bootstrap script without autogen.sh (using autoreconf)

[Daniel Neuberger]

All,

Is there a way to make automake (or autoreconf) automatically run 
another script before generating the Makefile.inS?

I have a common .am file in one project that I want to use in multiple 
other projects by adding a symlink.  I need a logical place to put the 
code so that it's run before automake tries to process the include 
statement. I could start using an autogen.sh script again, but I'm 
trying to avoid that.

Thanks.

- Daniel