On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote: > I see that the only way to request the new `silent-rules' feature is by > using the new form of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE to pass the option. Since my package > can not use the new form of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, then it can not request > `silent-rules'.
As I understand it, there are several ways to turn that option on, only one of which is via AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE. Can you just use one of the other methods?