Generate this Makefile.am from Makefile.am.in.

autogen.sh

@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ do
       aclocalinclude="$ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
       for k in $macrodirs; do
   	if test -d $k; then
+	  if test -f $k/Makefile.am.in; then
+	    make -C $k -f Makefile.am.in Makefile.am
+	  fi
           aclocalinclude="$aclocalinclude -I $k"
   	##else 
 	##  echo "**Warning**: No such directory \`$k'.  Ignored."

m4/Makefile.am

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in   -*-Makefile-*-
-
-##m4-files-begin
-EXTRA_DIST = README Makefile.am.in malloc.m4 perl.m4 realloc.m4
-
-##m4-files-end
-
-Makefile.am: Makefile.am.in
-	rm -f $@ $@t
-	sed -n '1,/^##m4-files-begin/p' $< > $@t
-	( echo EXTRA_DIST = README Makefile.am.in; \
-	  find . -type f -name '*.m4' -print |sed 's,^\./,,' |sort ) \
-	  |fmt | (tr '\012' @; echo) \
-	      |sed 's/@$$/%/;s/@/ \\@/g' |tr @% '\012\012' \
-	        >> $@t
-	sed -n '/^##m4-files-end/,$$p' $< >> $@t
-	chmod a-w $@t
-	mv $@t $@