Hello automake 1.11.6 fails 3 of the 389 tests (autoconf version 2.69 used). [tru@liberte automake-1.11.6]$ rpm -q kernel gcc kernel-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5.x86_64 gcc-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1.x86_64 [tru@liberte automake-1.11.6]$ gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --disable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre --with-cpu=generic --host=x86_64-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52) [tru@liberte automake-1.11.6]$ autoconf -V autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later , This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. ... tar xzvf ~/sources/automake-1.11.6.tar.gz cd automake-1.11.6/ ./configure --prefix=/c5/shared/automake/1.11.6 make && make install && make check ===================================== 3 of 859 tests failed (92 tests were not run) See tests/test-suite.log Please report to bug-automake@gnu.org ===================================== Cheers, Tru -- Dr Tru Huynh | http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/Binfs/ mailto:tru@pasteur.fr | tel/fax +33 1 45 68 87 37/19 Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15 France