How to create special config directories?

[sandip]

In a package that I want to use automake with, the config files are
to be stored in /etc/package directory.

How do I ask automake to put my files in that directory?

This is not working:
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packageconfdir=/etc/package
packageconf_DATA=package.conf.sample
EXTRA_DIST=package.conf.sample
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make distcheck is failing. It is trying to actually install it in
/etc/packagewhich of course fails as I dont have root permissions.


- Sandip