diff -ru automake-1.14.1/m4/sanity.m4 automake-1.14.1.new/m4/sanity.m4
--- automake-1.14.1/m4/sanity.m4	2013-07-22 02:25:27.000000000 +0400
+++ automake-1.14.1.new/m4/sanity.m4	2013-07-22 02:25:27.000000000 +0400
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
 if (
    am_has_slept=no
    for am_try in 1 2; do
-     echo "timestamp, slept: $am_has_slept" > conftest.file
-     set X `ls -Lt "$srcdir/configure" conftest.file 2> /dev/null`
+     echo "timestamp, slept: $am_has_slept" > !conftest.file
+     set X `ls -Lt "$srcdir/configure" !conftest.file 2> /dev/null`
      if test "$[*]" = "X"; then
 	# -L didn't work.
-	set X `ls -t "$srcdir/configure" conftest.file`
+	set X `ls -t "$srcdir/configure" !conftest.file`
      fi
-     if test "$[*]" != "X $srcdir/configure conftest.file" \
-	&& test "$[*]" != "X conftest.file $srcdir/configure"; then
+     if test "$[*]" != "X $srcdir/configure !conftest.file" \
+	&& test "$[*]" != "X !conftest.file $srcdir/configure"; then
 
 	# If neither matched, then we have a broken ls.  This can happen
 	# if, for instance, CONFIG_SHELL is bash and it inherits a
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([ls -t appears to fail.  Make sure there is not a broken
   alias in your environment])
      fi
-     if test "$[2]" = conftest.file || test $am_try -eq 2; then
+     if test "$[2]" = !conftest.file || test $am_try -eq 2; then
        break
      fi
      # Just in case.
      sleep 1
      am_has_slept=yes
    done
-   test "$[2]" = conftest.file
+   test "$[2]" = !conftest.file
    )
 then
    # Ok.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 # If we didn't sleep, we still need to ensure time stamps of config.status and
 # generated files are strictly newer.
 am_sleep_pid=
-if grep 'slept: no' conftest.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if grep 'slept: no' !conftest.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   ( sleep 1 ) &
   am_sleep_pid=$!
 fi
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
      wait $am_sleep_pid 2>/dev/null
    fi
    AC_MSG_RESULT([done])])
-rm -f conftest.file
+rm -f !conftest.file
 ])