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Fix broken INSTALL.md.in path while running make distcheck #242

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The distcheck target ensures that the distribution tarball is
self-contained, i.e. using only the files present in the distribution it
can create another identical distribution. While doing so, we can't
assume that the current directory is the top-level.

This makes make distcheck work for me on OpenBSD. /cc @mike-burns

The distcheck target ensures that the distribution tarball is
self-contained, i.e. using only the files present in the distribution it
can create another identical distribution[1]. While doing so, we can't
assume that the current directory is the top-level.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Checking-the-Distribution
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mptre commented Sep 15, 2017

Thanks, merged as 9034255.

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