Index: macros2/gnome-autogen.sh
===================================================================
--- macros2/gnome-autogen.sh	(revision 3913)
+++ macros2/gnome-autogen.sh	(working copy)
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
     1.9*) automake_progs="automake-1.10 automake-1.9" ;;
     1.10*) automake_progs="automake-1.10" ;;
 esac
-version_check automake AUTOMAKE "$automake_progs" $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION \
+version_check automake AUTOMAKE "$automake_progs automake" $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION \
     "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-$REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION.tar.gz"
 ACLOCAL=`echo $AUTOMAKE | sed s/automake/aclocal/`
 
Index: README
===================================================================
--- README	(revision 3913)
+++ README	(working copy)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   it should also look in `$(datadir)/aclocal/gnome' and it will find all
   the macros.
 
-  The is a `gnome-skel' module in CVS that can be used as a starting point
+  There is a `gnome-skel' module in CVS that can be used as a starting point
   when writing a new GNOME Application that should be used outside CVS.
 
 February  4, 1999,
