--- ./Makefile.pre.in.orig	2003-11-12 11:31:18.721639608 +0100
+++ ./Makefile.pre.in	2003-11-12 11:31:55.176097688 +0100
@@ -703,19 +703,19 @@
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
 	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
 		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
+		-d $(LIBDEST) \
 		-x 'badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
 	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
 		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
+		-d $(LIBDEST) \
 		-x 'badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
 	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
 		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
+		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
 		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
+		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 
 # Create the PLATDIR source directory, if one wasn't distributed..