1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index cc5e7ca92..df810677f 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ struct name {
 #define N_SPECIAL       0x80    // Special target
 #define N_MARK          0x100   // Mark for deduplication
 #define N_PHONY         0x200   // Name is a phony target
+#define N_INFERENCE     0x400   // Inference rule
 
 // List of rules to build a target
 struct rule {
@@ -736,7 +737,10 @@ addrule(struct name *np, struct depend *dp, struct cmd *cp, int flag)
 
         if (cp && !(np->n_flag & N_DOUBLE) && getcmd(np)) {
                 // Handle the inference rule redefinition case
-                if ((np->n_flag & N_SPECIAL) && !dp) {
+                // .DEFAULT rule can also be redefined (as an extension).
+                if ((np->n_flag & N_INFERENCE)
+                                && !(posix && (np->n_flag & N_SPECIAL))
+                ) {
                         freerules(np->n_rule);
                         np->n_rule = NULL;
                 } else {
@@ -2343,12 +2347,19 @@ input(FILE *fd, int ilevel)
 
                                 np = newname(files[i]);
                                 if (ttype != T_NORMAL) {
-                                        if (ttype == T_INFERENCE && posix) {
-                                                if (semicolon_cmd)
-                                                        error_in_inference_rule("'; command'");
-                                                seen_inference = TRUE;
+                                        if (ttype == T_INFERENCE) {
+                                                if (posix) {
+                                                        if (semicolon_cmd)
+                                                                error_in_inference_rule("'; command'");
+                                                        seen_inference = TRUE;
+                                                }
+                                                np->n_flag |= N_INFERENCE;
+                                        } else if (strcmp(p, ".DEFAULT") == 0) {
+                                                // .DEFAULT rule is a special case
+                                                np->n_flag |= N_SPECIAL | N_INFERENCE;
+                                        } else {
+                                                np->n_flag |= N_SPECIAL;
                                         }
-                                        np->n_flag |= N_SPECIAL;
                                 } else if (!firstname) {
                                         firstname = np;
                                 }
@@ -2358,7 +2369,7 @@ input(FILE *fd, int ilevel)
                         if (files != &p)
                                 globfree(&gd);
                 }
-                if (seen_inference && count != 1)
+                if (posix && seen_inference && count != 1)
                         error_in_inference_rule("multiple targets");
 
                 // Prerequisites and commands will be unused if there were