fail to build without emacs

[keith adamson]

download autoconf from cvs;

./configure results in;

    checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
    checking whether build environment is sane... yes
    checking for mawk... no
    checking for gawk... gawk
    checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
    checking for expr... /usr/bin/expr
    checking for gm4... no
    checking for gnum4... no
    checking for m4... /usr/bin/m4
    checking whether m4 supports frozen files... yes
    checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
    checking for emacs... no
    checking for xemacs... no
    configure: creating ./config.status
    .
    .
    .
    Below you will find information on the status of this version of
    Autoconf.
    
    * Status
    
                        /*--------------------------.
                        | Sane for full scale use.  |
                        `--------------------------*/
make results in;

    .
    .
    .
    Making all in emacs
    make[2]: Entering directory
    `/home/keith/gnumeric/autoconf/lib/emacs'
    cd ../.. && \
      /bin/sh /home/keith/gnumeric/autoconf/config/missing --run
    automake --gnu  lib
    /emacs/Makefile
    configure.ac: AM_PATH_LISPDIR: required file `config/elisp-comp' not
    found

ls config/ results in;

    config.guess
    config.sub
    CVS
    install-sh
    Makefile
    Makefile.am
    Makefile.in
    mdate-sh
    missing
    mkinstalldirs
    move-if-change
    prev-version.txt
    texinfo.tex

however, second make results in;

    .
    .
    .
    Making all in emacs
    make[2]: Entering directory
    `/home/keith/gnumeric/autoconf/lib/emacs'
    cd ../.. && \
      CONFIG_HEADERS= CONFIG_LINKS= \
      CONFIG_FILES=lib/emacs/Makefile /bin/sh ./config.status
    config.status: creating lib/emacs/Makefile
    config.status: executing tests/package.m4 commands
    config.status: executing tests/atconfig commands
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/keith/gnumeric/autoconf/lib/emacs'
    .
    .
    .
    make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/keith/gnumeric/autoconf/tests'

Is this a bug or do you need emacs?

Regards, Keith