Running "make distcheck" from the latest git version of autoconf, I get this error:
... [LOTS OF OUTPUT SNIPPED] redundant_const 0.12 redundant_const require_config_h 0.07 require_config_h require_config_h_first 1.02 require_config_h_first require_stdio_safer 0.11 require_stdio_safer require_test_exit_idiom 0.01 require_test_exit_idiom root_tests 0.10 root_tests space_before_open_paren 2.93 space_before_open_paren space_tab 0.10 space_tab strftime_check --- sc_strftime_check-src 2011-06-18 19:08:06.000000000 +0200 +++ sc_strftime_check-info 2011-06-18 19:08:10.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,42 +1 @@ -% -A -B -C -D -F -G -H -I -M N -P -R -S -T -U -V -W -X -Y -Z -a -b -c -d -e -g -h -j -k -l -m -n -p -r -s -t -u -w -x -y -z cfg.mk:202: recipe for target `sc_strftime_check' failed make[3]: *** [sc_strftime_check] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/devel/bleeding/src/coreutils' dist-check.mk:148: recipe for target `my-distcheck' failed make[2]: *** [my-distcheck] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/devel/bleeding/src/coreutils' Makefile:1909: recipe for target `distcheck-hook' failed make[1]: *** [distcheck-hook] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/devel/bleeding/src/coreutils' Makefile:1691: recipe for target `distcheck' failed make: *** [distcheck] Error 1 Regards, Stefano