more info

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@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ suitable for use with Autoconf.
 Variable assignment lines in the input Makefile.am pull in defaults
 from various little *.am files.
 
+To use AutoMake, replace your Makefile.in files with Makefile.am
+files.  Since there's no documentation, look at the automake script
+and the examples provided for GNU m4 1.3 and fileutils 3.9 (along with
+patches you need to apply to those packages).
+
+AutoMake is just a prototype at this point -- expect omissions and bugs.
+
 - David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>