}
print "Creating $diff_file ...\n";
-system "make gen; rsync -a @extra_files b/";
+system "./config.status Makefile; make gen; rsync -a @extra_files b/";
my $sed_script = 's:^((---|\+\+\+) [ab]/[^\t]+)\t.*:\1:';
system "(git diff v$lastversion v$version; diff -up a b | sed -r '$sed_script') | gzip -9 >$diff_file";
system "rm -rf a";
system "support/git-set-file-times --prefix=rsync-$version/";
system "fakeroot tar czf $srctar_file rsync-$version; rm -rf rsync-$version";
-system "support/patch-update --gen";
-
-symlink('.', "rsync-$version");
-system "fakeroot tar czf $pattar_file rsync-$version/patches";
-unlink("rsync-$version");
+mkdir("rsync-$version", 0755);
+mkdir("rsync-$version/patches", 0755);
+system "support/patch-update --gen=rsync-$version/patches";
+system "fakeroot tar chzf $pattar_file rsync-$version/patches; rm -rf rsync-$version";
print "Updating the other files in $dest ...\n";
system "rsync -a README NEWS OLDNEWS TODO $dest";