`AM_PROG_AS' not found

[mks]

Hi, thanks for contributing to open source and ahead of time for any 
advice you can give this novice. I have been trying to install gspy 
(gspy.sourceforge.net) on Mandrake 10, and have run into a problem that 
the author (who has been very helpful) cannot easily suggest a solution 
to. Googling the error message suggests that this is a frequently 
encountered problem (but has not helped me find the answer). When I 
make, I get:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] g6]# make

cd . && aclocal -I macros -I m4

aclocal: configure.in: 14: macro `AM_PROG_AS' not found in library

make: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 1

Following the advice found via Google, I updated automake, but still get 
the same error messages. This:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] g6]# rpm -qa|grep auto

automake1.7-1.7.9-1mdk

autoconf-2.13-19mdk

autoconf2.5-2.59-3mdk

automake-1.4-23.p6.mdk

suggests that I have created a mix of old and new automake and autoconf. 
Would anyone care to guess what I should do next?

Your help is very much appreciated. Best wishes, Mark

For my work with tandem recumbent tricycles and the severely 
handicapped, see homepage.mac.com/mkstowegnv/bbs.htm