I'm seeing the warnings below when compiling on Fedora Rawhide. src/Makefile.am:84: `%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension tests/Makefile.am:11: wildcard $(top_builddir: non-POSIX variable name tests/Makefile.am:11: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/confdata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.conf: non-POSIX variable name tests/confdata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/confdata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.out: non-POSIX variable name tests/confdata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/sexpr2xmldata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.xml: non-POSIX variable name tests/sexpr2xmldata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/sexpr2xmldata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.sexpr: non-POSIX variable name tests/sexpr2xmldata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/virshdata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.txt: non-POSIX variable name tests/virshdata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/xmconfigdata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.xml: non-POSIX variable name tests/xmconfigdata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/xmconfigdata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.cfg: non-POSIX variable name tests/xmconfigdata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/xml2sexprdata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.xml: non-POSIX variable name tests/xml2sexprdata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) tests/xml2sexprdata/Makefile.am:2: wildcard *.sexpr: non-POSIX variable name tests/xml2sexprdata/Makefile.am:2: (probably a GNU make extension) Versions: $ make --version GNU Make 3.81 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This program built for x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu $ autoconf --version autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. $ automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.10 Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@xxxxxxxxxx> and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@xxxxxxx>. Copyright 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Rich.