Index: Makefile
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--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -39,14 +39,18 @@
 # module source files
 MSRCFILES = dbfile.scm debugprint.scm mtargs.scm commonmod.scm dbmod.scm \
             tcp-transportmod.scm rmtmod.scm portlogger.scm
 
 transport-mode.scm : transport-mode.scm.template
-	cp transport-mode.scm.template transport-mode.scm
+	@if [[ -e transport-mode.scm ]];then \
+	echo "WARNING: transport-mode.scm.template is newer than transport-mode.scm"; else \
+	cp transport-mode.scm.template transport-mode.scm; fi
 
 dashboard-transport-mode.scm : dashboard-transport-mode.scm.template
-	cp dashboard-transport-mode.scm.template dashboard-transport-mode.scm
+	@if [[ -e dashboard-transport-mode.scm ]];then \
+	echo "WARNING: dashboard-transport-mode.scm.template is newer than dashboard-transport-mode.scm"; else \
+	cp dashboard-transport-mode.scm.template dashboard-transport-mode.scm; fi
 
 megatest.scm : transport-mode.scm
 dashboard.scm : dashboard-transport-mode.scm
 
 # dbmod.import.o is just a hack here