Re: is this a make bug?

[Simon Gerraty <sjg%juniper.net@localhost>]

>   ------
>FOO=foo
>BAR=$(FOO::=bar:S/zop/flop/)

My first reaction was "bug", but looking closer...
IIRC the above is equivalent to

FOO := bar:S/zop/flop/

for which the output you got would be correct.

>   bar:S/zop/flop/