bug#64968: automake --version isn't work

[874882199--- via Bug reports for Automake]

In Docker(in the vmware ubunt also has the problem):
 
Environment:
 
Ubuntu 20.04 5.15.0-78-generic.
 
Automake1.4 from ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/java/automake-gcj-1.4.tar.gz.
 
 
 
root@576a62413a36:~/automakeOut# automake --version
 
syntax error at /usr/local/bin/automake line 932, near "$name ("
 
syntax error at /usr/local/bin/automake line 1095, near "$subr ("
 
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/automake 
line 3287.
 
 
 
And the readme don??t have anything about this ,so I sent the message.