autoconf/automake building a distribution?

i'm trying to build a distribution using automake/autoconf. when i try
"make dist", i get the following output.

cd . && /bin/sh /Users/pgupta/Documents/Villanova/leda-0.1/missing --
run autoheader
touch ./config.h.in
{ test ! -d LEDA-0.1 || { find LEDA-0.1 -type d ! -perm -200 -exec
chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -fr LEDA-0.1; }; }
mkdir LEDA-0.1
list='m4 doc src'; for subdir in $list; do \
  if test "$subdir" = .; then :; else \
    test -d LEDA-0.1/$subdir \
    || mkdir LEDA-0.1/$subdir \
    || exit 1; \
    (cd $subdir && \
      make  \
        top_distdir="." \
        distdir=../LEDA-0.1/$subdir \
        distdir) \
      || exit 1; \
  fi; \
done
make[1]: *** No rule to make target ` ', needed by `distdir'.  Stop.
make: *** [distdir] Error 1


where do i set the target? in my src/ directory i have bin_PROGRAMS =
leda and leda_SOURCES = ... a bunch of files what else do i have to
set ?

i can compile the program etc just fine but its the distribution that
is causing problems. any help will be appreciated.
thanks