Comment 2 for bug 992047

> A better solution might be to modify/update 'autgen.sh' as proposed in the merge
> request to update the autotools (untested):
> <https://code.launchpad.net/~jjardon/inkscape/autotools/+merge/77850>

Initial tests to use the diff from the merge request (after fixing a minor conflict with current trunk 11307) fail to correctly configure inkscape trunk (r11307) on OS X 10.7. 2 (using up-to-date dependencies from MacPorts).

The mentioned merge request needs to be reviewed independently of the reported issue with automake 1.12 when building inkscape trunk on OS X (I don't know whether possibly some linux distros are affected as well).