autotools: Don't use "foreign" option.

This adds INSTALL and allows for a few more sanity checks being done.

.gitignore

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stamp-h1
 autostuff/
 version.h
 ChangeLog
+INSTALL
 
 # recursive autoconf leftovers
 .deps

AUTHORS

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AUTHORS
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Please check the source code files and/or git history and/or ChangeLog for
+a list of all authors and contributors.
+

autogen.sh

@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ echo "Generating build system..."
 ${LIBTOOLIZE} --install --copy --quiet || exit 1
 aclocal ${ACLOCAL_DIR} || exit 1
 autoheader || exit 1
-automake --add-missing --copy --foreign || exit 1
+automake --add-missing --copy || exit 1
 autoconf || exit 1
 

configure.ac

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([autostuff])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autostuff])
 
 # We require at least automake 1.11 (needed for 'silent rules').
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall -Werror foreign std-options])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall -Werror std-options check-news])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])