[FS#930] branches fail to build (automake)

[LEDE Bugs]

A new Flyspray task has been opened.  Details are below. 

User who did this - pmgp (mgondium) 

Attached to Project - LEDE Project
Summary - branches fail to build (automake)
Task Type - Build Failure
Category - Toolchain
Status - Unconfirmed
Assigned To - 
Operating System - All
Severity - High
Priority - Very Low
Reported Version - lede-17.01
Due in Version - Undecided
Due Date - Undecided
Details - 
branches 17.01.0 and 17.01.1 fail to build with error

make[3]: Entering directory '/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/tools/automake'
(cd /media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/build_dir/host/automake-1.15; AUTOM4TE=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/autom4te AUTOCONF=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/autoconf AUTOMAKE=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/automake ACLOCAL=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/aclocal AUTOHEADER=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/autoheader LIBTOOLIZE=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/libtoolize LIBTOOL=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/libtool M4=/media/STORE_B/LEDE_17_mtk/source/staging_dir/host/bin/m4 AUTOPOINT=true STAGING_DIR="" ./bootstrap.sh)
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