unchanged:
--- a/Makefile	Thu Oct  6 03:31:41 2005
+++ b/Makefile	Thu Oct  6 04:36:33 2005
@@ -36,16 +36,25 @@
 	$(MAKE) -C tools build
 	$(MAKE) -C docs build
 
-# build and install everything into local dist directory
-dist: DESTDIR=$(DISTDIR)/install
-dist: dist-xen dist-kernels dist-tools dist-docs
+# build and install everything into local dist directory.  
+dist:
+	@make XEN_BUILD_DIST=1 realdist
+dist-%:
+	@make XEN_BUILD_DIST=1 realdist-`echo -n $@ | sed -e 's/dist-//'`
+
+# these are the real targets, but we need to set a variable so that
+# everything will be installed to the distdir (making the tarball complete 
+# for any distribution)
+realdist: DESTDIR=$(DISTDIR)/install 
+realdist: dist-xen dist-kernels dist-tools dist-docs
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DISTDIR)/check
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./COPYING $(DISTDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./README $(DISTDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) ./install.sh $(DISTDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) tools/check/chk tools/check/check_* $(DISTDIR)/check
-dist-%: DESTDIR=$(DISTDIR)/install
-dist-%: install-%
+realdist-%: DESTDIR=$(DISTDIR)/install
+realdist-%: install-%
+	export XEN_BUILD_DIST=1
 	@: # do nothing
 
 # Legacy dist targets
diff -u b/install.sh b/install.sh
--- b/install.sh	Thu Oct  6 04:36:33 2005
+++ b/install.sh	Thu Oct  6 15:23:14 2005
@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@
 
 echo "Installing Xen from '$src' to '$dst'..."
-(cd $src; tar -cf - --exclude etc/init.d * ) | tar -C $dst -xf -
+(cd $src; tar -cf - --exclude etc/init.d --exclude etc/hotplug --exclude etc/udev * ) | tar -C $dst -xf -
 cp -fdRL $src/etc/init.d/* $dst/etc/init.d/
 echo "All done."
 
+if [ -x /sbin/udev ] && [ `/sbin/udev -V` -ge 059 ]; then
+    cp -f $src/etc/udev/rules.d/xen-backend.rules $dst/etc/udev/rules.d/xen-backend.rules
+else
+    cp -f $src/etc/hotplug/xen-backend.agent $dst/etc/hotplug/xen-backend.agent
+fi
+
 echo "Checking to see whether prerequisite tools are installed..."
 cd $src/../check
unchanged:
--- a/tools/check/check_hotplug	Thu Oct  6 03:31:41 2005
+++ b/tools/check/check_hotplug	Thu Oct  6 04:36:33 2005
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
    exit 1
 }
 
+if [ -x /sbin/udev ] && [ `udev -V` -ge 059 ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
 which hotplug 1>/dev/null 2>&1 || error
diff -u b/tools/examples/Makefile b/tools/examples/Makefile
--- b/tools/examples/Makefile	Thu Oct  6 04:36:33 2005
+++ b/tools/examples/Makefile	Thu Oct  6 15:23:14 2005
@@ -28,10 +28,23 @@
 XEN_HOTPLUG_DIR = /etc/hotplug
 XEN_HOTPLUG_SCRIPTS = xen-backend.agent
 
+UDEV_RULES_DIR = /etc/udev/rules.d
+UDEV_RULES = xen-backend.rules
+
+ifeq (1, $(XEN_BUILD_DIST))
+HOTPLUGS=install-hotplug install-udev
+else
+ifeq (1,$(shell if [ -x /sbin/udev ] && [ `/sbin/udev -V` -ge 059 ]; then echo 1; fi))
+HOTPLUGS=install-udev
+else
+HOTPLUGS=install-hotplug
+endif
+endif
+
 all:
 build:
 
-install: all install-initd install-configs install-scripts install-hotplug
+install: all install-initd install-configs install-scripts $(HOTPLUGS)
 
 install-initd:
 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d ] || $(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d
@@ -66,2 +79,11 @@
 
+install-udev:
+	[ -d $(DESTDIR)$(UDEV_RULES_DIR) ] || \
+		$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(UDEV_RULES_DIR)
+	for i in $(UDEV_RULES); \
+	    do \
+	    $(INSTALL_PROG) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(UDEV_RULES_DIR); \
+	done
+
+
 clean: