2 files changed, 7 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/applets/Makefile.in b/applets/Makefile.in
index 02bcda93b..64aefc017 100644
--- a/applets/Makefile.in
+++ b/applets/Makefile.in
@@ -4,23 +4,13 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
 
-APPLETS_AR:=applets.a
-ifndef $(APPLETS_DIR)
-APPLETS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/applets/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/applets
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/applets
 
-APPLET_SRC:= $(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,applets.c busybox.c version.c)
-APPLET_OBJ:= $(patsubst $(srcdir)/%.c,$(APPLETS_DIR)%.o, $(APPLET_SRC))
+APPLETS_SRC:= $(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,applets.c busybox.c version.c)
 
-APPLET_SRC-y+=$(APPLET_SRC)
-APPLET_SRC-a+=$(APPLET_SRC)
+APPLET_SRC-y+=$(APPLETS_SRC)
+APPLET_SRC-a+=$(APPLETS_SRC)
 
-libraries-y+=$(APPLETS_DIR)$(APPLETS_AR)
+applets_OBJ:=$(patsubst $(srcdir)/%.c,$(objdir)/%.o,$(APPLETS_SRC))
 
-$(APPLETS_DIR)$(APPLETS_AR): $(APPLET_OBJ)
-        $(do_ar)
-
-$(APPLET_OBJ): $(top_builddir)/.config 
-$(APPLET_OBJ): $(APPLETS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/applets/install.sh b/applets/install.sh
index 2c643f2f2..0173e7a44 100755
--- a/applets/install.sh
+++ b/applets/install.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ if [ "$DO_INSTALL_LIBS" != "n" ]; then
         for i in $DO_INSTALL_LIBS; do
                 rm -f $prefix/$libdir/$i || exit 1
                 if [ -f $i ]; then
-                        install -m 644 $i $prefix/$libdir/ || exit 1
+                        cp -a $i $prefix/$libdir/ || exit 1
+                        chmod 0644 $prefix/$libdir/$i || exit 1
                 fi
         done
 fi