+dnl
+dnl Sigh, this is required because under the new world order autoconf has
+dnl nothing to create in a few of the build directories when doing an object
+dnl tree build. So make sure we created certain directories if they don't
+dnl exist.
+dnl
+
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([build-directories],
+[test -d etc || ${MKDIR_P} etc
+test -d man || ${MKDIR_P} man])
+
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_POST([
+