$NetBSD: patch-ab,v 1.1.1.1 2008/03/02 12:26:08 obache Exp $

--- etc/Makefile.in.orig	2003-06-03 12:14:45.000000000 +0000
+++ etc/Makefile.in
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ maintainer-clean-generic clean mostlycle
 
 
 $(MELL_INIT_FILE): _init-mell.el
-	cp -a _init-mell.el $(MELL_INIT_FILE)
+	cp -pR _init-mell.el $(MELL_INIT_FILE)
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.