This is not strictly required now (it will be once we make more
parts of the coreutils build system non-recursive), but enabling
it early helps to ensure that we don't unwittingly introduce any
incompatibility or subtle breakage later.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add 'subdir-objects'.
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/config.h:lib/config.hin])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 no-dist-gzip dist-xz color-tests parallel-tests])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 no-dist-gzip dist-xz color-tests parallel-tests
+ subdir-objects])
AM_SILENT_RULES([yes]) # make --enable-silent-rules the default.
dnl POSIXCHECK is worthwhile for maintainers, but adds several seconds