--- configure.ac.orig	2020-11-06 00:15:42.000000000 -0800
+++ configure.ac	2020-11-06 00:21:04.000000000 -0800
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.45 $)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+# AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
-# this doesn't work
-#AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+# this doesn't work ==> YES it DOES
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(include/config.h)