automake: /tmp/examplelib-0.2.0/examplelib-0.2.0.am: `/tmp/examplelib-0.2.0/examplelib-0.2.0.am' does not exist

[Ben Martin]

I upgraded my autotools to rawhide (and since have reverted to the 7.2
ones and many other versions) and can not get a stable automake 1.4
again:(

I am testing with the example project at
http://www.murrayc.com/learning/linux/building_libraries/building_libraries.shtml#example

my bootstrap script is something like
#! /bin/sh
mkdir -p macros
aclocal -I macros \
&& automake --gnu --add-missing \
&& autoconf

and executing just this generates the error
automake -a -c --gnu && autoconf && ./configure && make dist
...
creating Makefile
creating examplelib-1.0.pc
creating examplelib/Makefile
creating examplelib/sub/Makefile
creating config.h
rm -rf examplelib-0.2.0
mkdir examplelib-0.2.0
chmod 777 examplelib-0.2.0
here=`cd . && pwd`; \
top_distdir=`cd examplelib-0.2.0 && pwd`; \
distdir=`cd examplelib-0.2.0 && pwd`; \
cd . \
  && automake --include-deps --build-dir=$here --srcdir-name=.
--output-dir=$top_distdir --gnu Makefile
automake: /tmp/examplelib-0.2.0/examplelib-0.2.0.am:
`/tmp/examplelib-0.2.0/examplelib-0.2.0.am' does not exist
make: *** [distdir] Error 1

I am currently using the rawhide versions though the rh7.2 ones give
the same error. Any ideas?

$ rpm -qa | grep automake
automake15-1.5-2
automake-1.4p5-4
$ rpm -qa | grep autoconf
autoconf253-2.53-3
autoconf-2.13-17
$ rpm -qa | grep libtool
libtool-libs13-1.3.5-2
libtool-libs-1.4.2-7
libtool-1.4.2-7

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