[Build-common-hackers] Bug#439747: Bug#439747: DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_AUTOMAKE: desire way to run autoconf with --add-missing

[Peter Eisentraut]

Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> The DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_AUTOMAKE mechanism simply runs automake.
> It would be nice to be able to add flags like --add-missing --copy
> to the automake invocation.

If you are just updating Automake, then there should not be any missing 
files.  I'm not sure what your use case is.