Please use the git repo for development.
--- automake1.10-1.10.3.orig/doc/automake.texi
+++ automake1.10-1.10.3/doc/automake.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c %**start of header
-@setfilename automake.info
-@settitle automake
+@setfilename automake-1.10.info
+@settitle automake-1.10
 @setchapternewpage off
 @c %**end of header
 
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ section entitled ``@acronym{GNU} Free Do
 @c (Autoconf has a similar setup.)
 @dircategory Software development
 @direntry
-* Automake: (automake).         Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles.
+* Automake: (automake-1.10).         Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles.
 @end direntry
 
 @dircategory Individual utilities
 @direntry
-* aclocal: (automake)Invoking aclocal.          Generating aclocal.m4.
-* automake: (automake)Invoking Automake.        Generating Makefile.in.
+* aclocal: (automake-1.10)Invoking aclocal.          Generating aclocal.m4.
+* automake: (automake-1.10)Invoking Automake.        Generating Makefile.in.
 @end direntry
 
 @titlepage
--- automake1.10-1.10.3.orig/lib/am/distdir.am
+++ automake1.10-1.10.3/lib/am/distdir.am
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ distcheck: dist
 ## Make the new source tree read-only.  Distributions ought to work in
 ## this case.  However, make the top-level directory writable so we
 ## can make our new subdirs.
-	chmod -R a-w $(distdir); chmod a+w $(distdir)
+	chmod -R a-w $(distdir); chmod u+w $(distdir)
 	mkdir $(distdir)/_build
 	mkdir $(distdir)/_inst
 ## Undo the write access.
--- automake1.10-1.10.3.orig/lib/Automake/Makefile.in
+++ automake1.10-1.10.3/lib/Automake/Makefile.in
@@ -36,14 +36,7 @@ subdir = lib/Automake
 DIST_COMMON = $(dist_perllib_DATA) $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
-am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/m4/amversion.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/m4/auxdir.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/init.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/m4/install-sh.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/lead-dot.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/m4/missing.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/mkdirp.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/m4/options.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/runlog.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/m4/sanity.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/strip.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/m4/substnot.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/tar.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
+am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
 am__configure_deps = $(am__aclocal_m4_deps) $(CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	$(ACLOCAL_M4)
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/lib/mkinstalldirs
--- automake1.10-1.10.3.orig/m4/python.m4
+++ automake1.10-1.10.3/m4/python.m4
@@ -117,8 +117,21 @@ python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5]
   dnl doesn't work.
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $am_display_PYTHON script directory],
     [am_cv_python_pythondir],
-    [am_cv_python_pythondir=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(0,0,prefix='$PYTHON_PREFIX')" 2>/dev/null ||
-     echo "$PYTHON_PREFIX/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"`])
+    [if test "x$prefix" = xNONE
+     then
+       am_py_prefix=$ac_default_prefix
+     else
+       am_py_prefix=$prefix
+     fi
+     am_cv_python_pythondir=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; from distutils import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(sysconfig.get_python_lib(0,0,prefix='$am_py_prefix'))" 2>/dev/null ||
+     echo "$PYTHON_PREFIX/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"`
+     case $am_cv_python_pythondir in
+     $am_py_prefix*)
+       am__strip_prefix=`echo "$am_py_prefix" | sed 's|.|.|g'`
+       am_cv_python_pythondir=`echo "$am_cv_python_pythondir" | sed "s,^$am__strip_prefix,$PYTHON_PREFIX,"`
+       ;;
+     esac
+    ])
   AC_SUBST([pythondir], [$am_cv_python_pythondir])
 
   dnl pkgpythondir -- $PACKAGE directory under pythondir.  Was
@@ -134,8 +147,21 @@ python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5]
   dnl doesn't work.
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $am_display_PYTHON extension module directory],
     [am_cv_python_pyexecdir],
-    [am_cv_python_pyexecdir=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(1,0,prefix='$PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX')" 2>/dev/null ||
-     echo "${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages"`])
+    [if test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE
+     then
+       am_py_exec_prefix=$am_py_prefix
+     else
+       am_py_exec_prefix=$exec_prefix
+     fi
+     am_cv_python_pyexecdir=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; from distutils import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(sysconfig.get_python_lib(1,0,prefix='$am_py_exec_prefix'))" 2>/dev/null ||
+     echo "$PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"`
+     case $am_cv_python_pyexecdir in
+     $am_py_exec_prefix*)
+       am__strip_prefix=`echo "$am_py_exec_prefix" | sed 's|.|.|g'`
+       am_cv_python_pyexecdir=`echo "$am_cv_python_pyexecdir" | sed "s,^$am__strip_prefix,$PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX,"`
+       ;;
+     esac
+    ])
   AC_SUBST([pyexecdir], [$am_cv_python_pyexecdir])
 
   dnl pkgpyexecdir -- $(pyexecdir)/$(PACKAGE)
