This is needed on Solaris. https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-20852 --- source/data/Makefile.in (revision 53392) +++ source/data/Makefile.in (working copy) @@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ ICUDATA_ARCHIVE = $(firstword $(wildcard $(srcdir) # and convert it to the current type. ifneq ($(ICUDATA_ARCHIVE),) ICUDATA_SOURCE_ARCHIVE = $(OUTDIR)/$(ICUDATA_PLATFORM_NAME).dat -$(ICUDATA_SOURCE_ARCHIVE): $(ICUDATA_ARCHIVE) $(OUTDIR) +$(ICUDATA_SOURCE_ARCHIVE): $(ICUDATA_ARCHIVE) + $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(OUTDIR) $(INVOKE) $(TOOLBINDIR)/icupkg -t$(ICUDATA_CHAR) $(ICUDATA_ARCHIVE) $(ICUDATA_SOURCE_ARCHIVE) endif else