--- gedit-2.18.1.orig/plugins/externaltools/data/Makefile.in	2007-04-10 05:00:01.000000000 -0400
+++ gedit-2.18.1/plugins/externaltools/data/Makefile.in	2007-07-05 20:39:29.000000000 -0400
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
 # (.desktop), which happens to be translated using intltool.
 $(tools_SCRIPTS): %: %.tool.in %.desktop $(TOOL_MERGE)
 	perl $(TOOL_MERGE) -o $@ $< $(word 2,$^)
-	chmod --reference=$< $@
+	chmod 0755 $@
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT:
--- gedit-2.18.1.orig/plugins/externaltools/data/Makefile.am.orig	2007-09-15 15:26:32 +0100
+++ gedit-2.18.1.orig/plugins/externaltools/data/Makefile.am	2007-09-15 15:40:09 +0100
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # (.desktop), which happens to be translated using intltool.
 $(tools_SCRIPTS): %: %.tool.in %.desktop $(TOOL_MERGE)
 	perl $(TOOL_MERGE) -o $@ $< $(word 2,$^)
-	chmod --reference=$< $@
+	chmod 0755 $@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(desktop_in_files) \