diff -Naur octave-3.2.0/doc/Makefile.in octave-3.2.0.new/doc/Makefile.in
--- octave-3.2.0/doc/Makefile.in	2009-06-03 07:55:40.000000000 -0400
+++ octave-3.2.0.new/doc/Makefile.in	2009-07-07 18:20:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 all: conf.texi $(SUBDIRS)
 .PHONY: all
 
+$(SUBDIRS): conf.texi
+
 conf.texi: conf.texi.in $(TOPDIR)/Makeconf
 	@$(do-subst-texinfo-vals)