First stab at replacing gdbm with metakit.

Makefile.am

@@ -2,6 +2,94 @@ EXTRA_DIST	= mksymlinks.sh acsite.m4 acconfig.h
 
 SUBDIRS		= simgear
 
+#
+# Additional all, clean, and distclean rules for additional packages.
+# We can't just include the additional package dirs in SUBDIRS (which 
+# would be nice because there are then problems with make dist
+#
+
+all: 
+	@list='@subdirs@'; \
+	target=`echo $@`; \
+	for subdir in $$list; do \
+	  echo "Making $$target in $$subdir"; \
+	  if test "$$subdir" = "."; then \
+	    dot_seen=yes; \
+	    local_target="$$target-am"; \
+	  else \
+	    local_target="$$target"; \
+	  fi; \
+	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $$local_target) \
+	   || case "$$amf" in *=*) exit 1;; *k*) fail=yes;; *) exit 1;; esac; \
+	done
+
+install: 
+	@list='@subdirs@'; \
+	target=`echo $@`; \
+	for subdir in $$list; do \
+	  echo "Making $$target in $$subdir"; \
+	  if test "$$subdir" = "."; then \
+	    dot_seen=yes; \
+	    local_target="$$target-am"; \
+	  else \
+	    local_target="$$target"; \
+	  fi; \
+	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $$local_target) \
+	   || case "$$amf" in *=*) exit 1;; *k*) fail=yes;; *) exit 1;; esac; \
+	done
+
+clean: 
+	@list='@subdirs@'; \
+	target=`echo $@`; \
+	for subdir in $$list; do \
+	  echo "Making $$target in $$subdir"; \
+	  if test "$$subdir" = "."; then \
+	    dot_seen=yes; \
+	    local_target="$$target-am"; \
+	  else \
+	    local_target="$$target"; \
+	  fi; \
+	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $$local_target) \
+	   || case "$$amf" in *=*) exit 1;; *k*) fail=yes;; *) exit 1;; esac; \
+	done
+
+distclean: 
+	@list='@subdirs@'; \
+	target=`echo $@`; \
+	for subdir in $$list; do \
+	  echo "Making $$target in $$subdir"; \
+	  if test "$$subdir" = "."; then \
+	    dot_seen=yes; \
+	    local_target="$$target-am"; \
+	  else \
+	    local_target="$$target"; \
+	  fi; \
+	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $$local_target) \
+	   || case "$$amf" in *=*) exit 1;; *k*) fail=yes;; *) exit 1;; esac; \
+	done
+
+#
+# distclean the associated packages and include them in the dist
+#
+
+dist-hook:
+	tar cf - simgear/metar | (cd $(distdir); tar xvf -)
+	@list='@subdirs@'; \
+	target=distclean; \
+	for subdir in $$list; do \
+	  echo "Making $$target in $$subdir"; \
+	  if test "$$subdir" = "."; then \
+	    dot_seen=yes; \
+	    local_target="$$target-am"; \
+	  else \
+	    local_target="$$target"; \
+	  fi; \
+	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $$local_target) \
+	   || case "$$amf" in *=*) echo "distclean error ignored...";; *k*) fail=yes;; *) echo "distclean error ignored...";; esac; \
+	done
+	tar cf - simgear/metakit | (cd $(distdir); tar xvf -)
+	
+
 #
 # Rule to build RPM distribution package
 #
@@ -9,6 +97,3 @@ rpm: dist
 	cp $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz /usr/src/packages/SOURCES
 	rpm -ba @PACKAGE@.spec
 
-dist-hook:
-	tar cf - simgear/metar | (cd $(distdir); tar xvf -)
-