--- Makefile.in.orig	Fri Aug 26 20:40:17 2005
+++ Makefile.in	Wed Jul  9 14:13:20 2008
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ bindir=		@bindir@
 prefix=		@prefix@
 exec_prefix=	@exec_prefix@
 var_prefix=	@VAR_PREFIX@
-DESTDIR=
 
 CC=		@CC@
 INSTALL=	@INSTALL@
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ FILEMODE=	644
 INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL) -m $(EXEMODE)
 DIRSETGID=	chmod g+s
 
-DATE = $(shell python -c 'import time; print time.strftime("%d-%b-%Y"),')
+DATE = $(shell date "+%d-%b-%Y")
 LANGPACK = README-I18N.en templates messages
 EXCLUDES = --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore --exclude=Makefile* --exclude=*.files --exclude=*.old
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ subdirs: $(SUBDIRS)
 	    (cd $$d; $(MAKE)); \
 	done
 
-install: doinstall update
+install: doinstall
 
 doinstall: $(SUBDIRS)
 	@echo "Creating architecture independent directories..."