2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 95dbcc0..e571f51 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- gendistrib:
+  o "askmedia" and "suppl" must not modify gendistrib behaviour (#39017)
+
 Version 5.5 - 5 March 2008, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
 
 - genhdlist2:
diff --git a/gendistrib b/gendistrib
index b31547c..1911ecc 100755
--- a/gendistrib
+++ b/gendistrib
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ EOF
 
 my @hdlists;
 foreach my $m ($distrib->listmedia) {
-    $distrib->getvalue($m, 'askmedia') || $distrib->getvalue($m, 'suppl') and next;
-
     my $path = $distrib->getfullpath($m, 'path');
     -d $path or next; # this has been checked earlier