Hi, I am not sure if this is a problem with gmake or makedepend. Please let me know. Thanks. ---------------------- sape(122)% gmake -n cc -c ../include.h sape(123)% cat Makefile VPATH = .. gated_trace.o: gated_trace.c $(CC) -c $< # DO NOT DELETE ../gated_trace.o: ../include.h sape(124)% ls Makefile sape(125)% sape(125)% ls .. gated_trace.c include.h obj/ sape(126)% gmake -v GNU Make version 3.79, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Built for i386-unknown-freebsdelf3.2 Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. sape(127)% uname -a FreeBSD sape.cs.bell-labs.com 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #0: Tue May 18 04:05:08 GMT 1999 jkh@cathair:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 sape(128)%