automake version 1.15.1, also in latest git master. See
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/tree/lib/install-sh#n327 The RANDOM variable giving pseudo-random numbers is not a POSIX sh feature. Dash, for example, does not implement it. So line 327 is probably wrong. Maybe this would work instead: random=`dd 'if=/dev/urandom' 'count=1' 'bs=256' 2>/dev/null | cksum | sed "$r"`\ `date -u | cksum | sed "$r"` If this fix is correct, maybe you would also like to update https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/tree/lib/config.guess#n104 Regards