Building a package (happens to be "jami") , which runs a script it its build process that checks for automake
expr: non-integer argument automake (GNU automake) 1.16j Fatal error: automake 1.7 or higher is required. Please set $AUTOMAKE to point to a newer automake, or upgrade. Problem is the script expects numerical version, thus gets confused. Next version, make it something like "automake 1.16.99999" or something.