version 1.7.x --- lots of syntax errors with recent perl

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

recent versions of automake (e.g. 1.7.1 and 1.7.2) fail with lots
of perl syntax errors

my perl :
(revision 5.0 version 9 subversion 0 patch 18390)

 perl -wc automake           gives
 
Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::err(), qualify as such or use & at automake 
line 1902.
Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::err(), qualify as such or use & at automake 
line 1917.
"my" variable $output_flag masks earlier declaration in same scope at automake 
line 2124.
"my" variable $flag masks earlier declaration in same scope at automake line 
2281.
"my" variable $cond masks earlier declaration in same scope at automake line 
2776.
"my" variable @result masks earlier declaration in same scope at automake line 
2776.
"my" variable $lt masks earlier declaration in same scope at automake line 3060.
"my" variable $myobjext masks earlier declaration in same scope at automake 
line 3061.
Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::err(), qualify as such or use & at automake 
line 3642.
syntax error at automake line 1902, near "err"
syntax error at automake line 1907, near "elsif"
Can't use global $1 in "my" at automake line 1909, near ", $1"
Global symbol "$cat" requires explicit package name at automake line 1911.
Global symbol "$cat" requires explicit package name at automake line 1912.
syntax error at automake line 3642, near "err"
syntax error at automake line 3648, near "elsif"
syntax error at automake line 3656, near "elsif"
automake had compilation errors.


Do I miss something?

Thanks for a hint,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany