strange make problem with non root users 5.3-STABLE

[Chris]

have a look at this compiling a eggdrop had the same with some other
apps as well.

Gazzeh at bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
make: Permission denied
Gazzeh at bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
make: Permission denied
Gazzeh at bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # cd ..
Gazzeh at bollocks Gazzeh # cd eggdrop1.6.17
Gazzeh at bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
Detecting modules.................... done.
Calculating dependencies................... done.
Building ./src/mod/Makefile... done.

As you can see make gave a weird perm denied error then I simply
changed dir and back and the command suddenly works, I have worked out
when this happens doing a new command and then trying again makes it
work.  Any idea what could cause this?

-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  305232 Feb  3 19:43 /usr/bin/make

Chris