diff --git a/libio/ChangeLog b/libio/ChangeLog
index 36928ba66cd..159d3c13342 100644
--- a/libio/ChangeLog
+++ b/libio/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Tue Jan 27 23:26:07 1998  Manfred Hollstein  <manfred@s-direktnet.de>
+
+	* config.shared: Emit everything which needs to be re-definable
+	via file descriptor 1; the generic stuff is emitted using redirection
+	onto fd 2.
+
+	* configure.in (package_makefile_rules_frag): New variable
+	which is used in the call to config.shared; redirect file descriptor 2
+	to ${package_makefile_rules_frag}.
+
 Tue Jan 27 10:35:22 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)
 
 	* configure.in (topsrcdir): New.
diff --git a/libio/config.shared b/libio/config.shared
index 4a3f9a351c4..41b273f19d5 100644
--- a/libio/config.shared
+++ b/libio/config.shared
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation
+# Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation
 # 
 # This file is part of the GNU IO Library.  This library is free
 # software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 # along with GNU CC; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 # the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
+# File descriptor usage:
+# 1: All macros which need to be re-definable by any target fragments
+# 2: All generic rules; especially those which use re-defined macros, e.g. _G_CONFIG_H!
+
 # Significant variables:
 
 # Note that TO_TOPDIR does *not* include multilib.
@@ -33,6 +37,8 @@ THIS_FILE="${srcdir}/${TOLIBGXX}config.shared"
 
 echo "# Start of package fragment generated by ${THIS_FILE}."
 echo ""
+echo >&2 "# Start of package rules fragment generated by ${THIS_FILE}."
+echo >&2 ""
 
 # Multilib support.
 echo 'MULTISRCTOP ='
@@ -175,107 +181,107 @@ fi
 
 ALL='$(PICDIR)'" ${ALL}"
 
-echo "all: ${ALL} multi-all"
+echo >&2 "all: ${ALL} multi-all"
 if [ "${SUBDIRS}" != "" ] ; then
-  echo '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \'
-  echo '	$(MAKE) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=all $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
+  echo >&2 '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \'
+  echo >&2 '	$(MAKE) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=all $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
 fi
-echo '.PHONY: all'
-echo ''
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: all'
+echo >&2 ''
 
-echo '.PHONY: multi-all'
-echo 'multi-all:'
-echo '	@$(MULTIDO) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=all'
-echo ''
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: multi-all'
+echo >&2 'multi-all:'
+echo >&2 '	@$(MULTIDO) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=all'
+echo >&2 ''
 
-echo
+echo >&2
 if [ "${SUBDIRS}" != "" ] ; then
-  echo '.PHONY: subdir_do'
-  echo 'subdir_do: force'
-  echo '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \'
-  echo '	for i in $(DODIRS); do \'
-  echo '		if [ -f  ./$$i/Makefile ] ; then \'
-  echo '			echo "cd $$i; make $(DO) ..." ; \'
-  echo '			(cd $$i ; $(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) $(DO)) || exit 1 ; \'
-  echo '		else true ; fi ; \'
-  echo '	done'
-  echo ''
-  echo '# List of variables to pass to sub-makes.  This should not be needed'
-  echo '# by GNU make or Sun make (both of which pass command-line variable'
-  echo '# overrides thouh $(MAKE)) but may be needed by older versions.'
-  echo ''
-  echo 'FLAGS_TO_PASS= \'
-  echo '	"SHELL=$(SHELL)" \'
-  echo '	"INSTALL=$(INSTALL)" \'
-  echo '	"INSTALL_DATA=$(INSTALL_DATA)" \'
-  echo '	"INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)" \'
-  echo '	"prefix=$(prefix)" \'
-  echo '	"exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix)" \'
-  echo '	"tooldir=$(tooldir)" \'
-  echo '	"AR=$(AR)" \'
-  echo '	"AR_FLAGS=$(AR_FLAGS)" \'
-  echo '	"CC=$(CC)" \'
-  echo '	"CXX=$(CXX)" \'
-  echo '	"CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)" \'
-  echo '	"CXXFLAGS=$(CXXFLAGS)" \'
-  echo '	"NM=$(NM)" \'
-  echo '	"RANLIB=$(RANLIB)" \'
-  echo '	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \'
-  echo '	"LIBCXXFLAGS=$(LIBCXXFLAGS)" \'
-  echo '	"LOADLIBES=$(LOADLIBES)" \'
-  echo '	"LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS)" \'
-  echo '	"MAKEINFO=$(MAKEINFO)" \'
-  echo '	"SHLIB=$(SHLIB)" \'
-  echo '	"SHCURSES=$(SHCURSES)" \'
-  echo '	"PICFLAG=$(PICFLAG)" \'
-  echo '	"RUNTESTFLAGS=$(RUNTESTFLAGS)"'
+  echo >&2 '.PHONY: subdir_do'
+  echo >&2 'subdir_do: force'
+  echo >&2 '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \'
+  echo >&2 '	for i in $(DODIRS); do \'
+  echo >&2 '		if [ -f  ./$$i/Makefile ] ; then \'
+  echo >&2 '			echo "cd $$i; make $(DO) ..." ; \'
+  echo >&2 '			(cd $$i ; $(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) $(DO)) || exit 1 ; \'
+  echo >&2 '		else true ; fi ; \'
+  echo >&2 '	done'
+  echo >&2 ''
+  echo >&2 '# List of variables to pass to sub-makes.  This should not be needed'
+  echo >&2 '# by GNU make or Sun make (both of which pass command-line variable'
+  echo >&2 '# overrides thouh $(MAKE)) but may be needed by older versions.'
+  echo >&2 ''
+  echo >&2 'FLAGS_TO_PASS= \'
+  echo >&2 '	"SHELL=$(SHELL)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"INSTALL=$(INSTALL)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"INSTALL_DATA=$(INSTALL_DATA)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"prefix=$(prefix)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"tooldir=$(tooldir)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"AR=$(AR)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"AR_FLAGS=$(AR_FLAGS)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"CC=$(CC)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"CXX=$(CXX)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"CXXFLAGS=$(CXXFLAGS)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"NM=$(NM)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"RANLIB=$(RANLIB)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"LIBCXXFLAGS=$(LIBCXXFLAGS)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"LOADLIBES=$(LOADLIBES)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"MAKEINFO=$(MAKEINFO)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"SHLIB=$(SHLIB)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"SHCURSES=$(SHCURSES)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"PICFLAG=$(PICFLAG)" \'
+  echo >&2 '	"RUNTESTFLAGS=$(RUNTESTFLAGS)"'
 fi
 
-echo 'NOSTDINC = -nostdinc++'
+echo >&2 'NOSTDINC = -nostdinc++'
 if test -n "${XCXXINCLUDES}" ; then
-  echo "CXXINCLUDES = ${XCXXINCLUDES} "'$(NOSTDINC)'
+  echo >&2 "CXXINCLUDES = ${XCXXINCLUDES} "'$(NOSTDINC)'
 elif test "${DOING_LIBGXX}" = "true" ; then
-  echo 'CXXINCLUDES = $(NOSTDINC) -I. -I'"${TO_TOPDIR}libio"' -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/'"${TOLIBGXX}"'$(IO_DIR) -I$(srcdir)/'"${TOLIBGXX}"'../libstdc++ -I$(srcdir)/'"${TOLIBGXX}src"' $(WRAP_C_INCLUDES)'
+  echo >&2 'CXXINCLUDES = $(NOSTDINC) -I. -I'"${TO_TOPDIR}libio"' -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/'"${TOLIBGXX}"'$(IO_DIR) -I$(srcdir)/'"${TOLIBGXX}"'../libstdc++ -I$(srcdir)/'"${TOLIBGXX}src"' $(WRAP_C_INCLUDES)'
 fi
 if test -n "${XCINCLUDES}" ; then
-  echo "CINCLUDES = ${XCINCLUDES}"
+  echo >&2 "CINCLUDES = ${XCINCLUDES}"
 elif test "${DOING_LIBGXX}" = "true" ; then
-  echo 'CINCLUDES ='
+  echo >&2 'CINCLUDES ='
 fi
 
 if [ "${LIBDIR}" = "yes" ]; then
-  echo 'XCFLAGS = $(LIBCFLAGS)'
-  echo 'XCXXFLAGS = $(LIBCXXFLAGS)'
+  echo >&2 'XCFLAGS = $(LIBCFLAGS)'
+  echo >&2 'XCXXFLAGS = $(LIBCXXFLAGS)'
 else
-  echo 'XCFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)'
-  echo 'XCXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS)'
+  echo >&2 'XCFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)'
+  echo >&2 'XCXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS)'
 fi
 
-echo '.SUFFIXES: .o .C .cc .c'
-echo 'COMPILE.c = $(CC) -c $(XCFLAGS) $(CINCLUDES) $(MT_CFLAGS)'
-echo '.c.o:'
+echo >&2 '.SUFFIXES: .o .C .cc .c'
+echo >&2 'COMPILE.c = $(CC) -c $(XCFLAGS) $(CINCLUDES) $(MT_CFLAGS)'
+echo >&2 '.c.o:'
 if [ "${LIBDIR}" = "yes" ]; then
-echo '	test -z "$(PICFLAG)" ||\'
-echo '	  $(COMPILE.c) $(PICFLAG) $< -o pic/$@'
+echo >&2 '	test -z "$(PICFLAG)" ||\'
+echo >&2 '	  $(COMPILE.c) $(PICFLAG) $< -o pic/$@'
 fi
-echo '	$(COMPILE.c) $<'
-[ "${TOUCH_ON_COMPILE}" = "yes" ] && echo '	@touch stamp'
-echo 'COMPILE.cc = $(CXX) -c $(XCXXFLAGS) $(CXXINCLUDES) $(MT_CFLAGS)'
-echo '.C.o:'
+echo >&2 '	$(COMPILE.c) $<'
+[ "${TOUCH_ON_COMPILE}" = "yes" ] && echo >&2 '	@touch stamp'
+echo >&2 'COMPILE.cc = $(CXX) -c $(XCXXFLAGS) $(CXXINCLUDES) $(MT_CFLAGS)'
+echo >&2 '.C.o:'
 if [ "${LIBDIR}" = "yes" ]; then
-echo '	test -z "$(PICFLAG)" ||\'
-echo '	  $(COMPILE.cc) $(PICFLAG) $< -o pic/$@'
+echo >&2 '	test -z "$(PICFLAG)" ||\'
+echo >&2 '	  $(COMPILE.cc) $(PICFLAG) $< -o pic/$@'
 fi
-echo '	$(COMPILE.cc) $<'
-[ "${TOUCH_ON_COMPILE}" = "yes" ] && echo '	@touch stamp'
-echo '.cc.o:'
+echo >&2 '	$(COMPILE.cc) $<'
+[ "${TOUCH_ON_COMPILE}" = "yes" ] && echo >&2 '	@touch stamp'
+echo >&2 '.cc.o:'
 if [ "${LIBDIR}" = "yes" ]; then
-echo '	test -z "$(PICFLAG)" || \'
-echo '	  $(COMPILE.cc) $(PICFLAG) $< -o pic/$@'
+echo >&2 '	test -z "$(PICFLAG)" || \'
+echo >&2 '	  $(COMPILE.cc) $(PICFLAG) $< -o pic/$@'
 fi
-echo '	$(COMPILE.cc) $<'
-[ "${TOUCH_ON_COMPILE}" = "yes" ] && echo '	@touch stamp'
-echo ''
+echo >&2 '	$(COMPILE.cc) $<'
+[ "${TOUCH_ON_COMPILE}" = "yes" ] && echo >&2 '	@touch stamp'
+echo >&2 ''
 
 if [ -n "${TARGETLIB}" ] ; then
   echo TARGETLIB = ${TARGETLIB}
@@ -285,111 +291,111 @@ if [ -n "${TARGETPROG}" ] ; then
 fi
 
 if [ "${LIBDIR}" = "yes" ]; then
-  echo ''
-  echo 'stamp-picdir:'
-  echo '	if [ -n "$(PICFLAG)" ] && [ ! -d pic ]; then \'
-  echo '	  mkdir pic; \'
-  echo '	else true; fi'
-  echo '	touch stamp-picdir'
+  echo >&2 ''
+  echo >&2 'stamp-picdir:'
+  echo >&2 '	if [ -n "$(PICFLAG)" ] && [ ! -d pic ]; then \'
+  echo >&2 '	  mkdir pic; \'
+  echo >&2 '	else true; fi'
+  echo >&2 '	touch stamp-picdir'
 fi
 
-echo ''
-echo '.PHONY: install'
-echo 'install:'
-echo '.PHONY: check'
+echo >&2 ''
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: install'
+echo >&2 'install:'
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: check'
 if [ "${CHECK}" != "check" ] ; then
-  echo "check: ${ALL} ${CHECK}"
+  echo >&2 "check: ${ALL} ${CHECK}"
   if [ "${CHECK_SUBDIRS}" != "" ] ; then
-    echo '	rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \'
-    echo '	SAVE_LLPATH="$${SAVE_LLPATH-$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"; export SAVE_LLPATH; \'
-    echo '	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$${rootme}${TOLIBGXX}../libstdc++:$${rootme}${TOLIBGXX}../libg++:$$SAVE_LLPATH"; \'
-    echo '	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH; \'
-    echo '	$(MAKE) "DODIRS=$(CHECK_SUBDIRS)" DO=check $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
+    echo >&2 '	rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \'
+    echo >&2 '	SAVE_LLPATH="$${SAVE_LLPATH-$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"; export SAVE_LLPATH; \'
+    echo >&2 '	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$${rootme}${TOLIBGXX}../libstdc++:$${rootme}${TOLIBGXX}../libg++:$$SAVE_LLPATH"; \'
+    echo >&2 '	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH; \'
+    echo >&2 '	$(MAKE) "DODIRS=$(CHECK_SUBDIRS)" DO=check $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
   fi
 fi
 
 # Generate rules for documentation (depending on INFO_FILES and INFO_SUBDIRS).
 
-echo '.PHONY: info dvi install-info clean-info'
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: info dvi install-info clean-info'
 
 # emit the rule for 'info'
 # (Note that the top-level ../Makefile.in greps for '^info:' when making
 # a release (in "make taz"), so don't break that!)
 if [ -z "${INFO_FILES}" ] ; then
-  echo 'info:'
+  echo >&2 'info:'
 else
-  echo info: `for file in ${INFO_FILES} ; do echo $file.info ; done`
+  echo >&2 info: `for file in ${INFO_FILES} ; do echo $file.info ; done`
 fi
 if [ "${INFO_SUBDIRS}" != "" ] ; then
-  echo '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
+  echo >&2 '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
 	$(MAKE) "DODIRS='${INFO_SUBDIRS}'" DO=info $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
 fi
 
 # emit the rule for 'dvi'
 if [ -z "${INFO_FILES}" ] ; then
-  echo 'dvi:'
+  echo >&2 'dvi:'
 else
-  echo dvi: `for file in ${INFO_FILES} ; do echo $file.dvi ; done`
+  echo >&2 dvi: `for file in ${INFO_FILES} ; do echo $file.dvi ; done`
 fi
 if [ "${INFO_SUBDIRS}" != "" ] ; then
-  echo '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
+  echo >&2 '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
 	$(MAKE) "DODIRS='${INFO_SUBDIRS}'" DO=dvi $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
 fi
 
 # Emit rules for each *.info and *.dvi file
 for file in ${INFO_FILES} ; do
-  echo ${file}.info: '$(srcdir)'/${file}.texi
-  echo '	$(MAKEINFO) -I$(srcdir) -I$(TEXIDIR) $(srcdir)/'${file}.texi -o ${file}.info
-  echo ${file}.dvi: '$(srcdir)'/${file}.texi
-  echo '	$(TEXI2DVI) $(srcdir)'/${file}.texi
-  echo "${file}.ps: ${file}.dvi"
-  echo "	dvips ${file} -o"
+  echo >&2 ${file}.info: '$(srcdir)'/${file}.texi
+  echo >&2 '	$(MAKEINFO) -I$(srcdir) -I$(TEXIDIR) $(srcdir)/'${file}.texi -o ${file}.info
+  echo >&2 ${file}.dvi: '$(srcdir)'/${file}.texi
+  echo >&2 '	$(TEXI2DVI) $(srcdir)'/${file}.texi
+  echo >&2 "${file}.ps: ${file}.dvi"
+  echo >&2 "	dvips ${file} -o"
 done
 
 # emit the rule for install-info
-echo 'install-info:'
+echo >&2 'install-info:'
 if [ -n "${INFO_FILES}" ] ; then
-  echo '	-parent=`echo $(infodir)|sed -e' "'"'s@/[^/]*$$@@'"'"'`; \'
-  echo '	if [ -d $$parent ] ; then true ; else mkdir $$parent ; fi'
-  echo '	-if [ -d $(infodir) ] ; then true ; else mkdir $(infodir) ; fi'
-  echo '	for i in *.info* ; do \'
-  echo '	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(infodir)/$$i ; \'
-  echo '	done'
+  echo >&2 '	-parent=`echo $(infodir)|sed -e' "'"'s@/[^/]*$$@@'"'"'`; \'
+  echo >&2 '	if [ -d $$parent ] ; then true ; else mkdir $$parent ; fi'
+  echo >&2 '	-if [ -d $(infodir) ] ; then true ; else mkdir $(infodir) ; fi'
+  echo >&2 '	for i in *.info* ; do \'
+  echo >&2 '	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(infodir)/$$i ; \'
+  echo >&2 '	done'
 fi
 if [ "${INFO_SUBDIRS}" != "" ] ; then
-  echo '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
+  echo >&2 '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
 	$(MAKE) "DODIRS='${INFO_SUBDIRS}'" DO=install-info $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
 fi
 
 # emit clean-info and clean-dvi rules
-echo '.PHONY: do-clean-info clean-info do-clean-dvi clean-dvi'
-echo do-clean-info:
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: do-clean-info clean-info do-clean-dvi clean-dvi'
+echo >&2 do-clean-info:
 if [ -n "${INFO_FILES}" ] ; then
-  echo '	rm -f *.info*'
+  echo >&2 '	rm -f *.info*'
 fi
-echo 'do-clean-dvi:'
+echo >&2 'do-clean-dvi:'
 if [ -n "${INFO_FILES}" ] ; then
-  echo '	rm -f *.dvi *.aux *.cp *.cps *.fn* *.ky *.log *.pg *.toc *.tp *.vr'
+  echo >&2 '	rm -f *.dvi *.aux *.cp *.cps *.fn* *.ky *.log *.pg *.toc *.tp *.vr'
 fi
 for type in info dvi ; do
-  echo clean-${type}: do-clean-${type}
+  echo >&2 clean-${type}: do-clean-${type}
   if [ "${INFO_SUBDIRS}" != "" ] ; then
-    echo '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
+    echo >&2 '	@rootme=`pwd`/; export rootme; \
 	$(MAKE) "DODIRS='${NFO_SUBDIRS}'" DO=clean-'${type} '$(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do'
   fi
 done
 
-echo ''
+echo >&2 ''
 
-echo '.PHONY: boltcc'
-echo 'boltcc:'
-echo '	rootme=`pwd`/ ; export rootme ; $(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS)'
-echo ''
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: boltcc'
+echo >&2 'boltcc:'
+echo >&2 '	rootme=`pwd`/ ; export rootme ; $(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS)'
+echo >&2 ''
 
 # Emit clean rules
 
-echo ''
-echo '# clean rules'
+echo >&2 ''
+echo >&2 '# clean rules'
 
 MOSTLYCLEAN="${MOSTLYCLEAN-*.o pic stamp-picdir core ${EXTRA_MOSTLYCLEAN}} `if test -n "${TOUCH_ON_COMPILE}"; then echo stamp; else true; fi`"
 CLEAN="${CLEAN-${TARGETPROG} ${TARGETLIB}}"
@@ -397,55 +403,55 @@ DISTCLEAN="${DISTCLEAN-config.status Makefile *~ Make.pack target-mkfrag multili
 REALCLEAN="${REALCLEAN-depend *.info*}"
 
 
-echo '.PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean maintainer-clean realclean'
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean maintainer-clean realclean'
 if test -z "${SUBDIRS}" ; then
-  echo "mostlyclean: clean-dvi"
-  echo "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN}"
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=mostlyclean'
-  echo "clean: clean-dvi"
-  echo "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN} ${CLEAN}"
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=clean'
-  echo "distclean: clean"
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=distclean'
-  echo "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN}"
-  echo "maintainer-clean realclean: clean clean-info"
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=maintainer-clean'
-  echo "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN} ${REALCLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 "mostlyclean: clean-dvi"
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=mostlyclean'
+  echo >&2 "clean: clean-dvi"
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN} ${CLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=clean'
+  echo >&2 "distclean: clean"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=distclean'
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 "maintainer-clean realclean: clean clean-info"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=maintainer-clean'
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN} ${REALCLEAN}"
 else
-  echo '.PHONY: do-clean subdir_distclean subdir_maintainer_clean'
-  echo "mostlyclean: do-clean-dvi"
-  echo "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN}"
-  echo '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=mostlyclean subdir_do'
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=mostlyclean'
-  echo "do-clean: do-clean-dvi"
-  echo "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN} ${CLEAN}"
-  echo "clean: do-clean"
-  echo '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=clean subdir_do'
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=clean'
+  echo >&2 '.PHONY: do-clean subdir_distclean subdir_maintainer_clean'
+  echo >&2 "mostlyclean: do-clean-dvi"
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=mostlyclean subdir_do'
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=mostlyclean'
+  echo >&2 "do-clean: do-clean-dvi"
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${MOSTLYCLEAN} ${CLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 "clean: do-clean"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=clean subdir_do'
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=clean'
   # distclean and maintainer-clean are tricky because they remove the Makefile.
-  echo "subdir_distclean:"
-  echo '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=distclean subdir_do'
-  echo "distclean: do-clean subdir_distclean"
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=distclean'
-  echo "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN}"
-  echo "subdir_maintainer_clean:"
-  echo '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=maintainer-clean subdir_do'
-  echo "maintainer-clean realclean: do-clean subdir_maintainer_clean do-clean-info"
-  echo '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=maintainer-clean'
-  echo "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN} ${REALCLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 "subdir_distclean:"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=distclean subdir_do'
+  echo >&2 "distclean: do-clean subdir_distclean"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=distclean'
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN}"
+  echo >&2 "subdir_maintainer_clean:"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" DO=maintainer-clean subdir_do'
+  echo >&2 "maintainer-clean realclean: do-clean subdir_maintainer_clean do-clean-info"
+  echo >&2 '	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=maintainer-clean'
+  echo >&2 "	rm -rf ${DISTCLEAN} ${REALCLEAN}"
 fi
 
-echo ''
-echo '.PHONY: force'
-echo 'force:'
-echo ''
-echo '# with the gnu make, this is done automatically.'
-echo ''
-echo 'Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(host_makefile_frag) $(target_makefile_frag)'
-echo '	$(SHELL) ./config.status'
-echo ''
-echo '.NOEXPORT:'
-echo 'MAKEOVERRIDES='
+echo >&2 ''
+echo >&2 '.PHONY: force'
+echo >&2 'force:'
+echo >&2 ''
+echo >&2 '# with the gnu make, this is done automatically.'
+echo >&2 ''
+echo >&2 'Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(host_makefile_frag) $(target_makefile_frag)'
+echo >&2 '	$(SHELL) ./config.status'
+echo >&2 ''
+echo >&2 '.NOEXPORT:'
+echo >&2 'MAKEOVERRIDES='
 
 cat <<"EOF"
 DEPEND_SOURCES = ${srcdir}/*.cc ${srcdir}/*.c
@@ -480,7 +486,8 @@ $(srcdir)/depend:  depend.new
 EOF
 
 if [ -f ${srcdir}/${subdir}/depend ] ; then
-  cat ${srcdir}/${subdir}/depend
+  cat ${srcdir}/${subdir}/depend >&2
 fi
 
 echo "# End of package fragment generated by ${THIS_FILE}."
+echo >&2 "# End of package rules fragment generated by ${THIS_FILE}."
diff --git a/libio/configure.in b/libio/configure.in
index e67685227e9..6594559f71d 100644
--- a/libio/configure.in
+++ b/libio/configure.in
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ fi
 srctrigger=libioP.h
 srcname="input/output library"
 package_makefile_frag=Make.pack
+package_makefile_rules_frag=Make.pack.r
 
 # per-host:
 
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ INFO_FILES=iostream
 if [ -n "${with_cross_host}" -a -d ${topsrcdir}/gcc ]; then
     CHECK_SUBDIRS=testsuite
 fi
-(. ${srcdir}/config.shared) >${package_makefile_frag}
+(. ${srcdir}/config.shared) >${package_makefile_frag} 2>${package_makefile_rules_frag}
 
 # post-target: