6
votes

Automake requires that the following "standard" files exist in the source directory of my project:

  • INSTALL
  • NEWS
  • README
  • COPYING
  • AUTHORS
  • ChangeLog

Obviously, none of these files are necessary for a program to build, but Automake refuses to run without them. I know about the --add-missing flag that will cause boilerplate files to be generated, but I would rather not have the files at all.

Is there a way to force Automake to run and ignore the missing files without generating them?

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1 Answers

16
votes

Use the foreign option. Look up "strictness" in the documentation.