diff --git a/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris b/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris
index e9628b468..e89535bf3 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris
+++ b/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ ACC = $(SPARCWORKS)/bin/cc
 ACC_ANSI = $(ACC) -Xa -v
 ACC_STRICT = $(ACC) -Xc -v
 ACC_TRAD = $(ACC) -Xs
-ACC_DEP_CFLAGS = -KPIC
+ACC_DEP_CFLAGS = -KPIC -D_REENTRANT
 ACC_WARN_YES = 
 ACC_WARN_NO =  -w
 ACC_OPT_YES =  -O
 ACC_OPT_NO = -g
 ACC_SFLAGS_YES= -Bstatic
 ACC_SFLAGS_NO=
-ACC_SLIBS_YES= -lw -lintl -Bdynamic -ldl -Bstatic -lXext -lX
+ACC_SLIBS_YES= -lw -lintl -Bdynamic -ldl -Bstatic
 ACC_SLIBS_NO=
 ACC_SHRLIB_CFLAGS_YES =
 ACC_SHRLIB_LDFLAGS_YES =  -G -h $@ -z ignore -z combreloc -z lazyload
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ACC_SHRLIB_LDFLAGS_YES =  -G -h $@ -z ignore -z combreloc -z lazyload
 CCC = $(SPARCWORKS)/bin/CC
 CCC_NORMAL = $(CCC) +p
 CCC_STRICT = $(CCC) +p
-CCC_DEP_CFLAGS = -KPIC
+CCC_DEP_CFLAGS = -KPIC -D_REENTRANT
 CCC_TEMPL_INST_FLAG =
 CCC_WARN_YES = +w
 CCC_WARN_NO = 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ CCC_OPT_YES =  -O
 CCC_OPT_NO = -g
 CCC_SFLAGS_YES= -Bstatic
 CCC_SFLAGS_NO=
-CCC_SLIBS_YES= -lw -lintl -Bdynamic -ldl -Bstatic -lXext -lX
+CCC_SLIBS_YES= -lw -lintl -Bdynamic -ldl -Bstatic
 CCC_SLIBS_NO=
 CCC_DEPENDS_FLAG = -xM1
 CCC_SHRLIB_CFLAGS_YES =
diff --git a/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris b/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris
index ae4c28c48..b6669e83e 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris
+++ b/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 
 # APS overrides of definitions 
 
-GCC = /opt/gnu/bin/gcc
-G++ = /opt/gnu/bin/g++
+#GCC = /opt/gnu/bin/gcc
+#G++ = /opt/gnu/bin/g++
 
diff --git a/config/RULES.Vx b/config/RULES.Vx
index b5587213b..24fe28fcc 100644
--- a/config/RULES.Vx
+++ b/config/RULES.Vx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ endif
 clean::
 	@echo "Cleaning"
 	@$(RM) *.i *.o *.a *.out $(TARGETS) $(PROD) $(LIBNAME) $(INC) \
-	$(DBDINSTALL) $(MENUS) $(RECTYPES) $(BPTS) $(DBDNAME)
+	$(DBDINSTALL) $(MENUS) $(RECTYPES) $(BPTS) $(DBDNAME) *.c 
 ifdef MUNCH
 	@$(RM) $(MUNCHNAME) ctdt.c ctdt.o nm.out
 endif
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ endif
 	@$(RM) $@
 	$(SNC) $(TARGET_SNCFLAGS) $(SNCFLAGS) $*.i
 
-%.c: %.stt
-	@echo "converting $<
+%.c: ../%.stt
+	@echo "converting $<"
 	ln -s $< $*.st
 	$(SNC) $(TARGET_SNCFLAGS) $(SNCFLAGS) $*.st
 	@$(RM) $*.st