--- DSS_MakeRoot.orig	Fri May 27 18:54:45 2005
+++ DSS_MakeRoot	Sun Aug 13 00:33:59 2006
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 # source release
 
 DSS=0
-if [ $1 = "-f" ]; then
+if [ x"$1" = x"-f" ]; then
 	FLATTEN=1
 	INSTALLROOT=$2
-	if [ $3 = "dss" ]; then
+	if [ x"$3" = x"dss" ]; then
 	    DSS=1
 	fi
 else