IriX64@FthrNtr ~/brlcad-7.8.4
$ aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_PST
OEDIT
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/libsmi.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LIBSM
I
/usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_L
IBMCRYPT
/usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_CPPU
NIT
aclocal:configure.ac:2900: warning: macro `AM_PATH_SDL' not found in library

IriX64@FthrNtr ~/brlcad-7.8.4
$ automake
configure.ac:237: version mismatch.  This is Automake 1.10,
configure.ac:237: but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.ac:237: comes from Automake 1.9.6.  You should recreate
configure.ac:237: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again.
src/adrt/bench/Makefile.am:9: compiling `bench.c' with per-target flags requires
 `AM_PROG_CC_C_O' in `configure.ac'
IriX64@FthrNtr ~/brlcad-7.8.4