU make,
> right?  That's important.)

$ /bin/gmake -v
GNU Make 3.80
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR 
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.