diff -urN autoconf-2.62-orig/aclocal.m4 autoconf-2.62/aclocal.m4
--- autoconf-2.62-orig/aclocal.m4	2008-04-06 00:57:07.000000000 +0200
+++ autoconf-2.62/aclocal.m4	2008-08-14 19:06:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
 [# Always define AMTAR for backward compatibility.
 AM_MISSING_PROG([AMTAR], [tar])
 m4_if([$1], [v7],
-     [am__tar='${AMTAR} chof - "$$tardir"'; am__untar='${AMTAR} xf -'],
+     [am__tar='${AMTAR} chf - "$$tardir"'; am__untar='${AMTAR} xf -'],
      [m4_case([$1], [ustar],, [pax],,
               [m4_fatal([Unknown tar format])])
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to create a $1 tar archive])