diff -urN old/make-3.81/Makefile.am new/make-3.81/Makefile.am
--- old/make-3.81/Makefile.am	2006-04-01 02:36:40.000000000 -0400
+++ new/make-3.81/Makefile.am	2009-11-07 19:23:03.012300000 -0500
@@ -172,10 +172,17 @@
 	    case `cd $(srcdir); pwd` in `pwd`) : ;; \
 	      *) test -d tests || mkdir tests; \
 		 rm -f srctests; \
-		 if ln -s "$(srcdir)/tests" srctests; then \
+		 if /bin/false && ln -s "$(srcdir)/tests" srctests; then \
 		   for f in run_make_tests run_make_tests.pl test_driver.pl scripts; do \
 		     rm -f tests/$$f; ln -s ../srctests/$$f tests; \
-		   done; fi ;; \
+		   done; \
+	         else \
+	           mkdir srctests ;\
+	           lndir $(srcdir)/tests/ srctests ;\
+	           for f in run_make_tests run_make_tests.pl test_driver.pl scripts; do \
+	             rm -f tests/$$f; (cd tests && ln -s ../srctests/$$f .); \
+	           done; \
+	         fi ;; \
 	    esac; \
 	    echo "cd tests && $(PERL) ./run_make_tests.pl -make ../make$(EXEEXT) $(MAKETESTFLAGS)"; \
 	    cd tests && $(PERL) ./run_make_tests.pl -make ../make$(EXEEXT) $(MAKETESTFLAGS); \
diff -urN old/make-3.81/configure.in new/make-3.81/configure.in
--- old/make-3.81/configure.in	2009-11-07 19:22:43.044300000 -0500
+++ new/make-3.81/configure.in	2009-11-07 19:37:43.011500000 -0500
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@
 
 # Specialized system macros
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-AC_AIX
+AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 AC_ISC_POSIX
-AC_MINIX
 
 # Needed for ansi2knr
 AM_C_PROTOTYPES
@@ -360,9 +359,14 @@
 #endif
  ], [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 make_cv_sys_gnu_glob=yes], [AC_MSG_RESULT([no; using local copy])
-AC_SUBST(GLOBINC) GLOBINC='-I$(srcdir)/glob'
-AC_SUBST(GLOBLIB) GLOBLIB=glob/libglob.a
 make_cv_sys_gnu_glob=no])])
+if test "$make_cv_sys_gnu_glob" = no; then
+  GLOBINC='-I$(srcdir)/glob'
+  GLOBLIB=glob/libglob.a
+fi
+AC_SUBST(GLOBINC)
+AC_SUBST(GLOBLIB)
+
 # Tell automake about this, so it can build the right .c files.
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_LOCAL_GLOB, test "$make_cv_sys_gnu_glob" = no)