automake: remove an unused local variable

* automake.in (handle_dist): Here, the '$extra_dist' variable.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 7065442..43e1a90 100644 (file)
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -3879,12 +3879,6 @@ sub handle_dist ()
   # to set it.
   $handle_dist_run = 1;
 
-  # Scan EXTRA_DIST to see if we need to distribute anything from a
-  # subdir.  If so, add it to the list.  I didn't want to do this
-  # originally, but there were so many requests that I finally
-  # relented.
-  my $extra_dist = var ('EXTRA_DIST');
-
   $transform{'DISTCHECK-HOOK'} = !! rule 'distcheck-hook';
   $transform{'GETTEXT'} = $seen_gettext && !$seen_gettext_external;