diff -uNr -x '*~' Eterm-0.9.4.orig/configure.in Eterm-0.9.4/configure.in
--- Eterm-0.9.4.orig/configure.in	2006-01-04 09:44:14.000000000 +0100
+++ Eterm-0.9.4/configure.in	2006-11-26 16:06:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
     CFLAGS="$CCOPTS"
 fi
 
+dnl# required from automake-1.10 
+AM_PROG_AS
+
 AC_ARG_WITH(cc, [  --with-cc=compiler      force Eterm to build with a particular compiler (like pgcc, egcs, etc.)], [
             CC=$withval, 
   if test -z "$CC"; then