how to avoid automake dependency?

[Sam Steingold]

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I put some gnulib code into my project (in directory gllib) and now I
_sometimes_ (usually it works) get this error:

make -C gllib
make[1]: Entering directory `/space/sbcl-arch/autobench/+clisp/src/gllib'
cd .. && gmake  am--refresh
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/space/sbcl-arch/autobench/+clisp/src'
gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `am--refresh'.
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/space/sbcl-arch/autobench/+clisp/src'
 cd .. && /bin/sh
/space/sbcl-arch/autobench/+clisp/src/build-aux/missing --run
automake-1.9 --gnits  gllib/Makefile
/space/sbcl-arch/autobench/+clisp/src/build-aux/missing: line 54:
automake-1.9: command not found
WARNING: `automake-1.9' is missing on your system.  You should only need
it if
         you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.
         You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.
         Grab them from any GNU archive site.

so, is there a way to avoid this am--refresh target without resorting to
"touch src/gllib/Makefile.in"? (which, btw, does not always help).

thanks.

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