--- db2/Makefile.deps	2005-08-09 00:33:51.000000000 -0400
+++ db2/Makefile	2005-08-09 00:35:10.000000000 -0400
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ libdb2.so$(libdb2.so-version): $(patsubs
 	$(CC) -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--version-script=Versions -Wl,-soname=libdb.so$(libdb2.so-version) -shared -o $@ $^
 	ln -sf $@ libdb2.so
 
-$(others): %: %.o
+$(others): %: %.o libdb2.a
 	$(CC) -o $@ $< -L. -ldb2
 
-$(others2): %: %.o
+$(others2): %: %.o libdb2.a
 	$(CC) -o $@ $< $(extra-objs) -L. -ldb2
 
 clean: