> Could you test using .PHONY: install-headers instead? > That target *is* phony, so telling make that seems sensible.
I’ve tried adding it to the existing .PHONY list: Index: libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in =================================================================== --- libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in (revision 253855) +++ libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in (working copy) @@ -1449,6 +1449,7 @@ uninstall-am: distclean-libtool dvi dvi-am html html-am info info-am install \ install-am install-data install-data-am install-data-local \ install-dvi install-dvi-am install-exec install-exec-am \ + install-freestanding-headers install-headers \ install-html install-html-am install-info install-info-am \ install-man install-pdf install-pdf-am install-ps \ install-ps-am install-strip installcheck installcheck-am \ But that doesn’t work: In file included from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/ibin/x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0/i386/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/exception_ptr.h:39:0, from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/trunk/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/exception:143, from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/ibin/x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0/i386/libstdc++-v3/include/ios:39, from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/ibin/x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0/i386/libstdc++-v3/include/istream:38, from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/ibin/x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0/i386/libstdc++-v3/include/sstream:38, from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/ibin/x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0/i386/libstdc++-v3/include/complex:45, from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/ibin/x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0/i386/libstdc++-v3/include/ccomplex:39, from /Users/fx/devel/gcc/trunk/libstdc++-v3/include/precompiled/stdc++.h:52: /Users/fx/devel/gcc/trunk/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/typeinfo:36:10: fatal error: bits/hash_bytes.h: No such file or directory #include <bits/hash_bytes.h> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~