FYI, before I forget (can't investigate right now)... Running bootstrap for GNU parted, I saw this on fedora rawhide:
Copying file ._bootmp/m4/xstrtol.m4 grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory cat: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory Creating ._bootmp/lib/Makefile.am Creating ._bootmp/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 Creating ._bootmp/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory grep: amsnippet.tmp: No such file or directory Creating ._bootmp/gnulib-tests/Makefile.am Creating ./._bootmp/build-aux/.gitignore Creating ./._bootmp/doc/.gitignore Creating ./._bootmp/gnulib-tests/.gitignore Creating ./._bootmp/gnulib-tests/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/.gitignore Creating ./._bootmp/lib/.gitignore Creating ./._bootmp/m4/.gitignore Finished. I'll investigate it eventually, but the resulting build products are at least good enough to compile and link everything.