diff -r 2e0f0757289d -r 5243d1b432b1 scripts/build/companion_tools/300-automake.sh
--- a/scripts/build/companion_tools/300-automake.sh	Sat Dec 18 22:55:56 2010 +0100
+++ b/scripts/build/companion_tools/300-automake.sh	Wed Oct 03 15:59:22 2012 +1000
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 do_companion_tools_automake_extract() {
     CT_Extract "automake-${CT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION}"
+    CT_DoExecLog ALL chmod -R u+w "${CT_SRC_DIR}/automake-${CT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION}"
     CT_Patch "automake" "${CT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION}"
 }