diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 221771cc30c7dcff0ce00f28513ba6fc1420e112..3f5a589b1d4bffbdbb22a980ff0e6a056700e3d8 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ am__recursive_targets = \
   $(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS) \
   $(am__extra_recursive_targets)
 AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS = $(am__recursive_targets:-recursive=) TAGS CTAGS \
-	cscope distdir dist dist-all distcheck
+	cscope distdir distdir-am dist dist-all distcheck
 am__tagged_files = $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES) $(TAGS_FILES) $(LISP)
 # Read a list of newline-separated strings from the standard input,
 # and print each of them once, without duplicates.  Input order is
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	    echo ' $(SHELL) ./config.status'; \
 	    $(SHELL) ./config.status;; \
 	  *) \
-	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
-	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles);; \
 	esac;
 
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
@@ -489,7 +489,10 @@ distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 	-rm -f cscope.out cscope.in.out cscope.po.out cscope.files
 
-distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+distdir: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
+distdir-am: $(DISTFILES)
 	$(am__remove_distdir)
 	test -d "$(distdir)" || mkdir "$(distdir)"
 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
@@ -557,7 +560,7 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -exec $(install_sh) -c -m a+r {} {} \; \
 	|| chmod -R a+r "$(distdir)"
 dist-gzip: distdir
-	tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).tar.gz
+	tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | eval GZIP= gzip $(GZIP_ENV) -c >$(distdir).tar.gz
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
 dist-bzip2: distdir
@@ -583,7 +586,7 @@ dist-shar: distdir
 	@echo WARNING: "Support for shar distribution archives is" \
 	               "deprecated." >&2
 	@echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
-	shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
+	shar $(distdir) | eval GZIP= gzip $(GZIP_ENV) -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
 dist-zip: distdir
@@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ dist dist-all:
 distcheck: dist
 	case '$(DIST_ARCHIVES)' in \
 	*.tar.gz*) \
-	  GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -dc $(distdir).tar.gz | $(am__untar) ;;\
+	  eval GZIP= gzip $(GZIP_ENV) -dc $(distdir).tar.gz | $(am__untar) ;;\
 	*.tar.bz2*) \
 	  bzip2 -dc $(distdir).tar.bz2 | $(am__untar) ;;\
 	*.tar.lz*) \
@@ -611,7 +614,7 @@ distcheck: dist
 	*.tar.Z*) \
 	  uncompress -c $(distdir).tar.Z | $(am__untar) ;;\
 	*.shar.gz*) \
-	  GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -dc $(distdir).shar.gz | unshar ;;\
+	  eval GZIP= gzip $(GZIP_ENV) -dc $(distdir).shar.gz | unshar ;;\
 	*.zip*) \
 	  unzip $(distdir).zip ;;\
 	esac
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index bf79d078cb0afb5a0ca6509ef121bb351a1bb92b..53778856c307d339428a89f8078fef82b7e5bae0 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.15 -*- Autoconf -*-
+# generated automatically by aclocal 1.16.1 -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ You have another version of autoconf.  It may work, but is not guaranteed to.
 If you have problems, you may need to regenerate the build system entirely.
 To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])
 # generated from the m4 files accompanying Automake X.Y.
 # (This private macro should not be called outside this file.)
 AC_DEFUN([AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[am__api_version='1.15'
+[am__api_version='1.16'
 dnl Some users find AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and mistake it for a way to
 dnl require some minimum version.  Point them to the right macro.
-m4_if([$1], [1.15], [],
+m4_if([$1], [1.16.1], [],
       [AC_FATAL([Do not call $0, use AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([$1]).])])dnl
 ])
 
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ m4_define([_AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [])
 # Call AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION so they can be traced.
 # This function is AC_REQUIREd by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.15])dnl
+[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.16.1])dnl
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]))])
 
 # AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND                                         -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ am_aux_dir=`cd "$ac_aux_dir" && pwd`
 
 # AM_CONDITIONAL                                            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally.]])
 fi])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -332,13 +332,12 @@ _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([am__nodep])dnl
 
 # Generate code to set up dependency tracking.              -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
-
 # _AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS
 # ------------------------------
 AC_DEFUN([_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
@@ -346,49 +345,41 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
   # Older Autoconf quotes --file arguments for eval, but not when files
   # are listed without --file.  Let's play safe and only enable the eval
   # if we detect the quoting.
-  case $CONFIG_FILES in
-  *\'*) eval set x "$CONFIG_FILES" ;;
-  *)   set x $CONFIG_FILES ;;
-  esac
+  # TODO: see whether this extra hack can be removed once we start
+  # requiring Autoconf 2.70 or later.
+  AS_CASE([$CONFIG_FILES],
+          [*\'*], [eval set x "$CONFIG_FILES"],
+          [*], [set x $CONFIG_FILES])
   shift
-  for mf
+  # Used to flag and report bootstrapping failures.
+  am_rc=0
+  for am_mf
   do
     # Strip MF so we end up with the name of the file.
-    mf=`echo "$mf" | sed -e 's/:.*$//'`
-    # Check whether this is an Automake generated Makefile or not.
-    # We used to match only the files named 'Makefile.in', but
-    # some people rename them; so instead we look at the file content.
-    # Grep'ing the first line is not enough: some people post-process
-    # each Makefile.in and add a new line on top of each file to say so.
-    # Grep'ing the whole file is not good either: AIX grep has a line
+    am_mf=`AS_ECHO(["$am_mf"]) | sed -e 's/:.*$//'`
+    # Check whether this is an Automake generated Makefile which includes
+    # dependency-tracking related rules and includes.
+    # Grep'ing the whole file directly is not great: AIX grep has a line
     # limit of 2048, but all sed's we know have understand at least 4000.
-    if sed -n 's,^#.*generated by automake.*,X,p' "$mf" | grep X >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      dirpart=`AS_DIRNAME("$mf")`
-    else
-      continue
-    fi
-    # Extract the definition of DEPDIR, am__include, and am__quote
-    # from the Makefile without running 'make'.
-    DEPDIR=`sed -n 's/^DEPDIR = //p' < "$mf"`
-    test -z "$DEPDIR" && continue
-    am__include=`sed -n 's/^am__include = //p' < "$mf"`
-    test -z "$am__include" && continue
-    am__quote=`sed -n 's/^am__quote = //p' < "$mf"`
-    # Find all dependency output files, they are included files with
-    # $(DEPDIR) in their names.  We invoke sed twice because it is the
-    # simplest approach to changing $(DEPDIR) to its actual value in the
-    # expansion.
-    for file in `sed -n "
-      s/^$am__include $am__quote\(.*(DEPDIR).*\)$am__quote"'$/\1/p' <"$mf" | \
-	 sed -e 's/\$(DEPDIR)/'"$DEPDIR"'/g'`; do
-      # Make sure the directory exists.
-      test -f "$dirpart/$file" && continue
-      fdir=`AS_DIRNAME(["$file"])`
-      AS_MKDIR_P([$dirpart/$fdir])
-      # echo "creating $dirpart/$file"
-      echo '# dummy' > "$dirpart/$file"
-    done
+    sed -n 's,^am--depfiles:.*,X,p' "$am_mf" | grep X >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+      || continue
+    am_dirpart=`AS_DIRNAME(["$am_mf"])`
+    am_filepart=`AS_BASENAME(["$am_mf"])`
+    AM_RUN_LOG([cd "$am_dirpart" \
+      && sed -e '/# am--include-marker/d' "$am_filepart" \
+        | $MAKE -f - am--depfiles]) || am_rc=$?
   done
+  if test $am_rc -ne 0; then
+    AC_MSG_FAILURE([Something went wrong bootstrapping makefile fragments
+    for automatic dependency tracking.  Try re-running configure with the
+    '--disable-dependency-tracking' option to at least be able to build
+    the package (albeit without support for automatic dependency tracking).])
+  fi
+  AS_UNSET([am_dirpart])
+  AS_UNSET([am_filepart])
+  AS_UNSET([am_mf])
+  AS_UNSET([am_rc])
+  rm -f conftest-deps.mk
 }
 ])# _AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS
 
@@ -397,18 +388,17 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 # -----------------------------
 # This macro should only be invoked once -- use via AC_REQUIRE.
 #
-# This code is only required when automatic dependency tracking
-# is enabled.  FIXME.  This creates each '.P' file that we will
-# need in order to bootstrap the dependency handling code.
+# This code is only required when automatic dependency tracking is enabled.
+# This creates each '.Po' and '.Plo' makefile fragment that we'll need in
+# order to bootstrap the dependency handling code.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 [AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([depfiles],
      [test x"$AMDEP_TRUE" != x"" || _AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
-     [AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"])
-])
+     [AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" MAKE="${MAKE-make}"])])
 
 # Do all the work for Automake.                             -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -495,8 +485,8 @@ AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_INSTALL_STRIP])dnl
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl
 # For better backward compatibility.  To be removed once Automake 1.9.x
 # dies out for good.  For more background, see:
-# <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00001.html>
-# <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00014.html>
+# <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00001.html>
+# <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00014.html>
 AC_SUBST([mkdir_p], ['$(MKDIR_P)'])
 # We need awk for the "check" target (and possibly the TAP driver).  The
 # system "awk" is bad on some platforms.
@@ -563,7 +553,7 @@ END
 Aborting the configuration process, to ensure you take notice of the issue.
 
 You can download and install GNU coreutils to get an 'rm' implementation
-that behaves properly: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.
+that behaves properly: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.
 
 If you want to complete the configuration process using your problematic
 'rm' anyway, export the environment variable ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM
@@ -605,7 +595,7 @@ for _am_header in $config_headers :; do
 done
 echo "timestamp for $_am_arg" >`AS_DIRNAME(["$_am_arg"])`/stamp-h[]$_am_stamp_count])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -626,7 +616,7 @@ if test x"${install_sh+set}" != xset; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST([install_sh])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -647,7 +637,7 @@ AC_SUBST([am__leading_dot])])
 
 # Check to see how 'make' treats includes.	            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -655,49 +645,42 @@ AC_SUBST([am__leading_dot])])
 
 # AM_MAKE_INCLUDE()
 # -----------------
-# Check to see how make treats includes.
+# Check whether make has an 'include' directive that can support all
+# the idioms we need for our automatic dependency tracking code.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_MAKE_INCLUDE],
-[am_make=${MAKE-make}
-cat > confinc << 'END'
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether ${MAKE-make} supports the include directive])
+cat > confinc.mk << 'END'
 am__doit:
-	@echo this is the am__doit target
+	@echo this is the am__doit target >confinc.out
 .PHONY: am__doit
 END
-# If we don't find an include directive, just comment out the code.
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for style of include used by $am_make])
 am__include="#"
 am__quote=
-_am_result=none
-# First try GNU make style include.
-echo "include confinc" > confmf
-# Ignore all kinds of additional output from 'make'.
-case `$am_make -s -f confmf 2> /dev/null` in #(
-*the\ am__doit\ target*)
-  am__include=include
-  am__quote=
-  _am_result=GNU
-  ;;
-esac
-# Now try BSD make style include.
-if test "$am__include" = "#"; then
-   echo '.include "confinc"' > confmf
-   case `$am_make -s -f confmf 2> /dev/null` in #(
-   *the\ am__doit\ target*)
-     am__include=.include
-     am__quote="\""
-     _am_result=BSD
-     ;;
-   esac
-fi
-AC_SUBST([am__include])
-AC_SUBST([am__quote])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$_am_result])
-rm -f confinc confmf
-])
+# BSD make does it like this.
+echo '.include "confinc.mk" # ignored' > confmf.BSD
+# Other make implementations (GNU, Solaris 10, AIX) do it like this.
+echo 'include confinc.mk # ignored' > confmf.GNU
+_am_result=no
+for s in GNU BSD; do
+  AM_RUN_LOG([${MAKE-make} -f confmf.$s && cat confinc.out])
+  AS_CASE([$?:`cat confinc.out 2>/dev/null`],
+      ['0:this is the am__doit target'],
+      [AS_CASE([$s],
+          [BSD], [am__include='.include' am__quote='"'],
+          [am__include='include' am__quote=''])])
+  if test "$am__include" != "#"; then
+    _am_result="yes ($s style)"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+rm -f confinc.* confmf.*
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${_am_result}])
+AC_SUBST([am__include])])
+AC_SUBST([am__quote])])
 
 # Fake the existence of programs that GNU maintainers use.  -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -736,7 +719,7 @@ fi
 
 # Helper functions for option handling.                     -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -765,9 +748,26 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_SET_OPTIONS],
 AC_DEFUN([_AM_IF_OPTION],
 [m4_ifset(_AM_MANGLE_OPTION([$1]), [$2], [$3])])
 
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# AM_RUN_LOG(COMMAND)
+# -------------------
+# Run COMMAND, save the exit status in ac_status, and log it.
+# (This has been adapted from Autoconf's _AC_RUN_LOG macro.)
+AC_DEFUN([AM_RUN_LOG],
+[{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: $1" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   ($1) >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   ac_status=$?
+   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   (exit $ac_status); }])
+
 # Check to make sure that the build environment is sane.    -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 rm -f conftest.file
 ])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ AC_SUBST([AM_BACKSLASH])dnl
 _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([AM_BACKSLASH])dnl
 ])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ fi
 INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM="\$(install_sh) -c -s"
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 # Check how to create a tarball.                            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cbf54e3235a5173a05ee44d494e55a56a8abea6e..0ad0ab4f06395d0bf03a2686481a34668b9adb10 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for ELFIO 3.4.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for ELFIO 3.5.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='ELFIO'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='elfio'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='3.4'
-PACKAGE_STRING='ELFIO 3.4'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='3.5'
+PACKAGE_STRING='ELFIO 3.5'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ am__nodep
 AMDEPBACKSLASH
 AMDEP_FALSE
 AMDEP_TRUE
-am__quote
 am__include
 DEPDIR
 OBJEXT
@@ -667,7 +666,8 @@ PACKAGE_VERSION
 PACKAGE_TARNAME
 PACKAGE_NAME
 PATH_SEPARATOR
-SHELL'
+SHELL
+am__quote'
 ac_subst_files=''
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures ELFIO 3.4 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures ELFIO 3.5 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ELFIO 3.4:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ELFIO 3.5:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-ELFIO configure 3.4
+ELFIO configure 3.5
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by ELFIO $as_me 3.4, which was
+It was created by ELFIO $as_me 3.5, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
-am__api_version='1.15'
+am__api_version='1.16'
 
 ac_aux_dir=
 for ac_dir in "$srcdir" "$srcdir/.." "$srcdir/../.."; do
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='elfio'
- VERSION='3.4'
+ VERSION='3.5'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2338,8 +2338,8 @@ MAKEINFO=${MAKEINFO-"${am_missing_run}makeinfo"}
 
 # For better backward compatibility.  To be removed once Automake 1.9.x
 # dies out for good.  For more background, see:
-# <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00001.html>
-# <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00014.html>
+# <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00001.html>
+# <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00014.html>
 mkdir_p='$(MKDIR_P)'
 
 # We need awk for the "check" target (and possibly the TAP driver).  The
@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ END
 Aborting the configuration process, to ensure you take notice of the issue.
 
 You can download and install GNU coreutils to get an 'rm' implementation
-that behaves properly: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.
+that behaves properly: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.
 
 If you want to complete the configuration process using your problematic
 'rm' anyway, export the environment variable ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM
@@ -2911,45 +2911,45 @@ DEPDIR="${am__leading_dot}deps"
 
 ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands depfiles"
 
-
-am_make=${MAKE-make}
-cat > confinc << 'END'
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${MAKE-make} supports the include directive" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ${MAKE-make} supports the include directive... " >&6; }
+cat > confinc.mk << 'END'
 am__doit:
-	@echo this is the am__doit target
+	@echo this is the am__doit target >confinc.out
 .PHONY: am__doit
 END
-# If we don't find an include directive, just comment out the code.
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for style of include used by $am_make" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for style of include used by $am_make... " >&6; }
 am__include="#"
 am__quote=
-_am_result=none
-# First try GNU make style include.
-echo "include confinc" > confmf
-# Ignore all kinds of additional output from 'make'.
-case `$am_make -s -f confmf 2> /dev/null` in #(
-*the\ am__doit\ target*)
-  am__include=include
-  am__quote=
-  _am_result=GNU
-  ;;
-esac
-# Now try BSD make style include.
-if test "$am__include" = "#"; then
-   echo '.include "confinc"' > confmf
-   case `$am_make -s -f confmf 2> /dev/null` in #(
-   *the\ am__doit\ target*)
-     am__include=.include
-     am__quote="\""
-     _am_result=BSD
+# BSD make does it like this.
+echo '.include "confinc.mk" # ignored' > confmf.BSD
+# Other make implementations (GNU, Solaris 10, AIX) do it like this.
+echo 'include confinc.mk # ignored' > confmf.GNU
+_am_result=no
+for s in GNU BSD; do
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: ${MAKE-make} -f confmf.$s && cat confinc.out" >&5
+   (${MAKE-make} -f confmf.$s && cat confinc.out) >&5 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   (exit $ac_status); }
+  case $?:`cat confinc.out 2>/dev/null` in #(
+  '0:this is the am__doit target') :
+    case $s in #(
+  BSD) :
+    am__include='.include' am__quote='"' ;; #(
+  *) :
+    am__include='include' am__quote='' ;;
+esac ;; #(
+  *) :
      ;;
-   esac
-fi
-
-
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $_am_result" >&5
-$as_echo "$_am_result" >&6; }
-rm -f confinc confmf
+esac
+  if test "$am__include" != "#"; then
+    _am_result="yes ($s style)"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+rm -f confinc.* confmf.*
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: ${_am_result}" >&5
+$as_echo "${_am_result}" >&6; }
 
 # Check whether --enable-dependency-tracking was given.
 if test "${enable_dependency_tracking+set}" = set; then :
@@ -3667,7 +3667,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by ELFIO $as_me 3.4, which was
+This file was extended by ELFIO $as_me 3.5, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -3724,7 +3724,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-ELFIO config.status 3.4
+ELFIO config.status 3.5
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
@@ -3832,7 +3832,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 #
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
-AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
+AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" MAKE="${MAKE-make}"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -4283,29 +4283,35 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: executing $ac_file commands" >&6;}
   # Older Autoconf quotes --file arguments for eval, but not when files
   # are listed without --file.  Let's play safe and only enable the eval
   # if we detect the quoting.
-  case $CONFIG_FILES in
-  *\'*) eval set x "$CONFIG_FILES" ;;
-  *)   set x $CONFIG_FILES ;;
-  esac
+  # TODO: see whether this extra hack can be removed once we start
+  # requiring Autoconf 2.70 or later.
+  case $CONFIG_FILES in #(
+  *\'*) :
+    eval set x "$CONFIG_FILES" ;; #(
+  *) :
+    set x $CONFIG_FILES ;; #(
+  *) :
+     ;;
+esac
   shift
-  for mf
+  # Used to flag and report bootstrapping failures.
+  am_rc=0
+  for am_mf
   do
     # Strip MF so we end up with the name of the file.
-    mf=`echo "$mf" | sed -e 's/:.*$//'`
-    # Check whether this is an Automake generated Makefile or not.
-    # We used to match only the files named 'Makefile.in', but
-    # some people rename them; so instead we look at the file content.
-    # Grep'ing the first line is not enough: some people post-process
-    # each Makefile.in and add a new line on top of each file to say so.
-    # Grep'ing the whole file is not good either: AIX grep has a line
+    am_mf=`$as_echo "$am_mf" | sed -e 's/:.*$//'`
+    # Check whether this is an Automake generated Makefile which includes
+    # dependency-tracking related rules and includes.
+    # Grep'ing the whole file directly is not great: AIX grep has a line
     # limit of 2048, but all sed's we know have understand at least 4000.
-    if sed -n 's,^#.*generated by automake.*,X,p' "$mf" | grep X >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      dirpart=`$as_dirname -- "$mf" ||
-$as_expr X"$mf" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
-	 X"$mf" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
-	 X"$mf" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
-	 X"$mf" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$mf" |
+    sed -n 's,^am--depfiles:.*,X,p' "$am_mf" | grep X >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+      || continue
+    am_dirpart=`$as_dirname -- "$am_mf" ||
+$as_expr X"$am_mf" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
+	 X"$am_mf" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
+	 X"$am_mf" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
+	 X"$am_mf" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
+$as_echo X"$am_mf" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -4323,53 +4329,48 @@ $as_echo X"$mf" |
 	    q
 	  }
 	  s/.*/./; q'`
-    else
-      continue
-    fi
-    # Extract the definition of DEPDIR, am__include, and am__quote
-    # from the Makefile without running 'make'.
-    DEPDIR=`sed -n 's/^DEPDIR = //p' < "$mf"`
-    test -z "$DEPDIR" && continue
-    am__include=`sed -n 's/^am__include = //p' < "$mf"`
-    test -z "$am__include" && continue
-    am__quote=`sed -n 's/^am__quote = //p' < "$mf"`
-    # Find all dependency output files, they are included files with
-    # $(DEPDIR) in their names.  We invoke sed twice because it is the
-    # simplest approach to changing $(DEPDIR) to its actual value in the
-    # expansion.
-    for file in `sed -n "
-      s/^$am__include $am__quote\(.*(DEPDIR).*\)$am__quote"'$/\1/p' <"$mf" | \
-	 sed -e 's/\$(DEPDIR)/'"$DEPDIR"'/g'`; do
-      # Make sure the directory exists.
-      test -f "$dirpart/$file" && continue
-      fdir=`$as_dirname -- "$file" ||
-$as_expr X"$file" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
-	 X"$file" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
-	 X"$file" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
-	 X"$file" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$file" |
-    sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
-	    s//\1/
-	    q
-	  }
-	  /^X\(\/\/\)[^/].*/{
+    am_filepart=`$as_basename -- "$am_mf" ||
+$as_expr X/"$am_mf" : '.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/*$' \| \
+	 X"$am_mf" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
+	 X"$am_mf" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
+$as_echo X/"$am_mf" |
+    sed '/^.*\/\([^/][^/]*\)\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
 	  }
-	  /^X\(\/\/\)$/{
+	  /^X\/\(\/\/\)$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
 	  }
-	  /^X\(\/\).*/{
+	  /^X\/\(\/\).*/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
 	  }
 	  s/.*/./; q'`
-      as_dir=$dirpart/$fdir; as_fn_mkdir_p
-      # echo "creating $dirpart/$file"
-      echo '# dummy' > "$dirpart/$file"
-    done
+    { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: cd "$am_dirpart" \
+      && sed -e '/# am--include-marker/d' "$am_filepart" \
+        | $MAKE -f - am--depfiles" >&5
+   (cd "$am_dirpart" \
+      && sed -e '/# am--include-marker/d' "$am_filepart" \
+        | $MAKE -f - am--depfiles) >&5 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   (exit $ac_status); } || am_rc=$?
   done
+  if test $am_rc -ne 0; then
+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+as_fn_error $? "Something went wrong bootstrapping makefile fragments
+    for automatic dependency tracking.  Try re-running configure with the
+    '--disable-dependency-tracking' option to at least be able to build
+    the package (albeit without support for automatic dependency tracking).
+See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+  fi
+  { am_dirpart=; unset am_dirpart;}
+  { am_filepart=; unset am_filepart;}
+  { am_mf=; unset am_mf;}
+  { am_rc=; unset am_rc;}
+  rm -f conftest-deps.mk
 }
  ;;
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a66773a0858e87647ed4d599159d824a058ea4b8..7c91a16fcf69f1b9b9d719f3ca8b993623e65205 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([ELFIO], [3.4])
+AC_INIT([ELFIO], [3.5])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.in b/examples/Makefile.in
index 73f559d58f6afc6b47e2e2b3128c00cc8c8b4276..fcc723f4921577d1193e1cf022b7df055da92a3d 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ am__recursive_targets = \
   $(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS) \
   $(am__extra_recursive_targets)
 AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS = $(am__recursive_targets:-recursive=) TAGS CTAGS \
-	distdir
+	distdir distdir-am
 am__tagged_files = $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES) $(TAGS_FILES) $(LISP)
 # Read a list of newline-separated strings from the standard input,
 # and print each of them once, without duplicates.  Input order is
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	  *config.status*) \
 	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh;; \
 	  *) \
-	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
-	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles);; \
 	esac;
 
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
@@ -394,7 +394,10 @@ cscopelist-am: $(am__tagged_files)
 distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 
-distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+distdir: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
+distdir-am: $(DISTFILES)
 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	topsrcdirstrip=`echo "$(top_srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	list='$(DISTFILES)'; \
diff --git a/examples/anonymizer/Makefile.in b/examples/anonymizer/Makefile.in
index 4b2798b32f4cfcabe901a70e1ae2038c8bf51d33..7d70db79453f787c7a30a18a9a9aa07edbc0b238 100644
--- a/examples/anonymizer/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/anonymizer/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ am__v_at_0 = @
 am__v_at_1 = 
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/depcomp
-am__depfiles_maybe = depfiles
+am__maybe_remake_depfiles = depfiles
+am__depfiles_remade = ./$(DEPDIR)/anonymizer.Po
 am__mv = mv -f
 CXXCOMPILE = $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) \
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
@@ -266,8 +267,8 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	  *config.status*) \
 	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh;; \
 	  *) \
-	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
-	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles);; \
 	esac;
 
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
@@ -331,7 +332,13 @@ mostlyclean-compile:
 distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/anonymizer.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/anonymizer.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
+
+$(am__depfiles_remade):
+	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
+	@echo '# dummy' >$@-t && $(am__mv) $@-t $@
+
+am--depfiles: $(am__depfiles_remade)
 
 .cpp.o:
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXXCOMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
@@ -399,7 +406,10 @@ cscopelist-am: $(am__tagged_files)
 distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 
-distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+distdir: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
+distdir-am: $(DISTFILES)
 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	topsrcdirstrip=`echo "$(top_srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	list='$(DISTFILES)'; \
@@ -471,7 +481,7 @@ clean: clean-am
 clean-am: clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/anonymizer.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 distclean-am: clean-am distclean-compile distclean-generic \
 	distclean-tags
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@ install-ps-am:
 installcheck-am:
 
 maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/anonymizer.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 maintainer-clean-am: distclean-am maintainer-clean-generic
 
@@ -537,7 +547,7 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-binPROGRAMS
 
 .MAKE: install-am install-strip
 
-.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am check check-am clean \
+.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am am--depfiles check check-am clean \
 	clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic cscopelist-am ctags ctags-am \
 	distclean distclean-compile distclean-generic distclean-tags \
 	distdir dvi dvi-am html html-am info info-am install \
diff --git a/examples/elfdump/Makefile.in b/examples/elfdump/Makefile.in
index 33869a7d10054e105ff26a14522ae0d7fe75c9ed..3798731f8a0d7db54dce983842ba13188c1523b6 100644
--- a/examples/elfdump/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/elfdump/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ am__v_at_0 = @
 am__v_at_1 = 
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/depcomp
-am__depfiles_maybe = depfiles
+am__maybe_remake_depfiles = depfiles
+am__depfiles_remade = ./$(DEPDIR)/elfdump.Po
 am__mv = mv -f
 CXXCOMPILE = $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) \
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
@@ -267,8 +268,8 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	  *config.status*) \
 	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh;; \
 	  *) \
-	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
-	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles);; \
 	esac;
 
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
@@ -332,7 +333,13 @@ mostlyclean-compile:
 distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/elfdump.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/elfdump.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
+
+$(am__depfiles_remade):
+	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
+	@echo '# dummy' >$@-t && $(am__mv) $@-t $@
+
+am--depfiles: $(am__depfiles_remade)
 
 .cpp.o:
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXXCOMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
@@ -400,7 +407,10 @@ cscopelist-am: $(am__tagged_files)
 distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 
-distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+distdir: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
+distdir-am: $(DISTFILES)
 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	topsrcdirstrip=`echo "$(top_srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	list='$(DISTFILES)'; \
@@ -472,7 +482,7 @@ clean: clean-am
 clean-am: clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/elfdump.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 distclean-am: clean-am distclean-compile distclean-generic \
 	distclean-tags
@@ -518,7 +528,7 @@ install-ps-am:
 installcheck-am:
 
 maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/elfdump.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 maintainer-clean-am: distclean-am maintainer-clean-generic
 
@@ -538,7 +548,7 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-binPROGRAMS
 
 .MAKE: install-am install-strip
 
-.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am check check-am clean \
+.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am am--depfiles check check-am clean \
 	clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic cscopelist-am ctags ctags-am \
 	distclean distclean-compile distclean-generic distclean-tags \
 	distdir dvi dvi-am html html-am info info-am install \
diff --git a/examples/tutorial/Makefile.in b/examples/tutorial/Makefile.in
index 373a8f24e68c73dbec50be960463f1ae6440aadc..4bd985703f1b5574efbfc4e9896c96ce7aaf1a21 100644
--- a/examples/tutorial/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/tutorial/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ am__v_at_0 = @
 am__v_at_1 = 
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/depcomp
-am__depfiles_maybe = depfiles
+am__maybe_remake_depfiles = depfiles
+am__depfiles_remade = ./$(DEPDIR)/tutorial.Po
 am__mv = mv -f
 CXXCOMPILE = $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) \
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
@@ -266,8 +267,8 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	  *config.status*) \
 	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh;; \
 	  *) \
-	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
-	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles);; \
 	esac;
 
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
@@ -331,7 +332,13 @@ mostlyclean-compile:
 distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/tutorial.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/tutorial.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
+
+$(am__depfiles_remade):
+	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
+	@echo '# dummy' >$@-t && $(am__mv) $@-t $@
+
+am--depfiles: $(am__depfiles_remade)
 
 .cpp.o:
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXXCOMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
@@ -399,7 +406,10 @@ cscopelist-am: $(am__tagged_files)
 distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 
-distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+distdir: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
+distdir-am: $(DISTFILES)
 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	topsrcdirstrip=`echo "$(top_srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	list='$(DISTFILES)'; \
@@ -471,7 +481,7 @@ clean: clean-am
 clean-am: clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/tutorial.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 distclean-am: clean-am distclean-compile distclean-generic \
 	distclean-tags
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@ install-ps-am:
 installcheck-am:
 
 maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/tutorial.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 maintainer-clean-am: distclean-am maintainer-clean-generic
 
@@ -537,7 +547,7 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-binPROGRAMS
 
 .MAKE: install-am install-strip
 
-.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am check check-am clean \
+.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am am--depfiles check check-am clean \
 	clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic cscopelist-am ctags ctags-am \
 	distclean distclean-compile distclean-generic distclean-tags \
 	distdir dvi dvi-am html html-am info info-am install \
diff --git a/examples/write_obj/Makefile.in b/examples/write_obj/Makefile.in
index f53badeee332dd3056c1fb184c50672afd0a362e..486562ba5bf6e8874c2f502326f4f18c1e7bd838 100644
--- a/examples/write_obj/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/write_obj/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ am__v_at_0 = @
 am__v_at_1 = 
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/depcomp
-am__depfiles_maybe = depfiles
+am__maybe_remake_depfiles = depfiles
+am__depfiles_remade = ./$(DEPDIR)/write_obj.Po
 am__mv = mv -f
 CXXCOMPILE = $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) \
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
@@ -266,8 +267,8 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	  *config.status*) \
 	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh;; \
 	  *) \
-	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
-	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles);; \
 	esac;
 
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
@@ -331,7 +332,13 @@ mostlyclean-compile:
 distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/write_obj.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/write_obj.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
+
+$(am__depfiles_remade):
+	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
+	@echo '# dummy' >$@-t && $(am__mv) $@-t $@
+
+am--depfiles: $(am__depfiles_remade)
 
 .cpp.o:
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXXCOMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
@@ -399,7 +406,10 @@ cscopelist-am: $(am__tagged_files)
 distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 
-distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+distdir: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
+distdir-am: $(DISTFILES)
 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	topsrcdirstrip=`echo "$(top_srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	list='$(DISTFILES)'; \
@@ -471,7 +481,7 @@ clean: clean-am
 clean-am: clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/write_obj.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 distclean-am: clean-am distclean-compile distclean-generic \
 	distclean-tags
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@ install-ps-am:
 installcheck-am:
 
 maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/write_obj.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 maintainer-clean-am: distclean-am maintainer-clean-generic
 
@@ -537,7 +547,7 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-binPROGRAMS
 
 .MAKE: install-am install-strip
 
-.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am check check-am clean \
+.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am am--depfiles check check-am clean \
 	clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic cscopelist-am ctags ctags-am \
 	distclean distclean-compile distclean-generic distclean-tags \
 	distdir dvi dvi-am html html-am info info-am install \
diff --git a/examples/writer/Makefile.in b/examples/writer/Makefile.in
index 6cd5b355ddf8745b4024775798e5ba0e76a3085c..cd8a562ff9b6bcdab30a17924f0cac5f365a779c 100644
--- a/examples/writer/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/writer/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.16.1 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ am__v_at_0 = @
 am__v_at_1 = 
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/depcomp
-am__depfiles_maybe = depfiles
+am__maybe_remake_depfiles = depfiles
+am__depfiles_remade = ./$(DEPDIR)/writer.Po
 am__mv = mv -f
 CXXCOMPILE = $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) \
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
@@ -266,8 +267,8 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	  *config.status*) \
 	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh;; \
 	  *) \
-	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
-	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles)'; \
+	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@ $(am__maybe_remake_depfiles);; \
 	esac;
 
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
@@ -331,7 +332,13 @@ mostlyclean-compile:
 distclean-compile:
 	-rm -f *.tab.c
 
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/writer.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/writer.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
+
+$(am__depfiles_remade):
+	@$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
+	@echo '# dummy' >$@-t && $(am__mv) $@-t $@
+
+am--depfiles: $(am__depfiles_remade)
 
 .cpp.o:
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXXCOMPILE) -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo -c -o $@ $<
@@ -399,7 +406,10 @@ cscopelist-am: $(am__tagged_files)
 distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 
-distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+distdir: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
+distdir-am: $(DISTFILES)
 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	topsrcdirstrip=`echo "$(top_srcdir)" | sed 's/[].[^$$\\*]/\\\\&/g'`; \
 	list='$(DISTFILES)'; \
@@ -471,7 +481,7 @@ clean: clean-am
 clean-am: clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/writer.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 distclean-am: clean-am distclean-compile distclean-generic \
 	distclean-tags
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@ install-ps-am:
 installcheck-am:
 
 maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
-	-rm -rf ./$(DEPDIR)
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/writer.Po
 	-rm -f Makefile
 maintainer-clean-am: distclean-am maintainer-clean-generic
 
@@ -537,7 +547,7 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-binPROGRAMS
 
 .MAKE: install-am install-strip
 
-.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am check check-am clean \
+.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am am--depfiles check check-am clean \
 	clean-binPROGRAMS clean-generic cscopelist-am ctags ctags-am \
 	distclean distclean-compile distclean-generic distclean-tags \
 	distdir dvi dvi-am html html-am info info-am install \