Re: for sub in $(SUBMAKES); but $(SUBMAKES) is empty

[Noel Yap]

Paul D. Smith wrote:

> %% Boris Kolpackov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   bk> I just checked SUS v3 and it says it's legal.
>
> You're right; they must have changed that since the first POSIX spec.
>
> That's good... but nevertheless that syntax is not portable :).

Isn't this similar to one of your rules on how to write portable makefiles?  
Don't, instead install a portable make (ie GNU make)

Applied to this situation, install a portable shell :-)