--- help/Makefile.in.orig	Sat Feb 15 23:19:45 2003
+++ help/Makefile.in	Sun Feb 16 21:21:17 2003
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@
 	distdir=`cd $(distdir) && pwd`; \
 	cd $(top_srcdir) \
 	  && $(AUTOMAKE) --include-deps --build-dir=$$here --srcdir-name=$(top_srcdir) --output-dir=$$top_distdir --gnu help/Makefile
-	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
+	@if test "x$(srcdir)" != "x$(DISTFILES)"; then \
+	 for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  d=$(srcdir); \
 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
 	    cp -pr $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
@@ -247,7 +248,8 @@
 	    || ln $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file 2> /dev/null \
 	    || cp -p $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file || :; \
 	  fi; \
-	done
+	 done; \
+	fi
 	for subdir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
 	  if test "$$subdir" = .; then :; else \
 	    test -d $(distdir)/$$subdir \