version.h not created by configure & smake (OS is sgi irix 6.5) also default 'make' doesn't work .

[Atwood, Robert C]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: mips
OS: irix6.5
Compiler: cc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='mips'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='irix6.5'
-DCONF_MACHTYPE='mips-sgi-irix6.5' -DCONF_VENDOR='sgi' -DSHELL
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.
 -I. -I./include -I./lib  -g
uname output: IRIX64 tardis 6.5 10100655 IP27
Machine Type: mips-sgi-irix6.5

Bash Version: 2.05b
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        (1) The default 'make' does not work, but smake works , except:
        (2) it fails because the file "version.h" is not available. I can
build
            the program by manually building version.h (smake version.h)
then building (smake)


Repeat-By:
        smake distclean
        sh ./configure
        smake


Fix:
        (1) if anything, just add to the NOTES section not to use the
default make, 
            many people probably substitute smake anyways. Sorry, I cannot
seem to
            extract precise version information from the make and smake
installed on the system. 
            I did not personally install them (also I am trying to install
gnu make anyways)  
        (2) no idea  as I am not yet familiar with the configure program. Is
it possibly a problem with smake (aliased to pmake -f 
            according to the man page)?