Index: src/examples/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- src/examples/Makefile.in	(revision 44f44617b563952159c9a9095d798db3b341c90a)
+++ src/examples/Makefile.in	(revision b877fa86a922c3a230e0f056e345fad6ee045b3c)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 	  esac; \
 	done; \
-	echo ' cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu src/examples/Makefile'; \
+	echo ' cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --foreign src/examples/Makefile'; \
 	$(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) && \
-	  $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu src/examples/Makefile
+	  $(AUTOMAKE) --foreign src/examples/Makefile
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	@case '$?' in \