THRIFT-5429 build: autotools: add foreign to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
Patch: Christopher Friedt

This closes #2405

Signed-off-by: Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt@gmail.com>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5abfe49..93d761d 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.13 subdir-objects tar-ustar])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.13 subdir-objects tar-ustar foreign])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 AC_ARG_VAR([PY_PREFIX], [Prefix for installing Python modules.