diff --git a/configure/tools/makeDependsTargets.pl b/configure/tools/makeDependsTargets.pl
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+eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'  # -*- Mode: perl -*-
+	if $running_under_some_shell; # makeDependsTargets.pl
+
+# $Id$
+#
+#  Author: Janet Anderson
+# 
+
+sub Usage
+{
+    my ($txt) = @_;
+
+    print "Usage:\n";
+    print "\makeDependsTargets infile\n";
+    print "\nError: $txt\n" if $txt;
+
+    exit 2;
+}
+
+# need at least one args: ARGV[0]
+Usage("need an arg") if $#ARGV < 0;
+
+use Cwd;
+use File::Path;
+use File::Copy;
+
+$depfile = $ARGV[0];
+$tempfile = $ARGV[0].temp;
+
+if (-f $depfile) {
+    unlink("$tempfile");
+    copy ($depfile, $tempfile) or die "$! copying $depfile";
+    open(OUT,">> $depfile") or die "$! opening $depfile";
+    open(IN,"< $tempfile") or die "$! opening $tempfile";
+    print OUT "\n#Depend files must be targets to avoid 'No rule to make target ...' errors\n";
+    
+    while ($line = <IN>) {
+        next if ( $line =~ /\s*#/ );
+        chomp($line);
+        #$line =~ s/[ 	]//g; # remove blanks and tabs
+        #next if ( $line =~ /^$/ ); # skip empty lines
+        $depends = $line;
+    
+        $depends =~ s/.*://;
+        $depends =~ s/\\$//;
+        print OUT "$depends : \n";
+    }
+
+    print OUT "\n";
+    close IN or die "Cannot close $tempfile: $!";
+    close OUT or die "Cannot close $depfile: $!";
+    unlink("$tempfile");
+}
+