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alexh@watcher ~/src/iplike-trunk $ automake-1.8
configure.ac: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal).
configure.ac: required file `./install-sh' not found
configure.ac: required file `./missing' not found
Makefile.am:17: MAKE_RPMS does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
Makefile.am: required file `./INSTALL' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./NEWS' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./README' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./AUTHORS' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./ChangeLog' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./COPYING' not found
Makefile.am:4: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
Makefile.am:4:
Makefile.am:4: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
Makefile.am:4: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
Makefile.am: object `iplike.$(OBJEXT)' created both with libtool and without
Makefile.am: required file `./depcomp' not found
/usr/share/automake-1.8/am/depend2.am: am__fastdepCC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.8/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL