diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 75f37c91..9dbdb6b8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+1999-12-15  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
+
+	* variable.c (print_variable): Print the variable with += if the
+	append flag is set.
+
+	* implicit.c (pattern_search): Remove the extra check of the
+	implicit flag added on 8/24/1998.  This causes problems and the
+	reason for the change was better resolved by the change made to
+	check_deps() on 8/26/1998.  This fixes PR/1423.
+
 1999-12-08  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
 	* dir.c (dir_setup_glob): On 64 bit ReliantUNIX (5.44 and above)
 	in LFS mode, stat() is actually a macro for stat64().  Assignment
-	doesn't work in that case.  So, stat is a macro, make a local
+	doesn't work in that case.  So, if stat() is a macro, make a local
 	wrapper function to invoke it.
 	(local_stat): Wrapper function, if needed.
 	Reported by Andrej Borsenkow <Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru>.
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 55ca7ee3..1ce4b89d 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ print_file (f)
       file_timestamp_sprintf (buf, f->last_mtime);
       printf (_("#  Last modified %s\n"), buf);
     }
-  printf (_("#  File has%s been updated.\n"),
-	  f->updated ? "" : _(" not"));
+  puts (f->updated
+        ? _("#  File has been updated.") : _("#  File has not been updated."));
   switch (f->command_state)
     {
     case cs_running:
diff --git a/implicit.c b/implicit.c
index 88bce9e4..4156402a 100644
--- a/implicit.c
+++ b/implicit.c
@@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ pattern_search (file, archive, depth, recursions)
 	  deps_found = 0;
 	  for (dep = rule->deps; dep != 0; dep = dep->next)
 	    {
-              struct file *fp;
-
 	      /* If the dependency name has a %, substitute the stem.  */
 	      p = strchr (dep_name (dep), '%');
 	      if (p != 0)
@@ -395,12 +393,9 @@ pattern_search (file, archive, depth, recursions)
 		 dependency file we are actually looking for is in a different
 		 directory (the one gotten by prepending FILENAME's directory),
 		 so it might actually exist.  */
-              /* If we find a file but the intermediate flag is set, then it
-                 was put here by a .INTERMEDIATE: rule so ignore it.  */
 
 	      if ((!dep->changed || check_lastslash)
-		  && (((fp = lookup_file (p)) != 0 && !fp->intermediate)
-                      || file_exists_p (p)))
+		  && (lookup_file (p) != 0 || file_exists_p (p)))
 		{
 		  found_files[deps_found++] = xstrdup (p);
 		  continue;
diff --git a/remake.c b/remake.c
index af559ac5..182cc8ca 100644
--- a/remake.c
+++ b/remake.c
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ update_file (file, depth)
       return 0;
     }
 
-  /* This loop runs until we start a double colon rule, or until the
-     chain is exhausted. */
+  /* This loop runs until we start commands for a double colon rule, or until
+     the chain is exhausted. */
   for (; f != 0; f = f->prev)
     {
       f->considered = considered;
diff --git a/tests/ChangeLog b/tests/ChangeLog
index 26707d4b..5a6ba718 100644
--- a/tests/ChangeLog
+++ b/tests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1999-12-15  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
+
+	* scripts/targets/INTERMEDIATE: Add a test for PR/1423: make sure
+	.INTERMEDIATE settings on files don't disable them as implicit
+	intermediate possibilities.
+
 1999-12-01  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
 	* scripts/features/double_colon: Add a test for PR/1476: Try
diff --git a/tests/scripts/targets/INTERMEDIATE b/tests/scripts/targets/INTERMEDIATE
index 3ea64212..a1df8bf7 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/targets/INTERMEDIATE
+++ b/tests/scripts/targets/INTERMEDIATE
@@ -82,5 +82,26 @@ $answer = "cp foo.f foo.e\ncp bar.f bar.e\ncat foo.e bar.e > foo.c\nrm foo.e bar
 
 unlink('foo.f', 'foo.e', 'foo.d', 'foo.c', 'bar.f', 'bar.e', 'bar.d', 'bar.c');
 
+# TEST #6 -- added for PR/1423
+
+$makefile2 = &get_tmpfile;
+
+open(MAKEFILE, "> $makefile2");
+
+print MAKEFILE <<'EOF';
+all: foo
+foo.a: ; touch $@
+%: %.a ; touch $@
+.INTERMEDIATE: foo.a
+EOF
+
+close(MAKEFILE);
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile2, "-R", &get_logfile);
+$answer = "touch foo.a\ntouch foo\nrm foo.a\n";
+&compare_output($answer, &get_logfile(1));
+
+unlink('foo');
+
 # This tells the test driver that the perl test script executed properly.
 1;
diff --git a/variable.c b/variable.c
index 2d73b080..8058a748 100644
--- a/variable.c
+++ b/variable.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ print_variable (v, prefix)
     {
       register char *p;
 
-      printf ("%s %s= ", v->name, v->recursive ? "" : ":");
+      printf ("%s %s= ", v->name, v->recursive ? v->append ? "+" : "" : ":");
 
       /* Check if the value is just whitespace.  */
       p = next_token (v->value);