diff -up arts-1.5.10/admin/cvs.sh.automake arts-1.5.10/admin/cvs.sh
--- arts-1.5.10/admin/cvs.sh.automake	2008-08-19 22:18:41.000000000 +0200
+++ arts-1.5.10/admin/cvs.sh	2012-07-04 12:33:15.747586088 +0200
@@ -63,12 +63,7 @@ esac
 AUTOMAKE_STRING=`$AUTOMAKE --version | head -n 1`
 required_automake_version="1.6.1 or newer"
 case $AUTOMAKE_STRING in
-  automake*1.5d* | automake*1.5* | automake*1.5-* )
-    echo "*** YOU'RE USING $AUTOMAKE_STRING."
-    echo "*** KDE requires automake $required_automake_version"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-  automake*1.6.* | automake*1.7* | automake*1.8* | automake*1.9* | automake*1.10*)
+  automake*1.6.* | automake*1.7* | automake*1.8* | automake*1.9* | automake*1.1[0-5]*)
     echo "*** $AUTOMAKE_STRING found."
     UNSERMAKE=no
     ;;