* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make) <$<>: New.

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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-09-18  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make) <$<>: New.
+
 2001-09-18  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <find>: More about

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@@ -9112,6 +9112,12 @@ being listed here.  First of all, remember that since commands are
 executed by the shell, all its weaknesses are inherited@dots{}
 
 @table @asis
+@item @code{$<}
+@sc{posix} says that the @samp{$<} construct in makefiles can be used
+only in inference rules and in the @samp{.DEFAULT} rule; its meaning in
+ordinary rules is unspecified.  Solaris 8's @command{make} for instance
+will replace it with the argument.
+
 @item Leading underscore in macro names
 Some Make don't support leading underscores in macro names, such as on
 NEWS-OS 4.2R.