--- gforth/configure.in	2000/09/23 15:46:52	1.74
+++ gforth/configure.in	2000/09/26 07:13:41	1.76
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_INIT(engine/engine.c)
 
 dnl We use some automake macros here,
 dnl but don't use automake for creating Makefile.in
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gforth,0.4.9-20000726)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gforth,0.5.0)
 #snapshots have numbers major.minor.release-YYYYMMDD
 #note that lexicographic ordering bust be heeded.
 #I.e., 0.4.1-YYYYMMDD must not exist before 0.4.1!
@@ -362,9 +362,10 @@ AM_PATH_LISPDIR
 kernel_fi=kernl${wordsize}${bytesex}.fi
 AC_SUBST(kernel_fi)
 
-dnl replace srource directory by absolute value
-if test $srcdir = "."; then srcdir=`pwd` 
-fi
+#this breaks bindists
+#dnl replace srource directory by absolute value
+#if test $srcdir = "."; then srcdir=`pwd` 
+#fi
 
 AC_SUBST(machine)
 dnl AC_LINK_FILES(arch/$machine,arch/machine) #no longer needed