diff -ur automake-1.5.orig/tests/defs automake-1.5/tests/defs
--- automake-1.5.orig/tests/defs	Wed Aug  8 23:43:59 2001
+++ automake-1.5/tests/defs	Tue Sep 18 08:04:15 2001
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 unset MFLAGS
 unset MAKEFLAGS
 unset MAKELEVEL
+unset DESTDIR
 
 if ($MAKE --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    needs_gnu_make=: