diff -r 985999413c57 -r 1469c4f9fb7e configure
--- a/configure	Tue Dec 16 22:27:07 2008 +0000
+++ b/configure	Tue Jan 27 22:21:44 2009 +0000
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 bison/
 flex/
 makeinfo/
-automake/\(GNU automake\) [[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]{2,}
+automake/\(GNU automake\) [[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]{2,}|automake/\(GNU automake\) [2-9][[:digit:]]*\.
 libtool/
 curl/|wget/
 patch/
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                   tool_version=$(${tool} --version 2>&1)
                   str=$(echo "${tool_version}" |grep -E "${regexp}" |head -n 1)
                   if [ -z "${str}" ]; then
-                      echo "wrong version string: expecting regexp '${regexp}'"
+                      echo "${where}: wrong version string: expecting regexp '${regexp}'"
                       where=""
                       continue
                   fi