Thanks, Ralf! I also am seeing a problem with /usr/ccs/bin/make on solaris. I do suspect a VPATH thing at the moment.
It is very strange to me that it only happens in some directories and not in others. I'm digging... H -- > Hello Harlan, > > * Harlan Stenn wrote on Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 03:07:52AM CEST: > > > > I run 'gmake' and everything builds. > > > > I run 'gmake' again and the beast completes without building anything > > (no surprise). > > > > I run 'make' and things get built. > > Yes, this rings two bells, a general and a more specific one: > http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Portable-Make.html > http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Make-Target-Lookup.html > > I'd first try doing a non-VPATH build and see whether that works. > > Cheers, > Ralf