Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool: Removing --foreign

| ## 12.2 Removing ``--foreign'` Now that I have the bulk of the project in place, I want it to adhere to the GNU standard layout. By removing the ``--foreign'` option from the call to `automake` in the `bootstrap` file, `automake` is able to warn me about missing, or in some cases(23), malformed files, as follows:
    $ ./bootstrap
    + aclocal -I config
    + libtoolize --force --copy
    Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, config.
    + autoheader
    + automake --add-missing --copy
    automake: Makefile.am: required file ./NEWS not found
    automake: Makefile.am: required file ./README not found
    automake: Makefile.am: required file ./AUTHORS not found
    automake: Makefile.am: required file ./THANKS not found
    + autoconf
The GNU standards book(24) describes the contents of these files in more detail. Alternatively, take a look at a few other GNU packages from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu.

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