Hello, I believe that I am seeing a problem with the SGI compilers or archive tool but I doubt that I will receive a response from my note to SGI support on this issue. I want to use Gnu make because of its ability to interpret constructs such as: moc_%.C: %.h $(MOC) $? -o $@ that SGI's make cannot handle. However, I am getting clock skews as I try to check and add objects to archives. It only occurs when I check for an object that does not exist in the archives. As I started to type this I realized that I am using SGI's ar command and not Gnu's. I'll also try it. To reproduce the problem, do the following: Create two empty files say "spam.C" and "test.C". Run "make test" with the following make file. On Linux you will need to change "CC" to "gcc" and the "CC -ar -o $@ $*.o" to "ar -r $@ $*.o". #=================================================== LIBRULES = libtest.a(spam.o) libtest.a(blat.o) LIBNAME = libtest.a test: $(MAKE) $(LIBNAME) "LIBNAME=$(LIBNAME)" $(LIBNAME): $(LIBRULES) @echo "$(LIBRULES)" @echo $(LIBNAME) is up-to-date. .C.a: CC -c $< CC -ar -o $@ $*.o rm -rf *.o #=================================================== On IRIX, the first file builds ok ( if the archive does not exist initially ) but the second does not with a warning: make[1]: *** Warning: File `libtest.a(blat.o)' has modification time in the future (2010-02-22 14:41:28.709551616 > 2000-04-18 14:56:57.555739) libtest.a(spam.o) libtest.a(blat.o) libtest.a is up-to-date. make[1]: warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete. As I mentioned, this works fine on Linux (Red Hat 6.1 ) with Gnu make, ar, and gcc. It also works on IRIX with SGI's make, ar, and CC. I can get around the problem currently on IRIX but thought I would bring it to your attention. Scott Herod [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- RT-SET Broadcast Graphics Division Voice : 303-465-1556 x122 100 Technology Drive, Suite 100 FAX : 303-465-2012 Broomfield, CO 80021 USA HTTP : www.rtset.com