Index: buildsys.mk.in
==================================================================
--- buildsys.mk.in
+++ buildsys.mk.in
@@ -121,16 +121,16 @@
 		esac; \
 	done; \
 	if test x"$$regen" = x"1" -a x"$$deps" != "x"; then \
 		${DEPEND_STATUS}; \
 		if ${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} $$deps; then \
-			rm -f .deps; \
+			test -f .deps && rm .deps; \
 			cat $$deps >.deps; \
 			rm -f $$deps; \
 			${DEPEND_OK}; \
 		else \
-			rm -f .deps $$deps; \
+			:> $$deps; \
 			${DEPEND_FAILED}; \
 		fi; \
 	fi
 
 .c.dep .cc.dep .cxx.dep .m.dep:
@@ -413,11 +413,11 @@
 		${DIR_ENTER}; \
 		${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} distclean || exit 1; \
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 	
-	for i in ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST} ${LIB} ${LIB_NOINST} ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST} ${PLUGIN} ${PLUGIN_NOINST} ${DISTCLEAN} *~; do \
+	for i in ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST} ${LIB} ${LIB_NOINST} ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST} ${PLUGIN} ${PLUGIN_NOINST} ${DISTCLEAN} .deps *~; do \
 		if test -f $$i -o -d $$i; then \
 			if rm -fr $$i; then \
 				${DELETE_OK}; \
 			else \
 				${DELETE_FAILED}; \