Index: automake.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/automake.in,v
retrieving revision 1.1126
diff -u -r1.1126 automake.in
--- automake.in	2001/05/18 17:43:46	1.1126
+++ automake.in	2001/05/19 10:03:25
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@
 # TRUE if missing standard files should be installed.
 my $add_missing = 0;
 
+# TRUE if missing standard files should be ignored.
+my $ignore_missing = 0;
+
 # TRUE if we should copy missing files; otherwise symlink if possible.
 my $copy_missing = 0;
 
@@ -1109,6 +1112,7 @@
        'f|force-missing'=> \$force_missing,
        'o|output-dir:s'	=> \$output_directory,
        'a|add-missing' 	=> \$add_missing,
+       'm|ignore-missing' => \$ignore_missing,
        'c|copy' 	=> \$copy_missing,
        'v|verbose' 	=> \$verbose,
        'Werror'         => sub { $SIG{"__WARN__"} = sub { die $_[0] } },
@@ -1374,6 +1378,10 @@
 	    {
 		$use_dependencies = 0;
 	    }
+	    elsif ($_ eq 'ignore-missing')
+	    {
+	        $ignore_missing = 1;
+	    }
 	    elsif (/(\d+)\.(\d+)([a-z]?)(-[A-Za-z0-9]+)?/)
 	    {
 		# Got a version number.
@@ -7338,7 +7346,7 @@
 	    # Prune the path list.
 	    @require_file_paths = $save_dir;
 	}
-	else
+	elsif (! $ignore_missing)
 	{
 	    if ($strictness >= $mystrict)
 	    {
@@ -7706,6 +7714,7 @@
 
 Library files:
   -a, --add-missing      add missing standard files to package
+  -m, --ignore-missing   don't complain about missing standard files
       --libdir=DIR       directory storing library files
   -c, --copy             with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink)
   -f, --force-missing    force update of standard files