- backout using features which are not available with the previous stable

version of make (3.71.1).

findutils/Makefile.in

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
 
-srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/findutils
-objdir=$(top_builddir)/findutils
+srcdir:=$(top_srcdir)/findutils
+objdir:=$(top_builddir)/findutils
 
 FINDUTILS-$(CONFIG_FIND)	+= find.o
 FINDUTILS-$(CONFIG_GREP)	+= grep.o
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ APPLET_SRC-a+=$(FINDUTILS_SRC-a)
 
 findutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(FINDUTILS-y))
 
+$(findutils_OBJ): $(objdir)/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
+$(objdir)/findutils.a: $(findutils_OBJ)
+libraries-y:=$(libraries-y) $(objdir)/findutils.a
+