diff -ruN glibc-2.12.1.orig//manual/Makefile glibc-2.12.1//manual/Makefile
--- glibc-2.12.1.orig//manual/Makefile	2010-07-27 11:34:39.000000000 +0000
+++ glibc-2.12.1//manual/Makefile	2011-04-05 12:48:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@
 .PHONY: stubs
 stubs: $(objpfx)stubs
 endif
-$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot $(objpfx)stamp%:
+$(objpfx)stubs ../po/manual.pot:
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	touch $@
+$(objpfx)stamp%:
 	$(make-target-directory)
 	touch $@