Compilation failure on Fedora 21

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Compilation fails on fedora 21 as follows.

./configure --enable-sse --enable-single --prefix=/usr/local

completes succesfully, but the subsequent make fails:

> make
 cd . && automake-1.14 --foreign
configure.ac:6: warning: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated.  For more info, see:
configure.ac:6: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Modernize-AM_005fINIT_005fAUTOMAKE-invocation
configure.ac:17: error: required file './compile' not found
configure.ac:17:   'automake --add-missing' can install 'compile'
java/Makefile.am:19: warning: source file 'jni/ffts_jni.c' is in a subdirectory,
java/Makefile.am:19: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
automake-1.14: warning: possible forward-incompatibility.
automake-1.14: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects'
automake-1.14: automake option hasn't been enabled.  For now, the corresponding output
automake-1.14: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory.  However,
automake-1.14: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will
automake-1.14: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same subdirectory
automake-1.14: of the corresponding sources.
automake-1.14: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your
automake-1.14: project, to avoid future incompatibilities.
Makefile:377: recipe for target 'Makefile.in' failed
make: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1