I suggest this patch to avoid SKIPping the test with new Automake.
Cheers,
Ralf
* tests/torture.at (Configuring subdirectories): Do not skip
Automake 1.10 nor future Automake 11.1 (sic).
Index: tests/torture.at
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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/tests/torture.at,v
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -r1.71 torture.at
--- tests/torture.at 27 Oct 2006 23:05:34 -0000 1.71
+++ tests/torture.at 27 Oct 2006 23:18:50 -0000
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
# We use aclocal (via autoreconf).
AT_CHECK([aclocal --version || exit 77], [], [stdout], [ignore])
# It should understand configure.ac.
-AT_CHECK([[grep '1.[01234]' stdout && exit 77]], [1], [ignore])
+AT_CHECK([[grep '[^0-9]1.[01234][^0-9]' stdout && exit 77]], [1], [ignore])
# Set CONFIG_SITE to a nonexistent file, so that there are
# no worries about nonstandard values for 'prefix'.
