Formerly ../Rules.~18~

diff --git a/Rules b/Rules
index 6574639..bac7c29 100644 (file)
--- a/Rules
+++ b/Rules
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ include ../Makeconfig
 ifndef subdir
 Each subdirectory makefile must define the `subdir' variable.
 endif
+ifdef have_export_directive    # kludge for GNU make before 3.63
 export subdir
+endif
 \f
 # This is the default target; it makes the library.
 .PHONY: all
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ $(objpfx)%.out: $(objpfx)%
        $(dir $<)$(notdir $<) > $@
 endif  # tests
 
+ifdef have_export_directive    # kludge for GNU make before 3.63
 export others tests
+endif
 \f
 # This removes everything that can be regenerated
 # except for the object files and the object-file library members.
@@ -104,7 +108,9 @@ subdir_install: install
 subdir_TAGS: TAGS
 
 # Make the distribution tarfile for the parent makefile.
+ifdef have_export_directive    # kludge for GNU make before 3.63
 export distribute dont_distribute
+endif
 .PHONY: subdir_dist dist
 subdir_dist: dist
 dist: ../Make-dist