>>>>> "Asim" == Asim Suter <asuter@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Asim> 1) Which tool/script/program generates .Po/.Plo files ? And at what Asim> stage ? They are initially created, as empty files, by configure when building the various Makefiles. Then, they are updated as a side effect of compilation. Asim> 2) While rebuilding I see sometimes .Po files get "bad" in that Asim> they get malformed somehow for which gmake croaks and bails out. Asim> For instance: Asim> a) .deps/libcryptotool_a-sig_verify.Po:1: *** target pattern contains Asim> no `%'. Stop. Asim> b) Missing separator in file.. I haven't seen this before. What platform are you on? What version of make are you using? What compiler? Could you send the contents of that file? Tom