another attempt w/ the release action

Author: ksedgwic

Diff for: .github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up build tools
         run: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config autoconf-archive
 
-      - name: Create necessary directories
-        run: mkdir -p m4 auxdir build-aux/m4
-
       - name: Generate configure script
-        run: autoreconf -i -I m4 -I build-aux/m4
+        run: autoreconf -fi
 
       - name: Run configure
         run: ./configure