Problem with makefile/configure on Solaris 5.5.1

Hello,

A generic problem with installing under Solaris 5.5.1 -- the configure
utility reports that the install command is

  /some_system_path/install -c

which then gets executed as

/some_system_path/install -c -m 644 install_location source_location

Unhappily, the make dies with the error message

	install: The -c, -f, -n optiions each require a directory following!


What do I need to do to fix this problem? Is there a specific option
to the configure script which will patch this apparent bug?

Thanks,
Andrew Zachary