diff -rup a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
--- a/manual/Makefile	2010-05-04 05:27:23.000000000 -0600
+++ b/manual/Makefile	2012-05-07 15:18:52.443176136 -0600
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ 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 $@