circular dependency, GNU Make 3.82, realloc invalid next size

[Martin d'Anjou]

Hi,

I just compiled GNU Make 3.82 because I was running into a strange 
circular dependency error with 3.81. The circular dependency error is 
gone as make -n shows, but now I am running into this run time error:
*** glibc detected *** /home/mdanjou/local/bin/make: realloc(): invalid 
next size: 0x000000001bd27910 ***

In gdb, the backtrace:
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00000032cc630265 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#1  0x00000032cc631d10 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#2  0x00000032cc66a84b in __libc_message () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#3  0x00000032cc6747a4 in _int_realloc () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#4  0x00000032cc675292 in realloc () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#5  0x0000000000411f6e in xrealloc (ptr=0x5574, size=0) at misc.c:400
#6  0x000000000040b242 in pattern_search (file=0x7fffffff99b0, 
archive=<value optimized out>, depth=3, recursions=2) at implicit.c:655
#7  0x000000000040b6a4 in pattern_search (file=0x7fffffffad90, 
archive=<value optimized out>, depth=2, recursions=1) at implicit.c:750
#8  0x000000000040b6a4 in pattern_search (file=0x6442a0, archive=<value 
optimized out>, depth=1, recursions=0) at implicit.c:750
#9  0x000000000040bdb1 in try_implicit_rule (file=0x6442a0, depth=1) at 
implicit.c:47
#10 0x0000000000418816 in update_file_1 (file=0x6442a0, depth=0) at 
remake.c:493
#11 update_file (file=0x6442a0, depth=0) at remake.c:317
#12 0x0000000000419476 in update_goal_chain (goals=0x65d760) at remake.c:157
#13 0x0000000000411688 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffdbf8, envp=<value 
optimized out>) at main.c:2282

When I do a dry run with "-n", there is no error. When I use 3.81, there 
is no error.

All I can think of is the architecture, but it seems okay, as 
./configure reported:
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

and uname -m:
x86_64

Can someone help?

Thanks,
Martin