diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2007-11-25  James Youngman  <jay@gnu.org>
 
+	* Makefile.am (jy-regex-fix): Comment that the regex.c fix needs
+	to stay until we no longer support Automate-1.9.
+
 	* doc/perm.texi (Mode Structure): Fix setgid/setuid typo.
 
 2007-11-24  James Youngman  <jay@gnu.org>
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fddb2e47..30ff4619 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ TESTFILE_SUFFIXES = .exp .xo .xe .xi
 dist-hook: jy-regex-fix findutils-check-pofiles findutils-check-testfiles
 
 
-##
 ## regex.c seems to get left out if I use automake-1.9 but not 
 ## if I use automake-1.7.   Hence dist-hook has to be able to 
 ## copy regex.c into the relevant (read-only) directory if it 
 ## is not already there, but needs to avoid doing so if the 
 ## file is already in place.   Ugh.  
+## 
+## This problem appears not to apply to Automake-1.10, but since
+## gnulib only requires Automake-1.9.6, we should support that.  
+## Therefore we probably can't remove this kludge yet.
+## 
 ##                             -- James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>
 ## 
 jy-regex-fix: