Do not use *.orig files for building, duh. Index: src/ASDocGen/ASDocGen.c --- src/ASDocGen/ASDocGen.c.orig +++ src/ASDocGen/ASDocGen.c @@ -859,7 +859,8 @@ gen_faq_doc( const char *source_dir, const char *dest_ list_len = my_scandir ((char*)faq_dir, &list, ignore_dots, NULL); for (i = 0; i < list_len; i++) { - if ( !S_ISDIR (list[i]->d_mode) ) + if ( !S_ISDIR (list[i]->d_mode) && + strstr(list[i]->d_name, ".orig") == NULL ) convert_xml_file( faq_dir, list[i]->d_name, &state ); free(list[i]); }