# error "configure.ac:3: error: required file './ltmain.sh' not found".
touch ltmain.sh
+# Avoid an Automake 1.16.5 failure, in the presence of Autoconf 2.71, on an ext4
+# file system:
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: The usual way to define 'am__fastdepCC' is to add 'AC_PROG_CC'
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: The usual way to define 'AMDEP' is to add one of the compiler tests
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX, AC_PROG_OBJC, AC_PROG_OBJCXX,
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: AM_PROG_AS, AM_PROG_GCJ, AM_PROG_UPC
+# PREFIX/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
+# The cause is described in
+# <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2023-07/msg00020.html>.
+rm -rf autom4te.cache
+
${AUTOMAKE} -a -c >/dev/null 2>autopoint.err
test $? = 0 || { cat autopoint.err; Exit 1; }