diff --git a/binconst.mk b/binconst.mk
index 86573cf..a7e968b 100644
--- a/binconst.mk
+++ b/binconst.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Compilation constants for utilities (directories ./bin, ./sbin,
 # ./usr.bin, ./usr.sbin).  These are not used when building the libraries.
 #
-# $Id: binconst.mk,v 1.7 1998/02/17 00:26:24 gdr-ftp Exp $
+# $Id: binconst.mk,v 1.8 1998/03/08 17:12:28 gdr-ftp Exp $
 #
 # Devin Reade, 1997.
 #
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ DESCU		= /usr/sbin/descu
 COPYFORK	= /usr/orca/bin/copyfork
 CATREZ		= /usr/bin/catrez
 INSTALL		= /usr/bin/install
+MACGEN		= 17/macgen
+MACGEN_FLAGS	+= -P
 
 # $(DESC_SRC) is the created source file for the describe(1) database.
 DESC_DIR	= $(RELEASE_DIR)/usr/lib
diff --git a/binrules.mk b/binrules.mk
index 22a01f0..cdb6b21 100644
--- a/binrules.mk
+++ b/binrules.mk
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # Standard compilation rules for utilities (directories ./bin, ./sbin,
 # ./usr.bin, ./usr.sbin).  These are not used when building the libraries.
 #
-# $Id: binrules.mk,v 1.6 1998/02/17 00:26:25 gdr-ftp Exp $
+# $Id: binrules.mk,v 1.7 1998/03/08 17:12:31 gdr-ftp Exp $
 #
 # Devin Reade, Dave Tribby, 1997.
 #
 
 # Default target, "build," generates the program file
-build: $(OBJ_DIR) $(OBJ_DIR)$(PROG)
+build: $(OBJ_DIR) $(LOCAL_SETUP) $(OBJ_DIR)$(PROG)
 
 # create the object directory hierarchy if necessary
 $(OBJ_DIR):
diff --git a/paths.mk b/paths.mk
index 18b33ef..8a6d9f2 100644
--- a/paths.mk
+++ b/paths.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # Devin Reade, 1997
 #
-# $Id: paths.mk,v 1.7 1998/02/17 00:26:27 gdr-ftp Exp $
+# $Id: paths.mk,v 1.8 1998/03/08 17:12:34 gdr-ftp Exp $
 #
 
 # This one isn't really a path, but it affects the creation of path
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ PRODOS_OBJS	= true
 # OBJ_DIR can be used to store the resulting object and binary files on
 # a separate partition from the source.  This is very handy when the
 # source is stored on an AppleShare volume.  If you don't need this
-# feature, you can either define /obj in /etc/namespace to be the same
-# as /src, or simply comment out the OBJ_DIR line here.
+# feature, just define /obj in /etc/namespace to be the same as /src.
+# It is not sufficient to merely change the definition of OBJ_DIR below,
+# because various files in the builds assume that the /obj hierarchy
+# exists.
 
 SRC_DIR		= /src
 CWD		= $(PWD:s,:,/,g)