help building autoconf

[dmitrypek]

Hi,

I am trying to build autoconf 2.69, needed for another package.
Configure works OK. In the make stage I get an error:

autom4te_perllibdir='..'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='../lib/autom4te.cfg'
../bin/autom4te -B '..'/lib -B '..'/lib         --language M4sh --cache ''
--melt ./autoconf.as -o autoconf.in
autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later:
/global/homes/d/dmitryp/m4-1.4.16/install/bin

I have actually built M4 version 1.4.16 and defined environment variable M4
as the location. Surprised that autom4te cannot find it, or cannot
seem to know that it is version 1.4.
Typing autom4te --version gives the following:
autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later:
/global/homes/d/dmitryp/m4-1.4.16/install/bin

I am at a loss. Would appreciate some help on this.
Thanks very much,

D.P.