bug#14079: Absolute Paths In EXTRA_DIST will cause "make distcheck" failure.
that nowhere in the automake documentation does it say one cannot use absolute paths in EXTRA_DIST. Thanks, Mostafa ExtraDistAbsPath.tar.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data
bug#14079: Clarification.
To clarify, what is meant by absolute path in EXTRA_DIST is any path that starts with "$(abs_top_srcdir)" or "$(abs_srcdir)".