--- a/Makefile.am	Thu Oct 27 20:22:27 2005 +0000
+++ b/Makefile.am	Thu Oct 27 20:43:43 2005 +0000
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@
 	@echo "doxygen was not found during configure.  Aborting."
 	@echo;
 endif
+
+# perl's MakeMaker uninstall foo doesn't work well with DESTDIR set, which
+# breaks "make distcheck" unless we ignore perl things
+
+distuninstallcheck_listfiles = \
+	find . -type f -print | grep -v perl