diff -up glibc-2.3.6/manual/Makefile~ glibc-2.3.6/manual/Makefile
--- glibc-2.3.6/manual/Makefile~	2004-03-18 23:26:32.000000000 +0100
+++ glibc-2.3.6/manual/Makefile	2010-09-08 10:24:37.149691057 +0200
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ ifdef objpfx
 .PHONY: stubs
 stubs: $(objpfx)stubs
 endif
-$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot $(objpfx)stamp%:
+$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot:
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	touch $@
+$(objpfx)stamp%:
 	$(make-target-directory)
 	touch $@