I just checked out a completely pristing package tree and did "make" in the top-level: [ -d xemacs-packages ] && make -C xemacs-packages autoloads make[1]: Entering directory `/afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/pu/src/build/xemacs-package-source/xemacs-packages' ../iterate.rules:75: xemacs-base/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: fsf-compat/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: mail-lib/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: apel/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: cc-mode/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: debug/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: dired/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: ecrypto/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: edit-utils/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: elib/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: eterm/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: ispell/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: os-utils/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: sh-script/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: texinfo/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: text-modes/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: xlib/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: edebug/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: efs/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: eieio/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: net-utils/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: xemacs-devel/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: Sun/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: ada/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: auctex/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: bbdb/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: build/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: c-support/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: calc/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: calendar/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: clearcase/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: cookie/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: crisp/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: dictionary/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory ../iterate.rules:75: docbookide/pdepends.mk: No such file or directory make -w -C docbookide TARGET_BASE=./ \ pdepends.mk make: getcwd: : No such file or directory make[2]: Entering an unknown directory make[2]: getcwd: : No such file or directory cd: can't cd to .. cd: can't cd to .. pwd: .: No such file or directory rm -f pdepends.mk Creating pdepends.mk make[2]: Leaving an unknown directory make -w -C dictionary TARGET_BASE=./ \ pdepends.mk make: getcwd: : No such file or directory make[2]: Entering an unknown directory make[2]: getcwd: : No such file or directory ... and so on, you get the picture. I'm afraid I'm getting lost in a twisty maze of GNU make features and make included stuff. Can somebody help? -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla