maint.mk: allow gnulib_dir in VPATH build

* top/maint.mk (gnulib_dir): Make relative to $(srcdir).

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da51211..a46971a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-05-18  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       maint.mk: allow gnulib_dir in VPATH build
+       * top/maint.mk (gnulib_dir): Make relative to $(srcdir).
+
 2009-05-15  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
        maint.mk: Give gnulib_dir a default definition.

diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index d49a092..ed9c1aa 100644 (file)
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ built_programs = $$(cd src && MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -s built_programs.list)
 
 rel-files = $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
 
-gnulib_dir ?= gnulib
+gnulib_dir ?= $(srcdir)/gnulib
 gnulib-version = $$(cd $(gnulib_dir) && git describe)
 bootstrap-tools ?= autoconf,automake,gnulib