The generation of the .dep/*.P files is incorrect on my Red Hat 7.1beta (with imfamous gcc 2.96). When I configure in build directory outside of source directory, I get a first line like ../../hippodraw/src/AxisModelBase.lo ../../hippodraw/src/AxisModelBase.o ; (i.e. pointing to the source directory tree) where I should get AxisModelBase.lo AxisModelBase.o ; The version of automake is 1.4 on the RH 7.1 system, while version 1.4a on my RH 6.x systems. Is this a problem with gcc 2.96? automake 1.4 (without `a')?