Dear List Readers, I'd really appreciate it if anybody familiar with GNU make can have a quick look at the compile time messages below and let me know if they know what's gone wrong. Installation is being attempted on a DEC Alpha 200 running Digital UNIX v4.0f. The version of GNU make being used (as gnumake) is 3.78.1. The installation options were fairly standard and the configuration seemed to go smoothly enough...? Any and all advice on what might be done would be received gratefully! Kind Regards, Rod Things seemed to go well until here... gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/smgr' for i in buffer file ipc large_object lmgr page smgr; do gnumake -C $i buffer/SUBSYS.o; done gnumake[3]: Entering directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/buffer' gnumake[3]: *** No rule to make target `buffer/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/buffer' gnumake[3]: Entering directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/file' gnumake[3]: *** No rule to make target `buffer/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/file' gnumake[3]: Entering directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/ipc' gnumake[3]: *** No rule to make target `buffer/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/ipc' gnumake[3]: Entering directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/large_object' gnumake[3]: *** No rule to make target `buffer/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/large_object' gnumake[3]: Entering directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/lmgr' gnumake[3]: *** No rule to make target `buffer/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/lmgr' gnumake[3]: Entering directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/page' gnumake[3]: *** No rule to make target `buffer/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/page' gnumake[3]: Entering directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/smgr' gnumake[3]: *** No rule to make target `buffer/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. gnumake[3]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage/smgr' gnumake[2]: *** [buffer/SUBSYS.o] Error 2 gnumake[2]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/storage' gnumake[1]: *** [storage.dir] Error 2 gnumake[1]: Leaving directory `/disk3/users/postgres/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend' gnumake: *** [all] Error 2 _____________________________________________________________________ Roderick Brown Tele: (Int+ 61 3) 9344-9868 School of Earth Sciences Dept.: (Int+ 61 3) 9344-7675 The University of Melbourne Facsimile: (Int+ 61 3) 9344-7761 Parkville, 3052 Home Telephone: (Int+ 61 3) 9397-8848 Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ ************