diff -Nuard gnome-common-2.3.0.orig/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh gnome-common-2.3.0/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh
--- gnome-common-2.3.0.orig/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh	2003-07-10 12:13:56.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-common-2.3.0/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh	2003-09-16 23:45:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # default version requirements ...
 REQUIRED_AUTOCONF_VERSION=${REQUIRED_AUTOCONF_VERSION:-2.53}
-REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION=${REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION:-1.4}
+REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION=${REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION:-1.7}
 REQUIRED_LIBTOOL_VERSION=${REQUIRED_LIBTOOL_VERSION:-1.4.3}
 REQUIRED_GETTEXT_VERSION=${REQUIRED_GETTEXT_VERSION:-0.10.40}
 REQUIRED_GLIB_GETTEXT_VERSION=${REQUIRED_GLIB_GETTEXT_VERSION:-2.2.0}