In message < 9709161740.AA27370@probelab.msrce.howard.edu >you write: > rm -fr libE77 > if true; then /usr/local/alpha-dec-osf2.0/bin/ranlib ../../libf2c.a; else > true; > fi > sh: /usr/local/alpha-dec-osf2.0/bin/ranlib: not found This sounds like an out-of-date config.status. jeff