>>>>> "Asim" == Asim Suter <asuter@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Asim> 1) Which tool/script/program generates .Po/.Plo files ? And at Asim> what 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 Asim> contains 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? We are on Linux. asuter@barchetta> gmake -v GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Built for sparc-sun-solaris2.8 i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc is the compiler. Below is the content of the file.. ( Looks to me some line continuation characters ( '\' ) became ':' somehow ) libcryptotool_a-sig_verify.o : \ /auto/andmain/MAIN_1_3_0_85/VegasSW/isan/boot/grub/rsa_verify/crypto/app s/sig_verify.c : /auto/andmain/MAIN_1_3_0_85/VegasSW/isan/boot/grub/rsa_verify/crypto/../ include/openssl/evp.h : /auto/andmain/MAIN_1_3_0_85/VegasSW/isan/boot/grub/rsa_verify/crypto/../ include/openssl/opensslconf.h : /auto/andmain/MAIN_1_3_0_85/VegasSW/isan/boot/grub/rsa_verify/crypto/../ include/openssl/rsa.h : /auto/andmain/MAIN_1_3_0_85/VegasSW/isan/boot/grub/rsa_verify/crypto/../ include/openssl/bn.h : /auto/atc/mv-x86/2.1/mv/Linux/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/../target/ usr/include/stdio.h : /auto/atc/mv-x86/2.1/mv/Linux/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/../target/ usr/include/features.h : /auto/atc/mv-x86/2.1/mv/Linux/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/../target/ usr/include/sys/cdefs.h : /auto/atc/mv-x86/2.1/mv/Linux/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/../target/ usr/include/gnu/stubs.h : 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