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diff --git a/tool/ifchange b/tool/ifchange
index 5695e5a9b8..488e9db26e 100755
--- a/tool/ifchange
+++ b/tool/ifchange
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
set -e
timestamp=
keepsuffix=
+empty=
until [ $# -eq 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
--timestamp)
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ until [ $# -eq 0 ]; do
--keep=*)
keepsuffix=`expr \( "$1" : '[^=]*=\(.*\)' \)`
;;
+ --empty)
+ empty=yes
+ ;;
*)
break
;;
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ if [ "$temp" = - ]; then
trap 'rm -f "$temp"' 0
fi
-if cmp "$target" "$temp" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if [ -f "$target" -a ! -${empty:+f}${empty:-s} "$temp" ] || cmp "$target" "$temp" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "$target unchanged"
rm -f "$temp"
else