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The `--gnu' option (or `gnu' in the `AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS'
variable) causes automake to check the following:
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The files `INSTALL', `NEWS', `README', `COPYING',
`AUTHORS', and `ChangeLog' are required at the topmost
directory of the package.
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The options `no-installman' and `no-installinfo' are
prohibited.
Note that this option will be extended in the future to do even more
checking; it is advisable to be familiar with the precise requirements
of the GNU standards. Also, `--gnu' can require certain
non-standard GNU programs to exist for use by various maintainer-only
targets; for instance in the future pathchk might be required for
`make dist'.
The `--gnits' option does everything that `--gnu' does, and
checks the following as well:
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`make dist' will check to make sure the `NEWS' file has been
updated to the current version.
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The file `COPYING.LIB' is prohibited. The LGPL is apparently
considered a failed experiment.
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`VERSION' is checked to make sure its format complies with Gnits
standards.
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If `VERSION' indicates that this is an alpha release, and the file
`README-alpha' appears in the topmost directory of a package, then
it is included in the distribution. This is done in `--gnits'
mode, and no other, because this mode is the only one where version
number formats are constrained, and hence the only mode where Automake
can automatically determine whether `README-alpha' should be
included.
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The file `THANKS' is required.
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