automake 1.5 should be enough

diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index bdcfb49..31a1e87 100755 (executable)
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ fi
 echo "buildconf: autoheader version $ah_version (ok)"
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# automake 1.6 or newer
+# automake 1.5 or newer
 #
 am_version=`${AUTOMAKE:-automake} --version 2>/dev/null|head -1| sed -e 's/^[^0-9]*//' -e 's/[a-z]* *$//'`
 if test -z "$am_version"; then
   echo "buildconf: automake not found."
-  echo "            You need automake version 1.6 or newer installed."
+  echo "            You need automake version 1.5 or newer installed."
   exit 1
 fi
 IFS=.; set $am_version; IFS=' '
-if test "$1" = "1" -a "$2" -lt "6" || test "$1" -lt "1"; then
+if test "$1" = "1" -a "$2" -lt "5" || test "$1" -lt "1"; then
   echo "buildconf: automake version $am_version found."
-  echo "            You need automake version 1.6 or newer installed."
+  echo "            You need automake version 1.5 or newer installed."
   echo "            If you have a sufficient automake installed, but it"
   echo "            is not named 'autommake', then try setting the"
   echo "            AUTOMAKE environment variable."