> >.o: > > $(CC) -o $@ $< -lm > > This didn't work for me... we're talking 2.9BSD, right? Sorry if it didn't work; this is the built-in rule in my copy of "make". This really should work, but "make" has always had lots of bugs... I don't have a 2.9BSD and it sounds very much as though I don't want one.