Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> These files are created when --enable-depend is on. The problem appears
> to be that the Makefile is trying to create files in a directory not its
> own. You cannot do that; it creates all kinds of problems in complex
> installation setups.
I was afraid it was something like that. Can we leave the directory
structure as-is and just make the .o (and .d) files get built in the
upper directory, that is
gcc ... -o english_stem.o snowball/english_stem.c
? Or must we go the full nine yards and make sub-Makefiles in the
subdirectories?
regards, tom lane