diff -Naur xotcl-1.2.1-orig/ChangeLog xotcl-1.2.1/ChangeLog
--- xotcl-1.2.1-orig/ChangeLog	Sun Jun 13 13:56:56 2004
+++ xotcl-1.2.1/ChangeLog	Sun Jun 13 15:35:23 2004
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-13 jim@jam.sessionsnet.org
+	* fixed make distclean target
+	  factored list of configure output files into macro
+	  made sure value of output files got through to make distclean target
+
 2004-06-12 Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at
 	* changed namespace treatment in procs/instprocs
           in provious versions, methods were evaluated in the namespace
diff -Naur xotcl-1.2.1-orig/Makefile.in xotcl-1.2.1/Makefile.in
--- xotcl-1.2.1-orig/Makefile.in	Sun Jun 13 13:36:01 2004
+++ xotcl-1.2.1/Makefile.in	Sun Jun 13 13:35:37 2004
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 #DEFS		= $(TCL_DEFS) @DEFS@ $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 DEFS		= @DEFS@ $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) 
 
-CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = Makefile
+CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = @CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES@
 
 CPPFLAGS	= @CPPFLAGS@
 LIBS		= @PKG_LIBS@ @LIBS@
diff -Naur xotcl-1.2.1-orig/configure.in xotcl-1.2.1/configure.in
--- xotcl-1.2.1-orig/configure.in	Sun Jun 13 13:36:01 2004
+++ xotcl-1.2.1/configure.in	Sun Jun 13 13:53:24 2004
@@ -361,8 +361,36 @@
 AC_SUBST(apps_actiweb)
 
 AC_SUBST(TEA_PLATFORM)
+
+dnl macro expanding to the names of files ./configure is to generate.
+dnl reasoning: this is a factoring; I use this value elsewhere.
+dnl
+dnl Change the value of -this- macro if you want to add or remove
+dnl such files.
+
+AC_DEFUN(CONFIG_OUTPUT_FILES, [[Makefile xotclConfig.sh apps/utils/xotclsh apps/utils/xowish unix/xotcl.spec unix/pkgIndex.unix]])
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# the value of this variable is set to the files which are to be
+# removed when the user invokes 'make distclean' (i.e., those 
+# files generated by ./configure) and is used in the make distclean
+# target, defined in Makefile.in
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES="CONFIG_OUTPUT_FILES"
+
+AC_SUBST(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(CONFIG_OUTPUT_FILES)
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Finally, substitute all of the various values into the Makefile.
+# Finally, substitute all of the various values into the Makefile,
+# and generate the other output files. (this is done by invoking
+# config.status)
+# 
+# NOTE the lack of parameters! AC_OUTPUT with params is deprecated;
+# use macros such as AC_CONFIG_FILES, AC_HEADER_FILES, etc to add
+# to the files output by ./configure.
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_OUTPUT([Makefile xotclConfig.sh apps/utils/xotclsh apps/utils/xowish unix/xotcl.spec unix/pkgIndex.unix])
+AC_OUTPUT