There are multiple versions of automake on the system installed: * automake-1.6.3 * automake-1.7.9 * automake-1.8.5 * automake-1.9.6 * automake-1.10.3 * automake-1.11.6 * automake-1.12.6 * automake-1.13.4 * automake-1.14.1 You can easily select between the versions with the alternatives(8) system by executing /opt/csw/sbin/alternatives --config automake See http://wiki.opencsw.org/project-alternatives for details.