diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 92fad4d..2354a3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ LDLIBS=
 #  -DHAVE_LINK=0 if your system lacks a link function
 #  -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=0 if your system lacks a localtime_r function
 #  -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ=0 if you do not want zdump to use localtime_rz
-#	This defaults to 1 if localtime_rz is known to be available.
+#	This defaults to 1 if a working localtime_rz seems to be available.
 #	localtime_rz can make zdump significantly faster, but is nonstandard.
 #  -DHAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY=0 if settimeofday does not exist (SVR0?)
 #  -DHAVE_SETTIMEOFDAY=1 if settimeofday has just 1 arg (SVR4)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0f4ff2e..3c8b84b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     the date it updates the wtmpx file if _PATH_WTMPX is defined.
     This affects GNU/Linux and similar systems.
 
-    For easier maintenance later, some C code has been simplified
-    and some lint has been removed.
+    For easier maintenance later, some C code has been simplified,
+    some lint has been removed, and the code has been tweaked so that
+    plain 'make' is more likely to work.
 
     The C type 'bool' is now used for boolean values, instead of 'int'.
 
diff --git a/private.h b/private.h
index 00a2469..e7f5255 100644
--- a/private.h
+++ b/private.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
 
 /* Enable tm_gmtoff and tm_zone on GNUish systems.  */
 #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+/* Fix asctime_r on Solaris 10.  */
+#define _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS 1
+/* Enable strtoimax on Solaris 10.  */
+#define __EXTENSIONS__ 1
 
 /*
 ** Nested includes
@@ -163,29 +167,39 @@
 # include <inttypes.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef INT_FAST64_MAX
 /* Pre-C99 GCC compilers define __LONG_LONG_MAX__ instead of LLONG_MAX.  */
-#if defined LLONG_MAX || defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__
-typedef long long	int_fast64_t;
+#ifdef __LONG_LONG_MAX__
+# ifndef LLONG_MAX
+#  define LLONG_MAX __LONG_LONG_MAX__
+# endif
+# ifndef LLONG_MIN
+#  define LLONG_MIN (-1 - LLONG_MAX)
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef INT_FAST64_MAX
 # ifdef LLONG_MAX
+typedef long long	int_fast64_t;
 #  define INT_FAST64_MIN LLONG_MIN
 #  define INT_FAST64_MAX LLONG_MAX
 # else
-#  define INT_FAST64_MIN (-1 - __LONG_LONG_MAX__)
-#  define INT_FAST64_MAX __LONG_LONG_MAX__
-# endif
-# define SCNdFAST64 "lld"
-#else /* ! (defined LLONG_MAX || defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__) */
-#if (LONG_MAX >> 31) < 0xffffffff
+#  if (LONG_MAX >> 31) < 0xffffffff
 Please use a compiler that supports a 64-bit integer type (or wider);
 you may need to compile with "-DHAVE_STDINT_H".
-#endif /* (LONG_MAX >> 31) < 0xffffffff */
+#  endif
 typedef long		int_fast64_t;
-# define INT_FAST64_MIN LONG_MIN
-# define INT_FAST64_MAX LONG_MAX
-# define SCNdFAST64 "ld"
-#endif /* ! (defined LLONG_MAX || defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__) */
-#endif /* !defined INT_FAST64_MAX */
+#  define INT_FAST64_MIN LONG_MIN
+#  define INT_FAST64_MAX LONG_MAX
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SCNdFAST64
+# if INT_FAST64_MAX == LLONG_MAX
+#  define SCNdFAST64 "lld"
+# else
+#  define SCNdFAST64 "ld"
+# endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef INT_FAST32_MAX
 # if INT_MAX >> 31 == 0
@@ -200,32 +214,39 @@ typedef int int_fast32_t;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef INTMAX_MAX
-# if defined LLONG_MAX || defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__
+# ifdef LLONG_MAX
 typedef long long intmax_t;
 #  define strtoimax strtoll
-#  define PRIdMAX "lld"
-#  ifdef LLONG_MAX
-#   define INTMAX_MAX LLONG_MAX
-#   define INTMAX_MIN LLONG_MIN
-#  else
-#   define INTMAX_MAX __LONG_LONG_MAX__
-#   define INTMAX_MIN (-1 - __LONG_LONG_MAX__)
-#  endif
+#  define INTMAX_MAX LLONG_MAX
+#  define INTMAX_MIN LLONG_MIN
 # else
 typedef long intmax_t;
 #  define strtoimax strtol
-#  define PRIdMAX "ld"
 #  define INTMAX_MAX LONG_MAX
 #  define INTMAX_MIN LONG_MIN
 # endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PRIdMAX
+# if INTMAX_MAX == LLONG_MAX
+#  define PRIdMAX "lld"
+# else
+#  define PRIdMAX "ld"
+# endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef UINTMAX_MAX
 # if defined ULLONG_MAX || defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__
 typedef unsigned long long uintmax_t;
-#  define PRIuMAX "llu"
 # else
 typedef unsigned long uintmax_t;
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PRIuMAX
+# if defined ULLONG_MAX || defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__
+#  define PRIuMAX "llu"
+# else
 #  define PRIuMAX "lu"
 # endif
 #endif
diff --git a/zdump.c b/zdump.c
index 7326c63..6fdd579 100644
--- a/zdump.c
+++ b/zdump.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 /* Enable tm_gmtoff and tm_zone on GNUish systems.  */
 #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+/* Enable strtoimax on Solaris 10.  */
+#define __EXTENSIONS__ 1
 
 #include "stdio.h"	/* for stdout, stderr, perror */
 #include "string.h"	/* for strcpy */
@@ -63,24 +65,31 @@ typedef int int_fast32_t;
 # endif
 #endif
 
+/* Pre-C99 GCC compilers define __LONG_LONG_MAX__ instead of LLONG_MAX.  */
+#if !defined LLONG_MAX && defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__
+# define LLONG_MAX __LONG_LONG_MAX__
+#endif
+
 #ifndef INTMAX_MAX
-# if defined LLONG_MAX || defined __LONG_LONG_MAX__
+# ifdef LLONG_MAX
 typedef long long intmax_t;
 #  define strtoimax strtoll
-#  define PRIdMAX "lld"
-#  ifdef LLONG_MAX
-#   define INTMAX_MAX LLONG_MAX
-#  else
-#   define INTMAX_MAX __LONG_LONG_MAX__
-#  endif
+#  define INTMAX_MAX LLONG_MAX
 # else
 typedef long intmax_t;
 #  define strtoimax strtol
-#  define PRIdMAX "ld"
 #  define INTMAX_MAX LONG_MAX
 # endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PRIdMAX
+# if INTMAX_MAX == LLONG_MAX
+#  define PRIdMAX "lld"
+# else
+#  define PRIdMAX "ld"
+# endif
+#endif
+
 /* Infer TM_ZONE on systems where this information is known, but suppress
    guessing if NO_TM_ZONE is defined.  Similarly for TM_GMTOFF.  */
 #if (defined __GLIBC__ \
@@ -99,7 +108,11 @@ typedef long intmax_t;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef HAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ
-# define HAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ (NETBSD_INSPIRED && USE_LTZ)
+# ifdef TM_ZONE
+#  define HAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ (NETBSD_INSPIRED && USE_LTZ)
+# else
+#  define HAVE_LOCALTIME_RZ 0
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #ifndef HAVE_TZSET