The following reply was made to PR bin/30354; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>
To: "Greg A. Woods" <woods@weird.com>
Cc: gnats-admin@netbsd.org, gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/30354: NetBSD make is not POSIX-compliant.
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 17:55:34 -0400 (EDT)

 On Sat, 28 May 2005, Greg A. Woods wrote:
 
 > [ On Saturday, May 28, 2005 at 00:17:01 (+0000), Thomas Dickey wrote: ]
 >> Subject: Re: bin/30354: NetBSD make is not POSIX-compliant.
 >>
 >>  The description of "make" that I indicated does not mention any
 >>  restrictions.  Can you point to something online which modifies this?
 >
 > I'm still puzzled as to where you found any claims of POSIX compliance,
 > or even POSIX compatability, for NetBSD's "make" in the first place.
 > There (still) isn't even a "STANDARDS" section in the manual page.
 
 That was the only justification for the pointless remarks made by your
 associates earlier this week.
 
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