diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 578f484ad9..f047dd243a 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7210,4 +7210,7 @@ David  28 Oct 2003
 
 Karl 2003-10-29
     - removed test_sanity check from configure
+    - updated some distribution file list
     configure.ac
+    */Makefile.am
+
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e65c1eae3b..96343c83ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 1.55 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 1.56 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57 for BOINC 2.08.
 #