diff -ru automake-1.7.9/m4/init.m4 automake-1.7.9-run/m4/init.m4
--- automake-1.7.9/m4/init.m4	2003-06-04 21:23:27.000000000 +0200
+++ automake-1.7.9-run/m4/init.m4	2004-04-08 18:32:54.170168360 +0200
@@ -121,4 +121,5 @@
       _am_stamp_count=`expr $_am_stamp_count + 1` ;;
   esac
 done
-echo "timestamp for $1" >`AS_DIRNAME([$1])`/stamp-h[]$_am_stamp_count])
+echo "timestamp for $1" >`AS_DIRNAME([$1])`/stamp-h[]$_am_stamp_count
+touch $1])