i types gmake -f mozilla/client.mk build and i get: ranlib libjsj.a rm -f libjsj.so gcc -shared -Wl,-h -Wl,libjsj.so -o libjsj.so ./jsj.o ./jsj_JSObject.o ./jsj_JavaArray.o ./jsj_JavaClass.o ./jsj_JavaMember.o ./jsj_JavaObject.o ./jsj_JavaPackage.o ./jsj_array.o ./jsj_class.o ./jsj_convert.o ./jsj_field.o ./jsj_hash.o ./jsj_method.o ./jsj_utils.o ./nsCLiveconnect.o ./nsCLiveconnectFactory.o chmod +x libjsj.so ../../../config/./nsinstall -R -m 444 ./libjsj.a ../../../dist/./lib ../../../config/./nsinstall -R -m 555 ./libjsj.so ../../../dist/./lib ../../../config/./nsinstall -R -m 555 ./libjsj.so ../../../dist/./bin gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/liveconnect' cd fdlibm; gmake libs gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: 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`/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: 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`/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Entering directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/mozilla/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/js/src/fdlibm' ** Build environment ** SunOS whatever 5.7 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1 egcs-2.91.60 GNU Make version 3.74, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.

I don't know for certain, but I think this might be a bug resulting from a combination of the way the Makefile is written, and the new default dependency system. What happens if you try 'configure --enable-md=no' and then rebuild?

Built with the following .mozconfig file It has seemed to work: ### mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-@CONFIG_GUESS@ # Options for 'configure' (same as command-line options). ac_add_options --enable-editor ac_add_options --enable-new-clipboard ac_add_options --enable-mailnews ac_add_options --enable-oji ac_add_options --disable-asserts ac_add_options --with-nspr=/export/home/vdemarco/netscape_src/obj-sparc-sun-solaris2.7/nspr ac_add_options --enable-debug ac_add_options --enable-md=no I basically added the last line (ac_add_options --enable-md=no)as per briano@netscape.com The makefiles with the make dependencies automatically generated need to be fixed. This is an okay work around.

What version of gmake do you have? Someone else reported that this problem went away when they upgraded gmake.

I have version 3.74 Should i upgrade

We haven't tracked this one down yet, but it does work with gmake 3.76.1. That's the version most people seem to use. Do not upgrade to 3.77. That has a bug that causes the same problem.

This appears to be a bug in some versions of gmake having to do with the wildcard function. I'm experimenting with different versions to see if I can come up with a simple test that I can add to configure.

*** Bug 4838 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

There is now a check for GNU make 3.77 in configure. It will warn the user that 3.77 has problems and tell them what they can do about it. The problem _may_ exist in 3.74 as well, but I have not verified that. Ideally, I want to create an actual test of the wildcard function for configure to run on any version of gmake it finds, but that will take time. The main problem is that we still don't know exactly what types/styles of wildcard usage causes the problem, and we need to know that before a small test case can be developed. I am marking this fixed, but I will continue to experiment when I have spare time.