--- subdirs.am.orig	Sun Jul 15 11:44:42 2001
+++ subdirs.am	Fri Aug 17 12:50:33 2001
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ maintainer-clean-recursive:
 	rev=''; list='$(SUBDIRS)'; for subdir in $$list; do \
 	  rev="$$subdir $$rev"; \
 	  test "$$subdir" != "." || dot_seen=yes; \
+	  true; \
 	done; \
 ## If we haven't seen `.', then add it at the beginning.
 	test "$$dot_seen" = "no" && rev=". $$rev"; \