7eb4769 should be $(ext) rather than ext.

Makefile.SH

@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ uni.data: miniperl$(EXE_EXT) $(CONFIGPM) lib/unicore/mktables
 # perl$(EXE_EXT) and ext because buildtoc uses Text::Wrap uses re
 # But also this ensures that all extensions are built before we try to scan
 # them, which picks up Devel::PPPort's documentation.
-pod/perltoc.pod: $(perltoc_pod_prereqs) perl$(EXE_EXT) ext pod/buildtoc
+pod/perltoc.pod: $(perltoc_pod_prereqs) perl$(EXE_EXT) $(ext) pod/buildtoc
 	$(RUN) ./perl$(EXE_EXT) -Ilib pod/buildtoc --build-toc -q
 
 pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod: miniperl$(EXE_EXT) autodoc.pl embed.fnc

vms/descrip_mms.template

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ pod = $(pod0) $(pod1) $(pod2) $(pod3) $(pod4) $(pod5) $(pod6) $(pod7) $(pod8) $(
 [.pod]perlapi.pod [.pod]perlintern.pod : miniperl embed.fnc autodoc.pl $(MINIPERL_EXE)
 	$(MINIPERL) autodoc.pl
 
-[.pod]perltoc.pod: [.pod]perlapi.pod [.pod]perlintern.pod extra.pods $(PERL_EXE) EXT
+[.pod]perltoc.pod: [.pod]perlapi.pod [.pod]perlintern.pod extra.pods $(PERL_EXE) $(EXT)
 	$(PERL) [.pod]perltoc "-q" "--build-toc"
 
 archcorefiles : $(ac) $(ARCHAUTO)time.stamp