Advi fails the same way, because .depends is not updated properly, I guess: /usr/bin/make .depend make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/advi-1.5.2+cvs-2004.07.27' make[1]: `.depend' is up to date. How about trying what I proposed? : rm -f .depend make .depend Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant http://marant.org