Actually, we only need to 'make dist-gzip' prior to building the SRPM

Makefile.am

@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ rpm: all
 	sh $(srcdir)/release/makerpm ${PACKAGE_NAME} ${VERSION} ${BUILD} \
 		${RPMARCH} ${srcdir}
 
-srpm: dist
+srpm: dist-gzip
 	sh $(srcdir)/release/makesrpm ${PACKAGE_NAME} ${VERSION} ${BUILD} \
 		${srcdir}

release/makesrpm

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SRCDIR=$4
 
 TARBALL=$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION.tar.gz
 if [ ! -f ./$TARBALL ]; then
-	echo ./$TARBALL does not exist.  Run make dist first.
+	echo ./$TARBALL does not exist.  Run make dist-gzip first.
 	exit -1
 fi