Thanks for the explanation. I installed those two patches into Automake.
- [bug#61240] improve high-res file timestamp in Automake Paul Eggert
- [bug#61240] improve high-res file timestamp in Automa... Jacob Bachmeyer
- [bug#61240] improve high-res file timestamp in Au... Paul Eggert
- [bug#61240] improve high-res file timestamp i... Jacob Bachmeyer
- [bug#61240] improve high-res file timestamp i... Paul Eggert
- [bug#61240] [PATCH 0/2] restore support for 5... Jacob Bachmeyer
- [bug#61240] [PATCH 2/2] Gracefully degrade if... Jacob Bachmeyer
- [bug#61240] [PATCH 2/2] Gracefully degrade if... Paul Eggert
- [bug#61240] [PATCH 2/2] Gracefully degrade if... Jacob Bachmeyer
- [bug#61240] [PATCH 2/2] Gracefully degrade if... Jacob Bachmeyer
- [bug#61240] [PATCH 2/2] Gracefully degrade if... Paul Eggert
- [bug#61240] [PATCH 1/2] revert Perl version r... Jacob Bachmeyer