You can use the prefix "dist_" with a variable to have it distributed in the tarball.
dist_SRC = foo Also, if you are making the bin files at distribution time you should replace CLEANFILES with MAINTAINERCLEANFILES and change BIN to dist_BIN. Additionally, I am unsure why the ".txt.bin" rule works for you. Seems broken to me. -- "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman