@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@
    client.scm mt.scm \
    ezsteps.scm lock-queue.scm sdb.scm \
    rmt.scm api.scm subrun.scm \
    portlogger.scm archive.scm env.scm diff-report.scm cgisetup/models/pgdb.scm
 
+OPENSRC_DIR=../opensrc
+MTUTILS_DIR=$(OPENSRC_DIR)/mtutils
+
 # module source files
-MSRCFILES = ftail.scm
+MSRCFILES = ftail.scm mtconfigf.scm
+#  mtcommon.scm mtdb.scm
 
 # Eggs to install (straightforward ones)
 EGGS=matchable readline apropos base64 regex-literals format regex-case test coops trace csv \
 dot-locking posix-utils posix-extras directory-utils hostinfo tcp-server rpc csv-xml fmt \
 json md5 awful http-client spiffy uri-common intarweb spiffy-request-vars \
@@ -45,11 +49,11 @@
 OFILES   = $(SRCFILES:%.scm=%.o)
 GOFILES  = $(GUISRCF:%.scm=%.o)
 
 MOFILES = $(addprefix mofiles/,$(MSRCFILES:%.scm=%.o))
 
-mofiles/%.o : %.scm
+mofiles/%.o : %.scm ../adat.scm
 	mkdir -p mofiles
 	csc $(CSCOPTS) -J -c $< -o mofiles/$*.o
 
 ADTLSCR=mt_laststep mt_runstep mt_ezstep
 HELPERS=$(addprefix $(PREFIX)/bin/,$(ADTLSCR))
@@ -85,10 +89,23 @@
 ndboard : newdashboard.scm $(OFILES) $(GOFILES)
 	csc $(CSCOPTS) $(OFILES) $(GOFILES) newdashboard.scm -o ndboard
 
 mtut: $(OFILES) megatest-fossil-hash.scm mtut.scm
 	csc $(CSCOPTS) $(OFILES) mtut.scm -o mtut
+
+# # stuff for handling external files from opensrc package
+# mtcommon.scm : $(MTUTILS_DIR)/mtcommon/mtcommon.scm
+# 	ln -sf $< $@
+# 
+# mtdb.scm : $(MTUTILS_DIR)/mtdb/mtdb.scm
+# 	ln -sf $< $@
+# 
+# mtconfigf.scm : $(MTUTILS_DIR)/mtconfigf/mtconfigf.scm 
+# 	ln -sf $< $@
+# 
+../adat.scm :  $(MTUTILS_DIR)/adat.scm
+	ln -sf $(PWD)/$< $@
 
 TCMTOBJS = \
 	api.o \
 	archive.o \
 	cgisetup/models/pgdb.o \