Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

Failure to configure and build Automake is a first for me.  This is
under FreeBSD 5.0:

% ./configure
configure: loading site script /usr/local/share/config.site
CC       = "/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.3.3"
CXX      = "/usr/local/bin/c++-3.3.3"
CFLAGS   = "-O2 -Wall -march=i686 -mcpu=pentium4 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS = "-O -Wall -march=i686 -mcpu=pentium4 -pipe"
CPPFLAGS = "-I/usr/local/include"
LDFLAGS  = "-L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -R/usr/X11R6/lib"
checking build system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for perl... /usr/local/bin/perl
checking for tex... no
checking whether autoconf is installed... yes
checking whether autoconf works... yes
checking whether autoconf is recent enough... yes
checking whether ln works... yes
checking for grep that handles long lines...
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Automake/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Automake/tests/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/am/Makefile
config.status: creating m4/Makefile
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
config.status: creating tests/defs
config.status: creating tests/aclocal-1.8
config.status: creating tests/automake-1.8
shaggy:src/gnu/automake-1.8.3% gmake
Making all in . doc m4 lib tests
cd: no such file or directory: . doc m4 lib tests
gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
% gmake --version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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Bob Friesenhahn
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