--- sysvinit-2.86/src/Makefile.vanilla	2007-01-25 14:39:03.000000000 +0100
+++ sysvinit-2.86/src/Makefile	2007-01-25 14:42:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 		for i in $(MAN8); do \
 			$(INSTALL) -m 644 ../man/$$i $(ROOT)$(MANDIR)/man8/; \
 		done
-ifeq ($(ROOT),)
+ifeq (x,y)
 		#
 		# This part is skipped on Debian systems, the
 		# debian.preinst script takes care of it.