During the configure step I get : ... checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a sed that does not truncate output... ./configure: line 4603: echo: write error: Broken pipe /bin/sed checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F ... Reproducible: Always
http://www.mail-archive.com/autoconf@gnu.org/msg17941.html
(That said. It's likely a eautoreconf would make the "problem" disappear, but it's not a real problem so won't be adding that.)