Don't distribute generated files. For a VPATH build they may be used in preference to the generated ones in the build tree. In particular: Xorg reports "Build Date: 10 October 2008 02:26:37PM" ================== BTW: No need to mention xf86Build.h under EXTRA_DIST! diff -ur xorg-server-1.5.2.orig/hw/xfree86/common/Makefile.am xorg-server-1.5.2/hw/xfree86/common/Makefile.am --- xorg-server-1.5.2.orig/hw/xfree86/common/Makefile.am 2008-10-10 20:12:48.000000000 +0200 +++ xorg-server-1.5.2/hw/xfree86/common/Makefile.am 2008-10-19 20:07:34.000000000 +0200 @@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ fourcc.h \ scoasm.h \ xf86.h \ - xf86Build.h \ xf86Bus.h \ xf86Config.h \ xf86InPriv.h \ diff -ur xorg-server-1.5.2.orig/include/Makefile.am xorg-server-1.5.2/include/Makefile.am --- xorg-server-1.5.2.orig/include/Makefile.am 2008-10-10 20:12:48.000000000 +0200 +++ xorg-server-1.5.2/include/Makefile.am 2008-10-19 23:47:34.000000000 +0200 @@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ windowstr.h \ xkbfile.h \ xkbsrv.h \ - xkbstr.h \ - xorg-server.h + xkbstr.h endif AM_CFLAGS = $(DIX_CFLAGS) -EXTRA_DIST = $(sdk_HEADERS) do-not-use-config.h dix-config.h xorg-config.h \ - xkb-config.h +EXTRA_DIST = $(sdk_HEADERS)