--- Make-common.orig	Sat Mar 24 02:21:48 2001
+++ Make-common	Sat Mar 24 02:13:00 2001
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@
 #
 # default to optimized build
 #
-ifdef DEBUG
+.ifdef DEBUG
 COPTIMIZER    = $(CDEBUG)
 CXXOPTIMIZER  = $(CXXDEBUG)
-else
+.else
 COPTIMIZER    = $(COPT)
 CXXOPTIMIZER  = $(CXXOPT)
-endif
+.endif
 
 #
 # slurp up configuration