--- a/configure.ac    2012-05-12 11:27:22.000000000 -0700
+++ b/configure.ac    2012-05-12 11:33:07.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 AC_INIT([urweb], [20120512])
 WORKING_VERSION=0
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+
+# automake 1.12 requires this, but automake 1.11 doesn't recognize it
+m4_pattern_allow([AM_PROG_AR])
+AM_PROG_AR
+
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign no-define])
 AC_PROG_CC()
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL()
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])

--- a/Makefile.am 2012-05-12 11:36:03.000000000 -0700
+++ b/Makefile.am 2012-05-12 11:36:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4

-BIN      := @BIN@
-SRCLIB   := @SRCLIB@
-INCLUDE  := @INCLUDE@
-SITELISP := @SITELISP@
-VERSION  := @VERSION@
-
-LIB_UR   := $(SRCLIB)/ur
-LIB_C    := $(SRCLIB)/c
-LIB_JS   := $(SRCLIB)/js
+BIN      = @BIN@
+SRCLIB   = @SRCLIB@
+INCLUDE  = @INCLUDE@
+SITELISP = @SITELISP@
+VERSION  = @VERSION@
+
+LIB_UR   = $(SRCLIB)/ur
+LIB_C    = $(SRCLIB)/c
+LIB_JS   = $(SRCLIB)/js

 all-local: smlnj mlton

 SUBDIRS = src/c
@@ -48 +48 @@
-MLTON := mlton
+MLTON = mlton