commit 53b4a9e66800dde643d3ce7966c5193001e3f12e
Author: Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 20 12:49:01 2013 -0400

    * read.c (record_files): [SV 33034] Change fatal() to error()
    
    Allows deprecated syntax.  However we don't guarantee this syntax
    will continue to be legal in the future.
    Change suggested by David Boyce <david.s.boyce@gmail.com>

diff --git a/read.c b/read.c
index b3897b2..2966ebe 100644
--- a/read.c
+++ b/read.c
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ record_files (struct nameseq *filenames, const char *pattern,
       /* Reduce escaped percents.  If there are any unescaped it's an error  */
       name = filenames->name;
       if (find_percent_cached (&name))
-        fatal (flocp, _("mixed implicit and normal rules"));
+        error (flocp, _("*** mixed implicit and normal rules: deprecated syntax"));
     }
 }