Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de> typed:
:It seems our make doesn't support $< as synonym for ${.ALLSRC}. 
:There is a number of (free) software out there that utilizes this feature,
:which is provided by GNU make. Having this also in our make(1) would help
:a bit. Thanks!

Huh?  Sure it supports $< but it's not a synonym for ${.ALLSRC} and it's
not supposed to be.  RTFM make(1):

    Local variables
    [....]
	.ALLSRC   The list of all sources for this target; also known as
	          `>'.
    [....]
	.IMPSRC   The name/path of the source from which the target is to
	          be transformed (the ``implied'' source); also known as 
		  `<'.

Can you give an example of it failing to work?
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