diff -Nur nbench-byte-2.2.3_orig/Makefile nbench-byte-2.2.3/Makefile
--- nbench-byte-2.2.3_orig/Makefile	2004-12-30 03:23:30.000000000 +0100
+++ nbench-byte-2.2.3/Makefile	2008-10-06 18:38:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -119,12 +119,8 @@
 	$(CC) $(MACHINE) $(DEFINES) $(CFLAGS)\
 		-c emfloat.c
 
-pointer.h: pointer Makefile
-	$(CC) $(MACHINE) $(DEFINES) $(CFLAGS)\
-		-o pointer pointer.c
-	rm -f pointer.h
-	if [ "4" = `./pointer` ] ; then touch pointer.h ;\
-	else echo "#define LONG64" >pointer.h ; fi
+pointer.h: Makefile
+	touch pointer.h ;
 
 misc.o: misc.h misc.c Makefile
 	$(CC) $(MACHINE) $(DEFINES) $(CFLAGS)\