Index: benchmark/Makefile.am
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--- benchmark/Makefile.am	(revision 7a7ab420255dadabf1a7c4c246e7a087ca8e23cd)
+++ benchmark/Makefile.am	(revision 7a927ed0ca40cfed576a88573b8d8bfa4ecdc9fd)
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
 ## Update Count     : 25
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+
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign    # do not require all the GNU file names
 
 # applies to both programs
