Fixes both MSVC and autotools (automake 1.12+).
Revert "Abort autogen.sh when automake 1.12+ is found."
This reverts commit 978ed8f1f9.
Should now work with automake 1.11+
fixes ticket:3887
fixes ticket:3538
closes ticket:3950
(cherry picked from commit 372eff6693)
Forgot to push these changes for commit 372eff6693
(cherry picked from commit e397b24d47)
Out of tree builds ? Who needs them. :P
refs: 372eff6693
(cherry picked from commit 20317c2a6f)
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