Currently this support requires the use of GNU @code{make} and
@code{gcc}. It might become possible in the future to supply a
-different dependency generating program, if there is enough demand.
-
-This mode is enabled by default if any C program or library is defined
-in the current directory.
+different dependency generating program, if there is enough demand. In
+the meantime, this mode is enabled by default if any C program or
+library is defined in the current directory, so you may get a @samp{Must
+be a separator} error from non-GNU make.
When you decide to make a distribution, the @code{dist} target will
@trindex dist
re-run @code{automake} with @samp{--include-deps} and other options.
This will cause the previously generated dependencies to be inserted
into the generated @file{Makefile.in}, and thus into the distribution.
-This step also turns off inclusion of the dependency generation code.
+This step also turns off inclusion of the dependency generation code, so
+that those who download your distribution but don't use GNU @code{make}
+and @code{gcc} will not get errors.
When added to the @file{Makefile.in}, the dependencies have all
system-specific dependencies automatically removed. This can be done by