configure and then make distclean

[Shachar Shemesh]

Hi,

For some strange reason (well, maybe not strange), I cannot run "make 
distclean" unless the make files are up to date. Is there a reason for 
this, or is this just a result of a check at the very begining of the 
makefile?

It seems rather strange to me to do "./configure && make distclean; 
./configure && make depend && make".

Shachar

P.S.
No, I am not doing this every single time.