diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9d729d91cc4..b0e59ccb5d8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17670,6 +17670,12 @@ ac_config_links="$ac_config_links src/backend/port/dynloader.c:src/backend/port/
 ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers src/include/pg_config.h"
 
 
+# touch files to flex/bison not needed
+cat UPDATED | grep '^\./' | while read FILE
+do
+	touch "$FILE"
+done
+
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
 # tests run on this system so they can be shared between configure
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 216a3c59eba..f471fab1207 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.280.2.3 2003/09/07 23:39:03 momjian Exp $
+dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.280.2.4 2003/09/07 23:40:52 momjian Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ dnl
 dnl Read the Autoconf manual for details.
 dnl
 
-# touch files to flex/bison not needed
-cat UPDATE | grep '^\./' | while read FILE
-do
-	touch "$FILE"
-done
-
 m4_pattern_forbid(^PGAC_)dnl to catch undefined macros
 dnl
 dnl The GNU folks apparently haven't heard that some people don't use
@@ -1252,4 +1246,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/include/pg_config.h],
 echo >src/include/stamp-h
 ])
 
+# touch files to flex/bison not needed
+cat UPDATED | grep '^\./' | while read FILE
+do
+	touch "$FILE"
+done
+
 AC_OUTPUT