Many thanks to Ralf W. for finding a subtle bug in these Makefile.am's

that can *sometimes* cause problems with "make -j [N>1] install".
Ensure to make the target directory before we copy stuff into it --
read the thread starting here for more details:

    http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2008/06/4080.php

This commit was SVN r18570.

ompi/etc/Makefile.am

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
 #                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2008      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 # 
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -16,23 +17,19 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-
-
 ompi_config_files = \
                 openmpi-totalview.tcl
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(ompi_config_files)
 
-# This has to be here, even though it's empty, so that AM thinks that
-# "something" will happen here (details fuzzy, but we remember that this
-# *needs* to be here -- you have been warned).
-
-sysconf_DATA = 
-
 # Steal a little trickery from a generated Makefile to only install
-# files if they do not already exist at the target.
+# files if they do not already exist at the target.  Be sure to read
+# thread starting here
+# (http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2008/06/4080.php) for
+# details why the mkdir is in install-data-local.
 
 install-data-local:
+	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
 	@ p="$(ompi_config_files)"; \
 	for file in $$p; do \
 	  if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/$$file; then \

opal/etc/Makefile.am

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
 #                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2008      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 # 
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -16,23 +17,19 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-
-
 opal_config_files = \
 		openmpi-mca-params.conf
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(opal_config_files)
 
-# This has to be here, even though it's empty, so that AM thinks that
-# "something" will happen here (details fuzzy, but we remember that this
-# *needs* to be here -- you have been warned).
-
-sysconf_DATA = 
-
 # Steal a little trickery from a generated Makefile to only install
-# files if they do not already exist at the target.
+# files if they do not already exist at the target.  Be sure to read
+# thread starting here
+# (http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2008/06/4080.php) for
+# details why the mkdir is in install-data-local.
 
 install-data-local:
+	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
 	@ p="$(opal_config_files)"; \
 	for file in $$p; do \
 	  if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/$$file; then \

orte/etc/Makefile.am

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
 #                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2008      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 # 
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -16,23 +17,19 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-
-
 orte_config_files = \
 		openmpi-default-hostfile
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(orte_config_files)
 
-# This has to be here, even though it's empty, so that AM thinks that
-# "something" will happen here (details fuzzy, but we remember that this
-# *needs* to be here -- you have been warned).
-
-sysconf_DATA = 
-
 # Steal a little trickery from a generated Makefile to only install
-# files if they do not already exist at the target.
+# files if they do not already exist at the target.  Be sure to read
+# thread starting here
+# (http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2008/06/4080.php) for
+# details why the mkdir is in install-data-local.
 
 install-data-local:
+	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
 	@ p="$(orte_config_files)"; \
 	for file in $$p; do \
 	  if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/$$file; then \