--- a/octMakefile.in	Fri Mar 03 20:25:25 1995 +0000
+++ b/octMakefile.in	Fri Mar 10 16:35:47 1995 +0000
@@ -88,41 +88,19 @@
 	cd doc ; $(MAKE) ../BUGS
 .PHONY: BUGS.info
 
-install:
+install::
 	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DIRS_TO_MAKE)
 	$(INSTALL) octave-bug $(bindir)/octave-bug
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
-.PHONY: install
 
-uninstall:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
-.PHONY: uninstall
-
-tags:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
-.PHONY: tags
-
-TAGS:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
-.PHONY: TAGS
+install uninstall tags TAGS clean mostlyclean distclean realclean::
+	$(SUBDIR_FOR_COMMAND)
+.PHONY: install uninstall tags clean mostlyclean distclean realclean
 
-clean:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
-.PHONY: clean
-
-mostlyclean:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
-.PHONY: mostlyclean
+distclean::
+	rm -f Makefile config.cache config.log config.status
 
-distclean: clean
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
-	rm -f Makefile config.cache config.log config.status
-.PHONY: distclean
-
-realclean:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+realclean::
 	rm -f Makefile config.status
-.PHONY: realclean
 
 # Now that things are under RCS control, we need to do the recursive
 # chmod so that the distributed files end up with reasonable modes.