Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > Could you execute `automake --version' to be sure ? I believe > you are running automake 1.4, even if you installed 1.7.x.
Yes, automake --version was replying with 1.4-p6. I was relying too much on my distro's version numbering for the package.
After running these 2 commands: # export WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1 # export WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.7
automake acts as version 1.7.7
Thanks.