'./README' not found issue + soln

[kk-1]

Hello Folks,

I had this issue :
Makefile.am: error: required file './README' not found

And solved it with this:

In configure.ac change line:
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2 subdir-objects -Wno-portability])

to:
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2 subdir-objects -Wno-portability foreign])

Cheers!...

[Spreadcat]

same here. I solved it with touch README.