Ray, I tried it again on a different system (also Linux)
and ./configure works OK. One difference (dunno what
others there might be) is that autoconf is 2.61 on the
system where ./configure works and 2.59 on the one
where it doesn't work.
I do get some warnings from sh bootstrap on the system
for which ./configure works. I've appended them below.
best
Robert Dodier
PS.
$ sh bootstrap
+ aclocal
+ automake --add-missing --copy
src/Makefile.am:314: `%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension
src/Makefile.am:315: subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
src/Makefile.am:315: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/Makefile.am:315: $(subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
src/Makefile.am:315: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/Makefile.am:316: subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
src/Makefile.am:316: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/Makefile.am:316: origin $(subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
src/Makefile.am:316: (probably a GNU make extension)
+ autoconf