If you configure w/out --enable-examples, then `make dist` doesn't include sysctl.conf. Configure flags should not affect the tarball produced by `make dist`, so explicitly list the conf in EXTRA_DIST. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile.am | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 39cc885..9e900ac 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \ misc/git-version-gen \ Documentation/CodingStyle \ Documentation/TODO \ - $(sysconf_DATA) + sysctl.conf if BUILD_KILL bin_PROGRAMS = kill -- 1.7.12