Linked README to fix autoreconf

[ghost]

Autoreconf is needed on some distros to compile correctly, but it doesn't work without a README file.

[brlin-tw]

Hello, can you provide an instruction to reproduce this issue?

[ghost]

On some Arch Linux installations, running autoconf complains about

libtool: Version mismatch error. This is libtool 2.4.2 Debian-2.4.2-1ubuntu1, but the
libtool: definition of this LT_INIT comes from libtool 2.4.6.
libtool: You should recreate aclocal.m4 with macros from libtool 2.4.2 Debian-2.4.2-1ubuntu1
libtool: and run autoconf again.

which can be fixed by running autoreconf --force --install, but that then complains about

Makefile.am: error: required file './README' not found

Which is fixed by either creating an empty README file or linking README.md.

[brlin-tw]

I wonder if the Makefile.am can be fixed by not requiring README but README.md, please avoid workarounding issue by adding redundant file

[ghost]

Apparently yes, by setting AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS from gnu to foreign.

[brlin-tw]

Can you verify the fix is working? My automake still complaining about the missing ./README

[ghost]

darkfm@arch-bedroom ~/WoeUSB (git)-[master] % autoreconf --force --install
aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
automake: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
configure.in:12: installing './compile'
configure.in:3: installing './missing'
automake: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
src/Makefile.am:5: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')
src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
darkfm@arch-bedroom ~/WoeUSB (git)-[master] % ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
...
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/data/Makefile
config.status: creating src/linux-menu/Makefile
config.status: creating src/win32/Makefile
config.status: creating src/locale/Makefile
config.status: creating src/locale/fr/Makefile
config.status: creating src/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/Makefile
config.status: creating debian/Makefile
config.status: creating innoSetup/Makefile
config.status: creating src/config.hpp
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands

####################################

The package is now configured. You should type make !
    DEBUG MODE          : disable.
    TARGET PLATFORM     : linux.
    INSTALLATION PREFIX : /usr/local.

####################################

Uhh... works for me?

[brlin-tw]

I found the problem, can you remove the AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = * assignment in Makefile.am and instead modify the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE() line in configure.ac to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign]) ?

Ref: c - Use autotools with README.md - Stack Overflow

[ghost]

It should work now

[brlin-tw]

Merged, thanks for your contribution!