--- src/Makefile.in.orig	2011-03-05 15:54:52.436578004 +1300
+++ src/Makefile.in	2011-03-05 15:55:50.544578001 +1300
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
 # like "@si::foo" and "@(defun si::foo".
 # This rule is allowed to fail when etags does not exist.
 TAGS:
-	echo > $@
 	if test "x$(ETAGS)" != "x"; then \
 	srcfiles=`find $(srcdir)/c $(srcdir)/h -name '*.[chd]'` && \
 	$(ETAGS) --language=c    -o $@ $$srcfiles && \
@@ -255,4 +254,4 @@
 	      --regex='/@(defun \([-:*a-zA-z]+\)/\1/' \
 	      $$srcfiles; \
 	fi
-
+	touch TAGS