- $(foreach i, $(SUBDIRS), $(MAKE) distdir=../$(distdir) localdir=$(localdir)/$(i) -C $(i) local-dist &&) true
+# $(foreach i, $(SUBDIRS), $(MAKE) distdir=../$(distdir) localdir=$(localdir)/$(i) -C $(i) local-dist &&) true
+# absolute for installed stepmake
+ $(foreach i, $(SUBDIRS), $(MAKE) topdir=$(topdir) distdir=$(distdir) localdir=$(localdir)/$(notdir $(i)) -C $(i) local-dist &&) true