diff -urN tetex-src-3.0.orig/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr tetex-src-3.0/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr
--- tetex-src-3.0.orig/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr	2005-12-06 16:03:40.000000000 +0100
+++ tetex-src-3.0/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr	2006-03-20 17:27:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   test -w "$db_dir" || { echo "$progname: $db_dir: directory not writable. Skipping..." >&2; continue; }
 
   if test ! -f "$db_file"; then
-    cp /dev/null "$db_file"
+    touch "$db_file"
     # Use same permissions as parent directory, minus x,s, or t bits.
     chmod `kpsestat -xst "$db_dir"` "$db_file"
   elif test -s "$db_file" \
diff -urN tetex-src-3.0.orig/texk/make/man.mk tetex-src-3.0/texk/make/man.mk
--- tetex-src-3.0.orig/texk/make/man.mk	2005-12-06 16:03:42.000000000 +0100
+++ tetex-src-3.0/texk/make/man.mk	2006-03-20 17:23:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # Makefile can change for reasons that do not affect the man pages.
 # At present, all but VERSION should be unused.
 sedscript:
-	cp /dev/null sedscript
+	touch sedscript
 	for f in $(kpathsea_dir)/paths.h; do \
 	  sed -n -e '/^#define/s/#define[ 	][ 	]*\([A-Z_a-z][A-Z_a-z]*\)[ 	][ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@\1@%\2%/p' \
 		$$f \