Taken from Debian
Index: gnome-vfs-2.24.4/test/Makefile.am
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--- gnome-vfs-2.24.4.orig/test/Makefile.am	2013-11-06 22:10:40.529461121 +0100
+++ gnome-vfs-2.24.4/test/Makefile.am	2013-11-06 22:11:19.743917313 +0100
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ TESTS = test-acl	  \
 	test-async-cancel \
 	test-escape       \
 	test-uri       	  \
-	$(srcdir)/auto-test	
+	auto-test	
 
 libraries =						\
 	$(top_builddir)/libgnomevfs/libgnomevfs-2.la	\