diff --git a/thirdparty/fsf/gsl/bootstrap b/thirdparty/fsf/gsl/bootstrap
index b1b79e9efd6..4fe7ac98a21 100755
--- a/thirdparty/fsf/gsl/bootstrap
+++ b/thirdparty/fsf/gsl/bootstrap
@@ -131,4 +131,29 @@ else
 
 fi
 
+#  Checked out files don't necessarily have the correct timestamps. If
+#  any local build procedures depend on the checked in state (true for
+#  thirdparty code that should not be automatically autoconf'd, or automake'd 
+#  by our local autotools), then this needs correcting, so provide a 
+#  simple mechanism that just touches the files in the correct order.
+#  (Note this became a problem with subversion, CVS preserved the
+#  checkin dates by default).
+#  
+#  Look for a file "bootstrap_timeorder" in the local directory, if
+#  found just read each line and touch the existing files in turn.
+#  Need to sleep between touches as the resolution of these times
+#  is usually about 1 second (so keep the files to be touched to a 
+#  minimum).
+if test -f "bootstrap_timeorder"; then
+   echo "bootstrap: restoring timestamp order..."
+   for f in `cat bootstrap_timeorder` ""
+   do
+      if test -f "$f"; then
+         touch "$f"
+         sleep 1
+         echo "   $f"
+      fi
+   done
+fi
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/thirdparty/fsf/gsl/bootstrap_timeorder b/thirdparty/fsf/gsl/bootstrap_timeorder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b8fb8af98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/fsf/gsl/bootstrap_timeorder
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#  Establish the time order of some files directories.
+#  Don't want to regenerate these automatically.
+gsl/configure.ac
+gsl/aclocal.m4
+gsl/configure
+gsl/Makefile.in
+gsl/doc/Makefile.in
+gsl/doc/stamp-vti
+gsl/doc/version.texi
+gsl/doc/gsl-ref.info
+gsl/doc/gsl-ref.info-1
+gsl/doc/gsl-ref.info-2
diff --git a/thirdparty/rit/match/bootstrap_timeorder b/thirdparty/rit/match/bootstrap_timeorder
index 9f2c22bf103..423427762b9 100644
--- a/thirdparty/rit/match/bootstrap_timeorder
+++ b/thirdparty/rit/match/bootstrap_timeorder
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#  Establish the time order of some pre-generated autotools files.
-#  Don't want to regenerate these.
-match-0.8/configure
-match-0.8/Makefile.in
+#  Establish the time order of some files directories.
+#  Don't want to regenerate these automatically.
+match/configure.in
+match/aclocal.m4
+match/configure
+match/Makefile.in