Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh	(revision 20424)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/jenkins/jenkins.sh	(revision 20425)
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@
 
 	#Do we need to reinstall externalpackages?
+	echo "Determining installation type"
 	if [ ! -z "$(cat $ISSM_DIR/TEMP | grep externalpackages)" ] ; then
 		echo "  -- checking for changed externalpackages... yes";
@@ -66,5 +67,5 @@
 
 	#Do we need to reconfigure
-	if [ ! -z "$(cat $ISSM_DIR/TEMP | grep -e "Makefile.am" -e "m4" )" ] ; then
+	if [ ! -z "$(cat $ISSM_DIR/TEMP | grep -e "Makefile.am" -e "m4" )" ] || [ "$ISSM_EXTERNALPACKAGES" == "yes" ] ; then
 		echo "  -- checking for reconfiguration... yes";
 		ISSM_RECONFIGURE="yes"
@@ -92,4 +93,5 @@
 	ISSM_COMPILATION="yes"
 fi
+echo " "
 echo "Recording current svn version: $SVN_REVISION_1"
 echo $SVN_REVISION_1 > $ISSM_DIR/svn_revision_old