In message < 199711152052.VAA15223@saturn.s-direktnet.de >you write: > This patch should fix it. > > Sat Nov 15 21:49:04 1997 Manfred Hollstein <manfred@s-direktnet.de> > > * Makefile.in (compare, compare-lean): Define $stage for each > shell command. > (gnucompare, gnucompare-lean): Likewise. Thanks for tracking this down. I've installed the patch. jeff