--- gforth/configure.in	1998/12/19 23:15:08	1.43
+++ gforth/configure.in	1999/01/01 15:20:36	1.47
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ AC_INIT(engine/engine.c)
 
 dnl We use some automake macros here,
 dnl but don't use automake for creating Makefile.in
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gforth,0.4.0)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gforth,0.4.0-19990101)
+#snapshots have numbers major.minor.release-YYYYMMDD
+#note that lexicographic ordering bust be heeded.
+#I.e., 0.4.1-YYYYMMDD must not exist before 0.4.1!
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(engine/config.h)
 AM_CYGWIN32
 
@@ -148,9 +151,10 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 case "$host_cpu" in
 	hppa*)
 		machine=hppa
+		$srcdir/mkinstalldirs arch/hppa
 		LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS ../arch/hppa/cache.o"
 		LDFLAGS="-Xlinker -N"
-		LIBS="-L/lib/pa1.1/"
+		LIBS="$LIBS -L/lib/pa1.1/"
 		if test "${enable_direct_threaded+set}" = ""
 		then
 			AC_DEFINE(DIRECT_THREADED)
@@ -212,6 +216,7 @@ case "$host_cpu" in
 		;;
 	power*)
 		machine=power
+		$srcdir/mkinstalldirs arch/power
 		AC_CHECK_FUNC(_sync_cache_range,true,LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS ../arch/power/_sync_cache_range.o")
 		;;
 	*)
@@ -278,14 +283,13 @@ dnl Checks for library functions
 dnl This check is just for making later checks link with libm.
 dnl using sin here is no good idea since it is built-into gcc and typechecked
 AC_CHECK_LIB(m,asin)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dlopen)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dl,dlopen)
 if test "$host_os" != "nextstep3"
 then
 	AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
 fi
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(memmove strtoul pow10 strerror strsignal atanh)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(sys_siglist)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dlopen sys_siglist)
 AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(getopt_long,true,LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS getopt.o getopt1.o")
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(rint expm1 log1p)
@@ -303,7 +307,11 @@ AC_SUBST(machine)
 dnl AC_LINK_FILES(arch/$machine,arch/machine) #no longer needed
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
+Makedist
 gforthmi
 engine/Makefile
-doc/version.texi ],echo timestamp > stamp-h)
+doc/version.texi ],
+echo timestamp > stamp-h
 chmod +x gforthmi
+test -d kernel||mkdir kernel)
+