> Any ideas as to what might be the problem and the
> solution?

Hi Jeffery,

Quick guess: Have you tried to run configure with the option
--disable-dependency-tracking? This tracking runs some shell code
right after each compile command.

Andreas

PS: Please continue the discussion on the new forum,
http://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/boards. This group ought to be
closed for posting, I hope I'll find the time to sort this out over
the weekend. See http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/exiv2/message/1499
for context.