diff --git a/base/make/0001-fix-memory-area-overlap.patch b/base/make/0001-fix-memory-area-overlap.patch
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index 000000000..f7feddbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/make/0001-fix-memory-area-overlap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../make/0001-fix-memory-area-overlap.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+bug #27148: Use of strcpy on overlapping memory areas
+http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27148
+http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/make/job.c?root=make&r1=1.194&r2=1.195
+
+2009-08-01  Paul Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
+	* job.c (new_job): Use memmove() instead of strcpy() since both
+	pointers are in the same memory block.  Fixes Savannah bug #27148.
+	Patch by Petr Machata.
+
+diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
+index a81cd81..3251efe 100644
+--- a/job.c
++++ b/job.c
+@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ new_job (struct file *file)
+       /* There are no more references in this line to worry about.
+ 	 Copy the remaining uninteresting text to the output.  */
+       if (out != in)
+-	strcpy (out, in);
++	memmove (out, in, strlen (in) + 1);
+ 
+       /* Finally, expand the line.  */
+       lines[i] = allocated_variable_expand_for_file (cmds->command_lines[i],
+-- 
+1.6.5.3
+