Problem: make bootstrap with libjava

[Joe Buck]

> Richard> configure: error: source directory already configured; run make
> Richard> distclean there first
> 
> This means that you tried to configure in the source tree, then later
> went back and tried to configure in another directory.  This doesn't
> work.  The simplest fix is to delete what you have and download the
> sources again.

Why not just follow directions and do "make distclean" in the source
directory?