diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 828a8444..2d714241 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Makefile: Makefile.in config.status
 config.status: configure
 	./config.status --recheck
 
+# FIXME this doesn't work.
 clean mostlyclean distclean realclean::
 	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
 	  echo making $@ in $$dir ; \
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index 828a8444..2d714241 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Makefile: Makefile.in config.status
 config.status: configure
 	./config.status --recheck
 
+# FIXME this doesn't work.
 clean mostlyclean distclean realclean::
 	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
 	  echo making $@ in $$dir ; \
diff --git a/testsuite/Makefile.in b/testsuite/Makefile.in
index b9dd86cf..c5694305 100644
--- a/testsuite/Makefile.in
+++ b/testsuite/Makefile.in
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ site.exp: ../config.status Makefile
 	-@rm -f ./tmp?
 
 install:
+
 install-info:
+
 uninstall:
 
 Makefile: Makefile.in ../config.status
@@ -77,9 +79,12 @@ Makefile: Makefile.in ../config.status
 
 clean:
 	rm -f autoconf.log autoconf.sum site.exp site.bak AC* confdummy* 
+
 mostlyclean: clean
+
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile config.status config.cache config.log
+
 realclean: distclean
+
 TAGS:
-dist: