--- ../arpwatch.orig/configure.in	Sat Oct 14 14:19:10 2000
+++ ./configure.in	Wed Sep 10 13:08:05 2003
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@
 if test ! -f arp.dat ; then
 	echo 'creating empty arp.dat file'
 	touch arp.dat
+fi
+
+if test ! -f ether.dat ; then
+	echo 'creating empty ether.dat file'
+	touch ether.dat
 fi

 if test -f .devel ; then