+# Determine version of automake ... important becuase of
+# incompatibilities between versions
+AUTO_MAKE_VERSION=`automake --version | head -1 | awk '{print $4}' | sed -e 's/\-p[[0-9]]$//' | sed -e 's/\.//'`
+AM_CONDITIONAL(ANCIENT_AUTOMAKE, test $AUTO_MAKE_VERSION -lt 14)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(OLD_AUTOMAKE, test $AUTO_MAKE_VERSION -lt 15)
+