diff -ruw src.orig/src/editline/Makefile.ref src/src/editline/Makefile.ref
--- src.orig/src/editline/Makefile.ref	2007-03-10 18:59:01.000000000 +0100
+++ src/src/editline/Makefile.ref	2007-03-10 19:03:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	$(AS) -o $@ $(ASFLAGS) $*.s
 
 $(LIBRARY): $(EDITLINE_OBJS)
-	$(AR) rv $@ $?
+	$(AR) rc $@ $?
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 #libedit.a : $(EDITLINE_OBJS) 
diff -ruw src.orig/src/fdlibm/Makefile.ref src/src/fdlibm/Makefile.ref
--- src.orig/src/fdlibm/Makefile.ref	2007-03-10 18:59:01.000000000 +0100
+++ src/src/fdlibm/Makefile.ref	2007-03-10 19:03:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 	lib.exe /out:"$@" $?
 else
 $(LIBRARY): $(FDLIBM_OBJS)
-	$(AR) rv $@ $?
+	$(AR) rc $@ $?
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 endif
 endif
diff -ruw src.orig/src/jsconfig.mk src/src/jsconfig.mk
--- src.orig/src/jsconfig.mk	2007-03-10 18:59:01.000000000 +0100
+++ src/src/jsconfig.mk	2007-03-10 19:01:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   NSPR_SHARED    = nspr20/$(NSPR_VERSION)/$(NSPR_OBJDIR)
 endif
 NSPR_VERSIONFILE = $(NSPR_LOCAL)/Version
-NSPR_CURVERSION := $(shell cat $(NSPR_VERSIONFILE))
+NSPR_CURVERSION := $(shell cat $(NSPR_VERSIONFILE) 2>/dev/null)
 
 get_nspr:
 	@echo "Grabbing NSPR component..."
diff -ruw src.orig/src/rules.mk src/src/rules.mk
--- src.orig/src/rules.mk	2007-03-10 18:59:01.000000000 +0100
+++ src/src/rules.mk	2007-03-10 19:03:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 	    /implib:"$(OBJDIR)/$(@F:.dll=.lib)" $^
 else
 $(LIBRARY): $(LIB_OBJS)
-	$(AR) rv $@ $?
+	$(AR) rc $@ $?
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 $(SHARED_LIBRARY): $(LIB_OBJS)