gettext doesn't get along with automake 1.5: Making all in lib make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gettext-0.10.40/lib' cd .. && automake --gnits --include-deps lib/Makefile automake: configure.in: required file `./depcomp' not found make[2]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gettext-0.10.40/lib' Calling "automake -a" rather than automake would fix this; I'd prefer fixing automake to fix itself (see bug 55870), though, because that would fix quite a few other (and 3rd party) packages, as well.
Worked around in gettext 0.10.40-2