is this feature broken or no feature at all?

[Verrol L. Adams]

hi, i have been using the following on HP-UX with their make and clearmake (part of  Clearcase) without problem:


MOD_CPP = \
	   ${MODULE_DIR}/u_socket.o
...
${MOD_CPP}: address@hidden
	@ echo "<<< Begin: Compiling $< >>>"
	@ rm -f $@
	@ rm -f ${@:.o=.s}
	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S ${INC_DIR} -o ${@:.o=.s} $<
	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c ${INC_DIR} -o $@ ${@:.o=.s}
	@ echo "<<< End: Compiling $? >>>"

the idea here is to have the target and rule look like:
u_socket.o: u_socket.cpp
....

Any reason why this doen't work on my Mandrake Linux 8.2 i686 (P4) with GNU Make version 3.79.1?

Thanks.
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