These paragraphs say it all: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Options.html#index-Options_002c-_0040option_007bstd_002doptions_007d-854>
Thanks. That works exactly as i need.I am surprised google didn't find this paragraph when i searched with various options. I also used the Mailing List Archives search and found nothing.
