--- automake-1.7.9.orig/aclocal.in	2003-10-21 15:03:16.000000000 +0200
+++ automake-1.7.9/aclocal.in	2005-10-18 18:00:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -208,12 +208,11 @@
 	    # Ignore '#' lines.
 	    next if /^#/;
 	    # strip off newlines and end-of-line comments
-	    s/\s*\#.*$//;
-	    chomp ($contents=$_);
-	    if (-d $contents )
-	    {
-		push (@dirlist, $contents);
-	    }
+	    s/\s*\#.*$//; chomp;
+	    foreach my $dir (glob)
+	      {
+		push (@dirlist, $dir) if -d $dir;
+	      }
 	}
 	close (DEFAULT_DIRLIST);
     }