diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cf5678af239ff35c9ead489b528fb2d514fb73d5..ea8513e7e7f017e4b14f2dc3b2104237bf6bc99c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -20203,7 +20203,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile config.xml auxdir/Makefile contribs/Makefile contribs/pam/Makefile contribs/perlapi/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurm-perl/Makefile.PL contribs/torque/Makefile contribs/phpext/Makefile contribs/phpext/slurm_php/config.m4 contribs/slurmdb-direct/Makefile src/Makefile src/api/Makefile src/common/Makefile src/database/Makefile src/sacct/Makefile src/sacctmgr/Makefile src/sreport/Makefile src/sstat/Makefile src/sshare/Makefile src/salloc/Makefile src/sbatch/Makefile src/sattach/Makefile src/sprio/Makefile src/srun/Makefile src/srun_cr/Makefile src/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmstepd/Makefile src/slurmdbd/Makefile src/slurmctld/Makefile src/sbcast/Makefile src/scontrol/Makefile src/scancel/Makefile src/squeue/Makefile src/sinfo/Makefile src/smap/Makefile src/strigger/Makefile src/sview/Makefile src/plugins/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/none/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/slurmdbd/Makefile src/plugins/auth/Makefile src/plugins/auth/authd/Makefile src/plugins/auth/munge/Makefile src/plugins/auth/none/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/aix/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/none/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/ompi/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/xlch/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/blcr/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/blcr/cr_checkpoint.sh src/plugins/checkpoint/blcr/cr_restart.sh src/plugins/crypto/Makefile src/plugins/crypto/munge/Makefile src/plugins/crypto/openssl/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/linux/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/aix/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/script/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/pgsql/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/none/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/partition_prio/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/qos/Makefile src/plugins/priority/Makefile src/plugins/priority/basic/Makefile src/plugins/priority/multifactor/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/aix/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/pgid/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/linuxproc/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/rms/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/sgi_job/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/lua/Makefile src/plugins/sched/Makefile src/plugins/sched/backfill/Makefile src/plugins/sched/builtin/Makefile src/plugins/sched/hold/Makefile src/plugins/sched/wiki/Makefile src/plugins/sched/wiki2/Makefile src/plugins/select/Makefile src/plugins/select/bluegene/Makefile src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_res/Makefile src/plugins/select/linear/Makefile src/plugins/switch/Makefile src/plugins/switch/elan/Makefile src/plugins/switch/none/Makefile src/plugins/switch/federation/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpich1_p4/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpich1_shmem/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpichgm/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpichmx/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mvapich/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/lam/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/none/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/openmpi/Makefile src/plugins/task/Makefile src/plugins/task/affinity/Makefile src/plugins/task/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/Makefile src/plugins/topology/3d_torus/Makefile src/plugins/topology/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/tree/Makefile doc/Makefile doc/man/Makefile doc/html/Makefile doc/html/configurator.html testsuite/Makefile testsuite/expect/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmd/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmdbd/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile config.xml auxdir/Makefile contribs/Makefile contribs/pam/Makefile contribs/perlapi/Makefile contribs/perlapi/libslurm-perl/Makefile.PL contribs/torque/Makefile contribs/phpext/Makefile contribs/phpext/slurm_php/config.m4 contribs/slurmdb-direct/Makefile src/Makefile src/api/Makefile src/common/Makefile src/database/Makefile src/sacct/Makefile src/sacctmgr/Makefile src/sreport/Makefile src/sstat/Makefile src/sshare/Makefile src/salloc/Makefile src/sbatch/Makefile src/sattach/Makefile src/sprio/Makefile src/srun/Makefile src/srun_cr/Makefile src/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmd/Makefile src/slurmd/slurmstepd/Makefile src/slurmdbd/Makefile src/slurmctld/Makefile src/sbcast/Makefile src/scontrol/Makefile src/scancel/Makefile src/squeue/Makefile src/sinfo/Makefile src/smap/Makefile src/strigger/Makefile src/sview/Makefile src/plugins/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/none/Makefile src/plugins/accounting_storage/slurmdbd/Makefile src/plugins/auth/Makefile src/plugins/auth/authd/Makefile src/plugins/auth/munge/Makefile src/plugins/auth/none/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/aix/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/none/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/ompi/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/xlch/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/blcr/Makefile src/plugins/checkpoint/blcr/cr_checkpoint.sh src/plugins/checkpoint/blcr/cr_restart.sh src/plugins/crypto/Makefile src/plugins/crypto/munge/Makefile src/plugins/crypto/openssl/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/linux/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/aix/Makefile src/plugins/jobacct_gather/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/none/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/script/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/mysql/Makefile src/plugins/jobcomp/pgsql/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/none/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/partition_prio/Makefile src/plugins/preempt/qos/Makefile src/plugins/priority/Makefile src/plugins/priority/basic/Makefile src/plugins/priority/multifactor/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/aix/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/pgid/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/linuxproc/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/rms/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/sgi_job/Makefile src/plugins/proctrack/lua/Makefile src/plugins/sched/Makefile src/plugins/sched/backfill/Makefile src/plugins/sched/builtin/Makefile src/plugins/sched/hold/Makefile src/plugins/sched/wiki/Makefile src/plugins/sched/wiki2/Makefile src/plugins/select/Makefile src/plugins/select/bluegene/Makefile src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile src/plugins/select/cons_res/Makefile src/plugins/select/linear/Makefile src/plugins/switch/Makefile src/plugins/switch/elan/Makefile src/plugins/switch/none/Makefile src/plugins/switch/federation/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpich1_p4/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpich1_shmem/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpichgm/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mpichmx/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/mvapich/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/lam/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/none/Makefile src/plugins/mpi/openmpi/Makefile src/plugins/task/Makefile src/plugins/task/affinity/Makefile src/plugins/task/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/Makefile src/plugins/topology/3d_torus/Makefile src/plugins/topology/none/Makefile src/plugins/topology/tree/Makefile doc/Makefile doc/man/Makefile doc/html/Makefile doc/html/configurator.html testsuite/Makefile testsuite/expect/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmd/Makefile testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmdbd/Makefile"
 
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -21409,6 +21409,7 @@ do
     "src/sview/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/sview/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile" ;;
+    "src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile" ;;
     "src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile" ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c75d18290cabec9c566e108fcf818a706133243e..0ae7bfdb3bb406e8c2895be13bb3d307f8c8e6db 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 src/sview/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/Makefile
+		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/filetxt/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile
 		 src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile
diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..92545763292275ef0b3442a6a4f197092c7d6f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Makefile.am for common_as
+
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+
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+
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+
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+libaccounting_storage_common_la_SOURCES =    \
+	common_as.c common_as.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile.in b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..509928cb1c9a0885cec1464d4b486e651ab033d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,581 @@
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+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)
+
+# making a .la
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libaccounting_storage_common.la
+libaccounting_storage_common_la_SOURCES = \
+	common_as.c common_as.h
+
+all: all-am
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+.SUFFIXES: .c .lo .o .obj
+$(srcdir)/Makefile.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(srcdir)/Makefile.am  $(am__configure_deps)
+	@for dep in $?; do \
+	  case '$(am__configure_deps)' in \
+	    *$$dep*) \
+	      ( cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh ) \
+	        && { if test -f $@; then exit 0; else break; fi; }; \
+	      exit 1;; \
+	  esac; \
+	done; \
+	echo ' cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --foreign src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile'; \
+	$(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) && \
+	  $(AUTOMAKE) --foreign src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/Makefile
+.PRECIOUS: Makefile
+Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
+	@case '$?' in \
+	  *config.status*) \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh;; \
+	  *) \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	esac;
+
+$(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh
+
+$(top_srcdir)/configure: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(am__configure_deps)
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh
+$(ACLOCAL_M4): @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(am__aclocal_m4_deps)
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh
+$(am__aclocal_m4_deps):
+
+clean-noinstLTLIBRARIES:
+	-test -z "$(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)" || rm -f $(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)
+	@list='$(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)'; for p in $$list; do \
+	  dir="`echo $$p | sed -e 's|/[^/]*$$||'`"; \
+	  test "$$dir" != "$$p" || dir=.; \
+	  echo "rm -f \"$${dir}/so_locations\""; \
+	  rm -f "$${dir}/so_locations"; \
+	done
+libaccounting_storage_common.la: $(libaccounting_storage_common_la_OBJECTS) $(libaccounting_storage_common_la_DEPENDENCIES) 
+	$(LINK)  $(libaccounting_storage_common_la_OBJECTS) $(libaccounting_storage_common_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
+
+mostlyclean-compile:
+	-rm -f *.$(OBJEXT)
+
+distclean-compile:
+	-rm -f *.tab.c
+
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/common_as.Plo@am__quote@
+
+.c.o:
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(COMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/$*.Po
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	source='$<' object='$@' libtool=no @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(COMPILE) -c $<
+
+.c.obj:
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(COMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ `$(CYGPATH_W) '$<'`
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/$*.Po
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	source='$<' object='$@' libtool=no @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(COMPILE) -c `$(CYGPATH_W) '$<'`
+
+.c.lo:
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(LTCOMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/$*.Plo
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	source='$<' object='$@' libtool=yes @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(LTCOMPILE) -c -o $@ $<
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+mostlyclean-libtool:
+	-rm -f *.lo
+
+clean-libtool:
+	-rm -rf .libs _libs
+
+ID: $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES) $(LISP) $(TAGS_FILES)
+	list='$(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(LISP) $(TAGS_FILES)'; \
+	unique=`for i in $$list; do \
+	    if test -f "$$i"; then echo $$i; else echo $(srcdir)/$$i; fi; \
+	  done | \
+	  $(AWK) '{ files[$$0] = 1; nonempty = 1; } \
+	      END { if (nonempty) { for (i in files) print i; }; }'`; \
+	mkid -fID $$unique
+tags: TAGS
+
+TAGS:  $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES)  $(TAGS_DEPENDENCIES) \
+		$(TAGS_FILES) $(LISP)
+	set x; \
+	here=`pwd`; \
+	list='$(SOURCES) $(HEADERS)  $(LISP) $(TAGS_FILES)'; \
+	unique=`for i in $$list; do \
+	    if test -f "$$i"; then echo $$i; else echo $(srcdir)/$$i; fi; \
+	  done | \
+	  $(AWK) '{ files[$$0] = 1; nonempty = 1; } \
+	      END { if (nonempty) { for (i in files) print i; }; }'`; \
+	shift; \
+	if test -z "$(ETAGS_ARGS)$$*$$unique"; then :; else \
+	  test -n "$$unique" || unique=$$empty_fix; \
+	  if test $$# -gt 0; then \
+	    $(ETAGS) $(ETAGSFLAGS) $(AM_ETAGSFLAGS) $(ETAGS_ARGS) \
+	      "$$@" $$unique; \
+	  else \
+	    $(ETAGS) $(ETAGSFLAGS) $(AM_ETAGSFLAGS) $(ETAGS_ARGS) \
+	      $$unique; \
+	  fi; \
+	fi
+ctags: CTAGS
+CTAGS:  $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES)  $(TAGS_DEPENDENCIES) \
+		$(TAGS_FILES) $(LISP)
+	list='$(SOURCES) $(HEADERS)  $(LISP) $(TAGS_FILES)'; \
+	unique=`for i in $$list; do \
+	    if test -f "$$i"; then echo $$i; else echo $(srcdir)/$$i; fi; \
+	  done | \
+	  $(AWK) '{ files[$$0] = 1; nonempty = 1; } \
+	      END { if (nonempty) { for (i in files) print i; }; }'`; \
+	test -z "$(CTAGS_ARGS)$$unique" \
+	  || $(CTAGS) $(CTAGSFLAGS) $(AM_CTAGSFLAGS) $(CTAGS_ARGS) \
+	     $$unique
+
+GTAGS:
+	here=`$(am__cd) $(top_builddir) && pwd` \
+	  && $(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) \
+	  && gtags -i $(GTAGS_ARGS) "$$here"
+
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+
+distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
+	topsrcdirstrip=`echo "$(top_srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
+	list='$(DISTFILES)'; \
+	  dist_files=`for file in $$list; do echo $$file; done | \
+	  sed -e "s|^$$srcdirstrip/||;t" \
+	      -e "s|^$$topsrcdirstrip/|$(top_builddir)/|;t"`; \
+	case $$dist_files in \
+	  */*) $(MKDIR_P) `echo "$$dist_files" | \
+			   sed '/\//!d;s|^|$(distdir)/|;s,/[^/]*$$,,' | \
+			   sort -u` ;; \
+	esac; \
+	for file in $$dist_files; do \
+	  if test -f $$file || test -d $$file; then d=.; else d=$(srcdir); fi; \
+	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
+	    dir=`echo "/$$file" | sed -e 's,/[^/]*$$,,'`; \
+	    if test -d "$(distdir)/$$file"; then \
+	      find "$(distdir)/$$file" -type d ! -perm -700 -exec chmod u+rwx {} \;; \
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+	    if test -d $(srcdir)/$$file && test $$d != $(srcdir); then \
+	      cp -fpR $(srcdir)/$$file "$(distdir)$$dir" || exit 1; \
+	      find "$(distdir)/$$file" -type d ! -perm -700 -exec chmod u+rwx {} \;; \
+	    fi; \
+	    cp -fpR $$d/$$file "$(distdir)$$dir" || exit 1; \
+	  else \
+	    test -f "$(distdir)/$$file" \
+	    || cp -p $$d/$$file "$(distdir)/$$file" \
+	    || exit 1; \
+	  fi; \
+	done
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+check: check-am
+all-am: Makefile $(LTLIBRARIES)
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+	  `test -z '$(STRIP)' || \
+	    echo "INSTALL_PROGRAM_ENV=STRIPPROG='$(STRIP)'"` install
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+
+clean-generic:
+	-test -z "$(CLEANFILES)" || rm -f $(CLEANFILES)
+
+distclean-generic:
+	-test -z "$(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)" || rm -f $(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)
+	-test . = "$(srcdir)" || test -z "$(CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES)" || rm -f $(CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES)
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+info: info-am
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diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.am
index 36972132a73f24de5fcbf7caf52e479a727bce31..1adf70244ca2c45475d2e171f4cb2a58aba4fda6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.am
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ AS_MYSQL_SOURCES = accounting_storage_mysql.c accounting_storage_mysql.h \
 		as_mysql_txn.c as_mysql_txn.h \
 		as_mysql_usage.c as_mysql_usage.h \
 		as_mysql_user.c as_mysql_user.h \
-		as_mysql_wckey.c as_mysql_wckey.h \
-		../common/common_as.c ../common/common_as.h
+		as_mysql_wckey.c as_mysql_wckey.h
 
 if WITH_MYSQL
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = accounting_storage_mysql.la
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ accounting_storage_mysql_la_SOURCES = $(AS_MYSQL_SOURCES)
 accounting_storage_mysql_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS)
 accounting_storage_mysql_la_CFLAGS = $(MYSQL_CFLAGS)
 accounting_storage_mysql_la_LIBADD = \
-	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_mysql.la $(MYSQL_LIBS)
+	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_mysql.la $(MYSQL_LIBS) \
+	../common/libaccounting_storage_common.la
 
 force:
 $(accounting_storage_mysql_la_LIBADD) : force
diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.in b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.in
index 790a5cb4b5c93af95d33f8b65c8df89d317db44c..65bce12ea16dbc748cc585d3604afe3b322c9681 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/mysql/Makefile.in
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ am__installdirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)"
 LTLIBRARIES = $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES)
 am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =
 @WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_mysql_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_mysql.la \
-@WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
+@WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
+@WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@	../common/libaccounting_storage_common.la
 am__accounting_storage_mysql_la_SOURCES_DIST =  \
 	accounting_storage_mysql.c accounting_storage_mysql.h \
 	as_mysql_acct.c as_mysql_acct.h as_mysql_archive.c \
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ am__accounting_storage_mysql_la_SOURCES_DIST =  \
 	as_mysql_rollup.c as_mysql_rollup.h as_mysql_txn.c \
 	as_mysql_txn.h as_mysql_usage.c as_mysql_usage.h \
 	as_mysql_user.c as_mysql_user.h as_mysql_wckey.c \
-	as_mysql_wckey.h ../common/common_as.c ../common/common_as.h
+	as_mysql_wckey.h
 am__objects_1 =  \
 	accounting_storage_mysql_la-accounting_storage_mysql.lo \
 	accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_acct.lo \
@@ -135,8 +136,7 @@ am__objects_1 =  \
 	accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_txn.lo \
 	accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_usage.lo \
 	accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_user.lo \
-	accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_wckey.lo \
-	accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.lo
+	accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_wckey.lo
 @WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@am_accounting_storage_mysql_la_OBJECTS =  \
 @WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@	$(am__objects_1)
 am__EXTRA_accounting_storage_mysql_la_SOURCES_DIST =  \
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ am__EXTRA_accounting_storage_mysql_la_SOURCES_DIST =  \
 	as_mysql_rollup.c as_mysql_rollup.h as_mysql_txn.c \
 	as_mysql_txn.h as_mysql_usage.c as_mysql_usage.h \
 	as_mysql_user.c as_mysql_user.h as_mysql_wckey.c \
-	as_mysql_wckey.h ../common/common_as.c ../common/common_as.h
+	as_mysql_wckey.h
 accounting_storage_mysql_la_OBJECTS =  \
 	$(am_accounting_storage_mysql_la_OBJECTS)
 accounting_storage_mysql_la_LINK = $(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC \
@@ -382,8 +382,7 @@ AS_MYSQL_SOURCES = accounting_storage_mysql.c accounting_storage_mysql.h \
 		as_mysql_txn.c as_mysql_txn.h \
 		as_mysql_usage.c as_mysql_usage.h \
 		as_mysql_user.c as_mysql_user.h \
-		as_mysql_wckey.c as_mysql_wckey.h \
-		../common/common_as.c ../common/common_as.h
+		as_mysql_wckey.c as_mysql_wckey.h
 
 @WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = accounting_storage_mysql.la
 
@@ -392,7 +391,8 @@ AS_MYSQL_SOURCES = accounting_storage_mysql.c accounting_storage_mysql.h \
 @WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_mysql_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS)
 @WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_mysql_la_CFLAGS = $(MYSQL_CFLAGS)
 @WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_mysql_la_LIBADD = \
-@WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_mysql.la $(MYSQL_LIBS)
+@WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_mysql.la $(MYSQL_LIBS) \
+@WITH_MYSQL_TRUE@	../common/libaccounting_storage_common.la
 
 @WITH_MYSQL_FALSE@EXTRA_accounting_storage_mysql_la_SOURCES = $(AS_MYSQL_SOURCES)
 all: all-am
@@ -485,7 +485,6 @@ distclean-compile:
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_usage.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_user.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_wckey.Plo@am__quote@
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.Plo@am__quote@
 
 .c.o:
 @am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(COMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
@@ -620,13 +619,6 @@ accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_wckey.lo: as_mysql_wckey.c
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
 @am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(LIBTOOL)  --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(accounting_storage_mysql_la_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o accounting_storage_mysql_la-as_mysql_wckey.lo `test -f 'as_mysql_wckey.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`as_mysql_wckey.c
 
-accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.lo: ../common/common_as.c
-@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(LIBTOOL)  --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(accounting_storage_mysql_la_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -MT accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.lo -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.Tpo -c -o accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.lo `test -f '../common/common_as.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`../common/common_as.c
-@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.Plo
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	source='../common/common_as.c' object='accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.lo' libtool=yes @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
-@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(LIBTOOL)  --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(accounting_storage_mysql_la_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o accounting_storage_mysql_la-common_as.lo `test -f '../common/common_as.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`../common/common_as.c
-
 mostlyclean-libtool:
 	-rm -f *.lo
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.am
index 0a1c6f978725cc5281d80151af452ce7a984a6a8..6fe32fed40807c627afc062e1c56235b9fbba3d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.am
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/common
 AS_PG_SOURCES= accounting_storage_pgsql.c common.c common.h \
 		account.c association.c cluster.c clusteracct.c  \
 		jobacct.c problem.c qos.c reservation.c rollup.c \
-		txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c \
-		$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.h \
-		$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c
+		txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c
 
 if WITH_PGSQL
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = accounting_storage_pgsql.la
@@ -21,7 +19,8 @@ accounting_storage_pgsql_la_SOURCES = $(AS_PG_SOURCES)
 accounting_storage_pgsql_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS)
 accounting_storage_pgsql_la_CFLAGS = $(PGSQL_CFLAGS)
 accounting_storage_pgsql_la_LIBADD = \
-	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_pgsql.la $(PGSQL_LIBS)
+	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_pgsql.la $(PGSQL_LIBS) \
+	../common/libaccounting_storage_common.la
 
 force:
 $(accounting_storage_pgsql_la_LIBADD) : force
diff --git a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.in b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.in
index 41b4594460baa7f62da12b28053501bb94e492a2..1b2fa50c877a278c836b6cc30c083d684f989eb9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/plugins/accounting_storage/pgsql/Makefile.in
@@ -105,13 +105,12 @@ am__installdirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)"
 LTLIBRARIES = $(pkglib_LTLIBRARIES)
 am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =
 @WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_pgsql_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_pgsql.la \
-@WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
+@WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
+@WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@	../common/libaccounting_storage_common.la
 am__accounting_storage_pgsql_la_SOURCES_DIST =  \
 	accounting_storage_pgsql.c common.c common.h account.c \
 	association.c cluster.c clusteracct.c jobacct.c problem.c \
-	qos.c reservation.c rollup.c txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c \
-	$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.h \
-	$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c
+	qos.c reservation.c rollup.c txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c
 am__objects_1 =  \
 	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-accounting_storage_pgsql.lo \
 	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common.lo \
@@ -127,16 +126,13 @@ am__objects_1 =  \
 	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-txn.lo \
 	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-usage.lo \
 	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-user.lo \
-	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-wckey.lo \
-	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.lo
+	accounting_storage_pgsql_la-wckey.lo
 @WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@am_accounting_storage_pgsql_la_OBJECTS =  \
 @WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@	$(am__objects_1)
 am__EXTRA_accounting_storage_pgsql_la_SOURCES_DIST =  \
 	accounting_storage_pgsql.c common.c common.h account.c \
 	association.c cluster.c clusteracct.c jobacct.c problem.c \
-	qos.c reservation.c rollup.c txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c \
-	$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.h \
-	$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c
+	qos.c reservation.c rollup.c txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c
 accounting_storage_pgsql_la_OBJECTS =  \
 	$(am_accounting_storage_pgsql_la_OBJECTS)
 accounting_storage_pgsql_la_LINK = $(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC \
@@ -355,9 +351,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/common
 AS_PG_SOURCES = accounting_storage_pgsql.c common.c common.h \
 		account.c association.c cluster.c clusteracct.c  \
 		jobacct.c problem.c qos.c reservation.c rollup.c \
-		txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c \
-		$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.h \
-		$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c
+		txn.c usage.c user.c wckey.c
 
 @WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = accounting_storage_pgsql.la
 
@@ -366,7 +360,8 @@ AS_PG_SOURCES = accounting_storage_pgsql.c common.c common.h \
 @WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_pgsql_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS)
 @WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_pgsql_la_CFLAGS = $(PGSQL_CFLAGS)
 @WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@accounting_storage_pgsql_la_LIBADD = \
-@WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_pgsql.la $(PGSQL_LIBS)
+@WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@	$(top_builddir)/src/database/libslurm_pgsql.la $(PGSQL_LIBS) \
+@WITH_PGSQL_TRUE@	../common/libaccounting_storage_common.la
 
 @WITH_PGSQL_FALSE@EXTRA_accounting_storage_pgsql_la_SOURCES = $(AS_PG_SOURCES)
 all: all-am
@@ -449,7 +444,6 @@ distclean-compile:
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-cluster.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-clusteracct.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common.Plo@am__quote@
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-jobacct.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-problem.Plo@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-qos.Plo@am__quote@
@@ -586,13 +580,6 @@ accounting_storage_pgsql_la-wckey.lo: wckey.c
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
 @am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(LIBTOOL)  --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(accounting_storage_pgsql_la_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o accounting_storage_pgsql_la-wckey.lo `test -f 'wckey.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`wckey.c
 
-accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.lo: $(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c
-@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(LIBTOOL)  --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(accounting_storage_pgsql_la_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -MT accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.lo -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.Tpo -c -o accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.lo `test -f '$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c
-@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.Plo
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	source='$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c' object='accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.lo' libtool=yes @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
-@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(LIBTOOL)  --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(accounting_storage_pgsql_la_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o accounting_storage_pgsql_la-common_as.lo `test -f '$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`$(top_srcdir)/src/plugins/accounting_storage/common/common_as.c
-
 mostlyclean-libtool:
 	-rm -f *.lo