GNUmakefile: behave when Makefile is missing.

[gnulib.git] / top / GNUmakefile

diff --git a/top/GNUmakefile b/top/GNUmakefile
index 6e00ec8..86bc60f 100644 (file)
--- a/top/GNUmakefile
+++ b/top/GNUmakefile
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ include Makefile
 
 # Some projects override e.g., _autoreconf here.
 -include $(srcdir)/cfg.mk
-include $(srcdir)/maint.mk
 
 # Allow cfg.mk to override these.
 _build-aux ?= build-aux
 _autoreconf ?= autoreconf -v
 
+include $(srcdir)/maint.mk
+
 # Ensure that $(VERSION) is up to date for dist-related targets, but not
 # for others: rerunning autoreconf and recompiling everything isn't cheap.
 _have-git-version-gen := \
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ srcdir = .
 
 # The package can override .DEFAULT_GOAL to run actions like autoreconf.
 -include ./cfg.mk
+
+# Allow cfg.mk to override these.
+_build-aux ?= build-aux
+_autoreconf ?= autoreconf -v
+
 include ./maint.mk
 
 ifeq ($(.DEFAULT_GOAL),abort-due-to-no-makefile)