This patch is still lacking in the current Automake. Akim
This patch seems to work for me to solve the problem of splitting the original AC_OUTPUT(...) into AC_CONFIG_FILES(...) and AC_OUTPUT. It applies just as easily to automake.in . --- /usr/local/gnu/bin/automake Mon Dec 20 00:09:39 1999 +++ automake Sun Jan 23 17:19:31 2000 @@ -4397,6 +4397,12 @@ $in_ac_output = 1; $ac_output_line = $.; } + # Process the AC_CONFIG_FILES macro. + if (! $in_ac_output && s/AC_CONFIG_FILES\s*\(\[?//) + { + $in_ac_output = 1; + $ac_output_line = $.; + } if ($in_ac_output) { local ($closing) = 0;