the normal autogen.sh run doesn't generate usage.h and other generated stuff on users machines. I pre-generate them here, where I know it works as I expect. This should fix issue#3, where on some linux machines generation of usage.h doesn't work which leads to a compiler error.

autogen.sh

@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cat <<EOF > clean.sh
+mode=config
-#!/bin/sh
-find . -name Makefile -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name Makefile.in -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name "*~"     -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name config.h -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name "stamp*"  -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name .deps    -exec rm -rf {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name .libs    -exec rm -rf {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name .o    -exec rm -rf {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
-find . -name .lo    -exec rm -rf {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-rm -rf aclocal.m4 libtool man/pcp1.1 configure config.* config autom4te.cache tests/test* tests/v* tests/stresstest/* libpcp/libpcp1.pc
+case $1 in
-rm clean.sh
+    clean)
-EOF
+	mode=clean
+	;;
+    gen)
+	mode=gen
+	;;
+    -h|--help|help|\?)
+	echo "Usage: $0 [clean|gen]"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
 
-chmod 700 clean.sh
 
+if test "$mode" = "gen"; then
     # generate the install include file
     (echo "#ifndef _HAVE_PCP"; echo "#define _HAVE_PCP"; echo) > include/pcp.h
     (echo "#ifdef __cplusplus"; echo "extern \"C\" {"; echo "#endif"; echo) >> include/pcp.h
@@ -60,12 +59,14 @@ pod2text README.pod > README.txt
     # generate usage.h
     (cd src && ./usage.sh)
 
-clean=$1
+    exit
+fi
 
-touch README
 
-if test -z "$clean"; then
+
+if test "$mode" = "config"; then
   mkdir -p ./config
+  touch README
   
   if ! command -v libtool >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       echo "could not find libtool." 1>&2
@@ -80,6 +81,29 @@ if test -z "$clean"; then
   autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I config
 fi
 
+
+#
+# normal autogen stuff
+
+cat <<EOF > clean.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+find . -name Makefile    -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name Makefile.in -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name "*~"        -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name config.h    -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name "stamp*"    -exec rm {} \;      > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name .deps       -exec rm -rf {} \;  > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name .libs       -exec rm -rf {} \;  > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name .o          -exec rm -rf {} \;  > /dev/null 2>&1
+find . -name .lo         -exec rm -rf {} \;  > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+rm -rf aclocal.m4 libtool configure config.* config autom4te.cache tests/test* tests/v* tests/stresstest/* libpcp/libpcp1.pc
+rm clean.sh
+EOF
+
+chmod 700 clean.sh
+
+
 rm -rf README include/pcp/config.h.in~ libpcp/stamp-h1 autom4te.cache
 
 sleep 1

include/pcp.h

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "pcp/config.h"
 #include "pcp/base85.h"
 #include "pcp/buffer.h"
-#include "pcp/config.h"
 #include "pcp/context.h"
 #include "pcp/crypto.h"
 #include "pcp/defines.h"