Index: commands.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/make/make/commands.c,v
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -r1.55 commands.c
--- commands.c	24 Feb 2004 13:50:20 -0000	1.55
+++ commands.c	19 Apr 2004 20:55:21 -0000
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 set_file_variables (struct file *file)
 {
   char *at, *percent, *star, *less;
+  struct dep *d;
 
 #ifndef	NO_ARCHIVES
   /* If the target is an archive member `lib(member)',
@@ -105,8 +106,17 @@
     }
   star = file->stem;
 
-  /* $< is the first dependency.  */
-  less = file->deps != 0 ? dep_name (file->deps) : "";
+  /* $< is the first not order-only dependency.  */
+  less = "";
+
+  for (d = file->deps; d != 0; d = d->next)
+    if (!d->ignore_mtime)
+      {
+        less = dep_name (d);
+        break;
+      }
+
+
 
   if (file->cmds == default_file->cmds)
     /* This file got its commands from .DEFAULT.
@@ -134,7 +144,6 @@
     char *caret_value;
     char *qp;
     char *bp;
-    struct dep *d;
     unsigned int len;
 
     /* Compute first the value for $+, which is supposed to contain