diff -up lynx2-8-6/src/makefile.in.jx lynx2-8-6/src/makefile.in
--- lynx2-8-6/src/makefile.in.jx	2006-08-31 19:37:53.000000000 -0400
+++ lynx2-8-6/src/makefile.in	2008-05-08 10:28:52.000000000 -0400
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ message:
 	@echo "Compiling Lynx sources"
 
 do_chartrans_stuff:
-	-cd chrtrans && $(MAKE) \
+	$(MAKE) -C chrtrans \
 		SITE_DEFS="$(SITE_DEFS)" \
 		BUILD_CFLAGS="$(BUILD_CFLAGS)" \
 		BUILD_CPPFLAGS="$(BUILD_CPPFLAGS)" \
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ lint:
 
 clean:
 	rm -f lynx$x core *.core *.leaks *.i *$o *.bak tags TAGS
-	cd chrtrans && $(MAKE) clean
+	$(MAKE) -C chstrans clean
 
 tags:
 	ctags *.[ch]
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ TABLES= \
  $(CHRTR)utf8_uni.h \
  $(CHRTR)viscii_uni.h
 
-$(TABLES):
-	-cd chrtrans && $(MAKE) tables
+$(TABLES): chrtrans/makeuctb$(BUILD_EXEEXT)
+	-$(MAKE) -C chrtrans tables
 
 UCdomap$o :	UCdomap.c \
 		chrtrans/UCkd.h \
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ UCdomap$o :	UCdomap.c \
 	UCdomap.h $(CMN)UCMap.h $(TABLES) $(top_srcdir)/userdefs.h
 
 chrtrans/makeuctb$(BUILD_EXEEXT):
-	cd chrtrans; make makeuctb$(BUILD_EXEEXT)
+	$(MAKE) -C chrtrans makeuctb$(BUILD_EXEEXT)
 
 UCAux$o : UCAux.c $(CMN)UCAux.h $(CMN)UCDefs.h
 LYCookie$o : $(top_srcdir)/userdefs.h