autoconf 2.52 on darwin/Mac OS X

[Gerben Wierda]

This does not work:

checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/usr/local/src/autoconf-2.52/config: permission denied:  [1]
/usr/local/src/autoconf-2.52/config: command not found: config.sub [2]
/usr/local/src/autoconf-2.52/config: unmatched ` [3]
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for expr... /bin/expr
checking for gm4... /usr/bin/gm4
checking whether m4 supports frozen files... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
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substitute pattern
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command
config.status: creating m4/Makefile
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config.status: creating man/Makefile
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sed: 3: /tmp/cs22096-20249/subs-2.sed: extra characters at the end of l 
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config.status: creating doc/Makefile
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config.status: creating config/Makefile
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config.status: creating tests/Makefile
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config.status: creating tests/atconfig
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