Automake is still recursive

[Bob Friesenhahn]

My non-recursive project is using Automake 1.10.1, Autoconf 2.61, CVS 
HEAD libtool, and GNU make 3.81.  I am annoyed to see that it is still 
recursive, and even more recursive if maintainer mode is enabled:

Without maintainer mode:

% make
make  all-am
%

With maintainer mode:

% gmake
gmake  all-am
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/bfriesen/build/GraphicsMagick-16-static'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/bfriesen/build/GraphicsMagick-16-static'
%

With a non-recursive build I would expect that make would simply 
report that there is nothing to do when there is nothing to do, or 
simply return.  I thought that it used to do that.  This is really 
embarrasing for my project.  I am at wits end.  I am about to cry. 
Is there a way to avoid this dire situation?

Thanks,

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
address@hidden, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/