diff -Naur automake-1.9.6/doc/Makefile.in automake-1.9.6-patched/doc/Makefile.in
--- automake-1.9.6/doc/Makefile.in	2005-07-10 18:14:53.000000000 +0000
+++ automake-1.9.6-patched/doc/Makefile.in	2005-09-13 18:37:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -187,26 +187,10 @@
 	cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh
 
 .texi.info:
-	restore=: && backupdir="$(am__leading_dot)am$$$$" && \
-	am__cwd=`pwd` && cd $(srcdir) && \
-	rm -rf $$backupdir && mkdir $$backupdir && \
-	if ($(MAKEINFO) --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
-	  for f in $@ $@-[0-9] $@-[0-9][0-9] $(@:.info=).i[0-9] $(@:.info=).i[0-9][0-9]; do \
-	    if test -f $$f; then mv $$f $$backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \
-	  done; \
-	else :; fi && \
-	cd "$$am__cwd"; \
-	if $(MAKEINFO) $(AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) -I $(srcdir) \
-	 -o $@ $<; \
-	then \
-	  rc=0; \
-	  cd $(srcdir); \
-	else \
-	  rc=$$?; \
-	  cd $(srcdir) && \
-	  $$restore $$backupdir/* `echo "./$@" | sed 's|[^/]*$$||'`; \
-	fi; \
-	rm -rf $$backupdir; exit $$rc
+	@rm -f $@ $@-[0-9] $@-[0-9][0-9] $(@:.info=).i[0-9] $(@:.info=).i[0-9][0-9]
+	cd $(srcdir) \
+		&& $(MAKEINFO) $(AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) \
+		`echo $< | sed 's,.*/,,'`
 
 .texi.dvi:
 	TEXINPUTS="$(am__TEXINFO_TEX_DIR)$(PATH_SEPARATOR)$$TEXINPUTS" \