Index: buildsys.mk.in
==================================================================
--- buildsys.mk.in
+++ buildsys.mk.in
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 DC = @DC@
 ERLC = @ERLC@
 OBJC = @OBJC@
 AR = @AR@
 LD = ${CC}
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@
 PYTHON = @PYTHON@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 DFLAGS = @DFLAGS@
@@ -164,14 +165,15 @@
 		${LINK_FAILED}; \
 	fi
 
 ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST}: ${EXT_DEPS} ${OBJS}
 	${LINK_STATUS}
-	if ${AR} cr $@ ${OBJS}; then \
+	if ${AR} cr $@ ${OBJS} && ${RANLIB} ${@}; then \
 		${LINK_OK}; \
 	else \
 		${LINK_FAILED}; \
+		rm -f $@; \
 	fi
 
 .c.o:
 	${COMPILE_STATUS}
 	if ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -c -o $@ $<; then \
@@ -438,6 +440,6 @@
 INSTALL_OK = printf "\033[K\033[0;32mSuccessfully installed \033[1;32m$$i\033[0;32m.\033[0m\n"
 INSTALL_FAILED = printf "\033[K\033[0;31mFailed to install \033[1;31m$$i\033[0;31m!\033[0m\n"; exit 1
 DELETE_OK = printf "\033[K\033[0;34mDeleted \033[1;34m$$i\033[0;34m.\033[0m\n"
 DELETE_FAILED = printf "\033[K\033[0;31mFailed to delete \033[1;31m$$i\033[0;31m!\033[0m\n"; exit 1
 
--include .deps
+include .deps

Index: configure.ac
==================================================================
--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SEL_GETNAME, 1, [Whether we have sel_getName])])
 test x"$have_sel_get_name" != x"yes" -a x"$have_sel_getName" != x"yes" && \
 	AC_ERROR(You need either sel_get_name or sel_getName in libobjc!)
 
 test $cross_compiling != x"yes" && AC_SUBST(TESTS, "tests")
+
+BUILDSYS_TOUCH_DEPS
 
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE, objfw)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([buildsys.mk extra.mk])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_OUTPUT

Index: m4/buildsys.m4
==================================================================
--- m4/buildsys.m4
+++ m4/buildsys.m4
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@
 			INSTALL_LIB='${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/$$i && ${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i.a ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/$$i.a'
 			UNINSTALL_LIB='rm -f ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/$$i ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/$$i.a'
 			CLEAN_LIB='${LIB}.a'
 			;;
 		*)
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(POSIX)
+			AC_MSG_RESULT(GNU)
 			LIB_CPPFLAGS='-DPIC'
 			LIB_CFLAGS='-fPIC'
 			LIB_LDFLAGS='-shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname=${LIB}.${LIB_MAJOR}'
 			LIB_PREFIX='lib'
 			LIB_SUFFIX='.so'
@@ -130,5 +130,12 @@
 	AC_SUBST(PLUGIN_SUFFIX)
 	AC_SUBST(INSTALL_LIB)
 	AC_SUBST(UNINSTALL_LIB)
 	AC_SUBST(CLEAN_LIB)
 ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_TOUCH_DEPS], [
+	$as_echo "$as_me: Touching .deps files"
+	for i in $(find . -name Makefile); do
+		touch $(dirname $i)/.deps
+	done
+])