Description of problem: Any project using Automake 1.9.x distributes build tools that will use non-thread-safe 'mkdir -p'. Automake 1.10 avoids build failures caused by this when users use 'make -j2'. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Automake 1.9.6. Additional info: Automake 1.10 needs Autoconf 2.60 or later. . Here is a feature request for Autoconf 2.61. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230601
Automake-1.10 broke quite a few builds when it replaced automake-1.9.* in our buildsystem. As you seem to be familiar with the autofoo stuff, you should be able to rebuild the FC7(rawhide) package on your FC-6 system and cope with the resulting build problems. But I won't release a automake-1.10 for either FC-5 (bug #229281) or FC-6 as not everyone is able to fix the resulting problems.