I assume that these invocations are triggered because cvs sets
the dates to the time of checkout.
> checking for working makeinfo... found
> configure: error: can not run ./config.sub
> make: *** [config.status] Error 1
Maybe my config.sub does not match your autoconf revision?
I use autoconf 2.13 (and automake 1.4).
Please try it again either with with a newer autoconf,
or your version of config.sub.
Regards,
Marc