postfix problem

cp postcat ../../bin
[src/postconf]
awk -f extract.awk ../*/*.c
awk -f extract.awk ../*/*.c
sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
awk: extract.awk:24: (FILENAME=../global/mail_params.c FNR=586) fatal: print to "sed 's/[       ][      ]*/ /g' |
                 sort -u >bool_table.h" failed (Broken pipe)
make: *** [bool_vars.h] Error 2
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
sed: couldn't write 70 items to stdout: Broken pipe
awk: extract.awk:24: (FILENAME=../trivial-rewrite/trivial-rewrite.c FNR=408) fatal: print to "sed 's/[  ][
                 ]*/ /g' | sort -u >bool_table.h" failed (Broken pipe)
make: *** [time_vars.h] Error 2
make: *** [update] Error 1