--- net-tools-1.60/Makefile.orig	2001-04-15 16:34:31.000000000 +0200
+++ net-tools-1.60/Makefile	2004-01-05 19:21:08.972317088 +0100
@@ -159,11 +159,14 @@
 		@tar -cvz -f ../net-tools-$(RELEASE).tar.gz -C .. net-tools
 
 
-config.h: 	config.in Makefile 
-		@echo "Configuring the Linux net-tools (NET-3 Base Utilities)..." ; echo
-		@if [ config.status -nt config.in ]; \
+config.h: 	config.in Makefile
+		@if [ ! -f config.h ]; \
+		    then echo "Configuring the Linux net-tools (NET-3 Base Utilities)..." ; \
+		    echo ; \
+		    if [ config.status -nt config.in ]; \
 			then ./configure.sh config.status; \
-		   else ./configure.sh config.in; \
+			else ./configure.sh config.in; \
+		    fi ; \
 		 fi