Just discovered that $srcdir is available in the configure script for checking

[external/ragel.git] / Makefile.am

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7ab5f42..ca0cf6e 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) contrib examples test doc
 dist_doc_DATA = CREDITS ChangeLog
 EXTRA_DIST = ragel.vim
 
+# This file is checked for by the configure script and its existence causes the
+# parsers and the manual to not be built when the distribution is built.
+dist-hook:
+       echo "This is a distribution of Ragel $(VERSION)." > $(distdir)/DIST
+