Bug fixes, test feature

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-This is AutoMake, an experimental Makefile generator.  It was inspired
+This is Automake, an experimental Makefile generator.  It was inspired
 by the 4.4BSD make and include files, but aims to be portable and to
 conform to the GNU standards for Makefile variables and targets.
 
-It's a preprocessor shell script.  The input files are called
-Makefile.am and the output files are called Makefile.in, which are
-suitable for use with Autoconf.
+Automake is a Perl script.  The input files are called Makefile.am.
+The output files are called Makefile.in; they are intended for use
+with Autoconf.  Automake requires certain things to be done in your
+configure.in.
 
-Variable assignment lines in the input Makefile.am pull in defaults
-from various little *.am files.
+Variable assignment lines in 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).
+To use Automake, replace your Makefile.in files with Makefile.am
+files.  Read the documentation to see what to do.
 
-AutoMake is just a prototype at this point -- expect omissions and bugs.
-
-- David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
+Mail suggestions and bug reports to tromey@cygnus.com.