https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120438
--- Comment #4 from kargls at comcast dot net --- > gmake[3]: Entering directory '/home/kargl/gcc/obj/lto-plugin' > cd ../../gcc/lto-plugin && /bin/sh /home/kargl/gcc/gcc/missing > automake-1.15 --foreign > configure.ac:4: error: your implementation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from an > configure.ac:4: old Automake version. You should recreate aclocal.m4 > configure.ac:4: with aclocal and run automake again > WARNING: 'automake-1.15' is probably too old. > You should only need it if you modified 'Makefile.am' or > 'configure.ac' or m4 files included by 'configure.ac'. > The 'automake' program is part of the GNU Automake package: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake> > It also requires GNU Autoconf, GNU m4 and Perl in order to run: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf> > <http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/> > <http://www.perl.org/> Removing gcc/lto-plugin/aclocal.m4 and restoring a copy with git gets passed this problem. It's unclear why this file is getting touched.