"jling" == jling <address@hidden> writes:
jling> Is there a way to include a directory which is external or outside of
jling> the $(top_srcdir) and which is not involved in the build process?
Only in sub-packages, when that "external" directory can be
regarded as "internal" for an enclosing package.
In other words: generally you can't.
`make dist' creates tarball that extracts to a single directory
(named PACKAGE-VERSION). EXTRA_DISTing external directory would
require multi-directory tarballs.
[...]
jling> Is there a work around?
You could move --or link-- these directories into your source tree.