compile problems

["Michael Shutes" <mshutes@metcon.com>]

odd thing be happening whnei do a make build

here is and exert.  suggestions as to what might be the problem?

Extracting makedepend (with variable substitutions)
sh ./makedepend MAKE=make
/bin/sh Makefile.SH
Extracting Makefile (with variable substitutions)
sh ./makedepend.SH
Extracting makedepend (with variable substitutions)
make depend MAKEDEPEND=
sh ./makedepend.SH
Extracting makedepend (with variable substitutions)
sh ./makedepend MAKE=make
Apr  2 17:21:36 colette /bsd: proc: table is full
Apr  2 17:21:36 colette /bsd: proc: table is full
./makedepend[36]: cannot fork - try again
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/obj (line 473 of Makefile).
Apr  2 17:22:07 colette last message repeated 5 times
*** Error code 1

Apr  2 17:22:07 colette last message repeated 5 times
Stop in /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/obj (line 466 of makefile).
Searching for .c files...
Finding dependencies for av.o.
cc: vfork: Resource temporarily unavailable
Finding dependencies for deb.o.