Thanx guys, it was indeed a case of multiple versions on the system. I
deleted the older version and copied the new one into the directory, now its
okay.
Thanks
Ajay Shankar
> > > I downloaded Make 3.79.1 from the web and installed
> > > it (./configure, make,
> > > make install routine), but on checking the version,
> > > it still shows 3.78.1.
>
> > Most likely the new make installed itself in
> > /usr/local/bin, but your PATH has /usr/bin before
> > that, so the old /usr/bin/make is getting invoked.
> > I'd suggest rpm -e make, or better rpm -U
> > ftp://some.mirror/path/to/make-new.rpm.
>
> Instead, just do
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
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