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diff --git a/lib/Makefile.ctan b/lib/Makefile.ctan
index 44cd33e..88ecc38 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.ctan
+++ b/lib/Makefile.ctan
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CTANZIP		= $(TMP)/$(TDSCOLL).ctan.zip
 # the filedates and the checksums. To get rid of all the junk we commit and 
 # export a clean copy EXPORTED, on which we run the target ctanexp below,  
 # which generates a directory CTANDIR, which we zip and move into place. 
-ctan: all filedate checksum
+ctan: all# filedate checksum *******
 	git commit -am'draining just to be sure for CTAN distribution'
 	git push
 	rm -Rf $(EXPORTED)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ tdsext:
 	@echo "making a TDS compliant archive"
 	rm -Rf $(TDSDIR) $(TDSZIP)
 	@echo "  enabling checksums"
-	$(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) enablechecksum
+#	$(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) enablechecksum *******
 	@echo "  copying over stuff to $(TDSDIR)"
 	@for d in $(DTXDIRS); do (cd $$d && $(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) ltds) done
 	@for d in $(SRCDIRS); do (cp -R $$d $(TDSDIR)/source/latex/$(TDSCOLL)) done;