installworld - touch: not found

i have memories of this in the past.  but, like most of my memory, it
got more holes than the current adminstration's excuses.

today's current
i386
soekris

===> gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/doc (install)
install-info --quiet  --defsection=Miscellaneous  --defentry=  info.info
/usr/sh
are/info/dir
install-info --quiet  --defsection=Miscellaneous  --defentry=
info-stnd.info /u
sr/share/info/dir
install-info --quiet  --defsection=Miscellaneous  --defentry=
texinfo.info /usr/share/info/dir
install -o root -g wheel -m 444  info.info.gz info-stnd.info.gz
texinfo.info.gz /usr/share/info
===> include (install)
creating osreldate.h from newvers.sh
touch: not found
*** Error code 127

i blew away /usr/obj and did a full rebuild.  did a fresh cvsup.  about
to use chicken entrails, but wife objects to smell.

randy