Index: tools/Makefile.am
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--- tools/Makefile.am	(revision 7bdcac1f3631ee6408a86b4d0321433114fee6d3)
+++ tools/Makefile.am	(revision a9fb796f56bcdcc50c4cfcea5f2ae6641c3b82b2)
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
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+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign    # do not require all the GNU file names
+
 CC = @BACKEND_CC@
-CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = busy catchsig repeat watchdog