cvs lirc on debian

[Flavio <fla...@ti...>]

Hi,
I'd like to compile the cvs version of lirc on my debian 
testing/unstable box. I know there is a .deb package available on 
dselect but I would prefere the cvs version.
After download of the sources ./autogen.sh says :

Running automake --gnu  ...
Makefile.am:7: require version 1.5, but have 1.4-p6"

and then obviously configure fails because there is no Makefile.in.
I tried to install automake-1.6 (the 1.5 version is available only for 
the stable distribution) then changed the link on /etc/alternatives 
making the system to run the 1.6 version instead of 1.4 but the replay was:

Running automake --gnu  ...
aclocal.m4:978: version mismatch.  This is Automake 1.6.3, but aclocal.m4
aclocal.m4:978: was generated for Automake 1.4-p6.  You should recreate
aclocal.m4:978: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again.
/usr/share/automake-1.6/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in 
AM_CONDITIONAL
........

Can anyone help me on that?
Thanks in advance,
Flavio