Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.59d] testsuite: 98 failed

[Paul Eggert]

"Stephen Cartwright" <address@hidden> writes:

> ./torture.at:1015: automake --version || exit 77
> stderr:
> stdout:
> automake (GNU automake) 1.4
> ...
> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy
> automake: configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
>     error while copying

I'd guess that this is a bug in Automake, and that you should simply
upgrade.  1.4 is pretty old (circa 1999).  I don't offhand know which
Automake version Autoconf is supposed to depend on, but I suggest
simply upgrading to the latest version of Automake (1.9.6).

Thanks for the bug report.