Jiann-Ming Su writes:
 > On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Ned Konz wrote:
 > 
 > > Try using a different version of automake:
 > >
 > > $ sudo update-alternatives --set automake /usr/bin/automake-1.7
 > > Using `/usr/bin/automake-1.7' to provide `automake'.
 > >
 > 
 > # automake --version
 > automake (GNU automake) 1.7.9
 > 
 > I installed automake1.7 as you suggsted, but I still get the same error:
 > 
 > configure.ac:134: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_NM
 >       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
 >       See the Autoconf documentation.
 > configure.ac:147: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_STATIC
 > configure.ac:148: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 > make[1]: *** [configure] Error 1

That problem is probably because you do not have libtool installed.
I ran into those problems last night in Debian testing. Installing
libtool fixed them.

Bryce