I'm trying to use the new color-tests option as documented here: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/automake/Tests.html#Tests
This online manual is listed as being for automake 1.10.2 here: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/automake/index.html#Top "This manual is for GNU Automake (version 1.10.2, 23 November 2008), a program that creates GNU standards-compliant Makefiles from template files." I am running automake 1.10.2: $ automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.10.2 I am running autoconf 2.63: $ autoconf --version autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.63 When I put color-tests in my AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE in configure.ac and run autoreconf, I get this: configure.ac:9: option `color-tests' not recognized autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 When I put it instead in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in my Makefile.am, I get this: Makefile.am:13: option `color-tests' not recognized autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 What am I doing wrong?