I'd recommend implementing (a) as well, or also (d): patch in AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. I'm not too confident in the effect of re-running the autotools, even with PYTHON passed to the make which will do so.
I'd recommend implementing (a) as well, or also (d): patch in AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. I'm not too confident in the effect of re-running the autotools, even with PYTHON passed to the make which will do so.