--- flex-2.5.4/Makefile.in	2006-03-09 19:28:41.000000000 +0100
+++ flex-2.5.4/Makefile.in_new	2006-03-09 19:29:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ scan.c: scan.l
 	$(FLEX_EXEC) $(FLEX_FLAGS) $(COMPRESSION) $(srcdir)/scan.l >scan.c
 	@sed s,\"$(srcdir)/scan.l\",\"scan.l\", <scan.c >scan.tmp
 	@mv scan.tmp scan.c
+	-rm $(FLEX)
 
 scan.o: scan.c parse.h flexdef.h config.h
 yylex.o: yylex.c parse.h flexdef.h config.h
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ alloca.c: $(srcdir)/MISC/alloca.c
 	cp $(srcdir)/MISC/alloca.c .
 
 test: check
-check: $(FLEX)
+check: scan.c $(FLEX)
 	$(FLEX_EXEC) $(FLEX_FLAGS) $(COMPRESSION) $(srcdir)/scan.l \
 	| sed s,\"$(srcdir)/scan.l\",\"scan.l\", \
 	| diff scan.c -
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ bigcheck:
 	rm -f scan.c ; $(MAKE) COMPRESSION="-Cfea" check
 	rm -f scan.c ; $(MAKE) COMPRESSION="-CFer" check
 	rm -f scan.c ; $(MAKE) COMPRESSION="-l" PERF_REPORT="" check
-	rm -f scan.c ; $(MAKE)
+	rm -f scan.c ; $(MAKE) check
 	@echo "All checks successful"
 
 $(FLEXLIB): $(LIBOBJS)