> > In a Makefile.in I have: > > > > %.1: ../pod/%.pod > > pod2man --center="SWISH-E Documentation" --lax --release='$(VERSION)' $< > $@ I'm sorry, I cut from the wrong makefile. I have this in a Makefile.am, not the above: $(srcdir)/swish-e.1 : $(top_srcdir)/pod/swish-e.pod -rm -f $@ -pod2man --center="SWISH-E Documentation" --lax --release='$(VERSION)' $< > $@ And on Solaris 2.6 $< is not getting set. So I'm just asking if $< is not portable (but it's ok to use $@)? Or am I using $< incorrectly? I guess the solution is to use $(top_srcdir)/pod/swish-e.pod in place of $<. Thanks, -- Bill Moseley moseley@xxxxxxxx