Fix for http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9928 diff -ru automake-1.11.1-orig/automake.in automake-1.11.1/automake.in --- automake-1.11.1-orig/automake.in 2009-12-08 13:15:40.000000000 -0500 +++ automake-1.11.1/automake.in 2011-11-01 02:18:47.000000000 -0400 @@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ if (option 'silent-rules') { # Using `$V' instead of `$(V)' breaks IRIX make. - define_variable ($var, '$(' . $pvar . '_$(V))', INTERNAL); - define_variable ($pvar . '_', '$(' . $pvar . '_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))', INTERNAL); + define_variable ($var, '$(' . $pvar . '_${V})', INTERNAL); + define_variable ($pvar . '_', '$(' . $pvar . '_${AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY})', INTERNAL); Automake::Variable::define ($silent_var, VAR_AUTOMAKE, '', TRUE, $val, '', INTERNAL, VAR_ASIS) if (! vardef ($silent_var, TRUE));