+# Rerun the generator if it has changed.
+# Git removes empty directories, so in cases where the
+# generator is creating the sole file in a directory, we
+# have to create the directory first.
+noinst_DATA = stamp-generator
+
+stamp-generator: generator.ml
+ mkdir -p $(top_builddir)/perl/lib/Sys
+ mkdir -p $(top_builddir)/ruby/ext/guestfs
+ mkdir -p $(top_builddir)/java/com/redhat/et/libguestfs
+ cd $(top_builddir) && ocaml -warn-error A ./src/$<
+
+guestfs_protocol.x: stamp-generator