diff --git a/package/base/man-pages/sharedfiles.patch b/package/base/man-pages/sharedfiles.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d6e0e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/man-pages/sharedfiles.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff -pruN man-pages-1.67_orig/Makefile man-pages-1.67/Makefile
+--- man-pages-1.67_orig/Makefile	2004-05-21 01:35:18.000000000 +0200
++++ man-pages-1.67/Makefile	2004-10-21 11:41:08.226029864 +0200
+@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ allbz: bz2 all
+ screen:
+ 	-mkdir not_installed
+ 	for i in man?/*; do \
+-		if [ $(MANDIR)/"$$i" -nt "$$i" ]; then \
+-			cmp -s $(MANDIR)/"$$i" "$$i" > /dev/null 2>&1; \
+-			if [ "$$?" != 0 ]; then mv "$$i" not_installed; fi; \
+-		fi; \
++		grep -q "$$i" ` ls /var/adm/flists/* | grep -v man-pages `; \
++		if [ "$$?" == 0 ]; then mv "$$i" not_installed; fi; \
+ 	done
+ 
+ remove: