-# Please to be fucking the hell off. This breaks "make distdepend". -jwz
-#Makefile: Makefile.in.in ../config.status POTFILES
-# cd .. \
-# && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@.in CONFIG_HEADERS= \
-# $(SHELL) ./config.status
+# jwz: depending on stamp-it breaks distclean.
+Makefile:
+ @if test ! -f $@; then \
+ rm -f stamp-it; \
+ $(MAKE) stamp-it; \
+ fi
+
+stamp-it: Makefile.in.in ../config.status POTFILES
+ cd .. \
+ && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/Makefile.in CONFIG_HEADERS= \
+ $(SHELL) ./config.status