diff --git a/packages/polylib/AUTHORS b/packages/polylib/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/packages/polylib/ChangeLog b/packages/polylib/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/packages/polylib/Makefile.am b/packages/polylib/Makefile.am
index 1058fce414..6d02c2af05 100644
--- a/packages/polylib/Makefile.am
+++ b/packages/polylib/Makefile.am
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ dist-hook: document
 	rm -rf `find $(distdir)/doc -name CVS`
 
 clean-local:
-	rm -rf doc
+
 distclean-local:
 	rm -f polylib*.pc polylib*-uninstalled.pc polylib*-uninstalled.sh polylib*.pc.in
 
diff --git a/packages/polylib/NEWS b/packages/polylib/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/packages/polylib/README b/packages/polylib/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/packages/polylib/configure.in b/packages/polylib/configure.in
index 1a176322f9..cb9aa0c3cb 100644
--- a/packages/polylib/configure.in
+++ b/packages/polylib/configure.in
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dnl	Makefile in this directory.
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_INIT(polylib, 5.22.5)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnu])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(include/polylib/polylib.h.in)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])