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Index: Makefile
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--- Makefile    (revision 110930)
+++ Makefile    (working copy)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
        @echo "****"
        @exit 1
 
-menuselect.makeopts: menuselect/menuselect menuselect-tree makeopts
+menuselect.makeopts: menuselect/menuselect menuselect-tree
        menuselect/menuselect --check-deps $(GLOBAL_MAKEOPTS) $(USER_MAKEOPTS) menuselect.makeopts
 
 $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDSCRIPT):
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@
 menuselect/nmenuselect: menuselect/makeopts
        $(MAKE_MENUSELECT) nmenuselect
 
-menuselect/makeopts:
+menuselect/makeopts: makeopts
        $(MAKE_MENUSELECT) makeopts
 
 menuselect-tree: $(foreach dir,$(filter-out main,$(MOD_SUBDIRS)),$(wildcard $(dir)/*.c) $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cc)) build_tools/cflags.xml build_tools/cflags-devmode.xml sounds/sounds.xml build_tools/embed_modules.xml configure