diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aae0ffeaad..532864eadb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Thu Mar 25 04:38:16 2010  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Thu Mar 25 04:42:19 2010  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* tool/make-snapshot (package): take a breath for HP-UX make
+	  [ruby-core:28938].
 
 	* tool/make-snapshot (Dir.mktmpdir): for 1.8.6 backward compatibility.
 
diff --git a/tool/make-snapshot b/tool/make-snapshot
index 7057733696..34a37a92f3 100755
--- a/tool/make-snapshot
+++ b/tool/make-snapshot
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ def package(rev, destdir)
     v = n
   end
   system("patch -d #{v} -p0 -i #{$patch_file}") if $patch_file
+  "take a breath, and go ahead".scan(/./) {|c|print c; sleep(c == "," ? 0.7 : 0.05)}; puts
   def (clean = []).add(n) push(n); n end
   Dir.chdir(v) do
     File.open(clean.add("cross.rb"), "w") {|f| f.puts "CROSS_COMPILING=true"}