Use make dependencies. This is not technically necessary for any of the future patches, but it makes development much more convenient. Index: audit/audisp/plugins/remote/Makefile.am =================================================================== --- audit.orig/audisp/plugins/remote/Makefile.am +++ audit/audisp/plugins/remote/Makefile.am @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = *.loT *.rej *.orig EXTRA_DIST = au-remote.conf audisp-remote.conf $(man_MANS) -AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = no-dependencies INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir} -I${top_srcdir}/lib prog_confdir = $(sysconfdir)/audisp prog_conf = audisp-remote.conf