bug#44422:

bug#43819: two FAILs for "make check" -- automake 1.16.2

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69c AFAIK this bug has been resolved in the meantime by Zack Weinberg via changes in development autoconf + automake. Closing.

bug#7884: [PATCH] yacc: fix VPATH builds with FreeBSD make

It seems something more needs to be done with this bug, but I don't know what. I hope someone with more energy, expertise, and/or time can look into it and find a resolution. Marking it as severity normal (seems like it can't be crucially important after languishing for N years) and with the "help