Fix autoreconf with autoconf 1.12+ by adding AM_PROG_AR https://code.google.com/p/libkml/issues/detail?id=186 Fix autoreconf with autoconf 1.14+ by adding subdir-objects https://code.google.com/p/libkml/issues/detail?id=190 --- configure.ac.orig 2010-01-13 18:16:35.000000000 -0600 +++ configure.ac 2015-05-10 08:16:51.000000000 -0500 @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ AC_INIT(libkml, 1.2.0, http://code.google.com/p/libkml/issues) AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(README) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) -AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(-Wall -Werror) +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(-Wall -Werror subdir-objects) +m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR]) AC_PROG_CPP AC_PROG_CXX