diff --git a/commands/Makefile b/commands/Makefile
index 32e848106..da010991b 100755
--- a/commands/Makefile
+++ b/commands/Makefile
@@ -19,21 +19,17 @@ usage:
 all install::
 	cd $(GZIP) && CC="$(CC)" /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && $(MAKE) $@
 
-clean::
-	[ -f $(GZIP)/Makefile ] && cd $(GZIP) && $(MAKE) $@
-
 bigall:
-	cd $(FLEX) && CC="$(CC)" /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && bigmake all
-	cd $(PYTHON) && CC="$(CC)" /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && bigmake all
-	cd $(BZIP2) && bigmake all
-	cd $(KERMIT) && bigmake all
+	cd $(FLEX) && /bin/sh makeme.sh 
+	cd $(PYTHON) && /bin/sh makeme.sh 
+	cd $(BZIP2) && /bin/sh makeme.sh 
+	cd $(KERMIT) && /bin/sh makeme.sh
 
-biginstall:
-	cd $(FLEX) && CC="$(CC)" /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && bigmake install
-	cd $(GZIP) && CC="$(CC)" /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && bigmake install
-	cd $(PYTHON) && CC="$(CC)" /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && bigmake install
-	cd $(BZIP2) && bigmake install
-	cd $(KERMIT) && bigmake install
+biginstall: bigall
+	cd $(FLEX) && make install
+	cd $(PYTHON) && make install
+	cd $(BZIP2) && make install
+	cd $(KERMIT) && make install
 
 clean::
 	if [ -f $(FLEX)/Makefile ] ; then cd $(FLEX) && make $@; fi
diff --git a/commands/bigmake.inc b/commands/bigmake.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51ab803c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/bigmake.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+toptarget:
+	@echo "This program needs nonstandard compiler sizes."
+	@echo "To compile it, type 'sh makeme.sh'."
+
diff --git a/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile b/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile
index d7b1f4821..5cab26e2f 100644
--- a/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile
+++ b/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ OBJS= blocksort.o  \
       decompress.o \
       bzlib.o
 
+include ../bigmake.inc
+
 all: all_notest test_nodep
 
 all_notest: libbz2.a bzip2 bzip2recover 
diff --git a/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/makeme.sh b/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/makeme.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b972e661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/makeme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bigmake all
diff --git a/commands/flex-2.5.4/Makefile.in b/commands/flex-2.5.4/Makefile.in
index a7dd07b7b..3adbc3da7 100644
--- a/commands/flex-2.5.4/Makefile.in
+++ b/commands/flex-2.5.4/Makefile.in
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ FLEX_FLAGS = -t $(PERF_REPORT)
 COMPRESSION =
 PERF_REPORT = -p
 
+include ../bigmake.inc
 
 all: $(FLEX)
 
diff --git a/commands/flex-2.5.4/makeme.sh b/commands/flex-2.5.4/makeme.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e738f8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/flex-2.5.4/makeme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CC=cc /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && bigmake all