diff -ur alsa.old/Makefile alsa.dev/Makefile
--- alsa.old/Makefile	2006-10-14 07:07:48.000000000 -0700
+++ alsa.dev/Makefile	2006-10-14 07:08:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 SUBDIRS  += parisc
 endif
 CSUBDIRS += include test utils
+CP = cp -fPR
 
 KCONFIG_FILES = $(shell find $(SND_TOPDIR) -name Kconfig) $(shell find $(SND_TOPDIR)/alsa-kernel/ -name Kconfig)
 
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
 	if [ ! -d include/sound -a ! -L include/sound ]; then \
 	  ln -sf ../alsa-kernel/include include/sound ; \
 	fi
-	cp -auvf include/version.h include/sound/version.h
+	$(CP) include/version.h include/sound/version.h
 
 utils/mod-deps: utils/mod-deps.c
 	gcc utils/mod-deps.c -o utils/mod-deps