* HA! HA! I ARE USING TEH AM_MAINTAINER_MODE!!!1!

bootstrap

@@ -228,8 +228,10 @@ _plugin.a_plugin\$(LIBEXT):
 	echo \$\$ld \$< \$\$ldfl ; \
 	\$\$ld \$< \$\$ldfl
 
+if MAINTAINER_MODE
 \$(srcdir)/Makefile.am: \$(srcdir)/Modules.am \$(top_srcdir)/bootstrap
 	cd \$(top_srcdir) && \$(SHELL) ./bootstrap
+endif
 
 mostlyclean-local:
 	-rm -f *.a *\$(LIBEXT)

configure.ac

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ dnl them. And we need the comma otherwize automake will choke on it.
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(vlc,0.8.4-svn)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
+dnl HA! HA!
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+
 dnl
 dnl  Save *FLAGS
 dnl