failed autoconf output

autoconf.out (text/plain), 472 bytes, created by Alex Buell on 2012-05-22 01:36:50 UTC

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***** autoconf

configure.ac:46: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:51: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_STATIC
configure.ac:78: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL